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Contents Must Important Current Affairs for LIC Assistant Mains and IBPS SO Prelims 2019 General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 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 India ................................................................................................................. 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 1 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App 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 2 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App 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 (Germany) Texas M. Stanley Whittingham for the development of lithium-ion Binghamton Chemistry (United Kingdom) batteries University Asahi Kasei Akira Yoshino (Japan) 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 (France) Massachusetts 3 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App General Awareness Power Capsule | Defence Exams 2020 Field Winners Description Associated With Institute of Technology Michael Kremer (USA) Harvard University 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 Reserve Bank of India 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.
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