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Contents Must Important Current Affairs for LIC Assistant Mains and IBPS SO Prelims 2019 ...... 3

Agreements/Memorandum of Understandings ...... 18

New Appointments : National ...... 23

New Appointments: International ...... 26

Awards and Recognition ...... 27

Summits |Events |Festivals (National/International) ...... 32

Committees in News ...... 34

National Current Affairs...... 35

Current Affairs Related to States in ...... 44

International Current Affairs ...... 48

Obituaries (National/International) ...... 51

List/Indexes Released Recently ...... 54

Important Days (August to December) ...... 56

Books & Authors ...... 58

Defense Current Affairs ...... 59

Sports Current Affairs ...... 63

Science & Technology...... 70

Schemes Launched By Union and State Governments ...... 71

Miscellaneous Current Affairs ...... 73

Static GA : Awards & Fields ...... 80

Topic 1: CM/Governors/Wildlife Santuaries/National Parks / Power Plants in India ...... 81

Topic 2: Upcoming Important Sport Events ...... 87

Topic 3: The Headquarters of the UN Organizations ...... 88

Topic 4: A Brief on the Census 2011 ...... 88

Topic 5: Current Office Holders List ...... 89

Topic 6: Important Ports in India ...... 90

Topic 7: The Most Famous Temples in India ...... 90

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Topic 8: List of the Important Airports in India ...... 90

Topic 9: What are the names of the Borders/Boundary Lines? ...... 91

Topic 10: Stock Exchanges around the World ...... 92

Topic 11: Dams in India ...... 92

Topic 12: Classical and Folk Dances in India ...... 93

Topic 13: The Headquarters of the important Public-Sector Undertakings ...... 93

Topic 14: Nick Names of Important Indian Places ...... 94

Topic 15: Important Defence Exercise Conducted in the World ...... 95

Topic 16: Stadiums Around the World ...... 95

Topic 17: List of Indian Cities on Rivers Banks ...... 97

Topic 39: What is the Mudra Scheme? ...... 98

Topic 40: Headquarters of the International Financial Organizations ...... 99

Topic 41: Important Financial, Economics & Budget Terms ...... 99

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Most Important Current Affairs for Defence Exams 2020

Nobel Prize Winners 2019

The Nobel Prize 2019 were announced recently in 6 different fields viz. Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences. The Nobel Prize distribution was first done on 1901. The winners will receive a full cash prize, valued this year at 9-million kronor ($918,000), a gold medal and a diploma. Field Winners Description Associated With Harvard Medical William G. Kaelin (USA) School Physiology or Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe (United for their discoveries of how cells University of Medicine Kingdom) sense and adapt to oxygen availability Oxford Johns Hopkins Gregg L. Semenza (USA) University for theoretical discoveries in physical Princeton James Peebles (Canada) cosmology University University of Physics Michel Mayor (Switzerland) for the discovery of an exoplanet Geneva orbiting a solar-type star University of Didier Queloz (Switzerland) Geneva John B. Goodenough University of () Texas M. Stanley Whittingham for the development of lithium-ion Binghamton Chemistry () batteries University Asahi Kasei Akira Yoshino () Corporation for a narrative imagination that with Literature encyclopedic passion represents the Olga Tokarczuk (Poland) (2018) crossing of boundaries as a form of life for an influential work that with Literature linguistic ingenuity has explored the Peter Handke (Austria) (2019) periphery and the specificity of human experience for his efforts to achieve peace and Prime Minister of Peace Abiy Ahmed Ali (Ethiopia) international cooperation Ethiopia Massachusetts Abhijit Banerjee (India) for their experimental approach to Institute of Economics alleviating global poverty Technology Esther Duflo () Massachusetts

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Field Winners Description Associated With Institute of Technology Michael Kremer (USA)

RBI keeps the repo rate unchanged at 5.15% (urban) co-operative banks (UCBs), which wish to in 5th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy become SFBs, the initial requirement of net worth In its 5th Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Committee will be ₹100 crores, which will have to be meeting, the has decided to increased to ₹200 crores within five years from keep the policy repo rate unchanged to 5.15%. the date of commencement of business. The MPC has also decided to maintain the SFBs will be given scheduled bank status accommodative stance of monetary policy to immediately upon commencement of operations. revive growth, while ensuring that inflation remains within the target. India becomes 1st country to make entire The main decisions taken in the 5th Bi-Monthly Haj process digital Monetary Policy Committee meeting are: India has become the 1st country to make the The repo rate under the liquidity adjustment entire process for pilgrims going on Haj facility (LAF) left unchanged to 5.15%. completely digital. The reverse repo rate under the LAF stands same i.e. 4.90%. An online application, e-visa, Haj mobile app, ‗e- The marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the MASIHA‘ health facility, ―e-luggage pre-tagging‖ Bank Rate also remains same i.e. 5.40%. providing all information in India itself regarding RBI has also reduced the real GDP growth for accommodation and transportation in Mecca and 2019-20 from 6.1% to 5%. Madina will be provided to 2 lakh Indian Muslims RBI releases ―Guidelines for ‗on tap‘ going for Haj in 2020. Licensing of SFB in the Private Sector‖ Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi signed the bilateral annual Haj 2020 agreement RBI released guidelines for ‗on tap‘ Licensing of between India and Saudi Arabia with Haj and Small Finance Banks in the Private Sector. Umrah Minister of Saudi Arabia. Now payments banks willing to convert

themselves into small finance banks (SFBs) can apply for such a licence only after 5 years of operations. Existing payments banks (PBs), which are controlled by residents and have completed five years of operations, are also eligible for conversion into small finance banks after complying with all legal and regulatory requirements of various authorities and if they conform to these guidelines. The licensing window will be open on-tap. The minimum capital for setting up an SFB has been mandated at ₹200 crores, adding for primary

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Nationwide vaccination drive launched under The theme of the Economic Survey 2019 is about Mission Indradhanush 2.0 enabling a ―shifting of gears". Here are the key highlights from the Economic The centre is launching a nationwide vaccination Survey: drive to prevent eight diseases under Intensified Survey sees Financial Year 2020 GDP growth at 7%, Mission Indradhanush 2.0 across the country. higher growth on stables macros. The government‘s flagship scheme is aimed at India needs to grow at 8% per year to be $5 trillion immunizing children under the age of 2 years and economy by Financial Year 2025. pregnant women against 8 vaccine-preventable The survey suggests diplomatic type privileges, diseases. naming roads for top taxpayers. The IMI covers vaccines for diphtheria, whooping Investment the "key driver" of simultaneous cough, tetanus, poliomyelitis, tuberculosis, growth in demand, jobs, exports, and productivity. measles, meningitis and Hepatitis B. Vaccines for Green shoots in investment activity seems to Japanese encephalitis and Hemophilus influenza taking hold. are also being provided in selected areas. Rural wage growth started increasing since mid- The IMI 2.0 aims to achieve targets of full 2018. immunization coverage in 272 districts spread Political stability should push the animal spirits of over 27 States. The IMI 2.0 will be carried out the economy. between December 2019 and March 2020. Poor enforcement of contracts and dispute

resolution is a big hurdle. A faster legal process Vice Prez M Venkaiah Naidu launches should be the top priority. Bharatiya POSHAN Anthem Savings and growth are positively co-related. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu launched the Savings must increase more than investment. ‗Bharatiya Poshan Anthem‘ in New . Survey argues that nudging behaviour change is The aims towards taking the message of making the simplest way to solve many social issues. Top policymakers must ensure actions are India malnutrition free to all corners of the predictable. Policymaking needs: 1. Clear Vision 2. country. Strategic blueprint 3. Tactical tools for constant The anthem was conceptualised by Union Ministry recalibration. of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) and The success of MGNREGS shows govt. schemes can has been penned by noted lyricist Prasoon Joshi make a difference on the ground with skillful use and sung by Shankar Mahadevan. of technology.

A minimum wage policy for the bottom rung of Economic Survey 2018-19: Important wage earners to drive up demand and Highlights strengthening the middle class. Key Highlights of Economic Survey 2018-19 Indian MSMEs need to be freed from shackles that Guided by the dictum of "blue-sky thinking", the convert them into dwarfs. MSMEs need to be seen Economic Survey underscored the ambitious agenda as a source of innovation, growth and job creation. Policies should be reoriented forMSMEs growth, of applying principles of behavioural economics to create greater profits for their owners and achieve 8 percent of sustained GDP growth to make contribute to job creation and productivity in the India a $5-trillion economy by 2024-25. economy. The government has estimated gross domestic product growth of 7% for the fiscal year 2019-2020.

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 India needs to increase per capita energy Department of Space; all important policy issues; consumption to raise real per capita GDP by US$ and all other portfolios not allocated to any 5000 and improve its HDI ranking. minister. The Survey is inspired by Gandhiji's Talisman: Cabinet Ministers ―…Recall the face of the poorest man [woman], and ‏Rajnath Singh- Defence (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going Amit Shah - Home Affairs (Gandhinagar ,Gujarat) to be of any use to him [her]. Nirmala Sitharaman - Finance; Corporate Affairs India will enjoy the ―demographic dividend‖ phase (Rajya Sabha, ) in the next two decades but some states will start Subrahmanyam Jaishankar - External Affairs (Rajya transitioning to an aging society by the 2030s. Sabha, Gujarat) India moving forward from Swachch Bharat to Nitin Gadkari - Road Transport and Highways; Swasth and Sundar Bharat. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Nagpur, Investment rate seems to have bottomed out. Maharashtra) Govt stands by the fiscal consolidation path. DV Sadananda Gowda - Chemical and Fertilizers Jan-March economic slowdown due to poll-related activity. (North Bengaluru, Karnataka) NBFC stress reason for Financial Year 2019 Ram Vilas Paswan - Consumer Affairs, Food and slowdown. Public Distribution (Rajya Sabha, ) Decline in NPAs should push up CAPEX cycle. Narendra Singh Tomar - Agriculture and Farmers The general fiscal deficit is seen at 5.8% in Welfare; Rural Development; Panchayati Raj Financial Year 2019 Vs. 6.4% in Financial Year (Murena , Madhya Pradesh) 2018. Ravi Shankar Prasad - Law and Justice; Investment rate seen higher in Financial Year 2020 Communications; Electronics and Information on improved demand. Technology ( Sahib, Bihar) Oil prices are seen declining in Financial Year Harsimrat Kaur Badal - Food Processing Industries 2020. (Bhatinda, Punjab) Accommodative MPC policy to help cut real Thawarchand Gehlot - Social Justice and lending rates. Empowerment (Rajya Sabha, Madhya Pradesh) From ‗Beti Bachao Beti Padhao‘ to ‗BADLAV‘ (Beti Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank - Human Resource Aapki Dhan Lakshmi Aur Vijay Lakshmi). Development (Haridwar, Uttarakhand) From ‗Give it up‖ for the LPG subsidy to ‗Think Munda - Tribal Affairs (Khunti, ) about the Subsidy‘. Smriti Irani - Women and Child Development; From ‗Tax evasion‘ to ‗Tax compliance‘. Textiles (Amethi, Uttar Pradesh)

Dr. Harsh Vardhan - Health and Family Welfare; Union Cabinet Ministers Portfolio 2019 Science and Technology; Earth Sciences (Chandani Modi took oath as the PM for a second consecutive Chowk, Delhi) term. 57 other members of the Council of Ministers Prakash Javdekar - Environment, Forest and also took the oath. A total of 24 Cabinet Ministers Climate Change; Information and Broadcasting took oath followed by nine Ministers of State (Rajya Sabha, Maharashtra) (Independent Charge) and 24 Ministers of State. Piyush Goyal - Railways; Commerce and Industries Here's the full list of the Union Council of Ministers (Rajya Sabha, Maharashtra) and their portfolios, under the Modi Government 2.0. Pradhan - Petroleum and Natural Gas; Narendra Modi - Personnel, Public Grievances and Steel (Rajya Sabha, Madhya Pradesh) Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy;

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - Minority Affairs (Rajya Krishan Pal - Social Justice and Empowerment Sabha, Jharkhand) Danve Raosaheb Dadarao - Consumer Affairs, Prahlad Joshi - Parliamentary Affairs; Coal; Mines Food, and Public Distribution (Dharwad , Karnataka) G Kishan Reddy - Home Affairs Mahendra Nath Pandey - Skill Development and Parshottam Rupala - Agriculture and Farmers Entrepreneurship (Chandauli ,Uttar Pradesh) Welfare Arvind Sawant - Heavy Industries and Public Ramdas Athawale - Social Justice and Enterprise (South , Maharashtra) Empowerment Giriraj Singh - Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti - Rural Development Fisheries (Begusarai, Bihar) Babul Supriyo - Environment, Forest and Climate Gajendra Singh Shekhawat - Jal Shakti (Jodhpur, Change Rajasthan) Sanjeev Kumar Balyan - Animal Husbandry, Ministers of State (Independent Charge)- Dairying, and Fisheries Santosh Kumar Gangwar - Labour and Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao - Human Resource Employment Development; Communications; Electronics and Rao Inderjit Singh - Statistics and Programme Information Technology Implementation; Planning Anurag Singh Thakur - Finance; Corporate Affairs Shripad Yesso Naik - Ayurveda, Yoga and Angadi Suresh Channabasappa - Railways Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy Nityanand Rai - Home Affairs (AYUSH); MoS Defence Kataria - Jal Shakti; Social Justice and Dr. Jitendra Singh - Ministry of Development of Empowerment North Eastern Region; MoS PMO; Personnel, Public V Muraleedharan - External Affairs; Parliamentary Grievances, and Pensions; Department of Atomic Affairs Energy; Department of Space Renuka Singh Saruta - Tribal Affairs Kiren Rijiju - Youth Affairs and Sports; MoS Som Parkash - Commerce and Industry Minority Affairs Rameswar Teli - Food Processing Industries Prahalad Singh Patel - Culture; Tourism Pratap Chandra Sarangi - Micro, Small and Medium Raj Kumar Singh - Power; New and Renewable Enterprises; Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Energy; MoS Skill Development and Fisheries Entrepreneurship Kailash Choudhary - Agriculture and Farmers Hardeep Singh Puri - Housing and Urban Affairs; Welfare Civil Aviation; MoS Commerce and Industry Mansukh L Mandaviya - Shipping; MoS Chemicals Debasree Chaudhuri - Women and Child and Fertilizers Development

Minister of States (MoS)- ISRO Launches CARTOSAT-3 Faggansingh Kulaste- Steel Ashwini Kumar Choubey - Health and Family India‘s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C47 Welfare Launch Vehicle-XL (PSLV-XL) rocket carrying Arjun Ram Meghwal - Parliamentary Affairs; Heavy advanced earth observation satellite Cartosat-3 Industries and Public Enterprises and 13 US nano satellites lifted off from the General (Retd) VK Singh - Road Transport and second launch pad of the rocket port from Highways Sriharikota.

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 At about 9.28 a.m. the 44.4 meters tall, weighing 320-ton rocket blasted off from the second Home Ministry launches campaign to End launch pad at the country‘s rocket port. Violence Against Women According to ISRO, the 1,625 kg Cartosat-3 is an The Home Ministry in collaboration with the UN advanced agile satellite to obtain panchromatic Women flagged off an awareness campaign To and multispectral imagery with an operational life End Violence against Women from Sultanpur of five years. metro station in Delhi. Important Points: The initiative is part of the #OrangeTheWorld PSLV-C47 is the 21st flight of PSLV in the ‗XL‘ global campaign. configuration (with 6 solid strap-on motors). This As part of the campaign, people would be made will be the 74th launch vehicle mission from aware about India‘s single emergency helpline Sriharikota. 112. Cartosat-3 satellite is a third-generation agile advanced satellite having high-resolution imaging Parliament passes Jallianwala Bagh National capability. The satellite will be placed in an orbit Memorial (Amendment) Bill 2019 of 509 km at an inclination of 97.5 degrees. Parliament has passed the Jallianwala Bagh PSLV-C47 will also carry 13 commercial National Memorial (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The nanosatellites from the of America Bill seeks to amend the Jallianwala Bagh National as part of commercial arrangement with New Memorial Act, 1951. Space India Limited (NSIL), Department of Space. Union Cabinet recommends President‘s rule Justice SA Bobde takes oath as 47th Chief in Maharashtra Recently Justice of India President Ram Nath Kovind has signed the Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde took oath as the 47th proclamation imposing President‘s rule in Chief Justice of India. Justice Bobde succeeds Maharashtra. The present-day Maharashtra came Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who retired on 17th into existence on 1st may, 1960 and this was the 3rd time the state has come under the central November. rule. Justice Bobde will have tenure of around 18 President‘s rule was imposed for the first time in months till his retirement on April 23, 2021. He India in the state of Punjab in 1951. was part of the five-judge constitution bench The President‘s rule was imposed for the first which delivered the landmark Ayodhya verdict. time in Maharashtra in 1980 and the second time Uddhav Thackeray takes oath as in 2014.

Maharashtra CM Shiv Sena Chief and Maha Vikas Aghadi nominee Uddhav Thackeray took oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He is the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He is the first Thackeray family member to become Maharashtra‘s CM.

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), RIL‘s closest rival in market capital had a share price of Rs.2,110, 2% lower on BSE and m-cap of Rs.7,71,996.87 crore.

Logo, motto introduced for Lokpal Lokpal Chairman Justice (retired) Pinaki Chandra Ghose launched the new logo and motto for the apex anti-corruption ombudsman. A new motto, ―Ma Gridhah Kasyasvidhanam (Do

not be greedy for anyone‘s wealth)‖, was also Sri Lanka becomes 1st South Asian country adopted. to call match fixing a crime Sri Lanka has become the first South Asian nation World Bank‘s Ease of Doing Business to bring match-fixing cases to the category of Ranking crime as its parliament passed a bill related to World Bank has released Ease of Doing business ‗Prevention of Offences Related to Sports‘. Rankings which includes 190 countries. As per This new legislation related to match-fixing and the rankings, India has jumped 14 places and has corruption will apply to all sports & if a person is been ranked at 63rd among 190 countries. New found guilty of corruption in the game, he can be Zealand and Somalia retained their 1st and 190th punished for up to 10 years and also be required spot respectively. The indicator measures the to pay other fines. performance of countries across 10 different

dimensions in the 12-month period ending May Constitution Day of India 2019 1, 2019. Constitution Day or Samvidhan Divas is celebrated From 2020, the World Bank has expanded its ease 26 November cross the country to mark the of doing business survey to 2 more cities: adopting of the Indian Constitution by the Bengaluru and in addition to Delhi and Constituent Assembly on this day in 1949. Mumbai that are currently surveyed. The World In 2019, it marks the 70th anniversary of the Bank has decided to have four cities from every adoption of the Constitution. country with a population above 100 million. It came into force on 26th January 1950, marking Key findings of the Report: India has become one of the top 10 most the beginning of a new era in the history of the improved countries for the third consecutive time. Indian Republic. The country‘s score improved from 67.3 (in 2018)

to 71.0 (in 2019), as per The Doing Business RIL market cap hits 10 lakh crore, a first for 2020 study. an Indian company India saw the biggest jump in ranking in the Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is the first Indian ―resolving insolvency‖ category from 108th to 52nd on the back of the government company to cross Rs.10 lakh in market implementing the Insolvency and Bankruptcy capitalization (m-cap). Code.

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 India‘s ranking improved substantially in ―dealing BPRD releases ―Data on Police Organizations with construction permits‖ (from 52nd to 27th) (DoPO 2018)‖ and ―trading across borders‖ (from 80th to 68th). Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G. Kishan India‘s ranking improved in ―registering property‖ Reddy has released the Bureau of Police Research from 166th to 154th despite a drop in score. and Development‘s flagship publication ―Data on

Police Organizations‖ (DoPO 2018) in . Crime in India Report 2017 Released The Data on Police Organisation in India is an National Crime Records Bureau has released the important compilation of information on police annual ―Crime in India Report 2017‖. The report infrastructure, manpower and other resources has been released after a delay of 2 years. Key from all States, Union Territories, CAPFs and findings of the report are: According to the report, 3.59 lakh cases of crime CPOs. against women were reported in the country. highlights of the DoPO 2018: Uttar Pradesh topped the list with 56,011 cases There has been an increase of 19,686 Police followed by Maharashtra with 31,979 cases and personnel in the sanctioned strength of the State 30,002 in cases of crime against Police and 16,051 in the strength of CAPFs women. There has been 20.95% increase in the strength of Majority of cases under crimes against women Woman Police which brings the total percentage were registered under ‗Cruelty by Husband or his of women in the Indian Police to 8.73%. Relatives‘ (27.9%) followed by ‗Assault on Women The overall Police Population Ratio at the state with Intent to Outrage her Modesty‘ (21.7%), level stood at 192.95 policemen per lakh ‗Kidnapping & Abduction of Women‘ (20.5%) and population. ‗Rape‘ (7.0%). Police Stations have increased from 15579 to The NCRB report also cited 58,880 incidents of 16422. This includes Cyber Police Stations whose rioting in 2017. Maximum incidents of rioting number has risen from 84 to 120. were reported from Bihar (11,698), followed by Electronic surveillance has improved with addition Uttar Pradesh (8,990) and Maharashtra (7,743). of 2,10,278 CCTV Cameras. The incidents registered under the Scheduled

Caste Prevention of Atrocities Act saw an increase from 5,082 incidents reported in 2016 to 5,775 in India ranked 102 in Global Hunger Index 2017. 2019 Incidents of crime related to Scheduled Tribes The 2019 Global Hunger Index (GHI) indicates dipped from 844 in 2016 to 720 in 2017. that the level of hunger and under nutrition A total of 95,893 cases of kidnapping and worldwide falls into the serious category. As per abduction were registered during 2017. the index, India ranks 102nd out of 117 The NCRB for the first time collected data on qualifying countries, with a score of 30.3. circulation of ―false/fake news and rumours‖. There were only four countries in the alarming Under the category, maximum incidents were hunger category are Madagascar, Chad, Yemen reported from Madhya Pradesh (138) followed by and the Central African Republic in the extremely Uttar Pradesh (32) and Kerala (18). alarming hunger category. Among Union Territories, Delhi recorded the most murder cases in 2017 at 487. India wins four UNESCO heritage awards The UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation awards were announced at 10 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 a ceremony held in Penang, Malaysia. 4 heritage 103 indicators distributed across the 12 pillars on landmarks from India were chosen for the which the performance of the countries was UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage evaluated. Conservation 2019. As per the WEF‘s released report, India has moved Renewal of Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and Arts down 10 places to rank 68th on an annual global in Hong Kong received the Award of Excellence, competitiveness index which was topped by which is the highest award among all categories. Singapore.

Pillars Rank IMF cuts World and India growth rates Institutions 59 The World Bank-International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meetings kicked off on a somber Infrastructure 70 note, with the IMF downgrading global growth in ICT Adoption 120 2019 to 3%, the slowest since the global financial Macroeconomic crisis. 43 Stability India‘s growth projections have also been downgraded to 6.1% and 7.0% in 2019 and 2020 Health 110 respectively. The IMF projected the U.S. would Skills 107

grow at 2.4% and 2.1% in 2019 and 2020 Product Market 101 respectively. For China, growth was projected to Labour Market 103 grow at 6.1% and 5.8% in 2019 and 2020. Financial System 40 NITI Aayog launches India Innovation Index Market Size 03 2019 Business Dynamism 69 NITI Aayog with Institute for Competitiveness as Innovation Capability 35

the knowledge partner released the India Innovation Index (III) 2019. Karnataka is the most Some Important Cabinet Approvals innovative major state in India. The Central government has increased the Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Telangana, Haryana, Dearness Allowance (DA) of Central government Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat, and employees and pensioners by 5%, which means Andhra Pradesh form the remaining top ten major the dearness allowance has been increased from 12% to 17%. The hike would be effective from July states respectively. 2019. The cost to the exchequer will be Rs Sikkim and Delhi take the top spots among the 16,000 crore. northeastern & hill states, and union The cabinet also approved inclusion of 5,300 territories/city-states/small states respectively. families under the development package of Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir, who initially opted to move Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh are the most outside the state, but later returned and settled in efficient states in translating inputs into output. the Jammu & Kashmir. This will enable such development package families to become eligible

to get one-time financial assistance of Rs 5.5 lakh WEF‘s Global Competitiveness Index under the existing scheme. World Economic Forum has released the Global Cabinet has also relaxed the mandatory Competitiveness Index report. In total, there are requirement of Aadhaar-seeded data as a pre- 11 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 condition for release of funds to the beneficiaries Kalraj Mishra, the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi was transferred and appointed as the Governor of scheme. The relaxation will be till 30th November Rajasthan. He will replace Kalyan Singh. 2019. Taking over Mishra‘s role as Himachal governor is former Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya. President Kovind appoints Chief Justices to 7 Tamil Nadu BJP president Dr Tamilisai high courts Soundararajan has been appointed as the President Ramnath Kovind appoints Chief Justices Governor of Telangana, replacing ESL to seven high courts. Narasimhan. Name High court Bhagat Singh Koshyari has been appointed as the Lingappa Narayana Himachal Pradesh High new Governor of Maharashtra. Koshyari will Swamy Court replace Vidyasagar Rao. Arif Mohammed Khan has been appointed as the Punjab and Haryana Ravi ShankerJha Kerala governor in place of P Sathasivam. High Court

Indrajit Mohanty Rajasthan High Court US Open 2019: Complete List Andhra Pradesh High J.K. Maheshwari The 2019 US Open was the 139th edition of Court tennis‘ US Open. S. Manikumar Kerala High Court Category Winner Runner Up Arup K. Goswami Sikkim High Court Men‘s Rafael Nadal Daniil Medvedev Ajai Lamba Gauhati High Court Singles (Spain) (Russia)

Bianca HBR‘s list of 10 best performing CEOs has 3 Women‘s Serena Williams Andreescu Indian-origin CEOs Singles (USA) (Canada) The Best-Performing CEOs in the World, 2019′ list compiled by the Harvard Business Review (HBR) J.S. Cabal M. Granollers features 100 CEOs. Men‘s (Colombia) and (Spain) and H. The list has been topped by American technology Doubles R. Farah Zeballos company NVIDIA‘s CEO Jensen Huang. Among the (Colombia) (Argentina) top 10 chief executives on the list, 3 spots have E. been occupied by the Indian-origin CEOs. Mertens(Belgiu V. Azarenka Women‘s Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen was ranked 6th, m) and A. (Belarus) and A. followed by MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga was Doubles Sabalenka(Bela Barty(Australia) ranked 7th and Microsoft chief Satya Nadella on rus) the 9th spot. The list also features India-born B. Mattek- CEO of DBS Bank Piyush Gupta on the 89th spot. H. Chan() Mixed Sands (USA) Apple CEO Tim Cook was ranked 62nd in the list. and M. Venus Doubles and J. Murray The 2019 list has 4 female CEOs in the top 50 of (New Zealand) the rankings. (U.K)

New Governors Appointed in 5 Indian States 20th Edition of IIFA Awards 2019 in Mumbai A total of five governors have been appointed by The 20th Edition of NEXA International Indian Film President Ram Nath Kovind, including the transfer Academy Awards (IIFA Awards) for 2019 was held and appointment of Kalraj Mishra. 12 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium in Mumbai. 71st Emmy Awards 2019 Declared Category Winners  The 71st annual primetime Emmy Awards Best Film Raazi honours handed out at the Microsoft Theater in Best Actor in a leading role Los Angeles. Alia Bhatt (Raazi) (Female) Category Winner Best Actor in a leading role Ranveer Singh OUTSTANDING Game of Thrones (HBO) (Male) (Padmaavat) DRAMA SERIES Best Actor In Supporting Aditi Rao Hydari OUTSTANDING Fleabag (Amazon) Role (Female) (Padmaavat) COMEDY SERIES Best Actor In Supporting Vicky Kaushal LEAD ACTOR, Billy Porter, Pose Role (Male) (Sanju) DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS, Best Director Jodie Comer, Killing Eve (Andhadhun) DRAMA Arijit Singh (Ae LEAD ACTOR, Best Playback Singer (Male) Bill Hader, Barry Watan from Raazi) COMEDY Harshdeep Kaur LEAD ACTRESS, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Best Playback Singer and Vibha Saraf COMEDY Fleabag (Female) for Dilbaro (Raazi) SUPPORTING ACTOR, Peter Dinklage, Game of Sonu Ke Titu Ki DRAMA Thrones Best Music Sweety SUPPORTING Julia Garner, Ozark Legendary actor ACTRESS, DRAMA Lifetime Achievement and comedian Award SUPPORTING ACTOR, Tony Shalhoub, The Jagdeep Jaffery COMEDY Marvelous Mrs Maisel Sara Ali Khan Best Debut Award (Female) SUPPORTING Alex Borstein, The (Kedarnath) ACTRESS, COMEDY Marvelous Mrs Maisel Ishaan Khatter Best Debut Award (Male) OUTSTANDING (Dhadak) Chernobyl (HBO) LIMITED SERIES 20 Years Best Actor Deepika Padukone OUTSTANDING Black Mirror: (Female) TELEVISION MOVIE Bandersnatch (Netflix) Outstanding performance LEAD ACTOR, by a director in the last 20 Jharrel Jerome, When (Sanju) LIMITED SERIES OR years They See Us MOVIE 20 Years Best Actor (Male) Ranbir Kapoor LEAD ACTRESS, Michelle Williams, Best music in the last 20 LIMITED SERIES OR Pritam Fosse/Verdon years MOVIE Best film of the past 20 Kaho Na Pyaar Hai SUPPORTING ACTOR, Ben Whishaw, A Very years LIMITED SERIES OR English Scandal

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Category Winner The amalgamation of banks will be in the MOVIE following manner: Punjab National Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce SUPPORTING Patricia Arquette, The and United Bank of India to be merged into one ACTRESS, LIMITED Act SERIES OR MOVIE single bank, with business of Rs 7.95 trillion to make India‘s 2nd largest bank. COMPETITION RuPaul‘s Drag Race PROGRAM Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank are to be merged to become the 4th largest public sector bank with VARIETY SKETCH Saturday Night Live business of Rs 15.2 lakh crore. SERIES Union Bank of India, Andhra Bank and

Corporation Bank are to be merged to become the FIFA Football Awards 2019 5th largest public sector bank with business of Rs The ―Best FIFA Football Awards 2019‖ felicitated 14.6 lakh crore. in Milan. ‘s Lionel Messi won the best Indian Bank will be merged with Allahabad Bank men‘s player at the Best Fifa Football Awards in Milan.It is the 6th time Messi has been voted the to become the 7th largest public sector bank with world‘s best men‘s player after winning it in business of Rs 8.08 lakh crore. 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015. The government has also announced capital The complete list of awards is as follows: infusion of over Rs 55,000 crores into public Best Men‘s Player Award: Lionel Messi sector banks: Best Women‘s Player Award: Megan Rapinoe PNB (Rs 16,000 crore), Men‘s Coach of the Year: Jurgen Klopp Union Bank of India (Rs 11,700 crore), Women‘s Coach of the Year: Jill Ellis Bank of Baroda (Rs 7000 crore), Best Men‘s Goalkeeper: Alisson Indian Bank (Rs 2500 crore), Best Women‘s Goalkeeper: Sari van Veenendaal Indian Overseas Bank (Rs 3800 crore), Fair Play Award: Marcelo Bielsa and the Leeds Central Bank (Rs 3300 crore), United squad UCO Bank (Rs 2100 crore), Puskas Award for the Best Goal: Daniel Zsori United Bank (Rs 1600 crore) and FIFA Fan Award: Silvia Grecco Punjab and Sind Bank (Rs 750 crore).

Government announces Mega Merger of Public Sector Banks Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a big consolidation of public sector banks. Under the scheme of amalgamation, 10 public sector banks are to be merged into four banks. After the amalgamation, the total number of Public Sector Banks in the country will come down to 12 from 27 banks.

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 66th Category Winner The 66th National Film awards have been Integration (Kannada) announced by Rahul Rawail, head of the Jury for Best film on Social feature films. The Jury unanimously conferred the Padman Issues award for the Most Film Friendly State to P V Rohith (Kannada), ―Uttarakhand‖ for furthering the growth of the Sameep Singh film industry in the state including creating an (Punjabi), Talha environment for ease of filming in the state. Best Child artist Arshad Reshi (Urdu) Category Winner and Shrinivas Pokale Best Feature Film Hellaro (Gujarati Film ) (Marathi) Son Rise by Vibha Sarkari Area Bakshi and The Secret Best Children‘s Film Prathamika Shaale Best non feature film Life of Frogs by Ajay Kasaragod and Vijay Bedi Best Special Effects KGF Adhitya Dhar for Uri : Sruthi Hariharan, Joju Best Director The Surgical Strike George for Joseph, Special Jury Award Savithri for Sudani Ayushmann Khuranna From , for Andhadhun and Best Actor Chandrachood Rai Vicky Kaushal for Uri : The Surgical Strike Best Film on Environment Keerthy Suresh for Paani Best Actress Conservation/Preservat Mahanati ion Swanand Kirkire for Best Supporting Actor Nathichirami Chumbhak Best Lyrics (Kannada) Surekha Sikri for Best supporting actress Best Music Direction Sanjay Leela Bhansali Badhaai Ho (Songs) for Padmaavat Best Action Direction KGF Chapter I Best Music Direction Uri : The Surgical Padmaavat for Best Choreography (Background score) Strike Ghumar Uri : The Surgical Best Sound Design MJ Radhakrishnan for Strike Best Cinematography Olu (Malayalam) Best Female playback Bindu for Mayavi Best Educational Film Sarala Virala Singer Manave (Kannada) Best Popular Film Badhaai Ho Best Male Playback Arijit Singh for Bhinte Best film on Singer Dhil Paani Environment issues Best Original Chi La Sow Best Debut Film of a Screenplay Naal (Marathi) Director Best Adapted Andhadhun Best Film for National Ondalla Eradalla Screenplay

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Category Winner The US remains the top economy with a GDP of $20.5 trillion in 2018. China was the 2nd largest Best Dialogues Tariqh economy with $13.6 trillion, while Japan took the

3rd place with $5 trillion. India‘s GDP was at $2.7 R avish Kumar wins Ramon Magsaysay award trillion in 2018, while UK and France were at $2.8 2019 trillion. India still remains the fastest-growing Indian journalist Ravish Kumar has been awarded major economy in the world. the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award for ―harnessing journalism to give voice to the Forbes highest paid actors list 2019 voiceless‖. Bollywood Actor Akshay Kumar has made it to the The Magsaysay award was started in 1957 and 4th position on the Forbes magazine‘s World‘s celebrates the memory and leadership example of Highest-Paid Actors Of 2019 list. Akshay has the former Philippine president Ramon del Fierro raked in $65 million. Hollywood star Dwayne Magsaysay. It is given every year to individuals or ‗Rock‘ Johnson tops the Forbes list of the 10 organisations in Asia who manifest the same highest-paid actors. selfless service and transformative influence that 1. Dwayne Johnson ($89.4 million) ruled the life of the late and beloved Filipino 2. Chris Hemsworth ($76.4 million) leader. Ramon Magsaysay Award is regarded as 3. Robert Downey Jr. ($66 million) the Asian version of the Nobel Prize. 4. Akshay Kumar ($65 million) The other winners of the award are: 5. Jackie Chan ($58 million)  Ko Swe Win (): He is a human rights 6. Bradley Cooper ($57 million) defender and the chief editor of Myanmar Now 7. Adam Sandler ($57 million) . 8. Chris Evans ($43.5 million) 9. Paul Rudd ($41 million)  Angkhana Neelapajit () is human rights 10. Will Smith ($35 million) activist and a leading human rights defender in

Southern Thailand.  Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab (Philippines) is a Scarlett Johansson tops Forbes highest-paid musician who has served in the music faculty actresses list of the University of the Philippines and has For the second consecutive year, Hollywood star conducted free workshops for thousands of Scarlett Johansson has topped the Forbes‘ list of students all across the country. highest-paid female actors in the world. Spurred  Kim Jong-Ki (South Korea) is an activist by the success of her summer Marvel film working with violence and mental health issues Avengers: Endgame, the 34-year-old actor‘s in youth and a South Korean agrarian earning reached USD 56 million. movement leader who pioneered wasteland 1. Scarlett Johansson – $56 million cultivation, and strove to demonstrate through 2. Sofia Vergara – $44.1 million his work that life as a farmer can be fulfilling 3. Reese Witherspoon – $35 million and productive. 4. Nicole Kidman – $34 million 5. Jennifer Aniston – $28 million India slips to 7th largest economy in 2018 6. Kaley Cuoco – $25 million 7. Elisabeth Moss – $24 million According to the World Bank, India has been 8. Margot Robbie- $23.5 million pushed to the 7th place in the global GDP 9. Charlize Theron- $23 million rankings in 2018. In 2017, India had emerged as 10. Ellen Pompeo – $22 million the 6th largest economy. 16 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Award (Regular Mohinder RBI to transfer Rs 1.76 lakh crore to Category ) Singh government Dhillon The Reserve Bank of India has given its approval Dronacharya Sh. Merzban to transfer a sum of Rs 1,76,051 crore to the Award (Life-Time Hockey Patel Government of India, comprising of Rs 1,23,414 Category) crore of surplus for the year 2018-19 and Rs Dronacharya Sh. Rambir 52,637 crore of excess provisions identified as Award (Life-Time Singh Kabaddi per the revised Economic Capital Framework. The Category) Khokhar decision was taken on the recommendations of Dronacharya the Expert Committee to Review the Extant Sh. Sanjay Award (life-time Cricket Economic Capital Framework for RBI. The panel Bhardwaj category) was led by former RBI Governor Bimala Jalan.

Article 370 and Article 35A revoked from 2019 Selection Committee for the Sports Awards 2019 J&K was headed by Justice Mukundakam Sharma, A series of historical decisions which includes the Retired Judge, Supreme Court. scrapping of Article 370 & Art-35-A and the Apart from a medal and a citation, introduction of ―J&K Reorganisation Bill 2019‖ Khel Ratna Awardee will receive a cash prize of were taken during the session of Rajya Sabha. Rs. 7.5 lakh. Arjuna, Dronacharya and Dhyan Article 370 was providing special autonomous Chand Awardees will receive statuettes, status to the Indian state ―Jammu & Kashmir‖ certificates and cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh each. A Union Government scrapped article 370 and 35A trophy and citation is given to the entity in the in J&K and introduced a new bill named ―J&K Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, 2019. Reorganisation Bill 2019‖. Recipients of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar will be given Trophies and certificates. Overall top performing university in inter-university Prime Minister launches Fit India Movement tournaments will be given MAKA Trophy, award On the occasion of National Sports Day (29th money of Rs. 10 lakh and certificate. August), Prime Minister Narendra Modi has Award Name Discipline launched the Fit India Movement at the Indira Rajiv Gandhi Khel Sh. Bajrang Gandhi Stadium Complex in New Delhi. During Wrestling Ratna Punia the event, PM appealed to the nation to join this Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ms. Deepa fitness movement and make a ‗Fitter & Better Para Athletics Ratna Malik India‘. Dronacharya The nation-wide Fit India Movement aims to Sh. Vimal Award (Regular Badminton motivate every Indian to incorporate simple, easy Kumar Category) ways of staying fit in their everyday life. Dronacharya Sh. Sandeep Award (Regular Table tennis India‘s GDP Reports Gupta Category) Dronacharya Sh. Athletics 17 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 India Ratings and Research has revised its IMF downgrading global growth of World in 2019 projection of India‘s GDP growth in the financial to 3%, the slowest since the global financial crisis. year 2019-20 to 6.7%. India‘s growth projections have also been Rating agency CRISIL has revised India‘s fiscal downgraded to 6.1% and 7.0% in 2019 and 2020 year 2020 GDP growth forecast to 6.3%. respectively by IMF. Asian Development Bank slashed its growth The American financial service company Moody‘s forecast for India for fiscal year 2019-20 to 6.5% has downgraded India‘s economic outlook to from 7%. ―Negative‖ from ―Stable‖. Moody‘s Investors World Bank cuts India's growth projection to 6 Service has slashed India‘s economic growth percent for the fiscal year 2019-20. forecast to 5.6% for the fiscal year 2019. The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has pegged India‘s gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2019-20 at 4.9% as against 6.8 % in 2018 (or FY-19). Global rating agency Moody‘s expects the Centre‘s fiscal deficit to touch 3.7% of the GDP. India‘s GDP growth hit an over six-year low of 4.5 percent in July-September 2019, dragged mainly by the deceleration in manufacturing output and subdued farm sector activity. The GDP growth was recorded at 7 percent in the corresponding quarter of FY 2018-19.

Agreements/Memorandum of Understandings

Public sector Bank, Indian Bank signed an MoU the fresh line of credit of 100 million US dollars with Tata AIG General Insurance. The MoU offers by India to finance development projects in Benin. the latter‘s diverse range of general insurance Minister of State for Defence and Senior General policies benefiting the bank‘s customers by way Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief of of protection, wealth creation and savings. Defence Services of Myanmar signed MoU to Acko General Insurance, an insurtech company, enhancing defence co-operation, review joint has partnered with Zest Money. This partnership will help Zest Money customers cover their exercises and training provided to Myanmar monthly EMI payments during times of crisis. Defence Services. India and have agreed to set up a Prime Minister of Nepal inaugurated India-Nepal Joint Technical committee for optimum use of Logistics Summit between India and Nepal in Ganges water. Kathmandu. The theme of the summit was Discovery India and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) ―Transforming Logistics Landscape‖. India have partnered with the Forest Directorate, India, Mozambique sign 2 MoUs to strengthen the government of West Bengal and local defence cooperation. The two MoUs include an communities to preserve Sundarbans. agreement on sharing white shipping information India and Benin signed 4 MoUs on education, health and e-visa facilities and an agreement on 18 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 and another on co-operation in the field of I-League champion Chennai City FC has Hydrography. announced a strategic partnership with German WhatsApp has partnered with NITI Aayog, under sports goods supplier "uhlsport". the Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) to Wipro announced a strategic partnership with the announce its plan to support and promote women Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to conduct entrepreneurs in India. advanced applied research in autonomous Australian Super and Ontario Teachers‘ Pension systems, robotics and 5G. Plan will invest $1 billion each in the National Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) Master Jammu and National Institute of Solar Energy Fund. (NISE) have signed a (MoU) to work jointly to The Indian Institute of Technology Madras achieve the objective of National Solar Mission partnered with National Institute of Ocean through training programmes. Technology to harness electricity from ocean Army Welfare Housing Organization (AWHO) and waves. Tata Realty & Housing have signed a The National Institute of Solar Energy and the memorandum of understanding (MoU). This MoU Industrial Development enables the personnel of to Organization have signed an agreement to initiate immediately take over dwelling units. BookMyForex.com, a marketplace for foreign a skill development programme for different exchange and remittances, has partnered with levels of beneficiaries in the solar thermal energy YES Bank to launch a co-branded multi-currency sector. forex travel card for Indian overseas travellers. The Uttar Pradesh government has extended Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi has bilateral agreements with Netherlands till 2024. partnered with Denmark-based firm to start The previously inked MoUs sought cooperation DESMI Centre of Excellence on Waste-to-Wealth and exchange of the knowledge and techniques in at IIT-Delhi. the fields of solid waste management, spatial The Department of Social Justice signed an MoU planning, water management including with the National AIDS Control Organization restoration of water bodies and mobility planning. (NACO) to enhance outreach on AIDS prevention, Indian Bank has entered into a corporate agency address the risk of HIV transmission among all agreement with Cholamandalam MS General substance users. Insurance Company Ltd. Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) Reliance Jio and Microsoft announced a has partnered with Incuspaze Solutions Private Limited (Incuspaze) to open a first-of-its-kind partnership to accelerate the digital co-working space named @Workspaze, transformation in India. Under this deal, Microsoft exclusively designed for MSMEs and startups. will bring in the Azure Cloud on Jio Network and The Indian School of Business (ISB) and Microsoft target the enterprise and business users seeking a India announced a new partnership to take technological shift. forward their shared vision for an AI-empowered The Naval Air Enclave in Kochi and Cochin India. International Airport Limited have signed a MoU India Meteorological Department (IMD) signed a for commencement of naval air operations from Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the the NAE, a naval aviation facility at CIAL in to hand over Cyclone Detection Radar Nedumbassery. (CDR) building to naval forces for meteorological purposes. The building is set to be utilised by 19 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Indian Naval Meteorological Analysis Centre IT services major Wipro Limited has bagged a (INMAC). strategic contract valued at $300 million from the Government e-Marketplace has signed an MoU ICICI Bank. with Small Industries Development Bank of India. Microsoft India and the Central Board of The MoU aims to benefit MSMEs, women Secondary Education have partnered to build AI entrepreneurs, Self Help Groups. learning for schools. The Steel Users Federation of India has signed an Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) and MoU with the Bombay Stock Exchange to launch Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE), one of trading in steel futures. IIT Guwahati has signed a Memorandum of the leading commodity exchanges in China, have Understanding (MoU) with RD Grow Green India signed a MoU for co-operation and the exchange Pvt for Technology transfer for safer drinking of information. water. Gujarat Government and the Delaware State of The Central TB Division of the Health Ministry has America signed MoU for sister state. signed an MoU with Wadhwani Institute for Hiranandani Group energy arm H-Energy has Artificial Intelligence, to explore the application of signed a port service agreement with Kakinada cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence technology in Seaports Limited to develop a liquefied natural its fight against TB. gas (LNG) regasification and reloading terminal at ECL Finance Ltd, a subsidiary of Edelweiss Kakinada port. Financial Services, and Central Bank of India have The Gurugram traffic police have tied up with signed an agreement for priority sector lending to (MSME's) customers. Google maps for real time traffic updates. The The Bangladesh government has signed an traffic related information will be shared in real agreement with Reliance Power of India for gas- time for public use. based power plant. The plant will set up a 750 National Institution for Transforming India has MW gas-based power plant in Meghnahat near selected McKinsey & Company to set up India‘s Dhaka. first Digital Capability Centre (DCC). Google and the Ministry of Electronics and The Industrial Development Bank of India and Life Information Technology have signed a statement Insurance Corporation of India Credit Cards of intent to roll-out 'Build for Digital India'. Services will launch a co-branded credit card, Reliance Power has signed a partnership which will be marketed to customers, agents, and agreement with Japanese energy major Japan‘s employees of the corporation and its subsidiaries. Energy For a New Era (JERA). India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) has IIT Kharagpur has collaborated with Amazon Web signed 200 million dollar loan agreement to Services (AWS) to develop a National Artificial upgrade rural roads in 34 districts of Maharashtra Intelligence resource platform (NAIRP) to promote to improve road safety. learning and development in artificial intelligence International Finance Corporation, part of the (AI). World Bank Group, has signed a MoU with the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Finance Industry Development Council to signed Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with collaborate on the training of NBFCs in the for direct transfer of benefits country. electronically into bank accounts of all Railway Ministry signed a MoU with Confederation stakeholders. of Indian Industry (CII) for evaluating the green

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 initiatives and rate the performance of its industrial units pursuing environmentally sustainable practices. Kerala signs MoU with the Maldives to strengthen cancer care in the island nation. ISRO joined hands with DRDO for the development of human-centric systems for the Human Space Mission to demonstrate its human space flight capabilities. Defence PSU Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) and Wipro Infrastructure Engineering (WIN) have signed an MoU to work together in the areas of Government e-Marketplace signed an MoU with aerospace, industrial automation, 3-D printing, Union Bank of India. UBI will be able to offer an artificial intelligence and hydraulic system array of services including transfer of funds engineering. through GeM Pool Accounts, advising of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Performance Bank Guarantees and Earnest Money Yojana (AB-PMJAY) has partnered with Ola, a Deposit to the registered users on the GeM portal. mobility platform, to extend the welfare to its IIT Madras will collaborate with ExxonMobil on drivers. Research in Energy and Biofuels. The 5-year has partnered with Cisco to joint-research agreement focuses on biofuels, offer enterprises a secure, fully-managed, multi- data analytics, gas conversion and transport, and channel, intelligent and cloud-based Cisco Webex is intended towards finding low-emission Contact Center solution. solutions. Directorate General of Training (DGT), under the Mastercard, along with cricketer Mahendra Singh skill development and entrepreneurship ministry, Dhoni, launched a nationwide initiative ‗Team has signed an agreement with IT major IBM to carry out a nationwide Train-the-Trainer Cashless India‘ to accelerate the acceptance and programme in basic artificial intelligence. adoption of digital payments. Nasscom‘s Data Security Council of India (DSCI) Home Credit India (HCIN), a local arm of the collaborated with the electronics and IT ministry international consumer finance provider, has tied- (MeitY) and Google India to launch a nationwide up with Karur Vysya Bank (KVB) for joint lending. awareness campaign ‗Digital Payment Abhiyan‘. AYUSH ministry has signed an MoU with the BoB signed an MoU with the Indian Army under Defence Ministry to provide traditional medicine which the bank would offer customised services services at the armed forces‘ hospitals and along with a host of facilities to account holders. dispensaries. Ayurveda Palliative Care Unit was National Health Authority signed a Statement of inaugurated at the Base Hospital in the Delhi Intent with Google to collaborate and strengthen Cantonment. the implementation of Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Grasim Industries Limited has signed a definitive Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY). Google will agreement to form a joint venture company in support NHA in improving digital presence of India with Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH PMJAY. (MR) of Germany for the manufacturing and sale

of Composite Hollow Core Insulators.

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 The Government e-Marketplace signed a MoU Singapore-India fintech ecosystems during the with Federal Bank to offer services including 4th edition of Singapore Fintech Festival. transfer of funds through GeM Pool Accounts The Competition Commission of India (CCI) (GPA), advising of Performance Bank Guarantees approves the merger of the BNP Paribas (BNPP) (e-PBG) and Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) to the Mutual Fund and the Baroda (BOB) Mutual Fund, registered users on the portal. under Section 31(1) of the Competition Act, 2002. The Government of India, Government of Odisha Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)- and the World Bank have signed a USD 165 Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), million loan agreement for Odisha‘s Integrated Chandigarh signed a MoU with Indian Institute of Irrigation Project for Climate Resilient Agriculture. Technology (IIT) Bombay to promote collaborative Indian Overseas Bank in association with Universal research. Sompo General Insurance Co Ltd. has launched The Centre and Asian Development Bank (ADB) upgraded health care plus insurance policy has signed an agreement to extend 91 million US designed for IOB customers with a sum insured dollar loan to modernize the Vijayanagara starting from ₹50,000 and going up to ₹15 lakh. Channel Irrigation Systems and prepare river Government e-Marketplace (GeM) has signed MoU basin management plans in the Krishna river with Indian Bank and Canara Bank. The MoU will basin. facilitate a cashless, paperless and transparent ICICI Lombard has been partnering with Fino payment system on the portal and would create Payments Bank to offer non-life insurance an efficient procurement system for government solutions to its customers. As part of this entities. association, ICICI Lombard has introduced several The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) innovative insurance solutions that complement will set up a space technology cell (STC) in Fina‘s technology-enabled platforms and harness collaboration with the Indian Space Research its customer reach. Organization (ISRO). The Union ministry of health and family welfare Siemens signs MoUs with NTPC, TERI on signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) with decarbonisation, energy transition. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). MSTC Ltd has signed an agreement with IIM Indore has signed a Memorandum of Allahabad Bank for the development of a Understanding (MoU) with Lal Bahadur Shastri dedicated e-Auction platform. National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), IT services firm Tech Mahindra Ltd (Tech M) has Mussoorie. The MoU has been signed with a view acquired BORN Group, a New York-based digital to exchange faculty members for various training content and production agency, for $95 million. programme. Government e-Marketplace (GeM) signed MoU Commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland with Central Bank of India. Ltd. (ALL) has entered into a two• year Public sector Indian Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ICICI memorandum of understanding with Muthoot Bank to offer customised financial solutions to Microfinance to serve Micro, Small and Medium customers across India with a focus on Enterprises (MSME). semi•urban and rural geographies. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and India and Uzbekistan have signed a pact for Industry has signed a MoU with Singapore Fintech further strengthening of cooperation in the fields Association (SFA) as part of the growing of counter-terrorism and organised crime. 22 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 NewQuest-backed U GRO Capital inked an SME The ties between India and Bangladesh transcend loan co-origination agreement with State Bank of the strategic partnership. The multidimensional India to facilitate broader credit outreach and relationship between the two countries covers not only traditional areas like trade, commerce, faster disbursal. security and border management but also new Asian Development Bank (ADB) agreed to advance areas such as IT, space and nuclear science a loan of US $206 million to develop water supply among others. and sewerage infrastructure in Tiruchi and other Investor Education & Protection Fund Authority cities in Tamil Nadu. (IEPFA) works under the Ministry of Corporate Walmart India, in partnership with HDFC Bank, Affairs, has signed an MOU with BoB to spread customer awareness and investor education and launched a co-branded credit card exclusively for reaching out to investors and stakeholders. members of its Best Price Modern Wholesale ―B2B Cash & Carry‖ stores, offering ―free credit up to 50 days. NIIF of India and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) have agreed for CPPIB to invest up to $600 million through the NIIF Master Fund. The Online trucking platform BlackBuck has partnered with private lenders IDFC Bank and Yes Bank to provide FASTags to truck owners free of cost.

New Appointments : National

Designation/Post Who is Appointed? Constitutional & Other Posts 1. Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar 2. Director General (DG) of the country‘s largest border VK Johri guarding force, BSF 3. Chairman of the "Estimates Committee" of the Parliament Girish Bapat 4. Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of the Indian Lt Gen Paramjit Singh Army 5. Ombudsman and Ethics Officer of Indian Federation of Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri Sports Gaming (IFSG) 6. Director General Narcotics Control Bureau Rakesh Asthana 7. Secretary of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Guruprasad Mohapatra Internal Trade 8. Secretary, Ministry of Textiles Ravi Capoor 9. Ambassador of India to the Republic of Congo Ghotu Ram Meena

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Designation/Post Who is Appointed? 10. Director of National Institute of Health and Family Welfare Harshad Pandurang Thakur 11. President of Paytm Madhur Deora 12. MD and CEO of Idea-Vodafone. He will replace Balesh Ravinder Takkar Sharma 13. Cabinet secretary for two years. He will replace PK Sinha Rajiv Gauba 14. Defence Secretary. He will replace Sanjay Mitra Ajay Kumar 15. Union Home Secretary. He will replace Rajiv Gauba Ajay Kumar Bhalla 16. India's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Pavan Kapoor 17. Chairman of Coal India Pramod Agarwal 18. Officer on Special Duty‖ in the office of the Prime Minister PK Sinha 19. Vice Chief of the Indian Army. He succeeded Lieutenant General Manoj Mukund General D. Anbu. Naravane 20. India's High Commissioner to South Africa accredited as the Jaideep Sarkar next High Commissioner of India to the Kingdom of Lesotho. 21. Indian Ambassador to B Bala Bhaskar 22. Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court Justice Vikram Nath 23. Principal Secretary to PM. He will replace Nripendra Mishra Pramod Kumar Mishra 24. Principal Advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi Pradeep Kumar Sinha 25. Managing Committee of Indian Banks‘ Association (IBA). Mahabaleshwara MS 26. Lokayukta of Andhra Pradesh P Lakshmana Reddy 27. Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria 28. Ambassador of India to the Republic of Guinea Bissau Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas 29. Vice Chief of Air Marshal HS Arora 30. Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau KS Dhatwalia, 31. National women‘s badminton coach Kim Ji-Hyun has stepped down from her post of National women‘s coach of India. 32. Senior BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar was sworn in as the chief minister of Haryana for second straight time and Dushyant Chautala took oath as deputy chief minister of Haryana. 33. Ambassador of India to Greece Amrit Lugun 34. High Commissioner of India to Niue Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi 35. P resident of Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) Vijay Patil 36. Lokpal of Punjab government Justice Vinod Kumar Sharma 37. Ambassador of India to Georgia Kishan Dan Dewal 38. Law Secretary (Secretary, Legal Affairs) in the Union Law Anoop Kumar Mendiratta Ministry 39. Director -General of the National Security Guard (NSG) Anup Kumar Singh 40. Ambassador of India to the Republic of Panama Upender Singh Rawat 41. Policy Advisor in the External Affairs Ministry in the rank of Additional Secretary

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Designation/Post Who is Appointed? 42. Accredited Ambassador to the Republic of Cabo Verde Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas 43. Ambassador of India to the Republic of Iraq Birender Singh Yadav 44. Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA) Datta Padsalgikar 45. Secretary, Ministry of Power Sanjeev Nandan Sahai 46. Chairman of the Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI). Aditya Mishra 47. MD and CEO of IndusInd Bank Suman Kathpalia 48. Ambassador of India to the Republic of Mali Anjani Kumar 49. Chief Justice of Patna High Court Justice Sanjay Karol 50. Girish Chandra Murmu and Radha Krishna Mathur as the 1st Lieutenant Governors of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh respectively. 51. Satya Pal Malik has been appointed as Governor of Goa and P S Sreedharan Pillai has been appointed as the 15th governor of Mizoram. 52. Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi 53. High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India Mohammad Imran 54. Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court Justice Muhammad Raffiq 55. Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan 56. Chief Justice of the High Court of Tripura Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi 57. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis announced his resignation. 58. General Bipin Rawat to be first Chief of Defence Staff. 59. Lt Gen Podali Shankar Rajeshwar as the 14th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman & Nicobar Command (CINCAN). 60. Army‘s first female Judge Advocate Jyoti Sharma 61. Senior security advisor in the Union Home Ministry K Vijay Kumar CEO‘S/Chairman of Companies/Organizations/Banks/ Other Appointments 62. Chairman and managing director of Power Grid Corporation Kandikuppa Sreekant of India 63. 1st woman president of the Indian National Science Chandrima Shaha Academy 64. Member of the Asian Athletics Association‘s (AAA) Athletes PT Usha Commission 65. CEO of NDTV Suparna Singh 66. Resignation of SBI MD. She appointed as MD and CEO of Anshula Kant World Bank 67. Extension of the tenure of CBDT Chairman Pramod Chander Mody 68. Vice -Chairman of (PTI) Vineet Jain 69. MD of Microsoft India Research and Development Pvt. Ltd. Rajiv Kumar 70. CMD of Cognizant Technology Solutions India Ramkumar Ramamoorthy 71. Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of IDBI Bank Samuel Joseph Jebaraj 72. First Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax of NeAC. Krishna Mohan Prasad 73. Chairman of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) Nilesh Shah

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Designation/Post Who is Appointed? 74. Brand Ambassador of VISA PV Sindhu 75. Goodwill ambassador‖ by the Chief Electoral Office in Madhuri Dixit Maharashtra 76. MD and CEO of Punjab National Bank SS Mallikarjuna Rao 77. Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the South Western Air Air Marshal S K Ghotia Command (SWAC) of the Indian Air Force (IAF), Gandhinagar. 78. Executive director of the IMF for a period of three years. Surjit Bhalla 79. MD and CEO of Oil India Limited Sushil Chandra Mishra 80. Yes Bank Ltd Chief Operating Officer Anita Pai 81. Chief Marketing Officer of Yes bank Jasneet Bachal 82. President of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) K Satish Reddy 83. Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Mastercard India Vikas Varma 84. Controller General of Accounts (CGA) Soma Roy Burman 85. Whole -Time Member, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of Sudhaker Shukla India (IBBI). 86. Chairman of Indian Banks‘ Association SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar 87. RBI superseded the Board of Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank Limited, Mumbai and appointed Jai Bhagwan Bhoria. 88. Thomas Dennerby (Sweden) as the Indian head coach of the Women‘s U-17 football team. 89. Secretary of Indian Banks‘ Association Rakesh Sharma 90. Kapil Dev resigns from the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) of BCCI. 91. Nils Andersen new chairman of British-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever 92. G Kamala Vardhana Rao appointed CMD of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC). 93. Prakash Javadekar took charge as the Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises after resignation of Shiv Sena leader Arvind Sawant from the Union Cabinet. 94. Private sector lender Dhanlaxmi Bank MD and CEO T. Latha resigned. 95. Sudhir Mital and Shantikumar Singh were elected as president and general secretary respectively, of the Gymnastics Federation of India (GFI). 96. CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India Pankaj Kumar 97. 39th President of BCCI Sourav Ganguly 98. Vice President of BCCI Mahim Verma 99. Chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) Arvind Singh 100. Former deputy governor of RBI, HR Khan appointed as the first chairman of the steering committee of the Code for Responsible Lending (CRL) in micro-credit.

New Appointments: International Designation/Post Who is Appointed? President/PM/Heads of Countries/Organizations 1. Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva as 23rd Commander of the Sri Lankan Army. 26 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 2. Atish Dabholkar new director of Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy. He will succeed Fernando Quevedo. 3. Noel Quinn, HSBC's Global Commercial Banking unit will replace John Flint as the interim CEO of HSBC. 4. Former human rights lawyer Lionel Aingimea has been elected Nauru's new President. 5. Chief election commissioner Sunil Arora as chairman of Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB). The CEC will serve a two-year term till 2021. 6. Lieutenant General (Retired) Abhijit Guha appointed as head of the UN mission in Hodeidah, Yemen. 7. Wing Commander Anjali Singh has joined the Indian Embassy in Russia as India‘s first female military diplomat. 8. Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao has announced his resignation. He became the president of ADB on April 28, 2013. 9. Robert O‘Brien appointed as the National Security Adviser of the USA. 10. Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva has been selected as the new Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. She will succeed Christine Lagarde. 11. Adille Sumariwalla has been elected as the member of the International Association of Athletics Federations council. 12. Suresh Chitturi appointed as chairman of the International Egg Commission (IEC) for the next two years. 13. World Steel Association (Worldsteel) elected Sajjan Jindal, CMD, JSW Steel. 14. New chief of the European Central Bank. Christine Lagarde 15. Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Mariano Grossi of Argentina 16. General Vice President (GVP), International Organisation Dr Vinaya Shetty Development Association (IODA) 17. FIFA‘s Chief of global football development Arsene Wenger (France) 18. Director of Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Suman Billa 19. President of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Masatsugu Asakawa 20. Alphabet Inc. CEO after Google Sundar Pichai 21. The UNESCO named Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Indigenous Peoples.

Awards and Recognition

Name of the Award Winner Awards for Literature/Journalism 1. 40th edition of prestigious Sarala Puraskar for his poetry work Noted Odia writer Pradeep Charu Chibar O Charjya Dash 2. Senior journalist and Ramon Magsaysay awardee, Ravish Kumar Gauri Lankesh National Award for Journalism.

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Name of the Award Winner 3. U.S. based-Indian author Madhuri Vijay‘s debut novel, ―The Far Madhuri Vijay Field‖ bagged this year‘s JCB prize for Literature, the most expensive Indian award for writing. 4. Renowned Rabindra Sangeet exponent from Bangladesh conferred Rezwana Choudhury Bannya the ICCR distinguished alumni award in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 5. 12th ‗Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize‘ for his 2018 book, ―Early English author Tony Joseph Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From―. Country‘s Highest Honour Given 6. Priya Priyadarshini Jain 'Indian Woman of Influence' award in United Kingdom Parliament, . 7. President Ram Nath Kovind awarded the National Order of Merit by the President of Guinea for his exceptional contribution to the advancement of overall relations and development of mutual cooperation between India and Guinea. 8. Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman honoured with the on Independence Day. 9. Priyam Chatterje, 1st Indian chef to be awarded the 'Chevalier de l‘Ordre du Mérite Agricoleto' by the government of France. 10. USE honour the Indian PM Narendra Modi with the "Order of Zayed", the highest civilian award of the country. 11. JNU Professor Meeta Narain was conferred the ‗Pushkin Medal – 2019‘ by Russia 12. Nobel Laureate Professor from Bangladesh was conferred the 'Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis' award by the Vatican. 13. Navdeep Singh Suri, India‘s envoy to United Arab Emirates, has been honoured with the First Class Order of Zayed II award. 14. Russia honoured NASA astronaut Nick Hague with one of its highest honours, ―The Order of Courage‖ 15. Vice President was conferred ‗The Order of the Green Crescent‘, the highest Civilian Honour of Comoros, by Azali Assoumani, President of Comoros in Moroni. 16. Ramesh Pandey has been selected for the prestigious Asia Environmental Enforcement Award by the United Nations Environment Programme. 17. Ashleigh Barty awarded Australian sport‘s highest individual honour ‗The Don‘ Award at the annual Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Film/Music Awards 18. Veteran star Meryl Streep won the Tribute Actor award at the 2019 in 44th International Film Festival. 19. Actor Steve Coogan will be felicitated with the Charlie Chaplin Award by the British Academy's Los Angeles branch. 20. A biographical documentary "100 Years of Chrysostum" received Guinness Award in the category of longest documentary. 21. Indian documentary film "I'm Jeeja", directed by Swati Chakraborty, has won the award in the 'Under 30 minute' category at the 14th edition of the 'We Care Film Festival on Disability Issues'. 22. Bollywood actor Neena Gupta won 2 awards at Indian International Film Festival of Boston. 23. The Film Federation of India (FFI) has chosen ‗Gully Boy‘ as India‘s official entry to the Oscars. 24. Sonu Nigam honoured with the Magnificent Performing Arts Award at the annual 21st Century Icon Awards in London. 25. The , presented this year to Amitabh Bachchan. 28 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Name of the Award Winner 26. Short film Spirit Of Kerala‖ has won the People‘s Choice Award 27. Madhya Pradesh‘s National Kishore Kumar Samman for 2018-19 to Priyadaeshan 28. ― Gully Boy‖ won the best film from India award in the regional finals at the Asian Academy Creative Awards ceremony. 29. Netflix series ―Delhi Crime‖ has won in a number of categories at the Asian Academy Creative Awards. Delhi Crime won for Best Actress, Best Direction, Best Drama Series, Best Editing and Best Original Programme. 30. Indian actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui awarded the prestigious Golden Dragon Award for his works in Hindi cinema at the Cardiff International Film Festival (CIFF) 2019 held in Wales, United Kingdom. 31. 50th IFFI) honour superstar Rajinikanth with a special Icon of Golden Jubilee Award and Life Time Achievement Award for a Foreign Artiste to French Actress Isabelle Huppert. 32. A documentary on Real Kashmir Football Club bagged the prestigious British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) and Scotland Awards at a glittering ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland. 33. Sridevi and Rekha conferred with the Akkineni Nageswara Rao National Award for 2018 and 2019 respectively. 34. Joker‘ fame Joaquin Rafael Phoenix, American actor from California, United States (US) has been bestowed with the PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) ‗Person of the Year‘ Award 2019. 35. Shilpa Shetty‘s fitness app ―Shilpa Shetty App‖ awarded Google Play‘s Best Apps of 2019. The app was awarded in the category of ‗Personal Growth‘. Other Awards Conferred Vidisha Baliyanfrom Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar, was crowned the Miss Deaf World 2019 title in the 36. international beauty pageant held in Mbombela, South Africa. 37. Sudarsan Pattnaik won People‘s Choice Award at a prestigious sand sculpting festival in the U.S. 38. Entrepreneur Award 2019 to Ruhan Rajput, a renowned entrepreneur, co-founder and Director of Einfolge Technologies Pvt Ltd. 39. DD News is awarded with "Champions of Empathy Award" for spreading awareness about hepatitis. 40. Bhasha Mukherjee, a 23-year-old Indian origin doctor Miss England 2019. 41. India's transsexual woman Naaz Joshi crowned Miss World Diversity 2019. Event was held in Port Louis, Mauritius. 42. ISRO announced its ― Journalism Award in Space Science, Technology and Research‖. 43. The 4th edition of the National Entrepreneurship Awards, instituted in a bid to recognize and encourage outstanding Indian Entrepreneurs and catalyse a cultural shift in youth for entrepreneurship by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE). 44. Barcelona's Lionel Messi has been awarded UEFA's Goal of the Season award 2018-19 for his free- kick against Liverpool. 45. Rajasthan wins the ―best innovation and initiative leadership award‖ for its achievements in higher education in the World Education Summit-2019 held in New Delhi. 46. Tamil Nadu government has awarded Indian Space Research Organisation's chairman K. Sivan with its Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award. 47. Dr K Thangaraj, Chief Scientist at Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) was awarded JC Bose Fellowship.

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Name of the Award Winner 48. Women and Child Development Minister distributed the Poshan Abhiyaan Awards for 2018-19. The awards were given to the States, Districts, Blocks and Anganwadi Workers for their contributions in scaling up the Abhiyaan. 49. Prabhakar Singh, Director General, Central Public Works Department has been chosen for the ‗Eminent Engineer Award for the Year 2019‘. Former Manchester United forward player Eric Cantona will be honoured with the 2019 UEFA 50. President‘s Award. 51. Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), conferred the prestigious SKOCH Governance Gold Award for its initiative "Portal for Affordable Credit and Interest Subvention Access (PAiSA)" 52. Mobile app clinched the bronze medal at the Technovation Challenge. 53. Prime Minister Narendra Modi prestigious ‗Global Goalkeeper Award‘ by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for the Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan. 54. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu and Kashmir adjudged as the "Best Swachh Iconic place. 55. Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) won the IT Excellence Award, 2019. "SATARK" (System for Assessing, Tracking and Alerting Disaster Risk Information based on Dynamic Risk Knowledge) 56. ―Oscars of science‖ awarded to Event Horizon Telescope Team, with prize money $3 million. 57. MD and Chairman of Hero Moto Corp, Pawan Munjal, Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame. 58. England cricket greats Geoffrey Boycott and Andrew Strauss have been honoured with ―Knighthoods‖ by Theresa May. 59. Five Indian women police officers honoured by UN for their commendable services in the world body‘s mission in South Sudan. The women officers who were conferred the UN medal were: Reena Yadav, Gopika Jahagirdar, Bharati Samantray, Ragini Kumari and Kamal Shekhawat. 60. Bangladesh PM received Dr Kalam Smriti International Excellence Award 2019 in Dhaka. 61. Meghalaya -based rights activist Agnes Kharshiing, who survived an assault by the coal mafia almost a year ago, received the 11th International Hrant Dink Award. 62. Vinod Kumar Yadav, Chairman of Railway Board with Eminent Engineers Award. 63. Super 30 founder and noted mathematician Anand Kumar has been felicitated in the US with a prestigious Education Excellence Award 2019. 64. Super 30 founder and noted mathematician Anand Kumar has been felicitated in the US with a prestigious Education Excellence Award 2019. 65. Kerala Tourism has won three prestigious Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Gold awards in Nur- Sultan (Astana), Kazakhstan. 66. Physicist for Astronomy and Astrophysics received the MP Birla Memorial Award 2019 for his contributions to the world of cosmology. 67. The SASTRA Ramanujan prize for 2019 will be awarded to Adam Harper. Mathematician Adam Harper is an Assistant Professor with the University of Warwick, England. 68. Rajasthan‘s Payal Jangid, aged 17, and became the first Indian to receive the Changemaker Award 2019 at the Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards 2019. 69. IT major Infosys has received the United Nations Global Climate Action Award in the ‗Climate Neutral 30 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Name of the Award Winner Now‘ category. 70. Airport Council International has recognized Cochin International Airport Limited as the best airport in terms of services offered to passengers. 71. Odisha‘s Tapan Kumar Mishra honoured with the National Tourism Award for the Category of ―Best Tourist Guide‖ for the year 2017-18 during celebration of the World Tourism Day. 72. India‘s Kallie Puri has been awarded with ―India‘s Most Powerful Women in Media‖ award at the famed Confluence Excellence Awards. 73. President Ram Nath Kovind presented the most effective Swachchta Ambassador award to Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. 74. England all-rounder Ben Stokes has been voted Professional Cricketers‘ Association player 75. Human rights lawyer from Kyrgyzstan Azizbek Ashurov was awarded the 2019 UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) prestigious Nansen Award. 76. 31st Award for National Integration for the years 2017 and 2018 will be awarded to the pioneer of the Chipko Movement Chandi Prasad Bhatt for his services in promoting and preserving the national integration. 77. Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo have jointly won the 2019 Booker Prize. 78. Messi received his 6th Golden Shoe as the top scorer in the European leagues. 79. Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra has been named orchestra of the year at the 2019 Gramophone Awards. 80. Vice President Venkaiyah Naidu presented the ―Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award‖ to the scholar, legal luminary and former Attorney General of India K Parasaran on the occasion of Elder‘s Day celebration. 81. Jennifer Aniston to receive People‘s Icon Award 2019 at the 2019 People‘s Choice Awards. 82. Mohun Bagan Athletic Club has conferred life membership to Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee. 83. Golden Sand Art Award 2019 given to Sand Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik. 84. 5th Edition of ‗Miss Asia Global Title 2019‘ was organized at Gokulam Convention centre in Kochi, Kerala. Sara Damnjanovic from Serbia has been crowned ‗Miss Asia Global 2019‘. 85. Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, was conferred the ABLF Global Asian Award, 86. Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2019 will be conferred on renowned naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough for his tireless work to preserve and protect biodiversity. 87. India captain Virat Kohli was named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India‘s ‗Person of the Year for 2019‘ for his animal advocacy efforts. 88. Union Minister of the Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers conferred the Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019 awards. The top-ranked state: Tamil Nadu, and the top-ranked district: Peddapalli (Telangana), along with the state with the maximum citizen participation: Uttar Pradesh. 89. Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) London has conferred the Honorary Fellowship of the Society for the year 2019 to G Satheesh Reddy, Secretary Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO. He is the first Indian recipient of this prestigious award in over 100 years. 90. Barcelona forward Lionel Messi won the Ballon d‘Or award for the world‘s best player for a record 6th 31 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Name of the Award Winner time. 91. The Mumbai Central station of Railways was conferred with the ‗Eat Right Station‘ certification with four stars rating by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), 92. Late Arun Jaitley former Finance Minister of India was bestowed with the Economic Times (ET) Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Service 2019. 93. President of India conferred 36 awardees with the National Florence Nightingale Awards 2019 at an event in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The award was given to Late Lini Sajeesh from Kozhikode, Kerala, who died while on duty caring for a Nipah (NiV) virus-infected patient in Kerala.

Summits |Events |Festivals (National/International)

Name of the Summit/Events Venue Summits Held Nationally 1. 24th Meeting of Western Zonal Council Panaji, Goa 2. 22nd National Conference on e-Governance. Theme- 'Digital India: Shillong, Meghalaya Success to Excellence' 3. Technology Expo by HRD Minister IIT Delhi 4. The 3rd edition of ScooNews Global Educators Fest (SGEF) Udaipur 5. The 2nd All India Annual Conference New Delhi 6. The 3rd International Electric Vehicle Conclave Manesar, Haryana 7. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (COP14) Greater Noida, UP 8. 4th edition Internet of Things (IoT) India Congress 2019 held in with the Bengaluru, Karnataka theme of ‗Mainstreaming the Internet of Things‘. 9. The 7th 'Community Radio Sammelan' New Delhi 10. The 12th India Security Summit New Delhi 11. 4th General Assembly of Association of World Election Bodies Bengaluru 12. 5th edition of the aquaculture event, Aqua Aquaria India Hyderabad 13. 72nd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia New Delhi 14. India - New Development Bank workshop New Delhi 15. 1st National Conference on Cyber Crime Investigation and Cyber Forensics New Delhi 16. The 68th Plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) Guwahati 17. 1st conference on military medicine for the SCO New Delhi 18. India‘s first-ever helicopter summit Dehradun 19. 6th India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue New Delhi 20. International conference ANGAN (Augmenting Nature by Green Affordable New Delhi New-habitat) 21. National Conference on ―Criminal Activities and Radicalization in Jails: New Delhi Vulnerability of Inmates and Jail Staff and their Protection‖ 22. Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired 29th meeting of the Northern Chandigarh Zonal Council

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Name of the Summit/Events Venue 23. State Power Ministers‘ Conference Gujarat 24. 1st India Sports Summit 2019 New Delhi 25. 2nd ―India-China Informal Summit‖ Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu 26. The first National Hindi Science writers conference 2019 Lucknow 27. Conference on ‗One Nation One Tag – FASTag‘ New Delhi 28. 41st DRDO Directors Conference New Delhi 29. 91st Interpol General Assembly in 2022 India 30. 1st India-Bangladesh Stakeholders‘ meet Guwahati 31. Global Bio-India 2019 New Delhi 32. 10th Asian Conference of Emergency Medicine New Delhi 33. Sanskrit Bharati Vishwa Sammelan New Delhi 34. 58th Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine Annual Conference. The theme Bemgaluru for this year‘s conference is ‗Changing Paradigms in Aerospace Healthcare‘. 35. India -ASEAN Business Summit 2019 in on the theme: ―Today, Tomorrow, New Delhi Together‖. 36. Research Designs and Standards Organization organized the ―Mega Vendor Meet 2019‖ in Lucknow, UP. 37. 7th World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) 2019 held in Mumbai. 38. 27th Conference of Central and State Statistical Organizations (COCSSO) Kolkata by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). Theme ―Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)‖. 39. International Conference on Yoga at with the theme ‗Yoga for Heart Care‘. Mysuru, Karnataka 40. ― Replication of Good Governance Practices in Union Territories of J&K and Jammu. Ladakh. 41. 8th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS-VIII) in New Delhi. 42. 2nd edition of South Asia Safety Summit New Delhi 43. Global Bio-India Summit 2019 New Delhi 44. 1st International Conference on ―Landslides Risk Reduction and Resilience‖ in New Delhi. 45. 47th All India Police Science Congress (AIPSC) Lucknow 46. Armed Forces Flag Day-CSR Conclave in New Delhi 47. 3rd edition of National Public Procurement Conclave in New Delhi Summits Held Internationally 48. 52nd ASEAN summit in , Thailand. 49. 10th Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) in Bangkok, Thailand. 50. The 5th meeting of India-Nepal Joint Commission in Kathmandu, Nepal. 51. The Group of 7 or G7 Summit (informal) has begun in Biarritz, France. 52. The 2019 Indo Pacific Chiefs of Defence (CHOD) Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. 53. 4th Indian Ocean Conference 2019 in Male, Maldives. The theme was: ‗Securing the Indian Ocean Region: Traditional and Non-Traditional Challenges‘. 54. Ja pan–India Defence Ministerial Meeting in , Japan. 33 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Name of the Summit/Events Venue 55. 5th Eastern Economic Forum held in Vladivostok, Russia 56. 24th World Energy Congress commence in Abu Dhabi under the patronage of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates. The theme of this World Energy Congress is ―Energy for Prosperity‖. 57. Nepal Infrastructure Summit 2019 was held in Kathmandu, Nepal. The theme of the summit was ―Resilient Infrastructure for Sustainable Development―. 58. World Sindhi Congress (WSC) hosted a 31st international conference on Sindh in London. 59. 9th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. Piyush Goyal was leads from India. 60. The 35th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, Thailand. 61. The biennial Commonwealth Law Ministers‘ Conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 62. 6th parliamentary summit of G20 countries, held in Tokyo, Japan 2019 63. 2nd ‗No Money for Terror‘ 2019 conference going on in Melbourne, Australia. 64. 15th governing council meeting (GCM) of the South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme 2019 (SACEP) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 65. 22nd Session of UN Committee on Convention on Rights of Persons with Geneva Disabilities 66. 11th BRICS Summit in Brasilia, . The theme of the Summit this year is ―Economic Growth for an Innovative Future‖. 67. India will host the 19th council of heads of government of the SCO 2020. 68. 18th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit Baku, Azerbaijan 69. 9th edition of Bangladesh-India Friendship Dialogue Cox Bazar, Bangladesh 70. India will host the SCO Forum of Young Scientists and Innovators in 2020. 71. United Kingdom(UK) hosted two days organised 2019 NATO (North London Atlantic Treaty Organization) Summit

Committees in News

Purpose for which Committee is formed Headed by 1. To formulate steps to cease illegal groundwater extraction NGT has constituted a committee 2. Committee of officers to suggest measures to augment GST Central Government has constituted revenue collections and administration. 3. Tamil Nadu government constituted two committees to deal Secretary of Tamil Nadu‘s Public over water disputes with Kerala relating to the Parambikulam- Works Department (PWD) K. Aliyar Project (PAP) and the Pandiyar-Punnampuzha project Manivasan would lead both the committees. 4. Theh Jammu and Kashmir government has set up a 10-member committee to declare Srinagar‘s famous Dal Lake and its surrounding areas as an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ), following concerns over its shrinking size. The capacity of the lake has shrunk to 40%.

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 National Current Affairs

Indian Navy Ship LCU L-56, the 6th of the Lok Sabha Speaker has announced that the Lower Landing Craft Utility (LCU) MK IV class ships, was House will become paperless from the next commissioned into the Indian Navy by Vice- session. Admiral Atul Kumar Jain. Cabinet has approved the setting up of ISRO Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is all set to launch a Technical Liaison Unit (ITLU) at in Russia. new program for community innovation in New Wing Commander Tarun Chaudhri has become Delhi to make innovation ecosystem socially the first Indian Air Force pilot to perform a inclusive as well as to ensure equitable wingsuit skydive jump. distribution of infrastructure for innovation across the country to encourage the spirit of Scientists at IIT Hyderabad have developed low- innovation. cost, environment-friendly solar cells by Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and employing an off-the-shelf dye used to make Family Welfare at the 110th Annual Day kumkum or vermilion. celebrations of National Centre for Disease A joint venture company Khanij Bidesh India Control (NCDC) inaugurated the laboratory limited has been set up with the participation of complex (Lab 3) at NCDC and the new building of 3 Central Public Sector Enterprises: National National Vector Borne Disease Control Aluminium Company Limited, Hindustan Copper Programme (NVBDCP). Limited and Mineral Exploration Company Indian Railways 'Northeast Frontier Railway zone' limited. has started a unique initiative to earmark a special portion of the SLR coach with pink colour. The Government of India begins the 7th Economic Census from Tripura. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) will conduct the census. The 5th international Dharma-Dhamma conference was inaugurated by Union Minister of State Kiren Rijiju. Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar invited Nepal to be the partner country for this year's 'Gita Jayanti Mahotsav 2019' in Kurukshetra.

During the President Ram Nath Kovind's visit to Gambia, India has promised to extend an Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in collaboration assistance of USD 500,000 to Gambia. with Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel has Council (LAHDC) will work together to promote launched Atal Community Innovation Centre the pashmina products at the high-level market (ACIC) in New Delhi, to encourage the spirit of for the proper value of this fine product of innovation at the community level. pashmina (Lena-Ladakhi). Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has launched a competition for designing a Postage 35 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Stamp along with the First Day Cover to President has approved the Motor Vehicles commemorate Golden Jubilee edition of (Amendment) Act, 2019. The bill amends the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated The Khadi and Village Industry Commission has exhibitions on Mahatma Gandhi and Khadi at the launched "Leather Mission" on World Tribal Day. ―Ebunjan Theatre‖ in the Gambia to Under this mission, the commission will give commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of the leather kits to the leather artisans across the Mahatma Gandhi. nation. National Academy of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, celebrated its 65th Foundation Day in New Delhi. hosted an ‗At Home‘ reception for freedom The Rajya Sabha has passed the Consumer fighters. The reception was hosted on the Protection Bill, 2019. The bill will lead to setting occasion of the 77th anniversary of Quit India up of a Central Consumer Protection Authority to Day (August 9) at Rashtrapati Bhavan. promote, protect and enforce the rights of On the nation's Independence Day, will consumers as a class. become the 1st Indian airline to fly over the North India contributed 5 million USD to the UN Pole while connecting New Delhi and North Palestine refugee agency and called for ensuring America. sustained financial support for the organisation's Union Information and Broadcasting Minister has work. The amount was hand over to the United released a patriotic song ―Watan‖ to mark the Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for occasion of Independence Day, 2019. Palestinian Refugees. Central government has made "Headgear" The Rajya Sabha has passed a Bill for more mandatory for children above 4 years while judges in Supreme Court. The bill proposed an travelling on a motorcycle. Only Sikhs wearing increase in the sanctioned strength of the turban have been exempted from the provision of Section 129 that makes helmets mandatory for all Supreme Court from 30 to 33 judges. riders of motorcycles above 4 years of age. Union HRD Minister will launch ‗Samagra Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has Shiksha-Jal Suraksha‘ to create awareness about launched an app "Swachh Nagar" that will allow Water Conservation among all school students in users to have waste — solid, wet or construction the country. and demolition (C&D) — collected by their urban The NITI Aayog will launch the 4th Edition of local bodies. Women Transforming India (WTI) Awards in Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Indian Railways collaboration with the United Nations to launched a Special Drive with a Code Name recognize women entrepreneurs from across "Operation Number Plate‖ to identify and verify all India. vehicles parked in Railway premises, circulating President Ram Nath Kovind has signed National area, parking and even in the ‗No Parking‘ areas Medical Commission Bill. The NMC bill aims at for a longer duration. mega reforms in the medical education sector Prime Minister has announced the appointment and will replace the nearly 63-year-old Indian of a Chief of Defence Staff. The Chief of Defence Medical Council Act. Staff will be above the three Service Chiefs. The Inter-State Council has been reconstituted with Prime Minister as its chairman and 6 Union 36 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 ministers and all chief ministers as its members. ―Hunar Haat‖ has proved to be an effective Home Minister Amit Shah will chair the standing programme to provide employment and committee of the Inter-State Council. employment opportunities to master artisans. National Tribal Festival ―Aadi Mahotsav‖ has Narendra Modi has begun in Leh-Ladakh. The theme of the festival is launched the RuPay card, making the UAE the ―A celebration of the spirit of Tribal Craft, Culture first country in the Middle East to initiate the and Commerce‖. Indian indigenous system of electronic payment. India has contributed $1 million to the UN Special National Centre for Avian Ecotoxicology as inaugurated at Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology Purpose Trust Fund for the Resident Coordinator and Natural Sciences (SACON) in Coimbatore, System. The Special Purpose Trust Fund (SPTF) is Tamil Nadu. The centre would study the a specific fund housed within the UN Secretariat. movement of environmental contaminants such The Union Minister of Human Resource as pesticides, heavy metals etc. Development inaugurated the International Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan inaugurated Conference titled ―Journey of Teacher Education: FSSAI's National Food Laboratory (NFL) in Local to Global‖ in New Delhi. Ghaziabad on the occasion of 13th anniversary of Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and former India the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. football captain Baichung Bhutia flagged off Op- Human Resource Development Ministry has Blue Freedom. This is an initiative in which a launched the National Digital Library of India group of armed forces veterans train sports project to develop a framework of virtual enthusiasts in survival training and self-defence. repository of learning resources with a single- NISHTHA (National Initiative for School Heads and window search facility. Teachers Holistic Advancement) is the training Mobile application ―Janaushadhi Sugam‖ was programme to improve Learning Outcomes at the launched. It will enable people to search for Elementary level across the country. This is the Janaushadhi generic medicines and the stores at largest teachers‘ training programme of its kind the tip of their fingers. in the world. India has become the first country in the world to Amazon has opened its largest campus in the issue Biometric Seafarer Identity Document world in Hyderabad. (BSID), capturing the facial biometric data of Union Government is planning to launch an e- seafarers. commerce portal named ―Bharatcraft‖ for MSME‘s. The Union Environment Ministry has transferred The portal is based on other e-commerce portals Rs 47,436 crore to 27 States for afforestation. like ‗Alibaba‘ and ‗Amazon‘. The amount has been released from the The Health Ministry has notified the new Compensatory Afforestation Fund. warnings on ―Tobacco packs‖. The text messages Union Human Resource Development Minister that will be printed on the packs are ―tobacco launched one of the world‘s largest Integrated causes painful death‖. A quitline number ―1800- Online Junction for School Education ‗Shagun‘ in 11-2356‖ will also be printed on the packs. New Delhi. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the first- The amended provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act, ever World Youth Conference. The theme of the which hike the penalty for traffic rules violation conference was ‗Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam: have come into force from 01st September 2019. Gandhi for the Contemporary World: Celebrating As many as 63 clauses of the Act, which the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 correspond to an increase in the fine for traffic Skill India gets its first Batch of IES officers to the rule violation came into force. Indian Skill Development Services (ISDS) cadre. The Election Commission launched a new mega The aim for this is to attract young and talented Electors Verification Programme (EVP) across the administrators towards institutionalizing the Skill country. Development environment in the country. The entire month of September 2019 will be Minister for Skill Development and celebrated as the Rashtriya Poshan Maah. This Entrepreneurship (MSDE), laid the foundation year the theme is Complementary Feeding. stone for Indian Institute of Skills (IIS) at Mumbai. Tourism Minister launched first-ever architectural India has joined the Global Antimicrobial LED illumination in Qutub Minar, New Delhi. Resistance Research (AMR) and Development hub PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Garvi Gujarat as a new member. Bhavan in New Delhi. The World Bank will provide Rs 3,000 crore Government of India has announced a assistance to finance mini and mega food parks contribution of 22 million US Dollars to the across India. Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFTAM) for Union Government has set a target of setting up the 6th replenishment cycle (2020-22). 12,500 Ayush Health and Wellness Centres Delhi‘s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport across the country. gets India‘s tallest ATC tower to enhance the Jal Shakti Minister and Sports Minister flagged off safety and boost the efficiency of air transport ―Great Ganga Run-2019‖ at Jawaharlal Nehru management services. Its height is 102 metres. Stadium in New Delhi. HRD Ministry has awarded the Institute of Saint Vincent and Grenadines became the 79th Eminence status to 5 public institutions. The country to join the International Solar Alliance status was awarded to the following institutions: (ISA), an initiative by India aimed at combating IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, , the threats of climate change and global Benares Hindu University, and University of warming. Hyderabad. Union Minister for Communications, Electronics & Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism Information Technology and Law & Justice Ravi (Independent Charge) flagged off the first-ever Shankar Prasad has launched the Maritime Mobile Science Exhibition buses for the entire Communication Services at Mumbai, Ladakh Region in Leh. Maharashtra. The central government will spend 3.5 lakh crore India‘s first National Antimicrobial Resistance rupees in the next five years on ‗Jal Jeevan Hub was recently inaugurated in Kolkata. Mission‘ to deliver potable water at every India has formally launched an initiative to fund household across the country. 1000 scholars from South East Asian countries to Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the pursue PhD at its 23 Indian Institutes of nation India‘s second riverine Multi-Modal Technology. terminal (MMT) built at Sahibganj in Jharkhand. The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized PM Modi has launched the National Animal Occupants) Amendment Bill, 2019 has come into Disease Control Programme in UP‘s Mathura. effect. Minister of State for Agriculture, Parshottam India has commenced a special training Rupala has launched a multilingual Mobile App programme for Maldivian and Bangladeshi civil ―CHC Farm Machinery‖ during a conference on servants at Mussoorie in Uttarakhand. Crop Residue Management in New Delhi. 38 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 5th International Ramayan Festival organized by of Mahatma Gandhi in the Contemporary World‖ Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), in at the UN headquarters. New Delhi. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the sixth Union Minister of State for Power RK Singh and ‖India Water Week-2019‖ being organised with Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has the theme of ‖Water cooperation-coping with jointly inaugurated 15 power projects. 21st-century challenge‘ at Vigyan Bhawan in New The Jal Shakti Ministry is planning to develop a Delhi. National Water Museum to increase awareness As per the Indian Meteorological Department, among people on the conservation of the natural Earthquake hits the Pakistan-India border region resource. at around 4:31 PM on 24th September 2019. The The Department of India Posts has announced earthquake was of the magnitude of 6.3 on the commencing of International Speed Post (EMS) Richter scale and a depth of 40 km. Service to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, The Asian Development Bank has slashed its Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Lithuania and North growth forecast for India for fiscal year 2019-20 Macedonia. to 6.5% from 7%. Google has announced that it will open an The Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), inaugurated the artificial intelligence (AI) based research lab exhibition of India Tourism Mart (ITM) 2019 in ―Google Research India―. The lab will be opened New Delhi. in Bengaluru. The country‘s first central police university will be set up by the Union home ministry off the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida. Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‗Nishank‘ has launched Waste Management Accelerator for Aspiring Women Entrepreneurs (WAWE) summit. The Digital Communication Commission, the highest decision making body in the Department of Telecom has approved multiple projects worth over Rs 8,500 crore. National Thermal Power Corporation Limited The President of India Ramnath Kovind unveiled (NTPC) plans to set up a 5-gigawatt solar park in the first Indigenous High-Temperature Fuel Cell the western state of Gujarat, which would be the System. This system is developed by Council of biggest in the country. Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly (Vidhan The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has Sabha) Election 2019 Date, Scheduled on 21st named an asteroid, formally known as a minor October, while counting of votes will be held on planet and located between Mars and Jupiter, October 24. after Indian classical singer Pandit Jasraj. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a 50 Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off kilowatt ‗Gandhi Solar Park‘ at the UN Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express from the New headquarters. PM Modi and other leaders also Delhi Railway Station. The first commercial run of released a commemorative postage stamp of the train will start from 5th October. Mahatma Gandhi, at the programme ‖Relevance

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Palestine has released a commemorative postage Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation stamp on Mahatma Gandhi, honouring his legacy (IRCTC). and values, to mark the 150 birth anniversary of The Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC)-2019 was the world leader. inaugurated by the National Security Advisor, Shri Union Minister Smriti Irani Inaugurates India‘s Ajit Kumar Doval, at Goa. Largest ‗Charkha‘ made of Waste Plastic in Noida. Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog and This ‗charkha‘ (spinning wheel) made of used United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) plastic waste was inaugurated the eve of India jointly launched Youth Co:Lab. It aims at Mahatma Gandhi‘s 150th birth anniversary. accelerating social entrepreneurship and The Nation pays homage to the Father of the innovation in young India and to recognize young Nation, Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth people as critical drivers of sustainable anniversary on 2nd October 2019. development. The nation is also remembering Former Prime The three-day event "5th World Parliament of Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 115th birth Science, Religion and Philosophy" with the theme anniversary. He gave the nation the powerful of ‗role of science, religion and philosophy for slogan of Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan to enthuse soldiers and farmers. world peace and well-being of mankind‘ will be China unveiled the Dongfeng-41 (DF-41) held at the MIT World Peace University in , intercontinental-range , touted to Maharashtra. be the most powerful missile on the planet at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in National Day parade, as China observed its 70th collaboration with the Health Ministry launched anniversary of Communist rule. the 1st-ever website and mobile application on The nationwide Paryatan Parv, 2019 kicked off to oral health awareness ―eDantSeva― which contains promote tourism in the country. The aim is to a detailed list of all the dental facility and propagate the message of Dekho Apna Desh to colleges, Information, Education and encourage people to visit tourist destinations of Communication (IEC) material. the country and also spread the message of Central Board of Direct Taxes has launched Tourism for All. ―Faceless e-Assessment scheme‖ that eliminates Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mauritius PM physical interface between an assessing officer Pravind Jugnauth jointly inaugurated 2 landmark and an assessee. They also inaugurated the projects in Mauritius via video conference. National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC) in Delhi to Tourism Ministry has launched the Audio Guide be headed by Principal Chief Commissioner of facility ―Audio Odigos‖ for 12 sites of India Income Tax. (including Iconic Sites) on the occasion of ―DHRUV‖ a Pradhan Mantri Innovation Learning ―Paryatan Parv 2019‖. Programme has commenced from ISRO in Passengers of IRCTC‘s Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express will be compensated in case of delays, Bengaluru and will conclude at IIT, Delhi. It aims the Railway subsidiary, announcing a first of its to further sharpen innovative imagination, skills kind offer from any national carrier. and knowledge of the students who are expected Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to contribute to bringing solutions to socio- flagged off country‘s first private train Delhi- economic, political and environmental issues in Lucknow Tejas Express started its maiden journey the country. from Lucknow. It will be the first train of Indian Jal Shakti Minister has launched an initiative Railways that will be entirely run by Indian ‗Ganga Amantran‘. The initiative has been 40 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 launched to connect with the stakeholders of the and other operations under the bond scheme, of river. It is a pioneering exploratory open-water Customs Act, 1962. rafting and kayaking expedition on the Ganga Indian Railways (IR) has announced that it will river. The expedition will start at Devaprayag and become a net-zero carbon emitter by 2030. culminate at Ganga Sagar. Railways Minister Piyush Goyal flagged off 9 SARAS Aajeevika Mela begins at India Gate Lawns, ‗Sewa Service‘ trains. India‘s longest Tunnel Chenani- Nashri on NH 44, in New Delhi and organized by the Ministry of in Jammu and Kashmir will be named after Rural Development under the initiative of the Bhartiya Jansangh Founder Dr Shyama Prasad Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Mukherjee. Livelihoods Mission. Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Government of India has launched the Surakshit Nitin Gadkari has announced the naming of new Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN) initiative in New National Highway No. 703AA as ―Shri Guru Nanak Delhi during the 13th Conference of Central Dev Ji Marg.‖ Council of Health and Family Welfare. It aims to Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare assure dignified, respectful and quality health Harsh Vardhan released a postal stamp to care at no cost for every woman and newborn commemorate the centenary celebrations of the visiting the public health facility city-based ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has signed an (NIN). MoU with the island nation Comoros. As per MoU, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Col. India will extend over $60 mn line of credit to Chewang Rinchen Setu (Bridge) which is is named Comoros for Energy and Maritime Defence in honour of Colonel Chewang Rinchen and has Cooperation. been constructed by the Border Road 10th edition of the Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav- Organization at an altitude of 14,650 feet in the National Cultural Festival is being organized by forward area of Ladakh region. the Union Ministry of Culture from 14th to 21st Union Minister of State for Culture & Tourism (IC), of October under the ‗Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Prahlad Singh Patel launched the E-Portal of Bharat‘ campaign in Madhya Pradesh. Centre for Cultural Resources and Training Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the (CCRT) ‗Digital Bharat Digital Sanskriti‘ and CCRT most-followed elected world leader on photo- YouTube Channel in New Delhi. Film 'Rahas: sharing app Instagram. Raaslila of Chhattisgarh' directed by Sunil Shukla The nation pays homage to former President Dr and a book ―Dewas ki Sanskritik Parampara‖ APJ Abdul Kalam on his 88th birth anniversary written by Jeewan Singh Thakur was also and remembered his contributions to the country. released. Air India became the first airline in the world to The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) use a Taxibot on a A320 aircraft with passengers has launched a cinema advertisement campaign on board. Taxibot is a robot-used aircraft tractor ‗Feed Our Future‘ to raise awareness and take for taxiing an aircraft from parking bay to runway steps against hunger and malnutrition in India. and vice versa. Government of India has decided to open the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has entire area from Siachen base camp to Kumar launched a revamped and streamlined Post for tourism purposes. The step has been programme to attract investments into India and taken to boost tourism in Ladakh. strengthen Make in India through manufacture

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Indian Railways has installed the most advanced Ayurveda through Startups, Innovation and Electronic Interlocking System on the Grand Branding‖. Chord route reducing the travel time between Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the Delhi and Howrah to about 12 hours from the 21st North East Book Fair in Guwahati, Assam. existing 17 to 19 hours. Grand Chord is part of Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare the Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line and Howrah- launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) Allahabad-Mumbai line. 2.0 portal in New Delhi. IIM Kozhikode and Mangalore Refineries and Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Petrochemicals Ltd. have announced a special AYUSH inaugurated National Research Institute of drive Labelled as ―La Eve (meaning The Woman)‖ Unani Medicine for Skin Disorders (NRIUMSD) to support women entrepreneurs in the country. upgraded from Central Research Institute of ‗Maharatna‘ status has been granted by the Unani Medicine (CRIUM) at Erragadda, Hyderabad. Government to state-owned Hindustan Petroleum The Government of India released the maps of Corporation Limited and Power Grid Corporation newly created union territories of Jammu- of India Limited. Kashmir and Ladakh and the map of India The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will depicting these union territories. observe the Vigilance Awareness Week from 28th The first-ever containerised cargo movement via October to 2nd November, 2019 with the theme Indo-Bangladesh protocol route and Brahmaputra of ―Integrity-a way of life‖. river will start from West Bengal‘s Haldia. The The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister vessel MV Maheshwari, carrying 53 containers of petrochemicals, edible oil and beverage will take Narendra Modi has approved the merger of loss- 12-15 days to reach the IWAI terminal at Pandu making telecom firms BSNL and MTNL as part of in Assam‘s Guwahati. a revival package. The Ministry of Skill Development & The Centre‘s first-ever common foundation Entrepreneurship (MSDE) launched the SkillsBuild course ―Aarambh‖ (Beginning) for 2019 batch platform in collaboration with IBM. probationer civil servants has begun at the Statue Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar of Unity in Kevadia, Gujarat with the theme ‗How released the 5th edition of Wastelands Atlas to achieve the goal of making India a 5 trillion 2019. dollar economy‘. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates 5th After the implementation of "Jammu and Kashmir India International Science Festival (IISF) at Biswa Reorganisation Act, 2019" from 31st October Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata through video 2019, the total number of states in the country conferencing. The theme of the festival is ―RISEN: has reduced to 28 while the total Union Research, Innovation and Science Empowering the Territories will go up to nine. Nation‖. The people over 80 years of age and Persons with Union Human Resource Development Minister Disability can now cast their votes through postal Ramesh Pokhriyal ‗Nishank‘ and Minister for Food ballot. Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal will Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan launch three books on Guru Nanak Dev Ji. The inaugurated the 3rd edition of Global Ayurveda National Book Trust has published three titles: Summit 2019. he two-day summit organized by Guru Nanak Bani, Nanak Bani, and Sakhian Guru Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will Nanak Dev to spread the message of Guru Nanak deliberate on the theme ―Mainstreaming 42 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Dev‘s writings among readers of Indian sub- Korea‘ will be the ‗Focus Country‘. Bihar and continent. Jharkhand will be the focus states in this edition Indian Railways has launched three applications of the fair. for all-India roll out. The applications, namely The Khadi Pavilion has been inaugurated at the CRS Sanction Management System, Rail-road India International Trade Fair (IITF) in New Delhi. crossing GAD approval system and TMS for The Pavilion entrance has been themed upon construction aim at beefing up IT-enabled Sabarmati Ashram, with melodious Shehnai services. celebrating the ‗spirit of Indianness‘. The 5th edition of Global Exhibition on Services India will contribute USD 13.5 million for various (GES 2019) will be held at Bengaluru, Karnataka, operational activities of development across the to engage industry and governments across the UN agencies for the year 2020. world and to promote greater exchange of trade The Union Minister for Rural Development, in services between India and the rest of the Panchayati Raj and Agriculture inaugurated the world. SARAS India International Trade Fair(IITF) Mela Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and 2019 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Steel Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the India Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Pavilion at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum launched ‗SAANS‘ campaign in Gujarat during the Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC). inauguration of 6th National Summit on Good, The Government of India has given approval for Replicable practices and innovations. setting up four medical device parks in Andhra Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala with supply of special winter-grade diesel for high a view to support Make in India initiative and altitude Ladakh, which faces sub-zero provide world-class products at an affordable temperatures during the winter months. price for treatment. Meghalaya-based insurgent group, Hynniewtrep The Supreme Court five-judge bench led by Chief National Liberation Council (HNLC) has been Justice Ranjan Gogoi ruled that the office of Chief banned by the central government for its Justice comes under the transparency law, the increased activities of violence and other Right to Information (RTI) Act. subversive acts. Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Vardhan inaugurated an exhibition of Narendra Modi approved the establishment of the Technologies in Food Processing developed by National Institute for Sowa-Rigpa in Leh, Ladakh. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Union Minister of State for Home Affairs organized in New Delhi. Nityanand Rai informed that Census 2021 will be Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and conducted in 16 languages. Climate Change is undertaking a mass Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) cleanliness-cum-awareness drive in 50 identified Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region beaches under the programme called ‗Swachh- (DoNER) Dr Jitendra Singh will inaugurate the Nirmal Tat Abhiyaan‘. ‗Destination North East‘ Festival in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on 23rd November 2019. 39th India International Trade Fair 2019 begins in Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurating the New Delhi with the theme of ‗Ease of Doing 11th edition of Agro Vision-2019, an Agricultural Business‘. This year the status of ‗Partner exhibition at Reshimbag Ground of Nagpur, Country‘ has been accorded to ‗The Islamic Maharashtra. Republic of ‘ and ‗The Republic of 43 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 As a mark of tribute to one of the most decorated Public sector trading firm MMTC has ordered soldiers of Indian Army Late Naib Subedar Chuni import of 11,000 metric tonnes of onions from Lal, an Army Goodwill Park was dedicated at his Turkey. native village Bhara in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The Election Commission of India will implement Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs has the political parties Registration Tracking launched Credit-linked Subsidy Services Awas Management System (RTMS). Portal, CLAP, in New Delhi. Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‗Nishank‘ Minister launched the kartavya.ugc.ac.in portal and Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports for holding monthly essay competitions for Kiren Rijiju has jointly launched the Fit India students. The portal was launched as part of School Rating System. year-long ‗Nagrik Kartavya Paalan Abhiyan‘ being The Central Government launched the National observed throughout the country. Clean Air Programme (NCAP) as a long-term, India wins bid to host 2023 Men‘s Hockey World time-bound, national-level strategy to tackle the Cup Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar and air pollution problem across the country in a Biju Patnaik Hockey Stadium in Rourkela to be the venues for the tournament. comprehensive manner. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the 3-day-long Military Literature Festival (MLF) in Chandigarh. The Transport Ministry has extended the 01st December deadline for 100% electronic toll collection across National Highways in the country by two weeks (15th December). Hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts will be made mandatory across the country from January 15, 2021. The step aims to ensure the purity of the precious metal.

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Northern States model, titled Resource Assistance for Colleges with Excellence (RACE) in Rajasthan. The Rajasthan Assembly passed Bills against mob Uttar Pradesh's "Vriksharopan Mahakumbh" drive lynching and honour killing, which make the has created world record after planting more than cognisable, non–bailable and non-compoundable 22 crore saplings. The drive was launched on the offences with life imprisonment and a fine up to occasion of 77th anniversary of Quit India Rs 5 lakh. Movement. Minister of State for Higher Education Bhanwar Jammu and Kashmir administration will host a 3 Singh Bhati inaugurated the new higher education days global investors‘ summit from October 12 in Srinagar. 44 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 The Uttarakhand government has decided to Understanding, in commemoration of the 550th form a Special Tiger Force for Corbett Tiger Prakash Purb of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Reserve. Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has launched a first Haryana government has announced Rs 4,750 of its kind job helpline number 76260-76260 for crore interest and penalty waiver on crop loans. the unemployed youth of the state under ‗Ghar The step will benefit around 10 lakh farmers in Ghar Rozgar‘ programme. the state. The Indian Railways has installed two ‗Health SpiceJet has started the air shuttle service ATMs‘ at the Charbagh railway station in between Hisar and Chandigarh under the Ude Lucknow. Desh ka Aam Nagarik (UDAN) Regional Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a Connectivity Service scheme. two-day Himachal Pradesh Global investors‘ meet UNESCO and Rajasthan government joined hands – ‗Rising Himachal‘ in Dharamshala. to promote community-based responsible The Ministry of Environment has granted tourism based on the rich intangible cultural clearance to the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd to set heritage of Rajasthan. up a ₹ 766-crore 2G ethanol plant in Haryana‘s Rajasthan became the third state in India after Panipat district. Maharashtra and Bihar to ban certain categories Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has of pan masala containing magnesium carbonate, inaugurated North India‘s first sugar mill which nicotine, tobacco, mineral oil and flavoured will produce ethanol direct from sugarcane in ‗supari‘. Gorakhpur. Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh National Health Mission Jammu & Kashmir, has Rawat launched an awareness campaign ―Urjagiri‖ launched the Bio-Medical Equipment Waste which aims at stopping power theft and saving. Management Programme (BMEWMP) in the Jammu Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur & Kashmir and Ladakh. launched the Pragati Rath of the HDFC bank. In Jammu, the Directorate of School Education The Culture Department of Uttar Pradesh (DSEJ) has launched a special enrollment drive government is going to organise the country‘s under the banner ‗Aao School Chalein‘ for first training and performance programme of increasing the enrollment in government schools. world-famous KHON Ramlila, a masked form of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat Ramlila art of Thailand in collaboration with the launched a project that will connect 500 Thai government. secondary schools to virtual classrooms and Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has schools in the state facing a shortage of teachers inaugurated J&K Bazar. will benefit from the new technology. Ladakh administration is organizing the first-ever Jammu and Kashmir have achieved the highest Ladakh Literature festival to celebrate the road length in the country this year so far under a uniqueness of the region in the fields of Art, Centre‘s rural roads‘ programme with the Culture and Literature. completion of around 11,400 kilometres covering Punjab State Cabinet passed a unanimous 1,838 habitations. The Etawah Lion Safari, formally known as Etawah resolution to institute Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Safari Park was thrown open for public in Uttar Award for Promotion of Peace and Interfaith Pradesh without the lion segment.

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Uttar Pradesh government is launching a massive Odisha has inked a Letter of Understanding on immunisation campaign against the filariasis or ―drink from tap mission‖ with the United Nations Filaria. Children‘s Fund to provide piped quality drinking In a major step to conserve the endangered water supply to each household on a 24-hour vulture population, the Uttar Pradesh government basis. will set up the state‘s first vulture conservation Odisha has launched ―Odisha Mo Parivar‖ (Odisha, and breeding centre in farenda area of My Family) programme which aims to encourage Maharajganj district. environment protection, blood donation and the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to provide welfare of Odias in distress. 25% subsidy and 100% stamp duty waiver for setting up the defence industry in the state. Odisha state government signed agreements with Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Tata Strive and Tech Mahindra to add new Shekhawat and Uttarakhand Chief Minister dimensions in skilling and employability of the Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated the 14 MLD youth. sewage treatment plant (STP) in Sarai village near The festival ‗Bali Yatra‘ which is organised every Haridwar in the presence of Sweden‘s King Carl year in memory of the rich maritime history of XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. the state was inaugurated in Cuttack, Odisha at the bank of Mahanadi River. Eastern States (Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and The green tea and white tea of Darjeeling (West West Bengal) Bengal) have been registered as geographical The rasagola, a popular dessert of Odisha, indication (GI) products in the country. received the GI tag from the Registrar of The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has Geographical Indication. installed first of its kind high-end reverse Odisha CM announced in the State Assembly that transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) the Sachivalaya or Secretariat building in machines in India for quick detection of diseases Bhubaneswar will now be called ‗Lok Seva like dengue, tuberculosis and swine flu. Bhavan‘. Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik The West Bengal Government launched an awareness campaign ‗Save Green, Stay Clean‘ for inaugurated the National Tribal Craft Mela – 2019 preserving the greenery and keeping the in Bhubaneswar. environment clean. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launched ‗Madhu‘ The Centre has approved a Kosi-Mechi river app. It is an e-learning mobile phone application interlining project in Bihar. Estimated cost of the which will help school students to understand project is Rs 4,900 crore. their subjects in a better and most efficient way. The Odisha Wetland Authority has approved The app is named after ‗Utkal Gourab‘ implementation of an integrated management Madhusudan Das. plan of lakes "Chilika and Ansupa".

Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik rolled North-Eastern States out ‗Mo Sarkar‘ programme which finds its roots in the Gandhian philosophy of giving people their Arunachal Pradesh State Home Minister has voice in daily governance. flagged of 5 Anti-Riot police vehicle, also known Odisha‘s smart city Bhubaneswar gets it 1st Robo as Vajra, from Police Headquarter in Itanagar. Chef Restaurant in Odisha. Where two 5 New fish species discovered in Arunachal indigenously developed robots, ‗Champa‘ and Pradesh and there name's are Mystus prabini, ‗Chameli‘ are engaged. Exostoma kottelati, Creteuchiloglanis 46 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 tawangensis, Garra ranganensis , Physoschistura modern twist at Naga Heritage Kisama in harkishorei. Nagaland. Tawlhlohpuan & Mizo Puanchei from Mizoram Donyi Polo Cultural & Charitable Trust and has received the Geographical Indication tag. Indigenous Faith & Cultural Society of Arunachal CM of Meghalaya launched the ‗Walk to Work‘ Pradesh celebrated ‗Indigenous Faith Day‘ on 1st campaign in the state. The campaign is a part of December.

Fit India Movement. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Western States (Goa, Gujarat and Tourism and Culture Prahlad Singh Patel Maharashtra) inaugurated Shirui Lily Festival, 2019 at Shirui Maharashtra became the first state to adopt a Vangayan Ground of Ukhrul in Manipur. digital fingerprint and iris scanning system to aid State Cabinet of Assam has decided to make police investigations. Maharashtra‘s Tribal Development Department government jobs out of bounds for people with launched an academic programme ―Super 50‖. more than 2 children and policy will come into Super 50 programme will mentor 50 most effect from January 1, 2021. meritorious tribal students from the State and Assam State Commission for Protection of Child prepare them for engineering and medical Rights is going to launch a mobile app Sishu exams. Suraksha on the occasion of Children‘s Day to Maharashtra launched an initiative Mission Shakti empower citizens to take moral responsibility for to train athletes from Chandrapur and Gadchiroli protecting future generations. for international events like the Olympics. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated India‘s first Central Institute of Chemical Sisseri Bridge, built by the Border Road Engineering & Technology will be set up in Organisation (BRO) on Pasighat-Bomjir Highway, Gujarat. Arunachal Pradesh. Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan launched Meghalaya CM has inaugurated the 4th heritage postal stamp of Bandra station in International Cherry Blossom Festival 2019 held Mumbai, Maharashtra on the completion of 150 in Shillong, Meghalaya. years of the railway station. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal The Maharashtra cabinet has cleared the ―vertical released the new Land Policy 2019 prepared by property rules‖ to create a database of all flats, Revenue and Disaster Management Department. buildings and commercial complexes. The Every year the State of Manipur celebrates the ―vertical property rules‖ would prevent property- ―Manipur Sangai Festival‖ from 21st to 30th related frauds. November. The ‗Festival‘ is named after the State Gujarat Government has given approval to the animal, Sangai, the brow-antlered deer found world‘s first CNG terminal at Bhavnagar port, only in Manipur. Gujarat. Joint venture of United Kingdom-based Ministry of Information & Broadcasting is organising a ―Multi Media Exhibition‖ at World Foresight Group and Mumbai-based Padmanabh War II museum, Kisama in Nagaland. Mafatlal Group will invest 1,900 crore in the Nagaland celebrates its 57th Statehood Day on project. 01st December 2019. The 20th Edition of Hornbill Festival began with a Central States (Madhya Pradesh and colourful blend of culture and tradition with a Chhattisgarh)

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 The event, organised by Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam The Innovating for Clean Air (IFCA), is a UK-India Foundation has entered the Champions Book of joint initiative providing Indian and UK World Records (for the longest tricolour) after stakeholders opportunities to test interventions thousands of students and members of several related to air quality and EV integration, was social organisations unfurled a 15-km long launched in Bengaluru. national flag by forming a human chain ahead of The Panchamirtham is an ‗abhishega prasadam‘ the Independence day. The event was held in of the Murugan temple has been bestowed with the Geographical Indication tag. The Murugan Chhattisgarh. temple is situated in Tamil Nadu. Ambikapur Municipal Corporation of Tirur betel vine from Kerala has received the Chhattisgarh will open a first-of-its-kind Geographical Indication tag. 'Garbage Cafe'. Karnataka government has amended the The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Karnataka Poisons (Possession and Sale) Rules Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) have 2015 and notified Nicotine as "Class A poison". joined hands to set up the country‘s first e-waste Tamil Nadu government launched its exclusive clinic in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, which will 24x7 education channel 'Kalvi Tholaikkatchi' enable segregation, processing and disposal of (Education TV). waste from both household and commercial Tamil Nadu‘s Dindigul locks and Kandangi sarees units. have received Geographical Indication (GI) tags. CM of MP Kamal Nath formally inaugurated the Tamil Nadu becomes the 1st state in the country 2-day Magnificent MP Conference started. to enact a law on contract farming after the Madhya Pradesh government has announced 5% approval of Tamil Nadu Agricultural Produce and reservation to national and international Livestock Contract Farming and Services medallists‘ sportspersons in state government (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2019. jobs. Andhra Pradesh government has launched the The Chhattisgarh government has decided to ‗Nadu-Nedu‘ programme which aims to introduce declare Guru Ghasidas National Park in the state‘s English medium from classes 1 to 6 in state-run Korea district as a tiger reserve. schools. It will cover all schools in three years‘ The Union Minister for food processing time with a budget of Rs 12,000 crores. The first flight from to inaugurated Avantee mega Food Park in Dewas, Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru Madhya Pradesh. took off after the inauguration of Kalaburagi Southern States (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, airport by the Chief Minister of Karnataka. The Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana) airport has been built under the UDAN-RCS Scheme of Govt.

International Current Affairs

The U.S. Embassy in Nepal has organized a South The United States has officially labeled China a Asia Air Quality Tech Camp in Kathmandu. "currency manipulator". The US has accused

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 China of using yuan to gain ―unfair competitive US's Federal Trade Commission has fined advantage‖ in trade. Google's YouTube with $170 million. YouTube Bangladesh signed a deal with Russia for the will have to pay $170 million to settle allegations supply of uranium for its 2400 MW Rooppur of collecting personal information about children. Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP). Indian army will participate in a multilateral 5 lakh Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh exercise "TSENTR 2019" to be held in Russia. have been issued identity documents by the Armies of Pakistan, China, Kazakhstan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Russia will (UNHCR). also participate in the exercise. Iran unveiled 3 precision-guided air-to-air WHO South-East Asia Region has resolved to missiles named the "Yasin", "Balaban" and a new eliminate measles and rubella by 2023. series of the "Ghaem". Typhoon Faxai has hit Tokyo, Japan with winds of South Korea has decided to remove Japan from up to 210km/h (130mph). Faxai is one of the its preferred trade list because Japan has failed to strongest typhoons to hit the Japanese capital in uphold international principles while managing a decade. its export controls on sensitive materials. Thailand became the first Asian nation to unveil Alejandro Giammattei has been elected as new plain cigarette packaging to reduce the appeal of president of Guatemala. smoking. Iceland commemorated the loss of 1st glacier Vietnam has inaugurated Southeast Asia‘s largest "Okjokull", lost due to climate change. A bronze plaque bears the inscription "A letter to the solar power farm "Dau Tieng Solar Power future" was unveiled by Iceland in a ceremony. Complex" which has the capacity to produce 688 Pakistan Prime Minister Office has announced a million kWh of electricity annually. 3-year extension of General Qamar Javed Bajwa's Sri Lanka has flagged off ‗Make In India‘ train tenure as Chief of Army Staff. ―Pulathisi Express‖ rake from Colombo Fort Iran has unveiled new missile defence system Railway station. The rake of the train was ―Bavar-373‖. This is also Iran‘s first domestically manufactured in the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) produced long-range missile defence system in Chennai. which has been inducted into the country‘s Sri Lanka unveiled South Asia‘s tallest tower, missile defence network. costing over $100 million, 80% of which has been Pakistan placed on the blacklist of the Financial funded by China under the controversial Belt and Action Task Force‘s Asia Pacific Group. Road Initiative (BRI). The 350-metre-tall 17- Russia launched the world's first floating nuclear storey Lotus Tower, located in the heart of reactor. This reactor loaded with nuclear fuel. Colombo city. Indonesia‘s president announced that the Japan launched an unmanned H-2B rocket country‘s capital will move from overcrowded, towards the International Space Station. The H-2B sinking and polluted to a site in sparsely rocket lifted off with cargo vessel Kounotori8, populated East Kalimantan province on Borneo Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Island. Antonio Costa has been re-elected as the Prime First ASEAN-US Maritime Exercise (AUMX) Minister of Portugal after winning the general between the regional bloc and Washington, elections. starting at the Sattahip Naval Base in Thailand Kais Saied is elected as the new President of and ending in Singapore. Tunisia after a landslide victory in recently concluded Presidential runoff. The Independent

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 law professor Kais Saied won against his rival, Nabil Karoui. India handed over the second pair of Mi-24V helicopters to war-torn Afghanistan, boosting the capability of the Afghan Air forces. UAE announced the establishment of the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence( MBZUAI) in Abu Dhabi. This is the first graduate-level, research-based AI university in the world. Italy approved a new tax on digital companies, including U.S. tech giants, as part of its 2020 The 38th edition of the Sharjah International draft budget on October 16. Book Fair (SIBF) 2019 was inaugurated by Sheikh The United Nation General Assembly has elected Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme 14 States to the 47 member body of UN Human Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, UAE with Rights Council(UNHRC). The Assembly elected the theme ‗Open Books Open Minds'. Armenia, Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Russia‘s Knyaz Vladimir submarine of Borei-class Libya, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, , vessel, test-fired its most advanced nuclear- Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Korea, Sudan powered missile named, Bulavaintercontinental and Venezuela. ballistic missile which precisely hit the target Nasa astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir range of 1000 km away in the Russian region of have made history by completing the first-ever Kamchatka. all-female spacewalk. They spent 7 hours outside The Spanish capital city of will host the the International Space Station (ISS) replacing a UN Climate Change Conference (COP 25) from 2 failed power control unit. to 13 December. Sri Lanka has been removed from the ―Grey List‖ According to the International Monetary Fund of the international terror financing watchdog (IMF), ‘s GDP is expected to be more at FATF as Sri Lanka made significant progress in 86% in 2020 after expanding 4.4% in 2019. addressing the strategic AML/CFT deficiencies Sudan‘s first-ever satellite for conducting identified earlier. research in military, economic and space The world‘s oldest, 8,000-year-old pearl natural technology has been launched by China. Sudan‘s pearl named ‗Abu Dhabi Pearl‘ has been remote-sensing satellite (SRSS-1), was developed discovered on Marawah Island off Abu Dhabi, the by the Shenzhen Aerospace Oriental Red Sea capital of the United Arab Emirates. Satellite Co. Prime Minister of Lebanon, Saad Hariri has The UAE‘s Supreme Council of the Union has re- resigned from the portfolio amid anti- elected his Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al government protests. Nahyan as its President for a 4th five-year term,

in accordance with the provisions of the UAE Constitution. Mauritius‘s incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth was sworn in for a five-year term after

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 elections in which his coalition consolidated its The Global Migration Film Festival (GMFF) was grip on parliament. organised in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The festival Iran has discovered a new oilfield with 53 billion screened 15 films on the theme of ―migration and barrels of crude oil in Khuzestan province, home its various aspects‖. to Iran‘s Khuzestan‘s crucial oil industry. The National Assembly of Republic of Mauritius Sri Lanka‘s former Defence Secretary Gotabaya has unanimously elected Prithvirajsing Roopun, Rajapaksa has won the Presidential election. as new President of the island nation, a largely Ocean Dance Festival 2019 kicked off in Cox ceremonial post. Bazar of Bangladesh. Ocean Dance Festival is the The G20 Presidency has been taken over by Saudi largest international dance festival of Bangladesh Arabia from Japan. Saudi Arabia has become the in which more than 200 dancers, choreographers 1st Arab nation to assume the G20 presidency. and scholars from 15 countries are participating. Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has The theme of this year‘s festival is ‗Bridging the submitted his resignation to Parliament amid distance‘ or Durotter Shetubandhan. ongoing anti-government protests across the The European Union‘s legislature has declared a country. climate emergency, in a symbolic move aimed at The Global Migration Film Festival (GMFF) was increasing pressure on the incoming European organised in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The festival Commission to take a stronger stance on climate screened 15 films on the theme of ―migration and change. its various aspects‖. The G20 Presidency has been taken over by Saudi The National Assembly of Republic of Mauritius Arabia from Japan. Saudi Arabia has become the has unanimously elected Prithvirajsing Roopun, 1st Arab nation to assume the G20 presidency. as new President of the island nation, a largely Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi submitted ceremonial post. his resignation to Parliament amid ongoing anti- government protests across the country.

Obituaries (National/International)

Person Died Profession/Famous In? Politician (National-International) 1. Noel Kelman Naval war hero and awardee Commander 2. Rajnish Kumar Babbi Congress (MLA) from the Mukerian assembly seat in Punjab 3. Navnitbhai Shah Socialist leader and former MLA of Palghar 4. Babulal Gaur Former CM of Madhya Pradesh 5. Arun Jaitley Former Union finance minister and senior BJP leader 6. Amarendra Sharan Senior advocate and former Additional Solicitor General 7. Sushma Swaraj Former External Affairs Minister and BJP Leader 8. Subir Vithal Gokarn Former RBI Deputy Governor and Noted economist 9. S. Jaipal Reddy Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader 10. Donkupar Roy Meghalaya Assembly Speaker and former Meghalaya Chief Minister 51 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Person Died Profession/Famous In? 11. Vitthal Radadiya Former Gujarat MP 12. Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe's former President 13. Ram Jethmalani India‘s finest lawyers and a former union minister 14. Akilisi Pohiva the South Pacific and Prime Minister of Tongan 15. BN Yugandhar Former bureaucrat and Secretary to the PMO 16. Kodela Siva Prasada Rao Former speaker of Andhra Pradesh Assembly 17. Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali Tunisia‘s former President 18. K .P.S. Menon Former Foreign Secretary 19. Jacques Chirac Former French President 20. Dilip Parikh Former Gujarat Chief Minister 21. Gurudas Dasgupta Former Parliamentarian and veteran CPI leader 22. Babasaheb Dhabekar Former Maharashtra minister and senior Congress party leader 23. Kailash Joshi Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister 24. Kshiti Goswami Former West Bengal Minister 25. Yasuhiro Nakasone Japan‘s longest-reigning Prime Ministers Singer/Musician (National-International) 26. Mohammed Zahur Hashmi (Khayyam) Veteran music composer 27. DJ Arafat Ivory Coast music star 28. Jose Jose Legendary Mexican singer 29. Ramakant Gundecha -awardee Dhrupad vocalist Actor/Director/Producer (National-International) 30. Nimu Bhowmik Veteran Bengali actor 31. Jagannath Mishra Former Bihar Chief Minister 32. Vidya Sinha Veteran Bollywood actress 33. J Om Prakash Veteran director 34. Russi Taylor Veteran actor, who voiced Disney's Minnie Mouse 35. Valerie Harper 4 Times Emmy Award-winning actress 36. Veeru Krishnan Actor and Kathak dancer 37. Raja Sekar Tamil Film Director, Actor and Cinematographer 38. Sanjib Kumar Datta Film editor 39. Sathar Veteran Kerala actor 40. Shyam Ramsay Bollywood‘s famous horror film producer 41. Venu Madhav Telugu film actor 42. J. Michael Mendel American television producer & a four-time Emmy Award winner 43. Viju Khote Bollywood Actor 44. Jessye Norman Renowned International Opera star 45. Eric Pleskow American-Austrian film producer 46. Diahann Carroll US actress 52 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Person Died Profession/Famous In? 47. Kadri Gopalnath Legendary saxophonist and the Padma Shri awardee 48. Alexei Leonov the first human to walk in space 49. Sara Danius First female head of Nobel‘s Literature Award Body 50. Alicia Alonso Cuban ballet dancer 51. John Witherspoon Actor and comedian 52. Geetanjali Popular Telugu actress 53. Champak Jain Film producer 54. Shaukat Kaifi Actor 55. Bala Singh Veteran Tamil actor and theatre artist 56. Shelley Morrison Former Hollywood actress 57. Baskar Menon Veteran Journalist in the Press Trust of India (PTI) Author/Journalist/Activist/Painter (National-International) 58. Niranjan Singh Tasneem Punjabi writer and Sahitya Akademi winner Professor 59. Damodar Ganesh Bapat noted social worker and Padma Shri award winner 60. Kanti Bhatt Veteran Gujarati journalist, author and columnist 61. Toni Morrison 1st African American woman to win the Nobel (1993) in literature 62. Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy Former Padma Shri award winner and educationist 63. Kiran Nagarkar -winning writer 64. Sukhdev Singh Libra Veteran Congress leader and former MP 65. Sivaraman Cheriyanad Renowned writer of Kerala 66. Robert Skinner Boyd Noted American Journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner 67. B R Vats Ex-PTI correspondent 68. Farook Khan Indian-origin journalist in South Africa 69. Kalidas Karmakar Internationally acclaimed painter of Bangladesh 70. K.B. Siddaiah Writer, philosopher and one of the founder members of Dalitha Sangharsha Samithi 71. Nanammal Padma Shri awardee & India‘s oldest Yoga teacher 72. Nabaneeta Dev Sen Sahitya Akademi awardee writer 73. Vashishtha Narayan Singh Renowned mathematician 74. Clive James Australian writer and broadcaster Sportsmen/Sportswomen (National-International) 75. Jose Luis Brown Argentina World Cup-winning team football player 76. VB Chandrasekhar Former India and Tamil Nadu cricketer 77. Anant Setalvad Cricket Commentator 78. Harley Race American professional wrestler 79. Malcolm Nash Former cricketer 80. Abdul Qadir Pakistan‘s master leg-spinner 81. Fernando Ricksen Former Rangers and Netherlands football player 82. SK Padmadevi Veteran actor and multi-faceted artiste

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Person Died Profession/Famous In? 83. Madhav Apte Former Indian cricketer 84. Dadu Chougule wrestler and recipient of Major Dhyanchand award 85. Marieke Vervoort Belgian Paralympic athlete Others (National-International) 86. Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya India‘s first woman Director General of Police (DGP) 87. Neelum Sharma Doordarshan Anchor and Nari Shakti Award Winner 88. Dayanidhi Nayak Freedom Fighter 89. Heeralal Sharma Rajasthan born freedom fighter 90. V Ganesan Indian National Army (INA) veteran 91. Dr H L Trivedi Renowned kidney transplant surgeon and Padma Shri recipient 92. Gopal Krishna Kadekodi Centenarian philatelist and coin collector 93. Satyapriya Mohathero second highest Buddhist leader of Bangladesh and head of Sima Bihar of Ramu 94. Mark Hurd Former Co-Chief executive Officer (CEO) of Oracle 95. N. Venkatachala former judge of the Supreme Court and former Lokayukta of Karnataka 96. Sadako Ogata 1st female UN refugee chief 97. Justice N.V. Balasubramanian Retired Judge of Madras High Court 98. Krishnan Kumar Modi Former President of FICCI 99. TN Seshan Former chief election commissioner 100. Sudhir Dar Renowned cartoonist 101. Brad Gobright A world-renowned rock climber from USA

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London has named the world‘s best city for the Review Planning and Monitoring (RPM) students for the 2nd consecutive year, beating Meeting with States and State Power Utilities. Tokyo and Melbourne that came 2nd and 3rd, Statue of Unity' in Gujarat and Mumbai's Soho respectively, on a new worldwide ranking. House have been featured by the Time magazine Tarava police station in the Subarnapur district of in its second annual list of the 2019 World's Odisha has been adjudged as one of the 10 best greatest places, in a compilation of 100 new and police stations in India in the annual ranking for newly "noteworthy destinations. the year 2018. According to a report of Economist Intelligence Serena Williams topped the List Of Highest-Paid Unit, Mumbai has been ranked as the 45th safest Female Athletes 2019 published by Forbes. city on the Safe Cities Index (SCI) 2019, while Manipur has topped the rankings in Breastfeeding Delhi stood at the 52nd position. and Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in "Global Happiness Survey" by Ipsos, Indian has the country. been ranked 9th on the happiness index among Karnataka tops the State Rooftop Solar 28 global markets. Attractiveness Index which was launched during Economist Intelligence Unit‘s Global Livability Index for 2019, released with both Delhi and 54 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Mumbai sliding down ranks. in Austria, Hinduja Brothers ($15.6 billion); Pallonji Mistry Melbourne and in Australia make the top ($15 billion); Uday Kotak ($14.8 billion). three cities. India ranked 82 spots among the 128 countries India has surpassed the Netherlands to move into surveyed in the World Giving Index (WGI). the list of top10 countries in terms of total gold The IIT Bombay has topped all Indian Institutes in reserves. India has gold reserves totaling 618.2 the 2nd edition of Quacquarelli Symonds India tonnes. U.S. leads the country list with total gold University Rankings 2020 with an overall score of reserves of 8,133.5 tonnes followed by Germany 88.5 followed by IISc (ranked 2 with with 3,366.8 tonnes. 84.7 score) & IIT Delhi ranked 3rd with score of World Economic Forum (WEF) report, India has 82.2. jumped 6 places to claim 34th spot on world According to ‗India Justice Report 2019‘, Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index 2019. Maharashtra is the top state in delivering justice Indian Institute of Technology Ropar and Indian to its citizens followed by Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Institute of Science Bangalore were ranked Punjab and Haryana in the first-ever ranking of number 1 among the 56 Indian institutes on the states on their capacity to deliver justice to list of the best universities of the world in the citizens. In this classification, Jharkhand, Bihar World University Rankings 2020, topped by the and Uttar Pradesh are at the bottom. , published by the United Bangladesh has topped the business bribery risk Kingdom based Times Higher Education. in South Asia according to the Trace Bribery Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap‘s Gangs of Wasseypur Matrix. has become the only Indian film to feature in ―The Guardian‖ list of 100 Best Films of the 21st century. The film has bagged the 59th position. The International Migrant Stock 2019 was released by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). As per the report, India was the leading country of origin of international migrants in 2019 with a 17.5 million strong diaspora. India was ranked 44th in the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2019 produced by the IMD World Competitiveness Center. Kerala has topped the ―School Education Quality The International Institute of Management Index‖ launched by NITI Aayog. Uttar Pradesh was Development‘s (IMD) World Talent Ranking (WTR) ranked at the bottom of the list. Chandigarh has report for the year 2019 was released. In the topped the list of Union Territories. released report, India was ranked at 59th The Reserve Bank of India has released the position, a slip by 6 places on a global annual list results of the September 2019 round of its of 63 countries. The list was topped by Consumer Confidence Survey. The survey was Switzerland. conducted in 13 major cities. Microsoft‘s India-born Chief Executive Officer 5 of the Richest Indians in Forbes India Rich List 2019 are: Mukesh Ambani with net worth of Satya Nadella has occupied the top spot in $51.4 billion; Gautam Adani ($15.7 billion); Fortune‘s Businessperson of the Year 2019 list.

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 The first-ever Prosperity & Inclusion City Seal and ratio is a measure of expenditure against the Awards (PICSA) Index, released in the Basque revenue. Country capital of Bilbao in northern Spain. Aberdeen Police station in the Andaman and The Comptroller and Auditor General‘s report Nicobar Islands ranks 1st in the list of the best- stated that the railways recorded an operating performing police stations in the country while ratio of 98.44% in 2017-18. The above operating dealing with a property offence, a crime against ratio was the worst in the last 10 years. Operating women and weaker sections.

Important Days (August to December)

6 August Hiroshima Day 15 International Day of Democracy 7 August National Handloom Day September (Participation) 10 August World Biofuel Day (Production of 16 International Day for the Bio-diesel from Used Cooking Oil.) September Preservation of the Ozone Layer. 12 August The International Youth Day 2019 Theme of the day for 2019: 32 (Transforming education) Years and Healing 19 August World Humanitarian Day 18 World Bamboo Day 19 August World Photography Day September 20 August Sadbhavana Diwas 21 International Day of Peace (Climate 21 August International Day of Remembrance September Action for Peace) and Tribute to the Victims of 23 International Day of Sign Languages Terrorism. September (Sign Language Rights for All) 22 August ―International Day Commemorating 26 International Day for the Total the Victims of Acts of Violence September Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Based on Religion or Belief‖. 26 World Maritime Day. Theme: 23 August International Day for the September Empowering women in the maritime Remembrance of the Slave Trade community. and its Abolition‖. 27 World Tourism Day 29 August International Day Against Nuclear September Tests 1 October International Day of Older Persons; 30 August International Day of the Victim Theme: The Journey to Age Equality. 5 International Day of Charity 2 October International Day of Non-Violence September (birth anniversary of Mahatma 8 International Literacy Day. Theme of Gandhi) September International Literacy Day 2019 is 1st Monday World Habitat Day. Theme: Frontier Literacy and Multilingualism. of October Technologies 10 World Suicide Prevention Day 4-10 World Space Week. Theme: The September (WSPD) October Moon: Gateway to the Stars 14 Hindi Diwas 8 October Air Force Day September 9 October World Post Day

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 10 October World Mental Health Day. Theme: War and Armed Conflict. Suicide Prevention 7th National Cancer Awareness Day 11 October International Day of the Girl Child. November Theme: GirlForce: Unscripted and 10th World Science Day for Peace and Unstoppable November Development, theme- for 2019 is 12 October World Migratory Bird Day. Theme ―Open science, leaving no one for 2019: Protect Birds: Be the behind‖. Solution to Plastic Pollution! 11th National Education Day 14 October World Standards Day (International November Standards Day). Theme: Video 12th Public Service Broadcasting Day standards create a global stage. November 15 October International Day of Rural Women. 12th World Pneumonia Day Theme: ―Rural Women and Girls November Building Climate Resilience‖ 13th World Kindness Day 15 October World Students‘ Day (APJ Abdul November Kalam‘s birthday) 14th World Diabetes Day, Theme- Family 16 October World Food Day. Theme: ―Our November and Diabetes Actions Are Our Future‖. 16th National Press Day 17 October United Nations‘ (UN) International November Day for the Eradication of Poverty. 16th International Day for Tolerance Theme: Acting Together to November Empower Children, their Families 17th World Day of Remembrance for and Communities to End Poverty November Road Traffic Victims 20 October World Statistics Day. Theme is 19th World Toilet Day, Theme- Leaving ―Better Data, Better Lives November No One Behind. 24 October World Development Information Day 20th World Children‘s Day 24 October United Nations Day November 27 October World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. 21st World Television Day Theme: ―Engage the Past Through November Sound and Images‖ 24th 71st Raising Day of NCC 31 October National Unity Day (144th birth November anniversary of Sardar Vallabh Bhai 25th International Day for the Elimination Patel) November of Violence against Women 31 October World Cities Day. Theme ―Changing 26th National Milk Day the world: innovations and better November life for future generations‖ 29th International Day of Solidarity with 2nd International Day to End Impunity November the Palestinian People November for Crimes against Journalists 01st World AIDS Day. Theme of this 5th World Tsunami Awareness Day December year‘s World AIDS Day is November ―Communities make the difference‖. 6th International Day for Preventing the 02nd United Nations observes November Exploitation of the Environment in December International Day for the Abolition

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 of Slavery December 03rd International Day of Persons with 07th International Civil Aviation Day December Disabilities December globally 05th International Volunteer Day 07th Armed Forces Flag Day December December 05th World Soil Day

Books & Authors

Home Minister Amit Shah released a Vice A book titled ―Savarkar: Echoes from a forgotten President M Venkaiah Naidu's book titled past, 1883-1924‖ which describes the life of ―Listening, Learning & Leading‖. freedom fighter and Philosopher Vinayak The book, titled 'Sridevi: Girl Woman Superstar' Damodar Savarkar, is penned by Vikram Sampath will be launched on Sridevi's 56th birth and published by Penguin. anniversary. The book is written by author- The book titled ―The Cousins Thackeray: Uddhav, screenwriter Satyarth Nayak. Raj and the Shadow of their Senas‖ written by the Culture Minister will launch the book ―The Diary journalist Dhaval Kulkarni was released. It is of Manu Gandhi‖. The book has been brought out published by Penguin Random House. by National Archives of India, on the occasion of A new book titled ―Being Gandhi‖ written by 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in award-winning author Paro Anand released. collaboration with Oxford University Press. A new comic book series ‗Professor Ayushman‘ The book titled as ―Big Billion Startup: The Untold conceived by the National Medicinal Plants Flipkart Story‖ is written by Mihir Dalal and will be Board(NMPB) was unveiled by the Ayush ministry published by ―Pan Macmillan India‖. in New Delhi. A new book titled ―Obama: The Call of History‖ Former president Pranab Mukherjee released a written by Peter Baker has been released. book named ‗Reset: Regaining India‘s Economic A new book on the history of Indian Railways Legacy‘. The book was written by BJP MP named "A Short History of Indian Railways", has Subramanian Swamy. been penned by veteran journalist and author A book penned by Indian Ambassador to the Rajendra B Aklekar. Netherlands Venu Rajamony titled ‗India and the The book, "India's Lost Frontier the Story of the Netherlands – Past, Present and Future,‘ was North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan", has released in Amsterdam. been penned by veteran civil servant Raghvendra Singh. A new book entitled ―The Tech Whisperer‖, The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah written by digital transformation expert Jaspreet Naidu will release 2nd editions of ‗Loktantra Ke Bindra, features a chapter on AI (Artificial Swar (Khand 2)‘ and ‗The Republican Ethic Intelligence). (Volume 2) in New Delhi. A new book titled ―150 Years of Celebrating the ‗Fortune Turners: The Quartet That Spun India To Mahatma the South African Legacy‖, by Fakir Glory‘, book on India‘s spin quartet: Bishan Singh Hassen launched in Johannesburg, South Africa. Bedi, Erapalli Prasanna, Bhagwat Chandrashekhar The founder of Microsoft Corporation and and S. Venkataraghavan, written by Aditya American philanthropist ‘ new book Bhushan and Sachin Bajaj has been launched. titled ―How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We On 11th anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror Need‖ will be released on June 2020. attacks, a book titled ―Hemant Karkare -A A new book titled ―India in a Warming World: Daughter‘s Memoir‖ by his daughter Jui Karkare Integrating Climate Change and Development‖ is Navare was released in Mumbai, Maharashtra. set to release on November 2019, edited by Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‗Nishank‘ Navroz K Dubash. launched 3 books which are a collection of Indian Chess player, Viswanathan Anand has stories for Children namely Kumbh, Garam Pahad penned a book titled ―Mind Master: Winning and Dilli ki Bulbul (Sindhi edition) in New Delhi. Lessons from a Champion‘s Life‖. The National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a book and IIT (Indian Institutes of Technology) titled ‗Bridgital Nation‘ in New Delhi and authored Gandhinagar and Kharagpur, have joined hands by N Chandrasekaran, Chairman, and to develop Gandhipedia, an online repository of Roopa Purushothaman Eminent industrialist. books, letters and speeches written by Mahatma Kashi Nath Pandit‘s new book entitled ―Ten Gandhi, to commemorate his 150th birth Studies in Kashmir: History and Politics‖, anniversary. published by Academic Foundation. The yearly magazine called ‗Borderman‘ was Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu released a released by Nityanand Rai, Minister of State for monograph, ‗Musical Excellence of Mridangam‘, a Home Affairs on the occasion of 55th raising day rare fusion of art and science of an ancient South of BSF (Border Security Force) organized by the Indian instrument on the CSIR-Central Leather Ministry of Home Affairs. Research Institute (CLRI) campus in Chennai,

Tamil Nadu. Chief Justice of India Justice Ranjan Gogoi released the Assamese version of the book ‗Courts of India: Past to Present‘ in Guwahati, Assam. Union Minister for Jal Shakti released a short documentary film on Water Conservation named ‗SHIKHAR SE PUKAR‘ in New Delhi. The film has been made to promote ‗Jalshakti Abhiyan‘ and is based on the Journey of an IAS Officer Ravindra

Kumar. Defense Current Affairs

India has signed a deal worth around Rs 1,500 and Bharat Electronics Ltd, from a mobile crore to acquire R-27 air-to-air missiles from launcher at launch complex III of the Integrated Russia to be equipped on the Su-30MKI combat Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha. aircraft. The 5th edition of International Army Scout India successfully test-fired its all-weather Masters Competition with teams from 8 countries tracked-chassis Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air including India, China and Russia as participants Missile (QR-SAM), jointly developed by Defence was inaugurated at the Jaisalmer Military Station Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under the aegis of the Southern Command. 59 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 INS Tarkash has arrived in Norway for a 3 day September 2019 at Visakhapatnam (Andhra visit as part of Western Fleet Overseas Pradesh). Deployment. Defence Research and Development Organisation The Army has launched "Mission Reach Out" to (DRDO) successfully flight tested an ensure that basic necessities and essential indigenously-developed low weight, fire and services are available in the region post the forget Man-Portable Antitank Guided Missile abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 and (MPATGM) in the ranges of Kurnool, Andhra reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir. Pradesh. Japanese ship "JS Sazanami", visited Kochi on a 2 Indian Air Force (IAF) resurrected the Air Force day goodwill visit. JS Sazanami, a Japanese Station (AFS) Ambala-based 17 Squadron ‗Golden Maritime Self Defence Force Ship is a missile Arrows‘, which will operate the first squadron of Rafale fighter jets. destroyer. India‘s 2nd Scorpene-class submarine, INS Union Home Ministry has fixed the retirement age Khanderi will be commissioned into the Indian of all Central Armed Police Force personnel at 60 Navy by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. years. Defence Research Development Organization Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has handed over the second airborne (DRDO) handed over the design of Mobile Metallic warning plane, Netra, to the Indian Air Force. The Ramp (MMR) to the Indian Army. MMR has been Netra is an Airborne Early Warning and Control designed and developed by DRDO. It is portable, (AEWC) aircraft. modular in design, which can be easily assembled India and Thailand are all set to organize Joint or disassembled. Military Exercise MAITREE-2019 at Foreign An Indo-Israel joint venture's " Rafael Training Node, Umroi (Meghalaya). Communication System" was inaugurated in Defence Acquisition Council accorded approval Hyderabad. The Joint Venture is between Astra for Capital Procurement for the Services Microwave and Israel‘s Rafael Advanced Defense amounting to approximately Rs 2,000 crores. Systems. DRDO and the Aeronautical Development Agency Indian Air Force's Wing Commander Shalija Dhami successfully executed the first-ever arrested has become the first female officer in the country landing of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas to become Flight Commander of a flying unit. (Navy) at the shore-based test facility in Goa. Indian Air Force has inducted 8 Apache AH-64E This is a step towards the aircraft getting attack helicopters at the Pathankot Air Force operational on aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya. station to enhance its combat capabilities. The The White water Rafting Expedition christened AH-64E Apache is one of the world's most ‗RUDRASHILA‘ being undertaken by Kalidhar advanced multi-role combat helicopters. Battalion under the aegis of Battle Axe Division Indian Army has announced that the first batch of was Flagged Off at Jaisalmer Military station. 100 women soldiers in the Army is likely to be A maiden trilateral exercise SITMEX, involving commissioned by March 2021. Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), Royal Thailand Indo-US defence cooperation, a joint military Navy (RTN) and Indian Navy (IN) started at Port training, Exercise "Yudh Abhyas 2019". This Blair. exercise is being conducted at Joint Base Lewis Indian Air Force has successfully flight-tested Mc Chord, Washington, the USA. air-to-air missile Astra off the coast of Odisha. ‗SLINEX 2019‘, the bilateral maritime exercise The missile was launched from a Sukhoi Su-30 between India and Sri Lanka commenced on 7 MKI combat aircraft. 60 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh becomes the first Unit of Dassault Aviation in France. 1st batch of defence minister to fly in the indigenously-built jets will arrive in India only in May 2020. light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas. He flew in the The 2nd edition of Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) Tejas fighter aircraft from the HAL airport in of the navies of India and Bangladesh has begun Bengaluru. in Northern Bay of Bengal. Indian Army conducted a massive rare exercise The 2nd joint military exercise ‗Dharma ‗Chang Thang‘ in Eastern Ladakh bordering Guardian-2019‘ to promote military cooperation China. The exercise involved the use of infantry, between India and Japan will be held in Mizoram mechanised forces, T-72 tanks, with force from 19 Oct to 02 Nov 2019. multipliers such as artillery guns and Unmanned The 10th edition of the joint military exercise Aerial Vehicles. The Indian Air Force was also ‗Vajra Prahar 2019‘ between India and the US will roped in the exercise. be held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in India and the United States are set to hold their Seattle, US. first tri-services exercise code-named ―Tiger Indian Air Force and Japanese Air Self Defence Triumph‖ at Visakhapatnam and Kakinada, Force (JASDF) carrying out a joint military air Andhra Pradesh in November this year. force exercise named ‗Shinyuu Maitri‘ began from 4th edition of Joint Military Exercise KAZIND- October 17 to 23, at the air force station, Arjan 2019 between India and Kazakhstan will be Singh in Panagarh town in West Bengal. conducted at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. Indian Air Force (IAF) kickstarted its bilateral joint Army officer Ponung Doming became the first exercise with Royal Air Force Oman (RAFO), woman officer from Arunachal Pradesh to be named ‗EX EASTERN BRIDGE-V‘ at Air Force Base elevated to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Masirah, Oman. Indian Army. Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) has Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has formally conducted the 2nd edition of Defence of commissioned the Indian Coast Guard offshore Andaman & Nicobar Islands 2019 (DANX-19). patrol vessel ‗Varaha‘ at the Chennai Port Trust. The India-Myanmar Naval Exercise called IMNEX- The 23rd edition of the trilateral maritime 2019 is being organised in Visakhapatnam, exercise of India, Japan and the United States (US) Andhra Pradesh. The exercise would be named ―Malabar 2019‖ exercise begun at Sasebo, conducted in two phases: Harbour phase and Sea Japan. Phase. Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat takes over as the new 2-day long manoeuvres by Sudarshan Chakra Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee. Vahini of Indian Army Started at Jaisalmer, field India successfully test-fired a land-attack version firing range in Rajasthan. of BrahMos supersonic missile from Chandipur The Defence Acquisition Council has approved 3 coast in Odisha‘s Balasore district. DRDO projects worth Rs 3,300 crore of ―indigenously conducted the test-fire successfully. designed and developed equipments‖. The 14th edition of Indo–Mongolian joint military projects include 3rd generation Anti-Tank Guided training, Exercise Nomadic Elephant-XIV started. Missiles (ATGM) and Auxiliary Power Units (APUs) The Indian Army is being represented by a for the T-72 and T-90 Tanks to be executed by contingent of a battalion of RAJPUTANA RIFLES. the Indian industry. India has got the 1st Rafale fighter jet ―RB-001‖ The Defence Research and Development built for the Indian Air Force (IAF) at Production Organisation has started work to produce hypersonic weapon missiles that travel at 5 times 61 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 speed of sound, or a little over a mile every Lt. Cdr. Karabi Gogoi has become the first woman second. officer from the Indian Navy to be posted as the The Indian Army (IA) is to conduct exercise Assistant Naval Attache at the Indian embassy in codenamed ―Sindhu Sudarshan‖ for the year 2019 Moscow. in the deserts of Rajasthan to evaluate the India has successfully conducted the first night capability of the defence services in an integrated trial of -II, its versatile surface-to-surface air-land battle. medium-range nuclear-capable missile from Dr The bilateral ‗Exercise SHAKTI‘ between the Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast. armies of India and France will be conducted at The Sudarshan Chakra Corps of the Indian Army Foreign Training Node in Mahajan Field Firing conducted ‗Sindhu Sudarshan‘ exercise in Ranges, Rajasthan. Barmer, Rajasthan. The first-ever India-Uzbekistan joint military Navies of India and Qatar have started a 5-day exercise Dustlik-2019 begin at Chirchiq Training bilateral maritime exercise ―Za‘ir-Al-Bahr‖ begins Area near Tashkent, Uzbekistan. in Doha, Qatar. The second phase of the biggest US- Bangladesh Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd Navy exercise named ‗Cooperation Afloat (GRSE) delivered to the Indian Coast Guard Ship Readiness and Training (CARAT)- 2019‘ started (ICGS) ‗Amrit Kaur‘, the third in a series of five in Chattogram, Bangladesh. ‗Fast Patrol Vessels‘ (FPV). Union Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will host inaugurated the Defence Research & the first-ever counter-terrorism (CT) exercise for Development Organisation (DRDO) Igniter the Quad countries in New Delhi. The Quad Complex at High Energy Materials Research countries include the United States (US), India, Laboratory (HEMRL) in Pune, Maharashtra. Australia, and Japan. Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd President Ram Nath Kovind and Supreme (GRSE) delivered Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) ICGS Commander of awarded Annie Besant, the second in the series of five President‘s Colour to Indian Naval Academy (INA), such ships, to the Indian Coast Guard. Ezhimala at Kochi, Kerala. India is jointly exercising its anti-submarine The US State Department cleared the sale of warfare corvette INS Kamorta along with sophisticated MK-45 naval guns worth $1 billion Indonesian warship KRI Usman Harun, a multi- to India. role corvette, in the Bay of Bengal as part of an The Indian Navy will host military drill ‗Milan ongoing bilateral exercise ‖Samudra Shakti‖. 2020‘ in March which will witness the The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) tested its efficiency participation of several countries. 41 nations and preparedness during the Regional Level from South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa and Search and Rescue Workshop and Exercise 2019 Europe that share defence cooperation with India (ReSAREX- 19) conducted off the Goa coast. have been invited for the drill. MILAN stands for The defence ministry is organising Def-Connect ‗Multilateral Naval Exercise‘. in New Delhi to showcase the accomplishments A maiden bilateral exercise between the Indian of the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) Navy and the Japanese Maritime Self Defence initiative. Force (JMSDF) have conducted Mine The India-U.S. tri-services amphibious exercise Countermeasure Exercise (MINEX) 2019 at Kochi, ―Tiger Triumph‖ has begun in Visakhapatnam, Kerala. Andhra Pradesh. 62 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 The Indian Army has successfully test-fired 2 The 8th India-China joint training exercise Spike long-range anti-tank missiles at Mhow in ‗HAND-IN-HAND 2019‘ with the theme counter- Madhya Pradesh. terrorism under United Nations mandate is The 7th edition of India-Sri Lanka joint exercise scheduled to be conducted at Umroi, Meghalaya ―MITRA SHAKTI‖ begins at Aundh Military Station, from 07 to 20 December 2019. Pune. Exercise INDRA 2019 a joint, tri-services exercise India successfully test-fired its indigenously between India and Russia will be conducted in developed surface-to-surface nuclear-capable India from 10-19 December 2019 simultaneously -II missile off Odisha coast. at Babina (near Jhansi), Pune, and Goa.

Sports Current Affairs

Cricket {National Game of: Australia, Bermuda, Australian fast bowler Megan Schutt scripted England, Jamaica No. of Players: 11 history by becoming the first woman to claim two Important Terms associated: Arm ball, Beamer, hat•tricks in white-ball cricket. Bottom hand, Bouncer, Cameo, Carrom ball, Former England captain Andrew Strauss Chinaman, Flick, Free hit, Glance, Googly, Hat-trick, appointed as the chairman of the England and Hit wicket, Leg bye, Nelson, Night watchman, Pinch Wales Cricket Board‘s cricket committee. hitter, Sweep, Upper Cut.} Former Indian Cricketer Dinesh Mongia announced retirement from all forms of cricket. Indian pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah become the ICC banned Sri Lankan off-spinner Akila Dananjaya from bowling in international matches third Indian to register a hat-trick in test cricket for 1 year. against West Indies, held in Kingston, Jamaica. Prithvi Shaw has been suspended by Board of Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza has Control for Cricket in India for 8 months for a announced to retire from international cricket. doping violation. Senior India batswoman Mithali Raj has The International Cricket Council has named announced retirement from International T-20 Michael Gough of England and Joel Wilson of the Cricket. West Indies in the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of FormerPak captain Misbah-ul-Haq appointed as Umpires for 2019-20 seasons. head coach and chief selector of Pakistan's Former India player and Andhra Ranji captain, Y. cricket team. Waqar Younis as the team's new Venugopal Rao has announced his retirement bowling coach. from all forms of cricket. Rashid Khan broke the 15-year-old record by ICC has launched the inaugural World Test becoming the youngest Test captain in the Test Championship in red-ball cricket to determine Cricket history. the World Test Champion. The top 9 Test teams India Red beat India Green to clinch the Duleep will compete in the 2-year long tournament. Trophy title in Bengaluru. Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry became the first Sri Lanka‘s Lasith Malinga has become the first cricketer of either gender to reach the rare T20I bowler to take 100 wickets and became the first-ever bowler to pick up 2 hat-tricks in T20I milestone of scoring 1000 runs and taking 100 cricket during the 3rd T20I against New Zealand wickets in the T20 format. at Pallekele. South African bowler Dale Steyn has announced his retirement from Test cricket. 63 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 South African batsman Hashim Amla has retired Indian Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and batswoman from all formats of international cricket. Smriti Mandhana has won the Wisden India The Cricket Australia has announced new Almanack Cricketer of the Year award. The book transgender inclusive policy. titled ―Cricket Country: The Untold History of the Cricket has been included in the Commonwealth First All India Team‖ by Prashant Kidambi was Games for the 1st time since 1998 in Kuala adjudged the Wisden India Book of the Year 2019 Lumpur. Women‘s T20 has been included for the (Published by Penguin India). 2022 edition CWG to be held in Birmingham. ICC banned Bangladesh Test and T20 Captain India defeated England to win the inaugural T20 Shakib Al Hasan for 2 years from all forms of Physical Disability World Cricket Series 2019 in cricket for not reporting to the ICC that he was England. approached by the bookies. Former all-rounder Ravi Shashtri has been Harmanpreet Kaur has become the 1st Indian to appointed as the head coach of Indian cricket play 100 T20 International matches. team for another two years. ICC changed the super-over rule for all its major Australian player Marnus Labuschagne become the 1st Concussion Substitute player of events following the uproar over the outcome of International cricket. the men‘s World Cup final this year when England Former Australian pace bowler Mitchell Johnson was declared winners against New Zealand on elected as an Honorary Life Member of the MCC. boundary count. Former India paceman Shanthakumaran The 17-year-old Mumbai teenager Yashasvi Sreesanth‘s life ban has been reduced to 7 years Jaiswal make history as she became the youngest by BCCI. The Ban will end in 2020. This order was cricketer in the world to score a double century in passed by BCCI Ombudsman, Justice (Retd.) DK One Day cricket. She scored 203 off 154 balls Jain. against Jharkhand at Alur, Karnataka. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has England all-rounder Jennifer Louise Gunn has announced that mobile payments and e- announced her retirement from international commerce company ―Paytm‖ has retained the title cricket. sponsorship rights. Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma smashed the Former Indian opener Vikram Rathour appointed former Australia cricketer Don Bradman‘s record as team India‘s new batting coach. He will replace of highest average in Test cricket on home soil. Sanjay Bangar. He broke the 71-year-old record that was West Indies pacer Cecil Wright has announced his previously held by Bradman by scoring an retirement from all forms of cricket at the ripe average of 99.84. old age of 85. Former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith and Ajantha Mendis, the mystery spinner from Sri Former Australian off-spinner Tim May has been Lanka, has announced his retirement from all elected an Honorary Life Member of the forms of cricket. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Veteran Mumbai all-rounder Abhishek Nayar has Steve Smith became the fastest cricketer to score announced his retirement from all forms of 7,000 Test runs, shattering a record that had cricket. stood since 1946, while moving past Donald Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu by 9 wickets in Bradman to become Australia‘s 11th highest the finals to win the 2019-20 Vijay Hazare scorer. Trophy.

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 The Indian cricket team played its first-ever Day- shawl with maroon patterning, which is displayed Night Test match against Bangladesh at the Eden in a figure-of-eight symbolising infinity. Gardens, Kolkata. Manipur defeated Railways by 1-0 to win the India pacer Deepak Chahar has became the first Senior Women‘s National Football Championship Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in the Twenty20 held in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh. This was Internationals during the match against Manipur‘s 20th National title. Bangladesh and also produced the best-ever German World Cup champion Bastian figures in the Twenty20 Internationals i.e. 6 Schweinsteiger has announced his retirement wickets for 7 runs in 3.2 overs. from soccer. The Indian football team won the 3rd Edition of Football {National Game of: Brazil, Italy, Germany, the SAFF U-15 Women‘s Championships 2019 by Israel, Mauritius, Poland No. of Players: 11 beating Bangladesh by 5-3 in the penalty shoot- Important Terms Associated: Back Pass, Corner Kick, out. Free Kick, Dribble, Futsal, Header, Kick off, Banana Indian football team dropped two places to 106th Kick, Toe Poke, Throw-in, Bicycle Kick} position in the latest FIFA rankings. Belgium has Former France and Manchester United defender managed to hold on to the top spot, followed by Patrice Evra has announced his retirement. France and Brazil. Liverpool Football player Virgil van Dijk has won FIFA has banned 3 South American football UEFA's Player of the Year award and England's officials-Former Peru Football Federation Manuel footballer Lucy Bronze won the Women's Player of Burga and Argentinian officials Eduardo Deluca the Year award. and Jose Luis Meiszner, for a lifetime for In football, Gokulam Kerala FC won the 129th connection with a 2015 corruption scandal in Durand Cup, defeating heavyweights Mohun football. Bagan in Salt Lake Stadium Kolkata. Spain‘s striker David Villa has announced his Former Chelsea, Arsenal and England football retirement from football. player Ashley Cole aged 38, announced his Brazilian football team defeated the football team retirement from football. of Mexico in the finals for 2-1, to win the 18th Liverpool defeated Chelsea in the finals to win edition of the FIFA (Fédération Internationale de UEFA Super Cup held in Istanbul. Football Association) under 17 World Cup trophy The Netherlands' most-capped player Wesley held in Brasilia, Brazil. Sneijder announced his retirement from football. Soccer body CONMEBOL suspended Lionel Messi Hockey {National Game of: India, Pakistan No. of from international matches for three months Players: 11 Important Terms Associated: Advancing, Bully, because of accusations of corruption he made at Center Pass, Dribble, Drive, Flagrant Foul, Flick, Free the latest Copa America. Hit, Striker, Tackle, Undercutting, Dodge, Drag Flick, Legendary Uruguay striker Diego Forlan has Grip, Hacking, Penalty Corner, Wall Pass} announced his retirement from professional Great Britain defeated India in the finals of the football. 9th edition of the Sultan of Johor Cup 2019, an India U-15 team thrashed Nepal 7-0 to lift the international men‘s under-21 field hockey SAFF U-15 title at the Kalyani Stadium in Kolkata. tournament, held at Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Qatar unveiled the logo for the FIFA 2022 World

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Tennis Prithvi Sekhar beats Jaroslav Smedek to clinch the India won gold medal at the Under 12 Asian men‘s singles title in World Deaf Tennis Tennis Team championship held in Kazakhstan Championships 2019 held in Antalya, Turkey. defeated Chinese Taipei. Indian men‘s doubles pair Chirag Shetty and Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu wins Rogers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy has won the silver medal Cup tennis tournament 2019 held in Toronto, in the men‘s doubles event at French Open. Canada. Japan‘s Naomi Osaka defeated world number one Nikoloz Basilashvili wins the German Tennis Ashleigh Barty with a score of 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to Championships. won the China Open held in , China. Rafael Nadal wins in Montreal to win 35th Novak Djokovic defeated Australia‘s John Millman Masters crown and also extended his record haul in the finals to win the Japan Open title. of Masters 1000 titles. Novak Djokovic won the Masters 2019 title. Chennai Lions defeated Dabang Delhi to win the He won the title for the fifth time. Ultimate Table Tennis league. Indian paddler Harmeet Desai wins men‘s singles title at International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Challenge Indonesia Open 2019 Table Tennis tournament held at Batam, Indonesia. Rafael Nadal has clinched 6th Davis Cup title for Spain after beating Denis Shapovalov of Canada in front of a jubilant home crowd in Madrid.

Grand Prixes Spain motorcycle racer, Alex Rins of the Team SUZUKI ECSTAR defeated Marc Marquez won the British Grand Prix. Red Bull's Max Verstappen wins German Grand Indian tennis player Divij Sharan clinched the Prix held in Hockenheim, Germany. men‘s doubles title in ATP Tour tennis Formula One Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton tournament in St. Petersburg, Russia. Divij Sharan defeated Max Verstappen to win the Hungarian Open with partner Igor Zelenay, defeating Matteo Grand Prix. Berrettini and Simone Bolelli. Charles Leclerc won the Belgian Grand Prix after Daniil Medvedev won a sixth career title as he defeating Lewis Hamilton by less than a second. defeated Borna Coric 6-3, 6-1 in the final of the Ferrari‘s Charles Leclerc has won the Italian St Petersburg Open, Russia. Grand Prix. Nelly Korda has won the Ladies European Tour Ferrari Sebastian Vettel has won the Singapore Title at Lacoste Ladies French Open. She shot a Grand Prix. The event was held at the Marina Bay four-under 67 to win her first Ladies European Street Circuit, Singapore. Tour title. Mercedes‘ driver Lewis Hamilton has won the Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal has won the Mexican Grand Prix 2019. men‘s singles title at the ATP Challenger Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton of Tournament held in , Argentina. Mercedes won the 2019 Russia F1 Grand Prix

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 (Formula 1 GP) at Sochi Autodrom race track in India‘s Maisnam Meiraba Luwang clinched the Russia. boys‘ singles U-19 title at the Woncheon Yonex Mercedes‘ Valtteri Bottas (Finland) won the 2019 Korea Junior Open Badminton International Japanese Grand Prix held at the Suzuka Challenge 2019 in Miryang, Korea. International Racing Course in Suzuka in Mie India‘s Lakshya Sen has won the SaarLorLux Open Prefecture, Japan. badminton tournament at Saarbrücken in Red Bull‘s Max Verstappen (Netherlands) won F1 Germany. Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos in São Paulo, India‘s Lakshya Sen has won the Scottish Open Brazil. badminton men‘s singles title, defeating Brazilian Mercedes racer Lewis Hamilton has won the Abu Ygor Coelho to seal his fourth title in 3 months.

Dhabi Grand Prix held in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Boxing/ Wrestling/Weightlifting

Tamil Nadu girl Jerlin Anika has won the gold Badminton medal in the World Deaf Youth Badminton Ace Indian shutter PV Sindhu won the World Championships held in Taipei. Championships title defeating Japan's Nozomi Indian sprinter VK Vismaya has won the gold Okuhara in the final at Basel, Switzerland. She has medal in the 400m run at the International become the first Indian to book a gold medal at Athletic Meeting-Josef Seckar Memorial (MJS) in the World Championships. Brno, . India‘s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty India's Komalika Bari became recurve cadet world defeated Li Jun Hui and Liu Yu Chen to won the men‘s doubles final of the Thailand Open champion at the World Archery Youth badminton championship in Bangkok. Championships in Madrid, Spain. Indian Sourabh Verma defeated Singapore's Loh Vinesh Phogat won gold in women‘s 53kg Kean Yew to clinch the Men's Singles title in the category at Poland Open wrestling tournament in Hyderabad Open. . Sourabh Verma has won the Vietnam Open Super German cancer researcher Fiona Kolbinger won 100 title held at the Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam the mixed annual 4,000km(2,485 miles) cycling defeated China‘s Sun Fei Xiang in the thrilling Transcontinental Race from Burgas in Bulgaria to Men‘s Singles. Brest in France. Indian Badminton star, Lakshya Sen has won the Australia‘s reigning world-champion hurdler Sally Belgian International badminton title. He defeated Pearson announced her surprise retirement due Victor Svendsen of Denmark. to injury. Indian shuttler Kaushal Dharmamer has won the The World Archery (WA) has suspended the Myanmar International Series. He defeated Archery Association of India for violating its Indonesia‘s Karono Karono. guidelines. Olympic gold medalist Carolina Marin defeated Bajrang Punia defeated Iran‘s Peiman Bibyani to Taiwan‘s Tai Tzu Ying in the women‘s badminton win gold at Tbilisi Grand Prix held in Tbilisi, singles final match to lift the China Open title. Georgia. Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen clinched his maiden Shot putter Tejinderpal Singh Toor won a silver BWF World Tour title by winning the Dutch Open medal during an athletic meet at Decin in the men‘s singles at Almere in the Netherlands. Czech Republic. Indian shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat wins the men‘s ‘s Brigid Kosgei completed the fastest half- singles title at the Bahrain International Series marathon ever ran by a woman. She won the Badminton at Isa Town, Bahrain. 67 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Great North Run in a time of 1 hour, 04 minutes is held at over 11,000 feet above the mean sea and 28 seconds. level. Bajrang Punia won a bronze medal at the 2019 Zimbabwe and Nepal were re-admitted as ICC World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan, members in a meeting held in Dubai. Kazakhstan. He defeated Mongolia‘s Tulga Tumur India will host the 2023 Men‘s Hockey World Cup Ochir in the 65 kg weight category. from 13th to 29th of January. Indian wrestler Rahul Aware has won a bronze 2019 World Kabaddi Cup will take place in medal in men‘s 61-kilogram freestyle category at Punjab. the World Championship in Nur-Sultan, 13th edition of South Asian Games has officially Kazakhstan. kicked off in Kathmandu, Nepal. Aryna Sabalenka defeated American Alison Riske in the summit clash by to won the WTA Wuhan Other Sports Current Affairs Open held in Wuhan, China. American Collin Morikawa has won the US PGA India‘s N. Wilson Singh and title at the Barracuda Championship. This was his Prahapati won the gold medal in the 10m 1st win in the US PGA title. platform synchronised diving event at the Asian Abhishek Verma won the gold medal and Saurabh Age Group Championships held in Bengaluru. Chaudhary won the bronze medal in the men's Jamaican sprint legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 10m air pistol event of the World Cup at Rio de won gold medal in 100m race of 2019 IAAF World Janeiro. While Elavenil Valarivan opened India's Championships held in Doha. account with a gold in the women's 10m air rifle Indian fencer Bhavani Devi wins the silver medal event. in the women‘s sabre individual event at the The Indian team of Sukhbeer Singh, Sangampreet Tournoi satellite competition in Belgium. Singh Bisla and Tushar Phadtare clinched a

Sports Events |Tournaments Current Affairs bronze medal in the junior compound men's International Army Games was held in Belarus in team event in the World Archery Youth August 2019. Championships in Madrid, spain. Indian team created history by winning one gold, B.N.S. Reddy beats Bruce Barrios of the U.S. in the one silver and two bronze medals at the world's men‘s singles final to win the gold medal at the biggest international vocational skill competition, World Police and Fire Games. The tournament 45th World Skills Kazan 2019, Russia. was held in Chengdu, China. The 3rd edition of Khelo India Youth Games 2020 Indian Para Swimmer Satendra Singh Lohia has will be held in Guwahati. The Games will see a become the first Asian swimmer to cross the participation of more than 10,000 athletes and Catalina Channel of America. Satendra holds the officials. Asian record of crossing both the English and Egan Bernal became the 1st Colombian to win the Catalina channels. Tour de France which finished in Paris, France. Indian sprinters Hima Das and Mohammad Anas Indian shooter Yashaswini Singh Deswal won gold have won a gold medal and Nirmal Tom clinched in the women's 10meter Air Pistol event at the a bronze medal in 300m races at the Athleticky ISSF World Cup at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Mitink Reiter event. The 8th edition of Ladakh Marathon was held in Deepak Punia defeated Russia's Alik Shebzukov in Leh. It is the highest marathon in the world as it the 86 kg junior freestyle event to won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships held in

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Talinn, Estonia and become the 1st Indian in 18 The Zozo Championship 2019 tournament title years to win a Junior World Championship title. was clinched by America‘s Tiger Woods. Simone Biles makes history with a never-before- Indian boxer Shiva Thapa and Pooja Rani has seen ―triple-double‖ floor exercise landing. clinched gold medal while Ashish settled for a Aishwarya Pissay made history by becoming the silver, in Olympic Test Event for Boxing in Tokyo, first Indian to win a world title in motorsports as Japan. she won the FIM World Cup in women‘s category Praveen Kumar defeated Philippines‘ Russel Diaz after the final round of the championship in by 2-1 in the men‘s sanda event in the 48kg Varpalota, Hungary. category and became the 1st Indian man to win a Anupama Swain won a bronze medal in the gold medal at the Wushu World Championships. recently concluded World Martial Arts Mastership Poonam in women‘s 75kg category and Sanathoi 2019. Devi in women‘s 52kg category secured silver Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary won the medals while Vikrant Baliyan bagged the bronze gold medal in mixed 10m air pistol at the ISSF in the men‘s 60kg category at the Wushu World World Cup in Rio de Janeiro. Championships. The Sports Ministry of India de-recognised the Austria‘s Christine Wolf has won the Hero Paralympic Committee of India for violation of the Women‘s Indian Open at Gurugram, Haryana. National Sports Code. The committee violated the Simone Biles has clinched a record-extending code by removing its elected president Rao 15th World Gymnastics Championship title in Inderjit Singh. Stuttgart, Germany. Pankaj Advani defeated Nay Thway Oo to win the Bengal Warriors defeated Dabang Delhi in the 150-up format at the IBSF World Billiards final of 7th season of Vivo Pro Kabaddi League Championship held in Mandalay, Myanmar. 2019. Most Valuable Player award of the League Spain defeated Argentina by 95-75 to win the was bagged by Naveen Kumar from Dabang Basketball World Cup held in Beijing, China. Delhi. Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate The logo "circular design with Paris 2024 in the Affairs Anurag Thakur announced that a cricket art deco style incorporating the lips and outline and sports academy will be set up in Leh, Ladakh. of Marianne, the personification of the French Indian chess grandmaster, Koneru Hampi of Republic since the revolution in 1789" for the Gudivada (Andhra Pradesh) has clinched Fide Paris 2024 Olympic Games unveiled at a World Grand Prix 2019 title with 8 points from 11 ceremony in the French capital. rounds in Skolkovo, Russia. The 6-time world champion Mangte The Indian team of Pankaj Advani and Aditya Chungneijang inducted into the 10- Mehta to win the ―IBSF World Snooker‖ title. member sports ambassador group by the Indian track and field legend PT Usha was International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Boxing presented the Veteran Pin by the world athletics workforce to represent boxers ahead of the 2020 governing body, in recognition of her Tokyo Olympic Games. contribution to the growth of the sport. South Africa defeated England‘s team by 32-12 Rupa Gurunath was appointed as the first woman scores in the final of the 9 edition of Rugby World president of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Cup 2019 held at International Stadium, (TNCA) at the 87th Annual General Meeting of Yokohama, Japan. TNCA in Chennai, TamilNadu.

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Manu Bhaker won gold medal in women‘s 10m air India‘s Manu Bhaker created history at World Cup pistol event in Asian Shooting Championships Finals in Women‘s 10m Air Pistol event of 2019. International Shooting Sport Federation at Putian Two-time Olympic boxing champion Nicola in China. Adams (37 years) announced her retirement from Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Panwar clinching the sport on medical advice due to the gold medals in their events to give the country its vulnerability of losing eyesight. best ever single-day show in the ISSF World Cup Saurabh Chaudhary claimed the silver medal in Finals in Putian, China. men‘s 10m air pistol event to continue India‘s Sangram Dahiya and Varsha Varman clinched surge at the 14th Asian Championship in Doha, double trap titles, winning gold at the 63rd Qatar. National Shotgun Shooting Championship in New Javelin thrower Sundar Singh Gurjar has won Delhi. India‘s second gold and defending his World Para Indian archers Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das Athletics Championships title in the men‘s F46 won a bronze medal in the recurve and javelin throw event in Dubai. compound mixed event at the Asian Archery The International Association of Athletics Championships in Kolkata. Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha Vennam Federations (IAAF) has officially changed its name claimed the gold in compound mixed pair event and will now be known as ―World Athletics‖. at the 21st Asian Archery Championships, which Laishram Sarita Devi (Manipur) is among the 6 ended in Bangkok, Thailand. boxers from 5 continents who were elected as Star wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik members of AIBA Athletes Commission. registered convincing wins in the finals to claim Reigning Commonwealth Games champion gold medals at the Senior Wrestling National Shreyasi Singh won the women‘s Trap Gold at the Championships in Jalandhar, Punjab. ongoing 63rd National Shooting Championship for shotgun events in New Delhi.

Science & Technology

Scientists have developed an automated system lifted off from a space centre in Florida, that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect and spacecraft manufacturer SpaceX. capture fast radio bursts (FRBs) in real-time. Researchers from IIT Kharagpur have developed a The Super-Earth planet named GJ 357d was low-cost diagnostic device which can perform discovered in early 2019 owing to NASA's various pathological tests by using blood taken Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a from a fingerprick. mission designed to comb the heavens for Chinese telecom giant Huawei unveiled its own exoplanets. operating system which will be called the A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of HongmengOS, also known as the HarmonyOS. Technology, Guwahati has developed a portable Ankita Gulati from IIT Delhi was awarded the device to detect bacteria without cell culture or NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Award 2019 microbiological assays. for developing a multisensory kit named Touch US carrier rocket Falcon 9 loaded with Israeli Vision. This Kit aims at digital inclusion for 253 AMOS-17 communication satellite successfully million persons with visual impairment globally. 70 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Artificial intelligence (AI) company Cerebras Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, in Systems has unveiled the world‘s largest single collaboration with Phoenix Medical Systems, silicon-based processor named Cerebras Wafer launched the country‘s first indigenously- Scale Engine(WSE). This chip has 1.2 trillion designed standing wheelchair. transistors. NASA‘s "Neutron Star Interior Composition Russia launched an unmanned rocket carrying a Explorer" telescope on the International Space life-size humanoid robot named Fedor, to assist Station has detected a massive thermonuclear astronauts on the International Space Station. explosion coming from outer space, caused by a NASA announced that it has named a rock on massive thermonuclear flash on the surface of a Mars in honour of the iconic English band, The pulsar. Rolling Stones. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Intel Corp launched its latest processor, it's first Administration) has launched its 1st all-electric using artificial intelligence (AI), designed for large experimental aircraft named the X-57 ―Maxwell‖ computing centres. The name of the chip is to be operational by late 2020. Nervana NNP-I or Springhill. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Microsoft India launched a program 'Digital (NASA) has renamed a distant space rock Ultima Governance Tech Tour' under which it will train Thule, to Arrokoth or ―sky‖. Arrokoth is a name of 5000 government employees over the next year the Native American Powhatan language on AI (artificial intelligence) and cloud computing following a significant backlash over the old skills. name‘s Nazi connotations. The 5th edition of India International Science Microsoft rolled out its K12 Education Festival (IISF) will be held in Kolkata from Transformation Framework more widely to November 5-8. IISF is the largest science festival schools across India at the second edition of the in the world. The theme for this year‘s festival is Microsoft Education Days in . ‗RISEN India – Research, Innovation, and Science NVIDIA has announced a new kind of GPU- Empowering the Nation‘. accelerated supercomputer in the cloud on Saturn overtakes Jupiter as planet with most Microsoft Azure. NDv2 supercomputer is moons. A team of astronomers has discovered a designed to handle demanding AI and high- haul of 20 new moons orbiting the ringed planet, performance computing applications, using up to Saturn. This discovery has brought its total to 82 800 NVIDIA V100 Tensor Core GPUs moons, while Jupiter, by contrast, has 79 natural interconnected on a single. satellites. ISRO has transferred its indigenous technology to Union Minister of Science & Technology and produce space-grade Li-Ion cells to Bharat Heavy Minister of Earth Science has inaugurated India‘s Electricals Limited (BHEL). 1-ever multi-venue Mega science exhibition, ‗Vigyan Samagam 2019‘, in Kolkata, West Bengal.

Schemes Launched By Union and State Governments

"One Nation One Ration Card" scheme to be has kick started interstate portability of ration rolled out in India from June 1, 2020. To card pairing two states each. implement the scheme successfully, the centre

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 The Department of Heavy Industry has sanctioned Ministry of Commerce & Industry through Export 5,595 electric buses under the phase II of Faster Credit Guarantee Corporation has introduced a Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric new Export Credit Insurance Scheme called Vehicles (FAME) India scheme. NIRVIK. The Niryat Rin Vikash Yojana has been J&K, District Administration Udhampur has launched to enhance loan availability to exporters launched a helpline, ―Jeene Do‖ to improve sex and to ease the lending process. Under the new ratio and deal with defaulters of Pre-Conception scheme NIRVIK, up to 90 per cent of the principal and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques PCPNDT Act amount and interest will be covered through under the centrally sponsored Beti Bachao Beti insurance. Padhao scheme. The Union Home Minister Amit Shah has Culture and Tourism Minister flagged off a launched a single-window system ‗Private mobile library bus service under scheme "Ghar Security Agency Licensing Portal‘. The single- Ghar Dastak Ghar Ghar Pustak" which aims to window system will be used for issuing licences reach out to readers in Delhi, especially those in to private security agencies. slums, resettlement colonies and rural areas. The Assam Government has launched a housing One Nation-One Ration Card scheme launched on loan subsidy scheme ―Aponar Apon Ghar‖. The a pilot basis in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, scheme was launched to provide financial Maharashtra and Gujarat. assistance on purchase or construction of the Gujarat CM launched the ‗Vhali Dikri Yojna‘ from first house for a family. The subsidy of up to Rs his home town Rajkot, Gujarat. The scheme for 250000 will be provided for loan amounts from the welfare of the girl child. Rs 5,00,000 to Rs 40,00,000. Andhra Pradesh government launched The Indian government has approved the Navodayam scheme, an outreach programme for construction of 1.23 lakh houses under the thousands of ailing MSMEs. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). The VP M Venkaiah Naidu launched the Jharkhand approval was given by the Central Sanctioning government's 'Mukhya Mantri Krishi Ashirwad and Monitoring Committee (CSMC). Yojana' under which money would be directly Rajasthan government has launched a new health transferred into the bank accounts of farmers in insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat-Mahatma the state. Gandhi Rajasthan Swasthya Bima Yojna (AB- CM of Punjab has launched a universal health MGRSBY). insurance scheme "Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana " Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y.S. Jagan benefiting nearly 46 lakh families. With this Mohan Reddy launched the ―YSR Vahana Mitra scheme, covering 76% of the state‘s population. scheme‖ in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh. Manipur CM N Biren Singh launched the "School ‗Yuva Sahakar‘ Cooperative Enterprise Support Fagadaba" scheme to improve the infrastructure and Innovation Scheme 2019 was launched in of government schools in the state. New Delhi LT of Delhi Anil Baijal launched a 'QR Code Central Board of Direct Taxes has launched Scheme' on the Himmat Plus app in Delhi. This ―Faceless e-Assessment scheme‖ that eliminates mobile app launched by the Delhi Police to physical interface between an assessing officer ensure the safety of women. and an assesse. They also inaugurated the Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC) in Delhi to Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Maan•dhan Yojana, be headed by Principal Chief Commissioner of the Centre‘s pension scheme for traders. Income Tax. 72 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 National Initiative for School Heads‘ and Teachers‘ Holistic Advancement (NISHTHA) has been launched in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Assam Govt approves Arundhati scheme to provide 1 Tola Gold to Brides free of cost. The government has launched a drive to enroll one crore beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan (PM-SYM) and the National Pension Scheme for Traders and Self Employed Persons (NPS-Traders) by March next year.

Miscellaneous Current Affairs

The Virasat-e-Khalsa Museum in Punjab‘s ISRO has set up a Space Situational Awareness Anandpur Sahib town is all set to find a place in Control Centre at Peenya in Bengaluru to protect the Asia Book of Records for becoming the most high valued space assets from space debris close visited museum in the Indian sub-continent in a approaches and collisions. single day. Mohali traffic police have launched 3-D Smart Infosys announced the launch of its state-of-the- Traffic Signal devised by the students of a art Cyber Defence Center in , Romania. Chandigarh university. Pakistan has opened a 1,000 year old Hindu The scientists at the University of Leeds, have temple in eastern city Sialkot for worship for the created the world's thinnest gold measuring 2 first time since partition on the demand of the atoms thick or million times thinner than a local Hindu community. fingernail. The birth anniversary of a great novelist and Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting has celebrated storyteller Munshi Premchand is launched e-Rozgar . Rozgar Samachar celebrated on 31 July every year. is the corresponding version of Employment 143rd birth anniversary of freedom fighter Pingali News (English). Venkayya is celebrated on 2nd of August. He was The country is celebrating the 100th birth a freedom fighter and the designer of the flag on anniversary of scientist and innovator Dr Vikram which the Indian national flag was based, was A Sarabhai. He is considered as the father of born on this day in 1876 near Machilipatnam in India's space program. Andhra Pradesh. President Ram Nath Kovind gave assent to World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) being observed legislation for bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir, from 1st to 7th August 2019 and his theme is and two Union Territories, Jammu and Kashmir ―Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding‖. and Ladakh will come into existence on October French inventor Franky Zapata is 1st person in 31. history to cross the English Channel on the jet- IIT Kanpur has developed a kit in collaboration powered hoverboard. with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to spread awareness about sexual abuse among children. The kit can be used in 73 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 classrooms for kids aged between 8-12 and in a Delhi government will launch mega 10-week group of 30-35 students in one session. campaign against dengue and chikungunya. The President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated campaign has been titled as "10 Hafte, 10 Baje 10 underground Bunker Museum at Raj Bhavan, minute Har Ravivar, Dengue Par War". Mumbai. The British-era bunker was discovered Air India, India‘s national airline, will ban the in 2016. usage of single-use plastic aboard its flights India is the world‘s largest emitter of from October 2, 2019. anthropogenic sulphur dioxide. According to an Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ―Act analysis of a National Aeronautics and Space Far East‖ policy for Russia. Prime Minister Administration (NASA) data released by Narendra Modi also announced a $1 Billion line of environmental NGO Greenpeace. credit to Russia for the development of the Indian Railway's 2nd double-decker Uday resource-rich region. (Utkrisht Double-Decker Air Conditioned Yatri) Russia will train four Indian astronauts for India‘s Express will run between Visakhapatnam and ambitious manned mission to space, Gaganyaan. Vijayawada. Health minister has announced that the Central The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has Government Health Scheme's services would be declared Ocean Energy as renewable energy available to 100 cities by 2022. status. Khadi and Village Industries Commission has Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched $4.2 launched a ‗Terracotta Grinder‘ at Sewapuri in million redevelopment project of the 200-year- Varanasi. The machine will be able to grind the old Sri Krishna temple in Manama, Bahrain. wasted and broken pottery items for re-using in The Union Minister for Textiles Smriti Zubin Irani pottery-making. has inaugurated Project SU.RE(Sustainable Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting Resolution) which aims to move towards Prakash Javadekar unveiled the new logo and sustainable fashion that contributes to a clean certificate design of the Central Board of Film environment. Certification (CBFC). Amazon India has launched a Military Veterans The High Commissions of Australia, New Zealand, Employment programme in the country to create Papua New Guinea, and Fiji jointly organised a employment opportunities for military veterans cultural event 'Namaste Pacific' held in Delhi, and their spouses across the company‘s India. fulfilment centres, sort centres and delivery National Disaster Response Force, Nehru Yuva centres in India. Kendra Sangathan under the Department of The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) Youth Affairs of MoYAS will prepare Block Level decided to rename Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium as Disaster Response Teams. Arun Jaitley Stadium in the memory of its former Income Tax Department announced that it will president of DDCA. automatically issue PAN to all taxpayers who do The application "IndTokyo" was launched to help not have a Permanent Account Number and are para-athletes to look up accessible places in using Aadhaar for filing income tax returns (ITR). Tokyo during their visit to the city for the 2020 Indian Army team from 18th battalion, the Mahar Paralympics Games. Regiment successfully summited Mount Leo The Minister of State for Culture & Tourism Pargyil (6773M). (Independent Charge) has launched an integrated Indian Cricket team vice-captain Rohit Sharma is NOC online Application Processing System for launching Rohit4Rhinos campaign, in partnership National Monuments Authority in New Delhi. with WWF India and Animal Planet.This campaign

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 helps to build awareness for the need to conserve Olympics 2022 and Chinese lantern Shuey Rhon the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros or the Indian Rhon was declared as the official mascot for Rhino. Winter Paralympics 2022. Asia's first 5th Generation - Virtual Reality based The first ever ―Jammu International Film Festival‖ Advanced Driver Training Simulator Centre was will be held in Jammu. 37 short films and launched at the Automobile Association of documentaries from 11 countries will be Southern India Centre (AASI), Chennai. screened at the inaugural edition of Jammu High Commissioner of India to Canada Vikas International Film Festival. Swarup inaugurated the India Pavilion at the 44th The Telangana government has decided to Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2019. declare 2020 as Artificial Intelligence year by A fun zone, the first of its kind in India, has been organising various activities related to the set up by the Railways at the Visakhapatnam emerging technology. Railway Station, Andhra Pradesh. Union Minister for Social Justice and India announced humanitarian assistance of USD Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot launched 1 million to help people in the Bahamas affected the (Management Information System) MIS portal by Hurricane Dorian. in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nepal‘s Prime The 16th Session of the Joint Economic Minister K.P.Sharma Oli will jointly inaugurate Commission (JEC) between India and Belgium Motihari-Amlekhgunj cross border petroleum Luxembourg Economic Union (BLEU) was held in products pipeline. New Delhi. Scientists have unveiled a newly discovered Shondol dance, which is known as the royal species of a pterosaur "Cryodrakon boreas" dance of Ladakh, has created history by entering roughly translates to ‗frozen dragon of the north into the Guinness Book of World Records as the wind‘, the largest ever flying animal according to largest Ladakhi dance. a study conducted by Queen Mary University in Nepal Rastra Bank issued three coins (100, 1000 London. and 2500 Nepali rupees) bearing the Sikh symbol Astronomers have found water for the first time to commemorate the 550th Birth Anniversary of in atmosphere of habitable exoplanet K2-18b Guru Nanak Dev. which orbits in its star‘s ―habitable zone‖. Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Welfare launched 2 mobile apps named CHC Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has decided to Farm Machinery and KrishiKisan App for translate and publish an anthology of the writings geotagging purposes in for easy access of of Guru Nanak Dev in world languages to mark technical agricultural equipment at farmers‘ his 550th birth anniversary. doorstep. Moti Bagh, a documentary film based on the World University of Design (WUD) hosted Global struggle of a farmer in a remote Uttarakhand Goals Jam 3.0. The Indian edition of the global village, has been nominated for the Oscars. event focusing on design thinking and service American breast cancer survivor Sarah Thomas design methodologies was hosted with the became the first person to swim across the theme: eWaste. English Channel four times non-stop in a 54- Bangladesh has lifted the ban on the exports of hour feat of endurance. Hilsa fish to India as a goodwill gesture during Beijing 2022 Paralympic and Olympic mascots the Durga Puja. unveiled. The mascot, named Bing Dwen Dwen, is UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific a chubby giant panda wearing a suit of ice was and Cultural Organization) and Doordarshan, revealed as the official mascot for Beijing Winter 75 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 country‘s public service broadcaster have joined expedition in history, will be the first to conduct hands to telecast TV bilingual programme a study of this scale at the North Pole for an ‗Mahatma Lives‗ or ‗Bapu Zinda Hain‘ on 1-2 entire year. October 2019. The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Film Division in association with India Tourism Services collaborated with Accord, a private will organise a ―Gandhi Film Festival‖ in Mumbai company, to develop "GEMINI", a portable from 2nd to 6th October, 2019. receiver developed to avoid communication Power Minister RK Singh and Coal, Mines and blackouts and is linked to ISRO-satellites and is Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi have ―fail-proof‖ and warn fishermen of danger. jointly launched PRAKASH – Power Rail Koyla Availability through Supply Harmony- portal in Union Minister Nityanand Rai has launched a New Delhi. Government Railway Police‘s website National Buildings Construction ―railways.delhipolice.gov.in‖ and a mobile Corporation(NBCC) has signed a Memorandum of application ―Sahyatri‖. Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Youth The 38th India Carpet Expo will be held in Affairs and Sports to provide project Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The expo will be management consultancy for the development of organized by the Carpet Export Promotion National Sports University at Imphal, Manipur. Council (CEPC). The National Basketball Association (NBA) The Maharashtra and Goa Circle of the India Post brought to India the first-ever Floating Basketball is celebrating National Postal Week in each of the Court in the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, Maharashtra. six regions under its jurisdiction – Mumbai, Navi Union Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan has Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad and Goa. launched eco-friendly green firecrackers The 1st ever ‗India International Cooperatives developed by Council of Scientific and Industrial Trade Fair‘ to promote export of products of Research (CSIR) labs and manufactured by cooperatives has been inaugurated in New Delhi. licensee-manufacturers in India. ‗Yuva Sahakar‘ Cooperative Enterprise Support Health Minister Harsh Vardhan launched the and Innovation Scheme 2019 was also launched ‗trans-fat-free‘ logo, which can be voluntarily during the event. used by food business operators in their outlets Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a and also on food products. He also released a commemorative stamp in honour of Marshal of slogan ‗Chefs 4 Trans Fat-Free‘. the Indian Air Force late Arjan Singh. The 1st Government-sponsored and operated Indian nun Mariam Thresia from Kerala and four Day-Care cum Recreation Centre for senior other nuns were declared Saints by Pope Francis citizens has been inaugurated in Leh. It will at a grand ceremony at the . provide a raft of medical facilities including Over 1,500 students from 32 different colleges geriatric care, health consultations and check- and university participated in the ‗Sangam Youth ups, physiotherapy to the senior citizens. Festival‘ being organised by the Indian Army in Vishnu Nandan, polar researcher from Kerala, collaboration with Jammu University Campus in a only Indian aboard among the 300 researchers, bid to spread the message of peace, prosperity, will join largest ever Arctic expedition ―MOSAiC communal harmony and national integration. Expedition―. Led by the Alfred Wegener Institute The 2nd phase of an Indo-Dutch project called in Germany, MOSAiC, the largest ever Arctic Local Treatment of Urban Sewage Streams for

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Healthy Reuse, or LOTUS-HR was launched at Sahara. Its scientific name is Cataglyphis Barapullah drain in New Delhi. bombycina. Secretary Department for Promotion of Industry The Insurance Regulatory and Development and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Guruprasad Mohapatra Authority of India has imposed penalties of Rs launched the website and mobile application 1.01 crore on Cholamandalam MS GIC for L2Pro India [Learn to violations observed during an inspection. Protect, Secure and Maximize Your Innovation] on Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone and Indian Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). badminton player PV Sindhu were named the The 129th death anniversary of the mystic bard ambassadors for Bharat Ki Laxmi, an initiative to Fakir Lalon Shah is being observed in Bangladesh. celebrate the contribution & accomplishments of Textiles Secretary, Ravi Capoor, inaugurated the women of the nation for the public good. The 48th edition of the Indian Handicrafts and Gifts hashtag for the initiative is #BharatKiLaxmi. Fair (IHGF) at the India Expo Centre & Mart at The Amazon‘s male white Bellbird is the world‘s Greater Noida. The theme of IHGF-Delhi Fair loudest bird which hits 125.4 decibels. 2019: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. The Vijaya Bank Heritage Museum has been Kiran Uniyal, w/o a serving Colonel of Indian inaugurated at the headquarters of the erstwhile Army has created Individual Guinness World Vijaya Bank i.e. Bengaluru having a rare collection Records for ―The most full contact knee strikes in of photos through which the growth of the bank is showcased. three minutes (one leg) (female), 263 strikes‖ & J&K‘s Chenani-Nashri Tunnel, a 9 km-long tunnel ―The most full contact knee strikes alternate legs that reduces the distance between Jammu and in one minute(female),120 strikes‖. Srinagar by 31 km has been renamed as Shyama The National Council of Educational Research and Prasad Mukherjee Tunnel. Training (NCERT) is planning to review the 14- Indian Railways has launched ‗one touch ATVM‘ year-old National Curriculum Framework (NCF) in to render fast ticketing to millions of commuters accordance with new national education policy at 42 suburban stations of Central Railway over (NEP) and set up a committee for the purpose. Mumbai Suburban Network. India‘s livestock population has increased to over Indo-Tibetan Border Police celebrated its 58th 535.78 million showing an increase of 4.6 per Raising Day on 24th October 2019. cent over Livestock Census-2012. The CBSE and NCERT have launched an online Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying aptitude test "Try And Measure Aptitude And released the 20th Livestock Census -2019. Natural Abilities (Tamanna)" to help students of IIT Kharagpur graduate Debayan Saha has Class 9 and 10 to make a better choice of invented a device called ―PM 2.5‖ which he subjects, eventually helping them in making an claimed when fitted near the silencer pipe in informed decision while choosing subjects in vehicles will curb air pollution. Class 11 and 12. A team of German researchers from the has unveiled a ‗Preventive Health‘ tool University of Ulm and Freiburg(Germany) in the United States. The tool connects people to discovered the Saharan silver ant which is the health resources and sends check-up reminders. fastest of the world‘s 12,000 known ant species, Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal Purja, created a clocking 855 millimetres nearly a metre per new speed record by climbing the world‘s 14 second in Douz area of Tunisia in Northern highest peaks over 8,000 metres (26,250 feet) in just 189 days. 77 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs China‘s National Medical Products Administration Nirmala Sitharaman has released a special has officially approved an indigenously developed commemorative coin on Paramahansa Yogananda Alzheimer‘s drug called GV-971 (sodium oligo- to mark Paramahansa Yogananda‘s 125th birth mannurarate). anniversary. Renowned Indian authors like R K Narayan ( Researchers from the Indian Institute of Swami and Friends), (The God of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H), small things), Salman Rushdie (The Moor‘s Last Telangana have created the first-ever ‗Indian Sigh), (A Suitable Boy) and S. Naipaul brain atlas‘(IBA). (A House for Mr Biswas) are among 100 writers The government of Pakistan released a new coin who have featured on a list of the most inspiring worth Pakistan Rupees 50 to commemorate the novels chosen by a panel of experts and revealed 550th anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak. by the BBC. Singapore-based AirCarbon Pte launched the This year, at the Golden Jubilee of International worlds‘ first blockchain-based carbon trading Film Festival of India (IFFI), will have the exchange. screening of Accessible India Films. This unique India has taken inspiration from Brazil‘s success film section will witness the screening of three in the field of human milk bank decided to adopt films, two in Hindi – Lage Raho Munna Bhai and a similar model in creating a wide network of M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story and one in human milk banks. Konkani- Questao De Confusao in Konkani. National Carrier Air India has painted ‗Ek Onkar‘ Dhruv Prajapati, a research scholar from the symbol on its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft‘s Gujarat Ecological Education & Research tail to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Foundation, has discovered two new spider Nanak Dev. The aircraft will fly on October 31 species in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat. Their from Amritsar to London. names are "Marengo Sachin Tendulkar" named UNESCO has designated Mumbai as a member of after Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar & UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) in the "Indomarengo chavarapater" named after Saint field of FILM and Hyderabad in the field of Kuriakose Elias Chavara. GASTRONOMY. Suranga Bawadi in Bijapur, Karnataka was Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs has selected as the World Monument Watch List for inaugurated a new Guru Nanak Chair by the 2020, by the New York-based non-governmental support of Indian government, at the University organisation. It was selected under the category of Birmingham to enable research around the of ―Ancient Water System of the Deccan Plateau‖ teachings of the founder of the Sikh religion. along with 24 monuments across the world. The world‘s largest fertilizer cooperative Indian Nita Ambani has become the first Indian to be Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) named an honorary trustee of ―The Metropolitan introduced India‘s 1st nanotechnology-based Museum of Art‖. product range by introducing Nano Nitrogen, The Information and Broadcasting Ministry Nano Zinc, Nano Copper for on-field trials at an launched the official anthem and radio jingle for event held at its Kalol unit in Gujarat. the golden jubilee edition of International Film The official emblem of FIFA U-17 Women‘s World Festival of India (IFFI), scheduled to take place in Cup for the year 2020 which is to be conducted Goa. in India was unveiled.

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will be the chief In Madhya Pradesh, the 4-day Aalmi Tablighi guest at India's Republic Day 2020 celebrations. Ijtima, world‘s biggest Islamic Congregation The new signal fish ―Pteropsaron Indicum‖ was began in Bhopal. found in Lakshadweep sea off Kerala coast, which The first woman pilot, Lieutenant Shivangi, will is the home for unusual species like fish with a join naval operations on completion of unique color. operational training here on December 2. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate The Survey of India, India‘s central engineering the National Tribal Festival ―Aadi Mahotsav‖ with agency in charge of mapping and surveying has the theme "Spirit of Tribal Culture, Craft, Cuisine released an updated map of India with Amaravati and Commerce" in New Delhi. as the capital of Andhra Pradesh (AP). Pakistan became the 1st country in the world to The Indian Railway Institute of Financial introduce a new Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) Management (IRIFM) has been set up in in an effort to combat a drug-resistant strain of Hyderabad, Telangana. the potentially fatal disease in the Sindh province. Indian Women‘s Association (IWA) has donated two electric vehicles to Pashupati Area The Election Commission has decided to Development Trust (PADT) in Nepal. establish a visiting chair on the inter-disciplinary The Indore-based Devi Ahilya University approach to electoral studies to commemorate becoming Madhya Pradesh‘s first varsity to be former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) TN accorded A-plus grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). Seshan‘s ―special connect with the young and Minister of State for Human Resource aspiring India‖. Development Sanjay Dhotre inaugurated the India UNICEF (United Nations Children‘s Fund) has Pavilion at International Book Fair in Guadaljara, released a 28-page booklet called ―From uttapam Mexico. India is the ‗Guest of Honour Country‘ in to sprouted dal parantha‖. book fair and becomes the first Asian country to The Karnataka State Tourism Development Corp participate as ‗Guest of Honour‘ in the Fair. This (KSTDC) signed a memorandum of understanding fair is the biggest book fair in the Spanish- with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism speaking world. Corporation (IRCTC) to market and operate the Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended greetings Golden Chariot train. The luxurious Golden to Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on the Chariot train will start plying from March 2020. organization‘s 55th raising day (01st December The Film Bazaar, which is being organised by the 2019). National Film Development Corporation, was The 35th anniversary of Bhopal Gas Tragedy is inaugurated by the Information and Broadcasting being observed across the country. It is one of Minister on the sidelines of the golden jubilee the world‘s worst industrial disaster that claimed edition of the International Film Festival of India. thousands of lives on the night of December 2, International Film Festival of India 2019, IFFI 1984. features a Country of Focus that brings out the Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu launched the cinematic excellence and contributions of that new Rotavirus vaccine: ROTAVAC-5D designed particular country every year and this year, the and developed by Bharat Biotech in New Delhi. country of focus is Russia. Government of India (GoI) & Portugal has decided to cooperate in the setting up of an India‘s 1st National Maritime Heritage Museum at the 79 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 ancient Indian site of Lothal in Gujarat with the State for Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) on the aim to boost the underwater or marine 50th Fit India Plogging Run held in Delhi‘s archaeology. Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

Tennis legend Roger Federer will become the first living person in Switzerland to have a coin minted in his honour. The Federal Mint, Swissmint, has created a 20-franc silver coin bearing Federer‘s image. The nation is paying homage to Dr BR Ambedkar on his 64th Mahaparinirvan Diwas (death anniversary) on 6 December. Jammu and Kashmir Government has approved the Leave Travel Concession (LTC) in favour of its employees. Ripu Daman Bevli was appointed as Plogging Ambassador of India by Kiren Rijiju, Minister of

Static GA : Awards & Fields

1. International : For contributions towards social, economic & political transformation through non-violence & other Gandhian methods. 2. Bharat Ratna: Premier civilian award, to serve the nation. 3. : Ranking wise the second award is the Padma Vibhushan in the Indian Republic. It awarded people from various fields including Govt. service to distinguish extraordinary service for the country. 4. : The Padma Bhushan is the highest civilian award third in rank in the Indian Republic. 5. Padma Shri: It is awarded to citizens of India for their distinguished contribution in several fields including Education, Literature, Arts, Science, Industry, Social Service, Medicine, Sports & Public Affairs. 6. : For brilliance in sports coaching. 7. : Highest lifetime achievement award in sports & games in India 8. : Highest honor given for accomplishment in sports. 9. Vyas Samman: For literary in the Hindi language. 10. : For outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any Indian language listed in Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. 11. : Highest decoration Awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring or prominent act of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy on land, sea or air. 12. : Second highest decoration. It is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea or in the air. 13. Vir Chakra: It is the third in the order of awards for acts of gallantry in the face of the enemy on land, sea or air. 14. Ashok Chakra: Awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring act of valour or self-sacrifice on land, at sea or in the air. 15. Academy (Oscar) Awards: Film (From 1929) 80 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 16. Grammy Award: Music (From 1958) 17. Ramon Magasaysay Award: Govt. (Public) Service, Social Service, Journalism, Literature, Communication & International Understanding Bourlog Award: Agriculture (From 1992) 18. Grammy: Music 19. Pulitzer: Journalism&Literature 20. Arjun: Sports 21. Bowelay: Agriculture 22. Kalinga: Science 23. Dhanwantri: Medical Science 24. Nobel Prize: Peace, Literature, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Medical Science 25. Abel: Maths 26. Man Booker: Literature 27. Vachspati Samman: Sanskrit Literature

Topic 1: CM/Governors/Wildlife Santuaries/National Parks / Power Plants in India

States/UTs National Parks(NP) Wild Life Sanctuaries Power Plants J&K Dachigam National Gulmarg WLS - Governor: Girish Chandra Park Murmu Hemis National Limber WLS Capital: Jammu(Winter) Park Srinagar(Summer) Kishtwar National Nandini WLS Park Salim Ali National Park Himachal Pradesh Pin Valley National Bandli WLS Girinagar Hydel CM: Jairam Thakur Park Daranghati WLS Project Governor: Bandaru Dattatraya Great Himalayan Dhauladhar WLS Binwa Hydel Project Capital: Shimla National Park Nargu WLS Rangtong Hydel Inderkilla National Pong Dam Lake Project Park WLS Baner&Neugal Khirganga National Shilli WLS Project Park Talra WLS Simbalbara National Park Punjab Abohar WLS Guru Gobind Singh CM: Captain Amarinder Singh Harike Lake WLS Super Thermal Governor: V P Singh Badnore Jhajjar Bacholi Power Plant Capital: Chandigarh WLS Haryana Kalesar National Bhindawas WLS Gorakhpur Atomic Park Kalesar WLS Power Station CM: Manohar Lal Khattar Sultanpur National Khaparwas WLS Deenbandhu 81 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 States/UTs National Parks(NP) Wild Life Sanctuaries Power Plants Governor: Satyadev Narayan Park Chhotu Ram TPS Arya Rajiv Gandhi TPS Capital: Chandigarh Uttar Pradesh Dudhwa National Hastinapur WLS Narora Atomic CM: Yogi Adityanath Park Ranipur WLS Power Station Governor: Anandiben Patel Sohagibarwa WLS Rihand Thermal Capital: Lucknow Sur Sarovar WLS Power Station Chandraprabha Anpara Thermal WLS Power Station National Chambal WLS Bihar Valmiki National Gautam Budha Kahalgaon Super CM: Nitish Kumar Park WLS Thermal Power Governor: Phagu Chauhan Kaimur WLS Station Capital: Patna Pant (Rajgir) WLS Barauni TPS Valmiki WLS Chhattisgarh Indravati National Badalkhol WLS Sipat Thermal CM: Bhupesh Baghel Park Bhairamgarh WLS Power Plant Governor: Anusuiya Uikey Kanger Valley Bhoramdev WLS Hasdeo TPS Capital: Raipur National Park Udanti Wild Bhilai Expansion Guru Ghasi Das Buffalo WLS Power Plant (Sanjay) Jharkhand Betla National Park Lawalong WLS Chandrapura TPS CM: Raghubar Das Palkot WLS Koderma Thermal Governor: Draupadi Murmu Parasnath WLS Power Station Capital: Ranchi Bokaro TPS Andhra Pradesh Sri Venkateswara Coringa WLS Simhadri Super CM: Jaganmohan Reddy National Park Kolleru WLS Thermal Power Governor Biswa Bhusan Nellapattu WLS Plant Harichandan Pulicat Lake WLS Sri Damodaram Capital: Amaravati Rajiv Gandhi Sanjeevaiah ( Thermal Power Sagar-Srisailam) Station WLS Rollapadu WLS Telangana Mrugavani National Kawal WLS CM: K. Chandrashekar Rao Park Governor: Tamilisai Soundararajan Capital: Hyderabad Assam Dibru-Saikhowa NP Amchang WLS Bongaigaon

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 States/UTs National Parks(NP) Wild Life Sanctuaries Power Plants CM: Sarbananda Sonowal Kaziranga National Chakrashila WLS Thermal Power Governor: Jagdish Mukhi Park Dihing Patkai WLS Plant Capital: Dispur Manas National East Karbi Park Anglong WLS Nameri National North Karbi Park Anglong WLS Rajiv Gandhi Orang Nambor WLS National Park Goa Bhagwan Mahavir Bondla WLS - CM: Pramod Sawants (Mollem) National Madei WLS Governor: Satya Pal Malik Park Bhagwan Mahavir Capital: Panaji (Mollem) WLS Netravali WLS Gujarat Blackbuck National Jambugodha WLS Mundra Thermal CM: Vijay Rupani Park, Velavadar Jessore WLS Power Station Governor: Acharya Dev Vrat Gir Forest National Kutch Desert WLS Ukai Thermal Power Capital: Gandhinagar Park Mitiyala WLS Station Marine National Porbandar Lake Akrimota Thermal Park, Gulf of Kutch WLS Power Station Bansda National Rampara Vidi WLS Kakrapar Nuclear Park Ratanmahal WLS Power Plant Shoolpaneswar (Dhumkhal) WLS Thol Lake WLS Wild Ass WLS Karnataka Bandipur National Arabithittu WLS Raichur Thermal CM: B. S. Yeddyurappa Governor: Park Attiveri WLS Power Station Vajubhai R. Vala Bannerghatta Bhadra WLS Udupi Thermal Capital: Bengaluru National Park Bhimgad WLS Power Plant Kudremukh Brahmagiri WLS Bellary Thermal National Park Cauvery WLS Power Station Nagarhole National Nugu WLS Park Pushpagiri WLS Anshi national park Ranganathittu Bird WLS Sharavathi Valley WLS Someshwara WLS Kerala Eravikulam National Aralam WLS Brahmapuram CM: Pinarayi Vijayan Park Chimmony WLS Power Station Governor: Arif Mohammed Khan Mathikettan Shola Idukki WLS Kayamkulam Power

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 States/UTs National Parks(NP) Wild Life Sanctuaries Power Plants Capital:Thiruvananthapuram National Park Malabar WLS Station Periyar National Mangalavanam Park Bird WLS Silent Valley Neyyar WLS National Park Periyar WLS Anamudi Shola Thattekad Bird National Park WLS Pampadum Shola NP Madhya Pradesh Kanha National Bori WLS Vindhyachal Super CM: Kamal Nath Park Gandhi Sagar WLS Thermal Power Governor: Lal Ji Tandon Madhav National Ghatigaon WLS Station Capital: Bhopal Park Ken Gharial WLS Sant Singaji Mandla Plant Narsighgarh WLS Thermal Power Fossils National National Chambal Plant Park WLS Satpura Thermal Panna National Park Orcha WLS Power Station Pench National Park Kuno WLS Amarkantak TPS Sanjay National Sardarpur WLS Sasan Ultra Mega Park Son Gharial WLS Power Project Satpura National Park Van Vihar National park Maharashtra Chandoli National Aner Dam WLS Tarapur Atomic CM: Uddhav Thackeray Park Bhamragarh WLS Power Station Governor: Bhagat Singh Koshyari Navegaon National Bhimashankar Tirora Thermal Capital: Mumbai Park WLS Power Station Tadoba National Great Indian Amravati Thermal Park Bustard WLS Power Plant Gugamal national Jaikwadi WLS park Koyana WLS Nagzira WLS Painganga WLS Radhanagari WLS Sagareshwar WLS Tipeshwar WLS Tungareshwar WLS Manipur Keibul Lamjao Yangoupokpi- - CM: N Biren Singh National Park Lokchao WLS 84 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 States/UTs National Parks(NP) Wild Life Sanctuaries Power Plants Governor: Najma Heptulla Capital: Imphal Meghalaya Balphakram Baghmara Pitcher - CM: Conrad Sangma National Park Plant WLS Governor: Tathagata Roy Nokrek National Nongkhyllem WLS Capital: Shillong Park Siju WLS Mizoram Murlen National Dampa WLS (TR) - CM: PU Zoramthanga Park Ngengpui WLS Governor: P.S. Sreedharan Pillai Phawngpui Blue Pualreng WLS Capital: Aizawl National Park Tokalo WLS Mountain National Park Nagaland Intanki National Fakim WLS Dikhu Hydro CM: Neiphiu Rio Park Puliebadze WLS Electric Power Plant Governor: RN Ravi Rangapahar WLS Capital: Kohima Odisha Bhitarkanika Badrama WLS Talcher Super CM: Naveen Patnaik National Park Baisipalli WLS Thermal Power Governor: Ganeshi Lal Simlipal National Chilika (Nalaban) Station Capital: Bhubaneswer Park WLS Hadgarh WLS Khalasuni WLS Satkosia Gorge WLS Rajasthan Sariska National Bundh Baratha Chhabra Thermal CM: Ashok Gehlot Park WLS Power Station Governor: Kalraj Mishra Ranthambore Darrah WLS Suratgarh Power Capital: Jaipur National Park Jawahar Sagar Station Darrah National WLS Park Kailadevi WLS Desert National Mount Abu WLS Park Ramsagar WLS Keoladeo National Sariska WLS Park Sawai Man Singh WLS Shergarh WLS Sitamata WLS Sikkim Khangchendzonga Fambong Lho Rangit Hydro CM: PS Golay National Park WLS Electric Power Prject Governor: Ganga Prasad Kitam WLS (Bird) Capital: Gangtok Maenam WLS Pangolakha WLS

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 States/UTs National Parks(NP) Wild Life Sanctuaries Power Plants Tamil Nadu Mudumalai National Indira Gandhi Kudankulam CM: Edapaddi Palaniswami Park (Annamalai) WLS Nuclear Power Plant Governor: Banwaril Lal Purohit Mukurthi National Kalakad WLS Neyveli Thermal Capital: Chennai Park Karaivetti WLS Tuticorin Thermal Indira Gandhi Karikili WLS Power Station (Annamalai)

National Park Mudumalai WLS Guindy National Pulicat Lake WLS Park Vaduvoor WLS Gulf of Mannar Marine National Vedanthangal Park WLS Vettangudi WLS Tripura Bison( Rajbari ) Gumti WLS Palatana Thermal CM: Biplab Deb National Park Rowa WLS Power Plant Governor: Ramesh Bais Clouded Leopard Sepahijala WLS Capital: Agartala National Park Trishna WLS Uttarakhand Gangotri National Askot Musk Deer Chibro Power Plant CM: Trivendra Singh Rawat Park WLS Khodri Power Plant Governor: Baby Rani Maurya Jim Corbett Binsar WLS Chilla Power Plant Capital: Dehradun National Park Govind Pashu Valley of Flowers Vihar WLS National Park Kedarnath WLS Sonanadi WLS

West Bengal Buxa National Park Ballavpur WLS Mejia Thermal CM: Mamata Banerjee Neora Valley Chintamani Kar Power Station Governor: Jagdeep Dhankhar NationalPark Bird Sanctuary Farakka Super Capital: Kolkata Singalila National Haliday Island Thermal Power Park WLS Station Sundarbans Lothian Island Kolaghat Thermal National Park WLS Power Station Mahananda WLS Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station Arunachal Pradesh Namdapha National Capital: Itanagar Park CM: Pema Khandu Mouling National 86 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 States/UTs National Parks(NP) Wild Life Sanctuaries Power Plants Governor: BD Mishra Park

Complete list of 9 Union Territories: Union Territories Capital CM Lt. Governor Andaman and Nicobar Island Port Blair NA D K Joshi Chandigarh Chandigarh NA V.P. Singh Badnore Dadra and Nagar Haveli Silvassa NA Praful Patel Daman and Diu Daman NA Praful Patel Delhi Delhi Arvind Kejriwal Anil Baijal Ladakh NA NA Radha Krishna Mathur Lakshadweep Kavaratti NA Dineshwar Sharma Jammu and Kashmir NA NA Girish Chandra Murmu Puducherry Pondicherry V. Narayanasamy Kiran Bedi

Topic 2: Upcoming Important Sport Events ITTF Table Tennis World 2018 (London) Cup Summer Olympics Japan (2020); Paris (2024), Los Angles (2028) ICC World Cup Cricket Venue

Winer Olympics Pyeong Chang, South Korea ODI: (One day International): (2018); Beijing China (2022) 1. England – 2019|2. India – 2023 Common Wealth Queensland, Australia T20 World Cup: Australia - 2020. Games (2018); London (2022)

Asian Games Indonesia (2018); FIFA (Football) World Cup venue: Hangzohu, China (2022) 2018: Russia|2022: Qatar FIFA Russia (2018); Qatar (2022) Commonwealth Games venues: 2018 – Gold Coast Common Wealth Bahamas (2017); Belfast (Australia).| 2022: Birmingham (England) Youth Games (2021)

Common Wealth Lima, Peru (2018) Olympics Games venues: Weightlifting 2016 Summer: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Championship 2018 winter: Pyeongchang (South Korea)

Men Hockey World Cup 2018 (India) 2020 summer: Tokyo (Japan) Women Hockey World Cup 2018 (London) 2022 Winter: Beijing (China) ICC Women Cricket World 2021 (New Zealand) 2024 Summer: Paris (France) Cup Asian Games host cities: ICC Men Cricket World Cup 2019 (England); 2023 (India) 1. 2014: Incheon (South Korea) 2. 2018: Jakarta, Indonesia FIFA (Women) World Cup 2019 (France) → 3. 2022: Hangzhou, China Dare to Shine

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Topic 3: The Headquarters of the UN million of which 623.7 million (51.54%) are Organizations males&586.46 million (48.46%) are females. Major highlights of the Census 2011 (Provisional

figures) are as under: International Organizations HQ: *The population of India has increased by more UNO (United Nations Org) New York than 181 million during the decade 2001-2011. UNICEF New York 2) %age growth in 2001-2011 is 17.64; males UNCTAD Geneva 17.19&females 18.12. WHO (World Health Org) Geneva 3) *Uttar Pradesh (199.5 million) is the most ILO (International Labour Org) Geneva populous State in the country followed by WMO (World Meteorological Org) Geneva Maharashtra with 112 million. World Intellectual Property Org Geneva Some of the highlights International Standards Org. Geneva Slogan - Our census, Our Future IMF Washington DC India's 1st Census - 1872 World Bank Washington DC 2011 Census is - 15th Census UNESCO Paris Total Population - 1,21,01,93,422 OECD Paris India's Rank in population - 2nd with 17.5% (1st UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Vienna China with 19%) Dev. Org) Most Populous State - Uttar Pradesh IAEA (International Atomic Vienna Least Populous State - Sikkim Energy Agency) Most Literate State - Kerala (93.9%) OPEC Vienna Least Literate State - Bihar (63.82%) Amnesty International London National Sex Ratio - Female : Male (940 : 1000) Commonwealth of Nations London Highest Sex Ratio (State) - Kerala (1084 : 1000) International Maritime London Lowest Sex Ratio (State) - Haryana Organization Highest Sex Ratio (UT) - Puducherry ICJ (International Court of The Hague Least Sex Ratio (UT) – Daman & Diu (618 : 1000) Justice) Literacy of Male - 82.14% Food & Agricultural Organization Literacy of Female - 65.46% NATO Population Growth Rate - 17.64% Transparency International Berlin Highest fertility Rate - Meghalaya SAARC Kathmandu Most literate union territory - Lakshadweep ASEAN Jakarta (92.2%) APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Singapore Least literate Union Territory - Dadra Nagar & Forum) Haweli Organization of Islamic Jeddah Most Literate District - Serechhip (Mizoram) Cooperation Least Literate District - Dadra and Nagar & Haveli Highest Density of Population - Bihar (1102 sq.km) Topic 4: A Brief on the Census 2011 Lowest Density of Population - Arunachal Pradesh 1) The population of the country as per the (17) provisional figures of Census 2011 is 1210.19 Total number of districts - 640 Highest Populous District - Thane (Mumbai) 88 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 100% Literacy District - Palakkad (Kerala) Speaker, Lok Sabha Om Birala 100% Banking State - Kerala Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha Vacant 100% Banking District - Palakkad (Kerala) Comptroller & Auditor Rajiv Mehrishi Density of Population in India - 382 sq. km General of India Increase in population (during 2001-2011) - 181 Chief Election Sunil Arora million Commissioner Chairman, UPSC Sh. Arvind Saxena Topic 5: Current Office Holders List Deputy Chairman, Rajya Harivansh Narayan

Sabha Singh Important National Officials

Designation Name Designation Name Chairperson, CBDT Pramod Chandra Mody Secretary-General, United Antonio Guterres Chairperson, National Nand Kumar Sai Commission for Nations Organisation Scheduled Tribes Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva Chairperson, UGC Dhirendra Pal Singh International Monetary Chairman, ISRO K Sivan Fund Chairman, Atomic Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas President, World Bank David R. Malpass Energy Commission Director-General, World Roberto Azevedo Chairperson, TRAI Ram Sevak Sharma Trade Organisation Chairperson, NHAI Sukhbir Singh Sandhu Director General, NCC Lt. General Rajeev DG, UNESCO Audrey Azoulay Chopra President, UN General Maria Fernanda Chairperson, CBSE Anita Karwal Assembly Espinosa Chairperson, IRDAI Subhash Chandra Director-General, WHO Tedros Adhanom Khuntia Ghebreyesus Chairperson, PTI Viveck Goenka President, International Abdulqawi Ahmed Director General, BSF Vivek Johri Court of Justice Yusuf Director General, SSB Rajesh Chandra Director General, CRPF Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar President, Asian Masatsugu Asakawa Director General, ITBP S. S. Deswal Development Bank Solicitor General Tushar Mehta President, International Thomas Bach Attorney General KK Venugopal Olympic Committee Chairperson, National Justice Adarsh Kumar Director-General, Yukiya Amano Green Tribunal Goel International Atomic (passed away), Rafael Director, NCERT Hrushikesh Senapaty Energy Agency Mariano Gross (will President, ASSOCHAM Balkrishna Goenka join in Dec‘19) Chairperson, NASSCOM Rishad Premji DRDO Chairman G Satheesh Reddy Secretary-General, NATO Jens Stoltenberg LIC Chairman MR Kumar Secretary-General, ASEAN Lim Jock Hoi Secretary-General, SAARC Amjad Hussain B Sial Post Name Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland Chief Justice, Supreme Justice Sharad Arvind Commonwealth Court Bobde (47th CJI)

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Designation Name Meenakshi Temple: Madurai (Tamil Nadu) President, FIFA Gianni Infantino Amarnath Cave Temple: State of J&K Chairman, International Shashank Manohar Lingaraja Temple: Orissa Tirupati Balaji: Tirumala (Andhra Pradesh) Cricket Council Kanchipuram Temples: Tamil Nadu

Khajuraho Temple: Madhya Pradesh Topic 6: Important Ports in India Virupaksha Temple: Hampi, Bellary, Karnataka Akshardham Temple: Delhi Port State Shri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir: Oldest Jain temple Kolkata West Bengal in Delhi Paradip Orissa Gomateshwara Temple: Shravanabelagola town of Karnataka Vishakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh Ranakpur Temple: Pali district of Rajasthan Chennai Tamil Nadu Shirdi Sai Baba Temple: Shirdi town of Ennore Tamil Nadu Maharashtra Tuticorin Tamil Nadu Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple : Cochin Kerala Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala New Mangalore Karnataka Dwarkadhish Temple: Dwarka city (Gujarat) Mormugao Goa Laxminarayan Temple: Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru Maharashtra Mumbai Maharashtra Topic 8: List of the Important Airports in Kandla Gujarat India

Airport City State/UT Topic 7: The Most Famous Temples in India Kempegowda Bangalore Karnataka Badrinath Temple: Chamoli district, Uttarakhand International The Konark Sun Temple: Puri district of Odisha Airport Brihadeeswara Temple: Thanjavur city of Tamil Netaji Subhash Kolkata West Bengal Nadu Chandra Bose Somnath Temple: Saurashtra (Gujarat) Intl.Airport Kedarnath Temple: Garhwal area (Uttarakhand) Rajiv Gandhi Hyderabad Telangana Sanchi Stupa: Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh International Ramanathaswamy Temple: Tamil Nadu Airport Vaishno Devi Mandir: J&K, near Katra. Sardar Ahmedabad Gujarat Siddhivinayak Temple: Prabha Devi, Mumbai Vallabhbhai Gangotri Temple: Uttarkashi district of Patel Uttarakhand International Golden Temple or Sri Harmandir Sahib: Amritsar Airport Kashi Vishwanath Temple: Varanasi (Uttar Chaudhary Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Pradesh) Charan Singh Lord Jagannath Temple: Puri (Orissa) Intl. Airport Yamunotri Temple: Uttarkashi district of Lokpriya Guwahati Assam Uttarakhand 90 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Airport City State/UT Airport City State/UT Gopinath Zaruki Shillong Meghalaya Bordoloi Intl. International Airport Airport Srinagar Airport Srinagar J&K Daporijo Airport Daporijo Arunachal Biju Patnaik Bhubaneswar Odisha Pradesh International Tezu Arunachal Airport Pradesh Visakhapatnam Visakhapatna Andhra Pradesh Kandla Gujarat Airport m Sonari Airport Jamshedpur Jharkhand Devi Ahilyabai Indore Madhya Pradesh Birsa Munda Ranchi Jharkhand Holkar Airport Airport Dr. Babasaheb Nagpur Maharashtra Agatti Agatti Lakshadweep Ambedkar Intl. Aerodrome Airport Lok Nayak Patna Bihar Topic 9: What are the names of the Jayaprakash Borders/Boundary Lines? Airport Sri Guru Ram Amritsar Punjab Durand Line: Afghanistan & Pakistan Dass Jee Hindenburg Line: Germany & Poland. International Mason-dixon Line: Line of demarcation between Airport four states in the United States. Swami Raipur Chhattisgarh Mannerheim Line: Russia-Finland border. Vivekananda Macmahon Line: India & China Airport Medicine Line: Canada & the United States. Bagdogra Bagdogra West Bengal Order-neisse Line: Poland & Germany Airport Radcliffe Line: India & Pakistan. Veer Savarkar Port Blair Andaman & Siegfried Line: Germany on its border with International Nicobar Islands France. Airport 17th Parallel: North Vietnam & South Vietnam Birsa Munda Ranchi Jharkhand 26th Parallel south: Africa, Australia & South Airport America. Maharana Pratap Udaipur Rajasthan 30TH PARALLEL Equator & the North Pole. Airport 38th Parallel: Separates North Korea&South Raja Bhoj Bhopal Madhya Pradesh Korea. International Airport 39th Parallel north is an imaginary circle of Jolly Grant Dehradun Uttrakhand latitude that is 39 degrees north of the Earth‘s Airport equatorial plane. Rajahmundry Rajahmundry Andhra Pradesh 40th Parallel north: formed the original northern Airport boundary of the British Colony of Maryland. Silchar Assam 42nd Parallel north: New York - Pennsylania Aizwal Mizoram Border. 91 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 The Parallel 440 north is an imaginary circle of Nepal Stock Exchange HQ in Kathmandu latitude that is 44 degrees north of the Earth‘s Sialkot Stock Exchange HQ in Sialkot equatorial plane. Colombo Stock Exchange HQ in Colombo 45th Parallel north is often called the halfway point between the Equator&the North Pole. Topic 11: Dams in India 45th parallel makes up most of the boundary

between Montana&Wyoming. Dam River State 49th Parallel is the boundary between USA&Canada Tehri Dam Bhagirathi Uttarakhand Lakhwar Dam Yamuna Uttarakhand Topic 10: Stock Exchanges around the World Idukki (Eb)/Idukki Periyar Kerala Arch Dam New York Stock Exchange (NYSE): HQ in New York Bhakra Dam Satluj Himachal City Pradesh NASDAQ OMX: HQ in . Pakal Dul Dam Marusudar J&K Tokyo Stock Exchange: HQ in Tokyo Sardar Sarover Narmada Gujarat London Stock Exchange: HQ in London. Gujarat Dam Shanghai Stock Exchange: HQ in Shanghai. Srisailam Krishna Andhra Pradesh Hong Kong Stock Exchange: HQ in Hong Kong. (N.S.R.S.P) Dam Toronto Stock Exchange: HQ in Toronto. Ranjit Sagar Dam Ravi Punjab BM&F Bovespa: HQ in Sao Paul Baglihar Dam CHENAB J&K Australian Securities Exchange: HQ in Sydney Pong Dam Beas Himachal Deutsche Börse: HQ in Frankfurt. Taiwan Stock Exchange – HQ in the city of Taipei Pradesh JSE Limited HQ in Johannesburg, South Africa. Nagarjuna Sagar Krishna Telangana American Stock Exchange (AMEX) HQ in New Dam York, USA Salal (Rockfill& Chenab J&K Borsa Italia HQ in Milan, Italy Concrete) Dam London International Financial Futures&Options Supa Dam Kali Nadi Karnataka Exchange (LIFFE) HQ in London, Great Britain Koteshwar Dam Bhagirathi Uttarakhand Montreal Exchange (MSE) HQ in Montreal, Canada Rihand Dam Rihand Uttar Pradesh Nordic: Baltic market (OMX) HQ in Stockholm, Indira Sagar Narmada Madhya Pradesh Sweden (NHDC) Dam Bolsa de Madrid (Madrid Stock Exchange) HQ in Pillur Dam Bhavani Tamil Nadu Madrid, Spain Madupetty (Eb) Palar Kerala Afghanistan Stock Exchange HQ in Kabul Dam Chittagong Stock Exchange HQ in Chittagong Parbati II Dam Parbati Himachal Royal Securities Exchange of Bhutan HQ Pradesh inThimphu Chakra Dam Chakra Karnataka Maldives Stock Exchange HQ in Malé Ukai Dam Tapi Gujarat

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Gotipua: Odisha Topic 12: Classical and Folk Dances in India Bihar: Jadur, Kathaputli, Bhako, Jhijiya

Indian Classical Dances North East India

Hojagiri: Tripura Bharatnatyam: Tamil Nadu & Karnataka Nongkram Dance: Meghalaya Kathak: North India Bagurumba: Assam Kathakali: Kerala. Bhortal Dance: Assam Kuchipudi: Andhra Pradesh. Cheraw Dance: Mizoram Manipuri: Manipur Chang Lo: Nagaland Mohiniattam: Kerala. Bardo Chham: Arunachal Pradesh Odissi: Orissa state. Bihu: Assam Gaudiya Nritya: West Bengal Sattriya: Assam South India Ghoomar: Rajasthan Padayani: Kerala Thang Ta: Manipur Kolannalu: Andhra Pradesh North India Parai Attam: Tamil Nadu Dumhal: Rauf tribe of Jammu & Kashmir Karagattam: Tamil Nadu HurkaBaul: Uttarakhand Paampu Attam: Tamil Nadu. Chholiya: Kumaon region, Uttarakhand Poikal Kudirai Attam: Tamil Nadu Bhangra: Punjab Theyyam: Kerala Dhamyal - ‗Dhamyal‘ or ‗Dhuph‘: Haryana Andhra Pradesh: Veethi Natakam, Burrakatha, Mayur Nritya: Uttar Pradesh Lambadi, Koya. Charkula: Braj region of Uttar Pradesh. Telangana: Bathukamma Giddha: State of Punjab Dollu Kunitha: Karnataka Haryana: Swang, Naqqal, Dhamal Ghodemodni: Goa Himachal Pradesh: Nati, Kariyala, Bhagat Lava Dance: Lakshadweep Fugdi: Goan dance performed in the Konkan Central India region Gaur Dance: Chhattisgarh Veeragase: Karnataka Muria Dance: Bastar district of Chhattisgarh Koli: Maharashtra Saila Dance: Bastar district in the state of West India Chhattisgarh Dandiya: Gujarat & Rajasthan Kaksar Dance: Bastar district in the state of Garba: Gujarat Chhattisgarh Padhar Dance: Gujarat Jawara Dance: Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan: Khyal, Rasdhari, Rammat, Gauri, Bhagoria Dance: Madhya Pradesh Ghoomar Suwa Dance: Chhattisgarh Grida Dance: Madhya Pradesh Topic 13: The Headquarters of the

important Public-Sector Undertakings East India Agriculture Insurance Company of India: New Brita Dance: ‗Brita‘ or ‗Vrita‘ dance: West Bengal Delhi Dalkhai: Odisha. Air India Limited: New Delhi 93 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Airports Authority of India: New Delhi North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam: Kolkata, West Bengal Corporation: Assam Bharat Earth Movers (BEML): Bangalore, Karnataka Numaligarh Refinery Limited: Assam Bharat Electronics Limited: Bangalore, Karnataka Oil & Natural Gas Corporation: Dehradun, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited(BHEL): New Delhi Uttarakhand Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited: Mumbai, Oil India Limited: New Delhi Maharashtra Oriental Insurance Company: New Delhi Coal India Limited: Kolkata, West Bengal Pawan Hans Limited: New Delhi Damodar Valley Corporation: Kolkata, West Shipping Corporation of India Limited: Mumbai, Bengal Maharashtra Electronics Corporation of India: Hyderabad, United India Insurance Company: Chennai, Tamil Telangana Nadu Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited: Noida, Uranium Corporation of India: Jaduguda, Uttar Pradesh Jharkhan. Food Corporation of India: New Delhi General Insurance Corporation of India Limited Topic 14: Nick Names of Important Indian (GIC): Mumbai, Maharashtra Places Hindustan Aeronautics Limited: Bangalore,

Karnataka Nick Names City Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited: Golden City Amritsar Mumbai, Maharashtra Manchester Of India Ahmedabad India Infrastructure Finance Company: New Delhi City Of Seven Islands Mumbai Indian Oil Corporation: New Delhi Queen Of Arabian Sea Cochin The Jute Corporation of India Limited: Kolkata, Space City Bangalore West Bengal Garden City Of India Bangalore Mahanadi Coalfields Limited: Sambalpur, Odisha Silicon Valley Of India Bangalore Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited: Nagpur, Electronic City Of India Bangalore Maharashtra NHPC Limited: Faridabad, Haryana Pink City Jaipur National Aluminium Co Ltd: Bhubaneshwar, Gateway Of India Mumbai Orissa Twin City: Hyderabad, National Aviation Company of India: New Delhi Secunderabad National Buildings Construction Corporation: New City Of Festivals Madurai Delhi Deccan Queen Pune National Fertilizers Limited: Noida, Uttar Pradesh City Of Buildings Kolkata National Handloom Development Corporation Dakshin Ganga Godavari Limited: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Old Ganga Godavari National Insurance Co Ltd: Kolkata, West Bengal Egg Bowls Of Asia Andhra Pradesh National Textile Corporation: New Delhi Soya Region Madhya Pradesh Company: Mumbai, Manchester Of The Coimbatore Maharashtra South Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited: Tamil Nadu City Of Nawabs Lucknow

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Venice Of The East Cochin Indradhanush Or Rainbow: India-Uk Air Exercises Sorrow Of Bengal Damodar River Nomadic Elephant: Indian Army Exercises with Sorrow Of Bihar Kosi River Mongolia Blue Mountains Nilgiri Ekuverin: Maldives&India Queen Of The Mountains Mussoorie Garuda Shakti: India&Indonesia (Uttarakhand) Mitra Shakti: India-Sri Lanka Sacred River Ganga Naseem Al-Bahr: India-Oman Hollywood Of India Mumbai SLINEX: Joint exercise in Navy between India&Sri City Of Castles Kolkata Lanka State Of Five Rivers Punjab hyog-Kaijin -Joint exercise of Coast Guards of India&Japan City Of Weavers Panipat Malabar: India&US City Of Lakes Srinagar Yudh Abhyas: India&US Steel City Of India Jamshedpur (Called Red flag: India&US Tatanagar) Cope: India&US City Of Temples Varanasi SAMPRITI – India&Bangladesh Manchester Of The Kanpur North Topic 16: Stadiums Around the World City Of Rallies New Delhi Heaven Of India J&K Stadiums in Australia Boston Of India Ahmedabad Adelaide Oval- Adelaide Garden Of Spices Of Kerala Bundaberg Rum Stadium- Cairns India Telstra Dome- Melbourne Switzerland Of India Kashmir Manuka Oval- Canberra Abode Of The God Prayag(Allahabad) Marrara Cricket Ground- Darwin Pittsburg Of India Jamshedpur Melbourne Cricket Ground- Melbourne Sydney Cricket Ground- Sydney Topic 15: Important Defence Exercise W.A.C.A. Ground- Perth

Conducted in the World Stadiums in Bangladesh Garuda: India-France Bangabandhu National Stadium- Dhaka HAND-HAND: India-China Chittagong Stadium- Chittagong Indra: India-Russia Jimex: India-Japan Stadiums in England Malbar: Us-India-Japan Edgbaston- Birmingham Shade: Naval Forces Of India, Japan&China Headingley- Leeds Surya Kiran: India&Nepal Lord's- London Varuna: France&India Old Trafford- Manchester Simbex: Indian Navy With Republic Of Singapore Sophia Gardens- Cardiff Navy St Lawrence Ground- Canterbury Ibsamar: India with Brazil&South African Navy The Brit Oval- London Konkan: Indian Navy&Royal Navy Of Britain Bridge- Nottingham Ausindex: Indian&Australian Navy

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General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Stadiums in India Eden Park-Auckland Barabati Stadium -Cuttack Jade Stadium-Christchurch Barkatullah Khan Stadium -Jodhpur John Davies Oval-Queenstown Barsapara Cricket Stadium: Guwahati McLean Park-Napier Greenfield International Stadium: Thiruvananthapuram Stadiums in Pakistan Brabourne Stadium -Mumbai Arbab Niaz Stadium-Peshawar Eden Gardens -Kolkata Ayub National Stadium-Quetta Feroz Shah Kotla -Delhi Gaddafi Stadium-Lahore Gandhi Stadium -Jalandhar Green Park -Kanpur Stadiums in South Africa Indira Gandhi Stadium -Vijayawada Kingsmead-Durban Rajiv Gandhi Port Silver Jubilee Stadium - New Wanderers Stadium-Johannesburg Visakhapatnam Newlands-Cape Town

St George's Park-Port Elizabeth Centurion Super Sport Park-Pretoria

Stadium in Sri Lanka Colombo Cricket Club Ground-Colombo Galle International Stadium-Galle P.Saravanamuttu Stadium-Colombo R.Premadasa Stadium-Colombo Sinhalese Sports Club Ground-Colombo

Stadiums in West Indies Sabina Park Kingston-Jamaica Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium -New Delhi Antigua Recreation Ground St John's-Antigua Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium -Hyderabad Guyana Cricket Stadium Georgetown-Guyana M.Chinnaswamy Stadium -Bangalore Kensington Oval Bridgetown-Barbados MA Chidambaram Stadium -Chennai Mindoo Phillip Park Castries-St Lucia Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground -Rajkot Albion Sports Complex Berbice-Guyana Moin-ul-Haq Stadium -Patna

Sardar Vallabhai Patel Motera Stadium - Stadiums in Zimbabwe Ahmedabad Bulawayo Athletic Club-Bulawayo Sawai Mansingh Stadium -Jaipur Harare Sports Club-Harare Vidarbha CA Ground -Nagpur Kwekwe Sports Club-Kwekwe Wankhede Stadium –Mumbai Queens Sports Club-Bulawayo Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium: Kochi (Kerala)

Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium: Guwahati Stadiums in United Arab Emirates (Assam) Sheikh Zayed Stadium-Abu Dhabi Dhyan Chand National Stadium: Delhi Sharjah Cricket Stadium-Sharjah Stadiums in New Zealand Basin Reserve-Wellington 96 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Topic 17: List of Indian Cities on Rivers City River State Banks . 22 Jaunpur Gomti Uttar Pradesh

. City River State 23 Patna Ganga Bihar 1. Agra Yamuna Uttar Pradesh . 2. Ahmedabad Sabarmati Gujarat 24 Rajahmund Godavari Andhra 3. Allahabad At the Uttar Pradesh . ry Pradesh confluence of 25 Srinagar Jhelum Jammu & Ganga, . Kashmir Yamuna & 26 Surat Tapi Gujarat Saraswati . 4. Ayodhya Saryu Uttar Pradesh 27 Tiruchirapal Kaveri Tamil Nadu 5. Badrinath Alaknanda Uttarakhand . li 6. Banki Mahanadi Odisha 28 Varanasi Ganga Uttar Pradesh 7. Brahmapur Rushikulya Odisha . 8. Chhatrapur Rushikulya Odisha 29 Vijayawada Krishna Andhra 9. Bhagalpur Ganga Bihar . Pradesh 10 Kolkata Hugli West Bengal 30 Vadodara Vishwamitri Gujarat . . 11 Cuttack Mahanadi Odisha 31 Mathura Yamuna Uttar Pradesh . . 12 New Delhi Yamuna Delhi 32 Mirzapur Ganga Uttar Pradesh . . 13 Dibrugarh Brahmaputra Assam 33 Auraiya Yamuna Uttar Pradesh . . 14 Ferozpur Sutlej Punjab 34 Etawah Yamuna Uttar Pradesh . . 15 Guwahati Brahmaputra Assam 35 Bangalore Vrishabhavath Karnataka . . i 16 Haridwar Ganga Uttarakhand 36 Farrukhaba Ganga Uttar Pradesh . . d 17 Hyderabad Musi Telangana 37 Fatehgarh Ganga Uttar Pradesh . . 18 Jabalpur Narmada Madhya 38 Kannauj Ganga Uttar Pradesh . Pradesh . 19 Kanpur Ganga Uttar Pradesh . 39 Mangalore Netravati, Karnataka . Gurupura 20 Kota Chambal Rajasthan . 40 Shimoga Tunga River Karnataka 21 Kottayam Meenachil Kerala . 97 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 City River State City River State 41 Bhadravathi Bhadra Karnataka . . 61 Erode Kaveri Tamil Nadu 42 Hospet Tungabhadra Karnataka . . 62 Tirunelveli Thamirabaran Tamil Nadu 43 Karwar Kali Karnataka . i . 63 Bharuch Narmada Gujarat 44 Bagalkot Ghataprabha Karnataka . . 64 Karjat Ulhas Maharashtra 45 Honnavar Sharavathi Karnataka . . 65 Nashik Godavari Maharashtra 46 Gwalior Chambal Madhya . . Pradesh 66 Mahad Savitri Maharashtra 47 Gorakhpur Rapti Uttar Pradesh . . 67 Nanded Godavari Maharashtra 48 Lucknow Gomti Uttar Pradesh . . 68 Kolhapur Panchaganga Maharashtra 49 Kanpur Ganga Uttar Pradesh . . 69 Nellore Pennar Andhra 50 Shuklaganj Ganga Uttar Pradesh . Pradesh . 70 Nizamabad Godavari Telangana 51 Chakeri Ganga Uttar Pradesh . . 71 Sangli Krishna Maharashtra 52 Malegaon Girna River Maharashtra . . 72 Karad Krishna, Maharashtra 53 Sambalpur Mahanadi Odisha . Koyna . 73 Hajipur Ganga Bihar 54 Rourkela Brahmani Odisha . . 74 Ujjain Shipra Madhya 55 Pune Mula, Mutha Maharashtra . Pradesh . 56 Daman Daman Ganga Daman Topic 39: What is the Mudra Scheme? . River a) MUDRA stands for Micro Units Development & 57 Madurai Vaigai Tamil Nadu Refinance Agency Ltd. . b) Financial institution set up by GOI for 58 Thiruchirap Kaveri Tamil Nadu development & refinancing micro units . alli enterprises. c) The purpose is to provide funding to the non- 59 Chennai Cooum, Adyar Tamil Nadu corporate small business sector through various . Last Mile Financial Institutions like Banks, NBFCs 60 Coimbatore Noyyal Tamil Nadu and MFIs. 98 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 d) It be responsible for refinancing all Last Mile Banks Centre Malaysia

Financiers such as Non-Banking Finance Companies, Societies, Trusts, Section 8 Topic 41: Important Financial, Economics & Companies, Co-operative Societies, Small Banks, Budget Terms Scheduled Commercial Banks and Regional Rural Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Banks. Act: The Act is an attempt to make the e) Under the aegis of Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana Government adhere to a phased plan to reduce (PMMY), MUDRA has already created its initial fiscal deficit, which denotes an excess of products / schemes. The financial limit for these expenditure over revenue. schemes are:- Dividend Distribution Tax: This is a tax levied on Shishu: covering loans upto Rs. 50,000/- companies that pay out dividends to its Kishor: covering loans above Rs. 50,000/- and shareholders, i.e. share a portion of earnings with upto 5 lakhs them. Tarun: covering loans above Rs. 5 lakhs to 10 Venture Capital Funds: These are funds that lakhs invest in startups, a financially riskier proposition f) Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana is a Government of India scheme, which enables a small borrower to than investing in established companies. borrow from banks, MFIs, NBFCs for loans upto 10 Securities Transaction Tax: It is a tax on all lakhs for non-farm income generating activities. transactions done over the stock exchanges Generally, loans upto 10 lakhs issued by banks involving securities such as shares, derivatives, under Micro Small Enterprises is given without and equity-linked mutual funds. collaterals. Capital Gains Tax: It is a tax on the gains that g) Shri Mohammad Mustafa is the Head currently. ensue when an asset is sold for a price higher than what it was bought for. Topic 40: Headquarters of the International Ad Valorem Tax: This is charged as a percentage Financial Organizations of the value of a good or service, not at a specific rate per unit. Name of the Organization HQ IMF International Monetary Fund Washington, DC Advance Pricing Agreement (APA): It is an IBRD International Bank for Washington, DC agreement between a taxpaying entity and the Reconstruction and Development taxman that indicates how the former will price IFC International Finance Corporation Washington, DC transactions with its associates. IDA International Development Washington, DC Association Fiscal Consolidation: The term refers to the ICSID, International Centre for Washington, DC things a Government does to maintain good fiscal Settlement of Investment Disputes health — cut debt and wasteful expenditure and MIGA Multilateral Investment Washington, DC Guarantee Agency improve revenue opportunities. World Trade Organization (WTO) Geneva Current Account Deficit: It is a trade measure that AFDB African Development Bank Abidjan shows the value of a country‘s imports of goods ADB Asian Development Bank Manila and services to be higher than the value of its EBRD European Bank for London Reconstruction & Development exports. BIS Bank of International Settlements Basel Bear market: A period during which the majority EIB European Investment Bank Luxembourg of securities prices in a particular market (such as AACB African Association of Central , Senegal Banks the stock market) drop substantially. IIB International Investment Bank Moscow, Russia SEACEN South East Asian Central , 99 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App

General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Bull market: A period during which the majority Capital Budget: It consists of capital receipts and of securities prices in a particular market (such as payments. It includes investments in shares, the stock market) rise substantially. loans and advances granted by the central Inflation risk: The risk that the purchasing power Government to State Governments, Government of the future value of assets or income will be companies, corporations and other parties. lower due to inflation. Vote on Account: The Vote on Account is a grant Interest rate risk: Risk of gain or loss on a made in advance by the parliament, in respect of security due to possible changes in interest rate the estimated expenditure for a part of new levels. When interest rates rise, the market value year, pending the completion of procedure relating to the voting on the Demand of a debt security will fall, and vice versa. for Grants and the passing of the Appropriation Direct and Indirect Taxes: Direct taxes are the Act. one that fall directly on individuals and Guillotine: Parliament, unfortunately, has very corporations. For example, income tax, corporate tax etc. Indirect taxes are imposed on goods and limited time for scrutinising the expenditure services. They are paid by consumers when they demands of all the Ministries. So, once the buy goods and services. These include excise prescribed period for the discussion on Demands duty, customs duty etc. for Grants is over, the Speaker of Lok Sabha puts Customs Duty: These are levies charged when all the outstanding Demands for Grants, Whether goods are imported into, or exported from, the discussed or not, to the vote of the House. This country, and they are paid by the importer or process is popularly known as 'Guillotine'. exporter. Usually, these are also passed on to the Public Account: Under provisions of Article 266(1) consumer. Primary The primary is the of the Constitution of India, Public Account is minus interest payments. It tells how much used in relation to all the fund where of the Government's borrowings are going Government is acting as a banker. Examples towards meeting expenses other than interest include Provident Funds and Small Savings. This payments. money does not belong to government but is to Fiscal policy: It is the government actions with be returned to the depositors. The expenditure respect to aggregate levels of revenue and from this fund need not be approved by the spending. Fiscal policy is implemented though the budget and is the primary means by which Parliament. the government can the economy. Fiscal When the government's non- borrowed receipts fall short of its entire expenditure, it has to borrow money form the public to meet the shortfall. The excess of total expenditure over total non-borrowed receipts is called the Revenue The difference between revenue expenditure and revenue receipt is known as revenue It shows the shortfall of government's current receipts over current expenditure.

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