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RRB PO/CLERK 2019 CAPSULE (APRIL-AUGUST 2019)

INDEX TOPIC RRB PO/CLERK 2019 CAPSULE Page No

BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS 2

LIST OF INDEXES BY VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS 8

GDP FORECAST OF INDIA BY VARIOUS ORGANISATION 8

RANKINGS / REPORTS BY VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS 8

LIST OF VARIOUS COMMITTEE & ITS HEAD 11

LOAN SANCTIONED BY NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BANKS TO INDIA 11

PENALITY IMPOSED BY RBI TO VARIOUS BANKS IN INDIA 12

LIST OF ACQUISTION & MERGER TOOK PLACE FROM APRIL TO AUGUST 2019 13

APPS/SCHEMES/FACILITY LAUNCHED BY VARIOUS BANKS/ORGANISATIONS/COMPANY 13

NATIONAL NEWS 15

STATE NEWS 20

IIT’S IN NEWS 24

NATIONAL SUMMITS 24

INTERNATIONAL NEWS 26

INTERNATIONAL SUMMITS 31

LIST OF AGREEMENTS/MOU’S SIGNED BY INDIA WITH VARIOUS COUNTRIES 33

APPOINTMENTS / RESIGNATION /RETIREMENT 34

AWARDS & HONOURS 37

BOOKS & AUTHORS 42

SPORTS NEWS 42

OBITUARY 51

BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS ➢ RBI has altered the LCR (Liquidity Coverage Ratio) norms to offer an additional 2% window to lenders. The central bank has brought in RBI IN NEWS this alteration in order to improve the cash position of banks by ➢ Second Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2019-20 harmonising liquidity requirements and giving away extra money to Resolution of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Reserve Bank of India. lenders. For the third time in a row, the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Monetary ➢ The Reserve Bank set the average base rate to be charged from Policy Committee (MPC) cut interest rates by 25 basis points, as was borrowers by Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and Micro- widely expected. On the basis of an assessment of the current and Finance Institutions (MFIs) at 9.21% for the first quarter of the next evolving macroeconomic situation, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) fiscal (From April 2019) at its meeting decided to ➢ The Reserve Bank of India will inject long-term liquidity worth 5 Policy Repo Rate 5.40% billion US Dollars into the banking system through a dollar-rupee buy-sell Reverse Repo Rate 5.15 % swap for tenure of three years. Marginal Standing Facility Rate 5.65% ➢ The amalgamation of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank into the Bank of Baroda (BoB) has come into effect on April 1st, 2019 and all Bank Rate 5.65% branches of the former two will function as branches of BoB. The merged CRR 4 % entity would also receive Rs.5,042 crore fund infusion from the SLR 18.75% government. Post the merger, Bank of Baroda has become the third ➢ Reserve Bank of India has asked banks not to count failed largest bank in the country after State Bank of India (SBI) and HDFC transactions at ATMs due to technical reasons as part of “free ATM Bank. transactions” permitted every month. ➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come out with guidelines for banks ➢ The Reserve Bank has liberalized the end-use stipulations for to set up new currency chests, which include a minimum area of 1,500 the External Commercial Borrowings both for corporates as well as square feet for the strong room. liquidity starved non-banking lenders. ➢ Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has partnered with M1Xchange ➢ Reserve Bank of India received a huge response for introducing Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) platform for MSME bill a $5-billion swap facility for the banks to facilitate permanent liquidity discounting. support. ➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) plans to buy Rs.25,000 crore worth of ➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a penalty of Rs 1.75 crore on bonds in two instalments from the secondary market in May. The first four public sector banks. The banks which includes PNB and UCO Bank such open market operations (OMO) for the fiscal year 2019-20, for non-compliance with KYC requirement and norms. Punjab National amounting to Rs 12,500 crore, will happen on 2nd May 2019. Bank, Allahabad Bank and UCO Bank fined Rs 50 lakh each and Rs ➢ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon release new banknotes in 25 lakh is imposed on Corporation Bank. the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series of Rs.20. The base colour of the note is ➢ Centre has announced that the Reserve Bank of India will now be greenish yellow and bear the signature of Shaktikanta Das (RBI the regulator of housing finance Companies (HFCs). The HFC were Governor). The new denomination is 63 mm x 129 mm has the motif of regulated by the National Housing Bank. the Ellora Caves on the reverse. ➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up a six-member working ➢ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given 12 years to Life group to review the regulatory and supervisory framework for core Insurance Corp to reduce its stake in IDBI Bank. investment companies (CICs). The panel will be headed by Tapan ➢ The central bank has released draft 'Enabling Framework for Ray, Non-Executive Chairman of CBI. Regulatory Sandbox', proposed that fintech start-ups could set up ➢ The Reserve Bank has imposed a fine of about 26 lakh regulatory sandbox or live testing of innovative products. rupees on two online payment solutions providers for non-compliance ➢ Based on the recommendation of second Narasimham Committee, of regulatory guidelines. Mobikwik Systems Private Limited has been the Reserve Bank has divested its entire stake in National Housing slapped a fine of 15 lakh rupees while Hip Bar Pvt Ltd faced a fine of Bank (NHB) and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural 10.85 lakh rupees. Development (NABARD). ➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut repo rate by 35 basis ➢ In a move to tackle fund diversion, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) points to 5.40 per cent to give a fillip to the economy. Loans are set has proposed sterner rules on opening and running of current to get cheaper as Reserve Bank of India cut repo rate by 35 basis accounts of corporate borrowers. points to 5.40 per cent. ➢ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released draft guidelines ➢ The Reserve Bank of India announced that the National on liquidity risk management framework for non-banking financial Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) facility will be available round-the- companies (NBFCs) and core investment companies (CICs) with an aim to clock for the customers that 24×7 basis from December 2019. help them deal with severe liquidity problems and prevent re- Currently, NEFT payment system operated by the Reserve Bank as a retail occurrence of IL&FS type of debt crisis. payment system is available for customers from 8 AM to 7 PM on all ➢ Reserve Bank of India announced that it will allow large modern working days of the week except 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month. currency chests to increase the service charges on cash deposited ➢ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to transfer 1.76 by non-chest bank branches from the existing rate of Rs. 5 per packet lakh crore rupees as dividend and surplus reserve to the government. of 100 pieces to a higher rate subject to a maximum of Rs. 8 per ➢ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) board has finalized Utkarsh 2022, a packet. medium term strategy, to improve regulation and supervision, among ➢ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has increased the eligibility cap other functions of the central bank. on home loans extended by regional rural banks and small finance banks ➢ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has penalised State Bank of to Rs. 35 lakh in metropolitan areas and Rs. 25 lakh in other centres, India and Union Bank of India for violating certain regulatory guidelines. provided the overall cost of the dwelling unit in the metropolitan centres RBI fined Rs.7 crores for SBI and Rs.10 lakhs on Union Bank for non- and other centres does not exceed Rs. 45 lakh and Rs. 30 lakh. compliance with the directions on the cyber security framework. ➢ The Reserve Bank of India said that it has imposed penalties on ➢ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in consultation with the Five Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) issuers, for violation of government of India has set the limits for Ways and Means Advances regulatory norms. Namely, Western Union Financial Services Inc, (WMA) for the first half of the financial year 2019-20 (April 2019 to MoneyGram Payment Systems Inc, Vodafone m-pesa, PhonePe and Y-Cash September 2019) at Rs.75000 crore. Software Solutions.

➢ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that the time-window balance above 1 lakh and short-term loans to Reserve Bank of India’s for using the Real Time Gross Settlement System (RTGS) for customer (RBI) repo rate, effective 1 May 2019. transactions will be extended from 4:30 pm to 6 pm on all working days. ➢ Paisalo Digital signed the first co-origination loan agreement It will be effective from June 1, 2019. with State Bank of India, the first agreement of its kind in the ➢ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty country that State Bank of India has signed. of Rs. 1 crore on Nainital Bank for its failure to fully automate the ➢ State Bank of India (SBI) has re-priced home loans up to Rs 30 Non-Performing Asset (NPA) identification process, despite specific lakh by 10 basis points. Accordingly, the interest rate on housing loans of directions issued in this regard. such size will now be in the range of 8.6 to 8.9 per cent. ➢ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its statement on ➢ SBI Card raised Rs.700 crore from several financial institutions ‘Payment and Settlement Systems in India: Vision 2019–2021’, including its parent State Bank of India (SBI) in the second half of FY19 which outlined the measures that the central bank will undertake to foster as it aims to grow above the industry average. innovation, cyber security, financial inclusion, customer protection, and ➢ The State Bank of India (SBI) has announced a strategic competition. partnership with the FMCG arm of The Art of Living Sri Sri Tattva. ➢ Sri Lanka Central Bank announced that the Reserve Bank of ➢ The country’s largest lender SBI signed a pact with the third largest India (RBI) has agreed to provide $400 million under a swap Bank in the world by capital size Bank of China arrangement to boost the island nation’s reserves. (BoC) to boost business opportunities. ➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a new framework for resolution of bad loans, offering a 30-day gap for stress recognition. OTHER BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS Lenders may recognize incipient stress in loan accounts, immediately on default, by classifying such assets as special mention accounts (SMA). ➢ ICICI Bank tied up with non-banking financial company IndoStar ➢ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has waived off all transaction’s Capital for vehicle financing. IndoStar originate and provide service charges in NEFT and RTGS to encourage digital transfer of funds. RBI customers through the entire loan life-cycle including sourcing, has advised banks to pass on the benefits to their customers with effect documentation, collection and loan servicing. from 1st July 2019. ➢ Karnataka Bank launched a web tool named VASOOL SO-Ft ➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBl) permitted banks to accept Aadhaar (VASOOL SOFAST) for digitizing NPA recovery process. The tool will number (Offline verification) for Know Your Customer (KYC) verification enable easy & faster processing, real-time information and immediate with the consent of the customers. decision making in the recovery area. ➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released a report on ➢ Airtel Payments Bank partnered with Bharti AXA Life Insurance “Benchmarking India’s Payment Systems”. It is necessary to gauge to offer Bharti AXA Life POS (Point of Sale). Saral Jeevan Bima India’s progress vis-à-vis payment systems and instruments in major Yojana, a pure life term insurance decided to plan up to Rs. 5 lakhs. countries and give further impetus to the planned efforts for deepening the ➢ The IL&FS (Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd) digitization of payments. board has decided to empower the 6-member panel to take necessary ➢ As per RBI press release, India’s foreign exchange reserves increased steps to enhance enterprise value of assets under divestment. by USD 1.994 billion to 419.992 billion USD (till 24th May 2019). ➢ Government of India organized an event on July 1 to celebrate the ➢ According to the RBI reports, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) injected second anniversary of Goods and Services Tax (GST). The event was total liquidity of Rs 2.98 lakh crore in the market in 2018-19. addressed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Ambedkar ➢ According to the Reserve Bank data released, bank credit Bhawan. rose 13.24 percent to Rs 97.67 lakh crore for the fortnight to March 29, ➢ Japanese conglomerate Softbank has invested around $250 million while deposits grew by 10.03 percent to Rs 125.72 lakh crore during in Ola Electric Mobility. With this, the electric vehicle unit of ride sharing the same period. aggregator Ola has become the newest unicorn from India. ➢ The Reserve Bank of India said reinsurance brokers have been ➢ Punjab & Sind Bank set up a centralized hub named “Centralised permitted to open non-interest-bearing foreign currency accounts MSME & Retail Group” (Cen-MARG) for processing retail and Micro, with banks for undertaking transactions. Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) loans for better efficiency of ➢ The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said Exim Bank has provided soft branches in business acquisition. It is headquartered in New Delhi. loans of USD 266.60 million to Rwanda for various projects. ➢ YES Bank has acquired a 9.47 per cent stake in Eveready Industries India, part of the B M Khaitan group, by invoking pledged SBI IN NEWS shares. The shares were acquired on invocation of pledge subsequent to ➢ State Bank of India (SBI) and India's sovereign wealth fund, default/breach of terms of credit facilities sanctioned by YES Bank to National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) signed a MoU McLeod Russel India. (Memorandum of Understanding) to provide financing solutions to the ➢ Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved $350 million loans to infrastructure sector. rehabilitate and upgrade two state highways in Chhattisgarh. The overall ➢ State Bank of India (SBI) has waived off charges on National total cost of the project is $521.69 million. The state government of Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) and Real Time Gross Settlement Chhattisgarh to provide $171.69 million. (RTGS) transactions through YONO, Internet, and mobile banking. ➢ Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) provides $100- This will be effective from July 1. million loan to L&T (Larsen & Toubro) Infrastructure Finance ➢ The Maharashtra Chief Minister’s Office in Mumbai announced that Company (LTIF) for wind and solar infrastructure projects. It helps SBI along with other banks agreed to provide finance for Nagpur- to reduce the carbon intensity by 30-35 percent of the 2005 levels by Mumbai ‘Samruddhi Corridor’ expressway project. 2030 ➢ NTPC has signed a term loan agreement for Rs.5,000 crore with ➢ HDFC Bank and Common Services Centers (CSCs) launched a co- State Bank of India. branded ‘Small Business Money-Back Credit Card’ for small traders ➢ The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has organized and village-level entrepreneurs (VLEs). The card launched by HDFC workshop on “Committee of Creditors: An Institution of Public Faith” Bank MD Aditya Puri and CSC Chief Dinesh Kumar Tyagi. in Mumbai. It was jointly organized with the State Bank of India (SBI) and ➢ Muthoottu Mini Financiers Ltd and HDFC ERGO Entered the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA). Bancassurance Corporate Agency Agreement to provide ➢ SBI savings account rates and the interest rate on a few loans comprehensive general insurance for the customers through its network will now change as and when RBI changes its repo rate. State Bank of branches. India (SBI) has linked its interest rate on savings account with a ______t.me/examstocks www.examstocks.com www.examstocks.com Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RAILWAY | STATE EXAMS 4 | RRB PO/CLERK CAPSULE - 2019|

➢ Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) introduced ➢ A high-level committee formed by the government has proposed a web-based application system for contribution from the Fund of Funds setting up of a National Digital Health Mission. The report of the committee for Start-ups (FFS) with an aim to improve the turnaround time and entitled ‘National Digital Health Blueprint’ was released by Health increase transparency. Minister Dr Harshavardhan in New Delhi on 15th July 2019. ➢ Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled ➢ The Postal Department announced it has decided the Economic Survey for 2018-19 in the Parliament. The survey to convert the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) into a small finance predicted a 7% GDP growth for financial year 2019-20 as compared bank (SFB), enabling it to offer small loans to customers. Chairman of to 6.8% in 2018-19. The Economic Survey was prepared by Chief Post Payment bank is Suresh sethi. Economic Advisor KV Subramanian. ➢ The Government has allowed the task force, formed to draft new ➢ The government has fixed the price at Rs 3,443 per gram for the new direct tax law, to submit its report by August 16. Earlier, the force had series of sovereign gold bonds (SGBs). RBI decided to allow a discount to submit its report by July 31. of Rs 50 per gram from the issue price to those investors who apply ➢ RBL Bank and digital healthcare platform Practo have partnered online. to launch a co-branded credit card, powered by MasterCard. The digital ➢ Tata Steel Kalinganagar (TSK) in Odisha’s Jajpur district has healthcare market is on a tremendous uptake in India and is expected been included in World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Lighthouse to reach Rs 372 billion by 2022. Network, a community of manufacturers showing leadership in applying ➢ Public sector Indian Bank signed a corporate agency agreement Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies to drive financial and operational with Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company for distribution impact. of its insurance products to bank customers. ➢ India’s Ola Cabs received approval from London’s transport regulator ➢ The Central Board of Direct Taxes-CBDT has confirmed that to start private hire vehicles (PHV) in the capital city of the UK. It is the all communications made by the tax department to assessees from first-ever platform to offer both PHVs and black cabs in the UK. 1st of October will carry a Document Identification Number -DIN. ➢ Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has announced no changes ➢ India’s exports grew by 2.25 per cent to 26.33 billion US have been made in any of the Income-tax Return (ITR) forms since the dollar in July this year. According to data released by the Ministry of notification made on 1st April this year. Some taxpayers were facing Commerce and Industry, Imports, it’s slipped by 10.43 per cent to difficulties in filing return of income in ITR-2 and ITR-3 due to large scale 39.76 billion US dollar, narrowing trade deficit to 13.43 billion US changes in the ITR form. dollar in July. ➢ The government has permitted the export of 1,239 tonnes raw ➢ India’s foreign exchange reserves surged by $1.620 billion to sugar under its tariff-rate quota (TRQ) to the US, which enables $430.572 billion. In the previous reporting week the reserves had shipments to enjoy relatively low tariff. declined by $697.2 million to $428.952 billion. The country’s gold ➢ Andhra Bank launched its AI (Artificial Intelligence) interactive reserves surged by $1.591 billion to $26.754 billion. assistant called “ABHi” at a function in Hyderabad, Telangana. ABHi is ➢ A joint venture company Khanij Bidesh India limited, powered by AI startup Floatbot.ai (Bangalore). KABIL has been set up with the participation of three Central Public Sector ➢ Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the capital Enterprises, CPSEs to ensure supply of critical Minerals to Indian markets regulator, has opposed the Centre’s proposal to transfer domestic market. surplus money to the Consolidated Fund of India (CFI). The fund is ➢ The government has approved the proposal given by the Reserve audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Rajiv Bank of India on draft modalities of the guarantee to operationalize the Mehrishi. Budget announcement. ➢ The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has reduced India’s ➢ A joint venture company Khanij Bidesh India limited, growth forecast for the current financial year to 7%. Earlier, it had KABIL has been set up with the participation of three Central Public Sector announced a growth estimation of 7.2%. It reported in its Asian Enterprises, CPSEs to ensure supply of critical Minerals to Indian Development Outlook 2019. domestic market. ➢ Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow has increased during the ➢ A delegation from Germany’s state-owned development bank last six years from 36.05 billion US Dollars in 2013-14 to 64.38 billion KFW met the Mumbai Metropolitan Commissioner to discuss about the US Dollars in 2018-19, registering a growth of 79 per cent. various infrastructure projects being undertaken by the Authority. ➢ India’s foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 1.113 billion ➢ Growth of eight core industries dropped to 0.2 per cent in to USD 428.797 billion. June mainly due to a contraction in oil-related sectors as well as in cement ➢ Asian Development Bank (ADB) sanctioned Rs 1,925 crore production. projects for up-gradation of power generation and distribution in ➢ The total gross revenue collected under Goods and Services Tax, Tripura. GST in the month of July, 2019 was 1,02,083 crore rupees. ➢ American digital payments firm PayPal announced expansion of its ➢ Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank and India footprint with the launch of third global technology centre. Union Bank of India were fined 1.5 crore rupees each. Allahabad Bank ➢ The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by and Bank of Maharashtra were penalised 2 crore rupees each. Oriental Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the proposal in respect Bank of Commerce was penalised with 1 crore rupees. of Determination of ‘Fair and Remunerative Price’ (FRP) of ➢ Ratings agency CRISIL has cut its forecast for GDP growth in 2019- sugarcane payable by sugar mills for 2019-20 sugar season. The Cabinet 20 to 6.9% from its earlier forecast of 7.1%. kept the FRP at Rs 275 per quintal. ➢ The United States unveiled rules formally banning technology ➢ Apple announced the acquisition of chip-maker Intel’s giant Huawei and other Chinese firms from government smartphone modem business for $1 billion. contracts. The move is a part of the escalating trade war between the two ➢ The Andhra Pradesh government has formed a committee on countries. the Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) on 1 July. The committee will ➢ Industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has review, negotiate and reduce the high wind and solar power purchase announced that the multi-sectoral and multi-dimensional prices and submit its report in 45 days. policy stimulus announced last week will have significant impact, ➢ Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had constituted a imparting stability and underpinning a new growth impetus for India. committee chaired by Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan to spell ➢ Bandhan Bank announced its foray into the credit cards segment, out revival plans for Telecom sector. The committee will review levies, in partnership with Standard Chartered Bank. The announcement comes including spectrum usage charge (SUC), and promote Ease of Doing on the fourth anniversary of Bandhan Bank. Bandhan Bank has launched Business (EDB) in telecom sector. three variants of co-branded credit cards called One – for the mass ______t.me/examstocks www.examstocks.com www.examstocks.com Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RAILWAY | STATE EXAMS 5 | RRB PO/CLERK CAPSULE - 2019| market, Plus-for the affluent segment, and Xclusive – for the premium ➢ In order to safeguard domestic players against cheap segment. shipments, Department of Revenue, Government of India has ➢ The Government has extended the last date for furnishing of annual imposed anti-dumping duty up to USD 1559 (Rs.1,07,844) per return in form GSTR-9 or form GSTR-9A and reconciliation statement tonne on the import of certain solar cell components (Ethylene Vinyl form GSTR-9C for the financial year 2017-18 to 30th November Acetate Sheet for Solar Module) from China, Malaysia, Saudia 2019. Arabia and Thailand for a period of 5 years. ➢ Amazon India Launches Employment Programme for Ex- ➢ Total Gross GST revenue collected in the month of March, 2019 Servicemen and their Spouse. has crossed the Rupees One Lakh Crore mark as it has recorded the ➢ Country’s largest car maker Maruti will phase out diesel cars from its collection of Rs.1,06,577 crore of which CGST is Rs.20,353 line-up from April 2020. crore, SGST is Rs.27,520 crore, IGST is Rs.50,418 crore (including Rs. ➢ New Huawei smartphones are set to lose access to some Google 23,521crore collected on imports) and Cess is Rs. 8,286 crore (including apps like YouTube and Maps and the next version of Android to be Rs. 891crore collected on imports). launched later this year. ➢ Karnataka Bank has signed a pact with Bharti Axa Life Insurance ➢ India’s largest and fastest growing consumer lending technology Company Ltd to distribute the latter’s life insurance products to provide company Zest Money, partnered with Digit Insurance to offer EMI insurance solutions to the customers of Karnataka Bank. insurance to the company’s five million customers. ➢ BSE (earlier called Bombay Stock ➢ Industry and Internal trade secretary Ramesh Abhishek notified Exchange) and INX (India International Exchange) are the first that government will form a small working group to have a watch over the Indian exchanges to sign MoU (Memorandum of matter of angel tax profiled by start-ups. Understanding) with MOEX (Moscow Exchange) in order to allow ➢ The Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) announced capital formation platform and connect investor community and companies a hike of 0.1% in the interest rate on employees' provident fund (PF) in both India and Russia. deposits for FY 2018-19 from 8.55% to 8.65%. ➢ Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has received the In-Flight ➢ The Ahmedabad bench of the National Company Law Tribunal Connectivity license from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) (NCLT) has approved the Rs 42,000-crore resolution plan submitted for enabling in-flight and maritime connectivity (IFMC) within Indian by ArcelorMittal for the debt-ridden Essar Steel Ltd. airspace. ➢ Government infused a capital of Rs.205 crore into the state- ➢ A new seller-funding programme named “Amazon Wings” has been owned Bank of Maharashtra in lieu of preferential allotment of shares. launched by Amazon India in partnership with Mumbai based Ketto, a After the Capital infusion, the shareholding of government in Bank of crowd-funding platform to help the small businesses and entrepreneurs Maharashtra has increased to 87.74 %. to raise funds through latter. ➢ Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management (RNAM) joined hands ➢ Under “Category II Alternate Investment Fund” (AIF), for the with Google to enable the customers of Reliance Mutual Fund to carry first time SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) has approved an out voice-based financial transactions. “airport’ specific fund”. The name of the fund is “Taking Off To the ➢ Kotak Mahindra Bank becomes first lender to charge customers Future Airport Fund“. It can raise a capital amounting to 1.5$bn (Rs. for UPI transactions starting 1st of May 2019 by charging Rs.2.50 per 10,000 crore). transaction for an amount value below or equal to Rs.1,000, and Rs.5 ➢ The Institute for Development and Research in Banking per transaction will be levied for a payment value above Rs.1,000. Technology (IDRBT), an arm of Reserve Bank of India, has launched a 5G ➢ Tata Power and Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) signed a Use Cases Lab for banking and financial sector. memorandum of understanding to set up integrated customer ➢ Tata Power and Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) signed a services and optimise value for customers. memorandum of understanding to set up integrated customer ➢ WhatsApp has launched an India-focused fact-checking services and optimise value for customers. feature to combat fake news and rumours starting with the run-up to the ➢ Emirates Islamic has announced the launch of Chat Banking Lok Sabha elections. services for customers via WhatsApp, marking a global first in the Islamic ➢ India has signed an agreement with National Bank for Agriculture banking sector. It has become the World’s 1st bank in the Islamic and Rural Development Consultancy Service (NABCONS) for setting banking sector to give such facility. It was supported by Infobip. up India-Africa Institute of Agriculture and Rural Development ➢ The government has retained the interest rate for General (IAIARD) in Malawi. Provident Fund (GPF) and other related schemes at 8 per cent for the ➢ One97 Communications-owned Paytm Money has got approval from April-June quarter. the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to start offering ➢ RBL Bank has partnered with credit profiler CreditVidya to a stock broking service such as the ability to trade in equities and cash improve the lender's customer experience. segments, derivatives, and Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) among other ➢ Tata Consultancy Services has partnered with Google Cloud to exchange-traded products. build industry-specific cloud solutions. ➢ Micromax co-founder Rahul Sharma has announced his incursion ➢ Microsoft India and Tata Trusts have signed an agreement to into smart mobility with the launching of an AI (Artificial intelligence) jointly work for the development of handloom clusters in the Eastern enabled electric motorcycle. This launch is expected to hit the roads by and North-Eastern parts of the country in order to build a digitally June this year. inclusive society. ➢ National Thermal Power Corporation (State-run power giant) has ➢ State-run companies will have 12 months to monetise non-core inked a term-loan agreement with Canara Bank to raise Rs.2,000 crore, assets identified by a ministerial panel headed by the finance minister, which would be used to part finance its capital expenditure. failing which the finance ministry may restrict budgetary allocations to ➢ The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has reduced the CPSEs. the transaction fees up to Rs.1,000 by 60% for promoting the adoption ➢ Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Limited has of Unified Payments Interface (UPI). For UPI transactions up to been certified with ISO 31000. ISO 31000:2018 is an international Rs.1,000, the charge has been cut to 10 paisa from 25 paisa, and for risk management standard. transactions above Rs.1,000 has been retained at 50 paisa. ➢ SREI Equipment Finance (SEFL) has entered into an alliance with ➢ The Union government has announced that the deadline for the Bank of Baroda to offer joint loans for infrastructure equipment under a linking of Aadhaar with PAN has been extended to 30th September co-lending arrangement. 2019 from 31st March 2019.

➢ Airtel Payments Bank announced it has teamed up with Bharti ➢ FSS has launched FSS Voice Commerce, a real-time voice banking AXA General Insurance for a two-wheeler insurance product platform that offers customers, meaningful, contextual and personalized offering. banking interactions. ➢ In ‘Profit Attribution to Permanent Establishment (PE) in ➢ According to ACI Worldwide, Canara Bank has successfully rolled out India’ report, the CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) Committee stated major new functionality to support EMV card acquiring across its ATM that MNCs that are suffering global losses or a global profit margin of network and Aadhaar Authentication. less than 2% and have their operations in India will be considered to ➢ Emirates Islamic Bank has announced the launch of Chat Banking have made a profit of 2% of Indian revenue and will be taxed services for customers via WhatsApp, marking a global first in the accordingly. Islamic banking sector ➢ Life insurer’s premium income grew 11% in FY19 over 2018 and ➢ The union Government has retained the interest rate to 8% for non-life insurance firms witnessed a 13% rise in their total premium General Provident Fund (GPF), Contributory Provident Fund and other income to Rs 1.70 lakh crore in the financial year ended March 2019. related schemes for the first quarter of current financial year. ➢ Reliance retail has become the first Indian retail company to ➢ Google has partnered with bullion refiner to allow Google Pay users clock more than Rs.1 lakh crore in annual revenues. to buy and sell gold through the app named MMTC-PAMP India. ➢ Indiabulls General Insurance, a subsidiary of Indiabulls Integrated ➢ The Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection scaled an all-time high Services, said it has received preliminary approval from regulator IRDAI of over last month was 1.13 lakh crore rupees. to foray into non-life business. ➢ The National Association of Software and Services Companies ➢ Google and Apple have removed the Chinese internet firm Byte (NASSCOM) has entered a strategic partnership with GE Healthcare. The dance’s social media app TikTok in India from the Play Store and App objective is to bring digital healthcare solutions to the market. Store. NASSCOM has announced this partnership through its Centre of ➢ BSE, India’s largest stock exchange has entered a Memorandum of Excellence-Internet of Things (CoE-IoT). Understanding (MoU) with Network Intelligence, a global cyber security ➢ Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) partnered with Google on services provider & CERT-IN empanelled vendor to provide the occasion of World Telecom Day. The main objective is to expand BSNL cybersecurity services to its members in line with the cybersecurity Wifi footprint in the country. framework set by SEBI. ➢ PayPal India launched its popular OneTouch experience in India ➢ Shares of IndusInd Bank gained 2% after ET Now reported that using Google Smart Lock. The integration with Google Smart Lock will the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) granted approval for offer a hassle-free payment procedure as well as maintain security to IndusInd Bank and Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd merger. prevent fraud. ➢ Markets regulator SEBI has reduced the minimum subscription ➢ Bharti Airtel and HDFC Life Insurance have tied up to offer life requirement as well as defined trading lots for Real Estate Investment cover for customers who get a prepaid recharge done. Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs). REITs ➢ Paytm has tied up with Citi to launch a credit card, called the Paytm have to offer their units in lots worth at least Rs.50,000 in initial and First Card. The new Paytm credit card is touted to offer one percent follow on public offers. The minimum value of a single lot should be Rs.1 "Universal Unlimited Cashback" to customers along with no restrictions lakh in the case of InvITs. Further, leverage limit for InvITs has been on earning categories. increased to 70 per cent from current 49 per cent. ➢ Paytm has launched a recurring payment (auto pay) service for ➢ SEBI has reduced the minimum required level for clearing merchants that are working on a digital subscription model. corporations operating in international financial services centre (IFSC). ➢ Public service broadcaster Doordarshan has launched a souvenir They should have at least Rs 100 crore net worth from three years of store on online shopping website Amazon India. The idea is to establish commencing operations. This net worth requirement in the form of liquid an even stronger relationship with viewers. assets has been brought down from the earlier Rs 300 crore. ➢ The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development ➢ Kotak Mahindra Bank has announced the launch of an industry-first (NABARD) announced an Rs. 700-crore venture capital fund for equity debit card-based authentication solution on NPCI’s e-Mandate API investments in agriculture and rural-focused startups. platform. ➢ Housing finance major HDFC Limited has partnered with India ➢ BuyUcoin, which is the second oldest Cryptocurrency Exchange Mortgage Guarantee Corporation (IMGC) to offer a mortgage- in India, has announced the launch of a new and unique platform for guaranteed home loan product. wholesale crypto currency trading which allows its users to trade on a ➢ ICICI Bank, announced the launch of a co-branded multi-currency large scale with low price fluctuations. card with online travel booking portal Goibibo. ➢ Public sector BEML (Bharat Earth Movers Limited), has signed a ➢ As a part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), LIC Housing memorandum of understanding (MoU) for financing earth moving and Finance Ltd (LIC HFL) in association with Lok Bharti Education Society construction equipment manufactured by BEML with Syndicate Bank. has unveiled a skilling centre named “UDYAM” in Bangalore, which will ➢ Exporters’ body Federation of Indian Export Organisations provide skill development training to marginalized youth in the (FIEO) has inked an agreement with Mumbai-based Prin. L N sectors of BFSI, Retail and IT/ITES Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research to ➢ Markets regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India support startups engaged in the export sector. (SEBI) has barred leading stock exchange NSE from accessing the ➢ State-owned Allahabad Bank the government has increased its securities market for a period of six months in the much-awaited authorised capital by Rs.5,000 crore to Rs.8,000 crore. order on the co-location case. ➢ India’s largest IT services company Tata Consultancy Services ➢ New York-based investment and financial services major Goldman (TCS) has helped modernize a network of more than 1.5 lakh post Sachs have pumped in $250 million to construct one of its largest global offices in the country, making this the largest distributed e-postal workspaces in Bengaluru. network in the world. ➢ City-based Bandhan Bank plans to open 16 more ➢ Wirecard, digital financial technology provider, announced an branches by June following the approval received from the Reserve expanded partnership with RBL Bank to promote financial inclusion in Bank of India in2018-19 to open 64 new branches. India. ➢ SREI Equipment Finance tied up with Oriental Bank of ➢ In a bid to enable financial inclusion and ease of buying for the Indian Commerce to offer loans for the purchase of equipment under a co- masses, Aegon Life Insurance, pioneer of digital insurance in India lending arrangement. and MobiKwik, India’s leading FinTech Company have joined hands to launch a Rs.20 smart digital insurance product. ______t.me/examstocks www.examstocks.com www.examstocks.com Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RAILWAY | STATE EXAMS 7 | RRB PO/CLERK CAPSULE - 2019|

➢ Standard Chartered launched Trade A1 Engine in partnership with ➢ Rating agency ICRA, downgraded the long-term ratings of IDFC First IBM Standard Chartered in partnership with IBM has launched the Trade A1 Bank after the lender posted weak results. The rating agency has Engine which will automate the high-risk process of trade documentation. downgraded the private sector lender’s non-convertible debentures worth ➢ The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approved the over Rs.38,000 crore to AA stable from AA+ stable. resolution plan of Tata Steel to acquire debt-ridden Bhushan Energy ➢ IDBI Bank sold insurance policies worth Rs 160 crore in March Ltd. for about Rs. 800 crore on 30 May. 2019 after a partnership with Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). ➢ The National Small Industries Corporation Limited ➢ According to a Reuters report, Facebook registered a new company (NSIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry named Libra Networks in Geneva, Switzerland. of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) for the year 2018- ➢ The GST revenue collection has crossed one lakh crore rupees in 19. May 2019. ➢ Huawei Technologies Co. overtook Apple Inc. to claim the No. 2 ➢ According to the Department for Promotion of Industry and spot in smartphones in the first quarter, moving a step closer to its Internal Trade (DPIIT), Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the services avowed ambition of displacing Samsung at the top of the market. sector grew in 2018-19 at 36.5% (USD 9.15 billion). It also showed FDI ➢ The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched the Action equity inflows into India declined 1% to $44.4 billion in the year to 31 Plan for Healthy Oceans and Sustainable Blue Economies for the March. Asia and Pacific region at the 52nd Annual Meeting of ADB’s Board of ➢ GST Council has decided to introduce a new GST return system to Governors in Fiji. facilitate taxpayers. There are three main components to the new return – ➢ With a view to facilitate fundraising by startups, the Department one main return (FORM GST RET-1) and two annexures (FORM GST ANX-1 for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade has proposed relaxing and FORM GST ANX-2). the income tax laws pertaining to sale of residential properties and carrying ➢ Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) partnered with IDFC forward of losses. The relaxation laws are part of the ‘Startup India FIRST Bank to provide financing solutions for vehicles across the country. Vision 2024’ that’s been prepared by the DPIIT. ➢ Facebook plans to launch its cryptocurrency by the first quarter ➢ India's largest telecom operator Vodafone Idea Ltd announced a of 2020. The company is expected to reveal more details about the five-year multi-million-dollar IT outsourcing deal with tech giant currency before testing begins later in 2019. The currency, which is being IBM. The collaboration will contribute to Vodafone Idea’s merger referred to internally as “GlobalCoin”. synergy objectives by decreasing its IT related costs. ➢ Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Multilateral ➢ In a first in recent history of tax filings, income tax e-filings in Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance arm FY2019 have dropped by more than 6. 6 lakh, a trend that analysts of the World Bank Group, have agreed to expand Development Finance in said was surprising as tax base was expected to increase post Asia and Pacific to increase the flow of private sector investment. demonetisation. ➢ Karur Vysya Bank Ltd (KVB) partnered with Centrum Wealth ➢ The country's foreign exchange reserves soared by USD 4. 368 billion Management Ltd (Centrum) to form private limited Joint Venture UV to to USD 418. 515 billion in the week to April 26, helped by the second provide wealth management services to its clients. dollar-rupee swap auction, RBI data showed. Standard Life has ➢ National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) data showed that successfully divested 1. 78 per cent of its stake in HDFC Life India has 20.6 health workers per 10,000 people. This is less than the Insurance to raise Rs 1, 404 crore. World Health Organization’s (WHO) minimum overreach of 22.8 per ➢ Max Life Insurance Co Ltd has notified that it will commemorate 10,000 people. the 6th day of each month as ‘Protection Day’. The objective of this ➢ ICICI Bank launched a centre in Bengaluru to provide business initiative was to raise awareness on financial protection. solutions exclusively to start-ups and MSME sector. ➢ The external debt of state-owned electricity distribution ➢ Ashok Leyland partnered with Suryoday Small Finance Bank for companies (discoms) is set to increase to pre-UDAY levels of Rs. 2. 6 vehicle loans. The two partners have signed an initial agreement to enter a lakh crore by the end of this fiscal, a note by credit ratings agency strategic financing partnership for three years. CRISIL. ➢ Bank of Baroda (BoB) has declared Dighi Port chairman and ➢ Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based HR solutions provider Talocity managing director Vijay Goverdhandas Kalantri and his son Vishal Kalantri would provide Yes Bank its AI-supported "touchless" technology for as wilful defaulters for owing close to Rs 3,334 crore to a consortium of 16 the bank's hiring process and Human Resource (HR) operations, Talocity. banks in the country that include BoB, while Bank of India is the lead ➢ Bank credit grew by 13. 2% in financial year 2018-19 as compared lender. to 10. 3% in the previous financial year, mainly aided by loans to services ➢ SEBI signed MoU with MCA to facilitate the sharing of data and and retail sector. information for regulatory purposes. ➢ Facebook has selected London as the center to develop ➢ The V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust, Tuticorin and Central WhatsApp’s drive into the mobile payments industry. The messaging Warehousing Corporation (CWC) have signed an MoU for facilitating service will ramp up hiring, taking on 100 new software engineers for Direct Port Entry (DPE) of e-sealed factory stuffed export container to the its payment’s platform. Most of the hires will be based in London, with port under ‘Ease of Doing Business’. additional roles in Dublin. ➢ Centre has reduced the employer’s and employee’s contribution under ➢ Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has put the Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) Act. It will be effective from July together a pilot scheme to extend financial assistance of up to Rs. 10 1. The Ministry of Labour and Employment has reduced the total crore to new-age fintech Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) contribution towards ESI from 6.5% of an employee’s wages to 4%. For engaged in financing small businesses and other income-generating the employer’s it reduced from 4.7% to 3.25% and the employee’s activities. contribution lowered to 0.75% of wages from 1.75. Adani-led Adani ➢ IT services firm Tech Mahindra and French digital content publishing Group has got its approvals from the Queensland state government, firm Rakuten Aquafadas signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) Australia for the Carmichael coal mine project in Australia. to collaborate on building enhanced customer experience offerings. ➢ Japanese technology giant Sony has revealed it will stop selling its smartphones in several countries including India. ➢ Yamaha Corporation of Japan opened its first factory in India for musical instruments with a view to make it an export hub. ➢ Drug firm Merck Ltd has been renamed as Procter & Gamble Health Ltd. ______t.me/examstocks www.examstocks.com www.examstocks.com Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RAILWAY | STATE EXAMS 8 | RRB PO/CLERK CAPSULE - 2019|

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➢ According to the survey, "The Periodic Labour Force Survey ➢ World Health Organization (WHO) has raised alarm over a 300 (PLFS) for 2017-18" which is conducted by National Sample Survey percent increase in the case of measles globally in the first quarter Organization (NSSO) The overall unemployment rate is around 6.1. of 2019 compared with last year. Nagaland has the highest unemployment rate among the states with the ➢ The United Nations owes India USD 38 million, the highest it has percentage of 21.4%. to pay to any country, for the peacekeeping operations as of March 2019, ➢ Maharashtra got first rank in NITI Aayog launched plan UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said as he voiced concern “Agricultural Marketing and Farmer Friendly Reforms Index over the world body's deteriorating financial health. (AMFFRI)”. The index ranks states based on the degree of reforms they ➢ The TIME magazine in its list of 100 most influential people of have undertaken in agricultural marketing. 2019 has included two Indian women lawyers - Menaka Guruswamy ➢ According to the London-based consultancy Brand Finance (9th) and Arundhati Katju (9th), who spearheaded the legal challenge to annual report, “Brand Finance India 100 2019”, “Tata” become strike down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. India’s most valuable brand for the second straight year in 2019 the brand ➢ According to Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) report, business value of $19.6 billion followed by LIC (Life Insurance Corporation) (2nd) sentiments on the country’s financial and macroeconomic conditions with $7.3 billion and Infosys (3rd) $6.5 billion. continue to decline in the second quarter of 2019 as compared to the ➢ Indian skipper Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah today retained their second quarter in 2018. D&B Composite Business Optimism Index number one position in the ICC batsmen and bowlers’ rankings for conclude 78.4 scores during Q2 2019 as compared to 85.0 during Q2 the One-Day Internationals, following the conclusion of the World Cup. 2018, a decline of 7.7%. ➢ China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced that its official ➢ The India’s pharmaceutical exports rose by 11 per cent to USD economic growth came in at 6.6 percent in 2018 — the slowest pace 19.2 billion in 2018-19, mainly driven by higher demand in regions such since 1990.The world’s 2nd biggest economy was grappling with the as North America and Europe, as per a commerce ministry data. effects of the current trade war with the US and declining exports. ➢ Global warming has caused the Indian economy to be 31 ➢ Asia’s richest man and Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh percent smaller than it would otherwise have been, according to Ambani topped Forbes’ the World’s Richest Sports Team Owners a Stanford study which shows how earth’s temperature changes have 2019 list. With a total net worth of about $50 billion, Mukesh Ambani increased inequalities. topped the list. Ambani is followed by former CEO of Microsoft, Steve ➢ A panel named by India’s central bank to study its capital structure Ballmer who is worth $41.2 billion and owns the NBA team Los Angeles is likely to identify excess reserves of up to Rs. 3 lakh crore ($43 billion), Clippers. or 1.5 percent of gross domestic product, according to Bank of America ➢ According to a recent Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) report Merrill Lynch. titled ‘Asian Development Outlook 2019: Strengthening Disaster ➢ The Reserve Bank of India is the first central bank in the Asia- Resilience’, around 26 trillion dollars from 2016 to 2030, or 1.7 trillion Pacific region to begin an explicit interest rate easing cycle buoyed by dollars investment needed per year to build disaster-resilient benign food inflation and easier global financial condition, Fitch Ratings infrastructure in Asia. said. Fitch has also estimated India to grow at 6.8% in current fiscal ➢ India is likely to install 7 GW of wind capacity by 2022 against the and 7.1% in the next year. 60-GW target set by the government, Fitch Solutions Macro ➢ According to the Times of India Report, Reliance Jio has Research has said in a report. become the second-largest telecom company in the country. Jio overtaken ➢ National Ranking of Higher Institutes was released by the Bharti Airtel in terms of customer base and now trails only Vodafone Ministry of Human Resources Development in New Delhi. Indian Idea. Institute of Technology Madras topped the rankings while the Indian ➢ London emerged as the top choice for Indian investors ahead of Institute of Science, Bangalore bagged the second rank followed by IIT other cities such as Dubai and Singapore, with investments by Indian Delhi. companies in the British capital reaching an all-time high last year, ➢ India’s Asset Management Companies (AMCs) own assets under according to a new analysis. The UK emerged as the topmost country to management (AUM) worth Rs.24.46 trillion, according to data released attract Indian FDI with 52 projects, ahead of the US (51) and the UAE by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI), a mutual fund (32), in 2018. industry lobby, for the January-March period. ➢ Andhra Pradesh IT minister Nara Lokesh, BJP MP Poonam ➢ India's steel demand is likely to grow by over 7 percent in 2019 Mahajan and Xiaomi India head Manu Kumar Jain are among the 6 and 2020, driven by sectors like construction, capital goods and railways, Indians featuring in the list of Young Global Leaders, according to the as per the Indian Steel Association. World Economic Forum (WEF). ➢ India’s population grew at an average annual rate of 1.2 per cent ➢ The “100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy” list is between 2010 and 2019 to 1.36 billion, more than double the annual comprised of seven Indian names including Union Ministers Piyush growth rate of China, according to a report by the United Nations Goyal and Dr Harsh Vardhan, who took important measures to combat Population Fund. climate change. The list is prepared by Apolitical, a peer to peer learning ➢ The air quality in Varanasi, is ranked third on the WHO’s list of 15 platform for governments. most polluted cities and the situation is “deteriorating” as its MP has ➢ The government's FAME-II plan for electric mobility stands to focused on beautification and infrastructure, a Delhi-based environment reduce 64% of the anticipated road-based energy demand by 2030 and body claimed. Faridabad in Haryana is in 2nd position after Kanpur as per 37% of carbon emissions by then, according to CII. The tentative aim the Air Quality in India 2014-2019' report. is to have 30% electric vehicles by 2030. ➢ As per the first edition of Forbes World’s Best Bank ➢ The Geological Survey of India (GSI) in its report notified that the survey, HDFC Bank has been recognized as number 1 bank by highest graphite reserves of India, that is, around 35% of India’s total customers in India. Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista Graphite reserves are found in Arunachal Pradesh. to measure the best banks in 23 countries. ICICI Bank took the second ➢ According to the 8th edition of Global Drug Survey (GDS) 2019, spot and DBS bank grabbed the third position, followed by Kotak Indians are seeking help more than any other countries to reduce their Mahindra Bank and IDFC Bank which are at the fourth and fifth spot. alcohol intake. ➢ The Hong Kong city’s equity market has overtaken Japan to be ➢ A new report by industry body FICCI says that strong economic the world’s third largest in value, behind only the U.S. and mainland China, growth coupled with rapid emergence of India on the global horizon Hong Kong courtesy of a rebound in stocks after their worst year since is poised to drive the growth of MICE (meetings, incentives, 2011, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. conferences and exhibitions) tourism at a much faster rate. In 2018, MICE tourism in India was pegged at Rs. 25, 000 crore with 8 per cent ______t.me/examstocks www.examstocks.com www.examstocks.com Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RAILWAY | STATE EXAMS 10 | RRB PO/CLERK CAPSULE - 2019| growth year-on-year, said the report titled 'India Inbound Tourism: ➢ Mumbai ranked first in the study, ‘Traffic Index-2018’, by Unlocking the Opportunity'. location technology specialist TomTom, with a congestion level of 65 per ➢ Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the second most followed cent New Delhi ranked fourth with a congestion of 58 per cent. politician in the world on social media after former US President ➢ According to Forbes Report, Rapper Jay-Z hip-hop artist to become Barack Obama, according to a report. a billionaire. ➢ The US government has released first of its kind “Global Health ➢ Google tech Behemoth invented three new features- bus travel times Security Strategy”. The objective is to prevent, detect and respond to from live traffic in 10 of the largest cities in India. The travel plan of Indian threats from infectious diseases occurring naturally or accidently. users is predicted by transit time while traveling on buses. ➢ India and China top a list of countries where illegal sand mining ➢ Mary Meeker’s 2019 Internet Trends Report said that the global has become a major environmental problem, according to a report named internet users have touched 3.8 billion which is more than half of ‘Sand and Sustainability: finding new solutions for environmental the world’s population. China was found to have the largest internet governance of global sand resources’ released by the United Nations user base at 21%. The internet users in India are 12%, and the United Environment Programme (UNEP). States are 8%. ➢ Indian actress Dia Mirza and Alibaba chief Jack Ma are among ➢ India’s rank as a source country for FDI dropped one place to the the 17 global public figures appointed by UN Secretary-General Antonio 10th position as it was overtaken by Spain. Investment in India rose by Guterres as the new advocates to drive action and solidify global political 6% to USD 42 billion. According to the United Nations Conference on will for the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2019, ➢ India had more deaths among children under five than any India received foreign direct investments (FDI) worth USD 42 billion in other country in 2015, with large disparities in the child mortality rate 2018. between richer and poorer states, a Lancet study has found. ➢ According to the Randstad Employer Brand Research (REBR) ➢ On the Mint Globetrotter Index, the “others" category comprises 2019 reported that Amazon India, the E-commerce giant, is the most seven cities across Africa, West Asia and the Indian Ocean. Among the attractive employer brand in the country. seven cities, Victoria, the capital of Seychelles, is the most expensive with ➢ The Second Edition of the United States Green Building an index value of 192 and a rank of 28. Dubai is way costlier than Delhi Council’s (USGBC) list of India’s top 10 states is released. The states and ranks 24 on the overall cost index. which have maximum number of Leadership in Energy and Environmental ➢ The Hurun Research Institute released the Hurun India Art List Design (LEED) certified green buildings are listed below. Maharashtra 2019, a ranking of the top 50 Indian artists alive, based on the sales of bagged the top slot with 334 LEED-certified green buildings. It is followed their works at public auctions from April 2018 to March 2019. by Karnataka and Tamil Nadu with the rankings 232 and 157 buildings ➢ With investments estimated at about USD 2. 7 billion across respectively. sectors, the Netherlands has emerged as the third largest foreign ➢ According to the report, FDI inflows have increased by 3.5% to direct investor in India during 2017-18. Mauritius and Singapore are $54 billion. India attracted over 77% of the total foreign direct the top two countries for FDI in India during 2017-18. investments ultimately landed up to the South Asian region. ➢ SpiceJet became fourth Indian airline to have a 100 aircraft in its ➢ Ministry of Commerce reported that India’s trade deficit fleet. expanded to a six-month high of $15.4 billion in May, with import ➢ According to the Reserve Bank of India’s weekly statistical growth outpacing export growth following a 37% jump in gold imports. supplement, the overall forex reserves rose to $420. 055 billion from Exports grew 3.93% in the month of May, while imports rose 4.31%. $418. 687 billion. ➢ Microsoft has reached a valuation of one trillion dollars for the ➢ Under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) higher than the first time after posting an increase in profits. It makes the software giant recoveries made through other mechanisms, the recovery rate is twice only the third publicly traded company in history to reach the threshold the liquidation value of the all the 94 cases resolved in the year 2018- after Apple and Amazon passed it in 2018. 19. ➢ US retail giant Amazon has moved past hi-tech titans Apple and ➢ The Asia-Pacific region is expected to grow at 5. 7% in 2019. Google to become the world's most valuable brand. According to the 2019 According to the bank’s Asian Development Outlook 2019 report BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands rankings, Amazon released in April, developing Asia which comprises 45 nations ranging from online retailer set its brand value quintuple in the past five years to reach China to Tuvalu is projected to grow by 5. 7% in 2019. However, the $315.5billion. growth outlook for developing Asia is expected to moderate to 5. 6 % in ➢ USD 1.7 trillion needed per year to build disaster-resilient 2020. infrastructure in Asia: ADB report. ➢ India’s IT conglomerate Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has ➢ Forbes magazine has named Rihanna as the world’s richest become most valued firm in India in terms of market capitalization female musician. Her worth is estimated at $600m (£472m) which (market-cap) followed by RIL, HDFC Bank, Hindustan Unilever and ITC. includes revenues made from her fashion and beauty lines in addition to ➢ According to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation those from her music career. data, Retail inflation rose 2.92% marginally in April this year. ➢ The industry body Sa-Dhan reported that the Indian microfinance ➢ Dell emerged as the most trusted brand in India in 2019, sector is expected to register a more than 30% year-on-year growth according to the report of TRA Report 2019. LIC and Amazon ranked on to Rs.90,000 crore in 2018-19. The total gross loan portfolio (GLP) for third and fourth spots. the sector stood at Rs.68,789 crore in 2017-18. ➢ United Nations report said that India is set to overtake China as the ➢ Private lender YES Bank Ltd has slipped three notches to 10th most populous country by 2027. India will have almost 1.64 billion spot, in terms of market valuation, for the first time, as its shares inhabitants by 2050. South Asia’s opportunity to reap the demographic slumped over 30% in the last four sessions after the bank reported a dividend will peak by 2047. surprise net loss in its March quarter earnings. ➢ According to Forbes magazine’s 2019 list of billionaires, The Abu ➢ President Ramnath Kovind declared the 4th edition of National Dhabi-based Keralite tycoon (worth 4.7 billion dollars) has been ranked Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF India Rankings 2019) in New the richest expat in UAE. Delhi. ➢ Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), India’s top oil and gas producer, has toppled Indian Oil Corp (IOC) to regain the crown of being the country’s most profitable public sector company. Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) reported a 34% jump in its 2018- 19 fiscal net profit to Rs.26,716 crore. ______t.me/examstocks www.examstocks.com www.examstocks.com Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RAILWAY | STATE EXAMS 11 | RRB PO/CLERK CAPSULE - 2019|

➢ Here the List: Kiren Rijiju To coordinate and strategize the ➢ Categories ➢ Names of Institution preparation for the 2020 and 2024 ➢ Overall ➢ Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Olympics. Madras Dr. Anil Kakodkar To make Strategies to Reduce Crude ➢ University ➢ Indian Institute of Science (IIS) Oil Imports. Bangalore ➢ Law ➢ National Law School of India Surjit Bhalla Advisory group has suggested issuance University, Bengaluru of Elephant Bonds wherein people ➢ Architecture ➢ Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) declaring undisclosed income. Kharagpur NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Suggested the development of a ➢ Medical ➢ All India Institute of Medical Sciences Kant, National Project Management (AIIMS) New Delhi Policy Framework for the effective ➢ Engineering ➢ Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) execution of public sector and public- Madras private partnership infrastructure ➢ College ➢ Miranda House, Delhi projects. ➢ Management ➢ Indian Institute of Management Maharashtra CM Devendra Transformation of agriculture and Bangalore Fadnavis raising farmers’ income ➢ Pharmacy ➢ Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi DK Mohanty To review the entire system of security of treasure in transit in order to enhance security of cash vending machines, committee has LIST OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES & ITS HEAD recommended grouting of ATMs to wall etc COMMITTEE HEAD PURPOSE Aruna Sundararajan To spell out revival plans for Telecom Amitabh Kant National Mission on sectors including spectrum usage Transformative Mobility and charge (SUC), and promote Ease of Battery Storage, which is being set Doing Business (EDB) in telecom up to promote clean and sustainable sector. mobility initiatives in the country. Bimal Jalan To review the economic capital Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Ganga Committee to discuss issues framework of the central bank like water conservation, revival of dry Suresh Mathur To review the regulatory framework on rivers, rainwater harvesting and micro-insurance, and suggest the steps plantation drive. to be taken to raise demand for such products in India. Tapan Ray To review regulatory guidelines and supervisory framework for Core Investment Companies (CIC) LOAN SANCTIONED BY NATIONAL AND Subhash Chandra Garg Virtual Currencies to impose a fine of INTERNATIONAL BANKS TO INDIA up to Rs. 250 million and imprisonment for up to 10 years for anyone who mines, generates, holds, sells transfers NAME OF THE COUNTRY/ LOAN PURPOSE or issues cryptocurrency. BANK STATES AMOUNT Rajnath Singh To review the Defence Procurement Asian India USD 50 To expand the Procedure (DPP) 2016 and Defence Development million Renewable Procurement Manual (DPM) 2009. Bank Energy Capacity in Adarsh Kumar Goel To examine allegations of illegal sand India mining in the Yamuna River Asian India USD 3 billion Sovereign T M Bhasin To examine bank fraud of over 50 Development loans crore rupees and recommended Bank action. Asian India USD 750 To electrify Harsh Vardhan To set up National Digital Health Development million railway tracks Mission and to review the existing state Bank in India of mortgage securitisation in Asian India USD12 Billion To support the India and suggest measures to deepen Development government’s it on Development of Housing Finance Bank (ADB) new flagship Securitisation Market initiatives T. N. Manoharan To suggest policy and regulatory Asian India USD23 Million Non-Convertible interventions required for the Development Debentures development of a secondary market Bank (ADB) being issued by in corporate loans, including loan GR Infraprojects transaction platform for stressed Limited (GRIL) assets. to expand roads and

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Bank Project BANK NAME PENALITY REASONS Asian Tripura Rs.1650 crore Infrastructure Development Development Punjab National Rs 50 lakh For delay in reporting Bank of seven Bank (PNB) of fraud in the account district of Kingfisher Airlines. Asian Maharashtra USD200 To upgrade Oriental Bank of Rs 1.5 crore For delay in reporting Development Million rural roads to Commerce fraud in the account of Bank all-weather Kingfisher Airlines. standards in 34 State Bank of India Rs 50 lakh For non-compliance districts in (SBI) relating to reporting of Maharashtra. frauds. World Bank Tamil Nadu USD 287 For the Bank of Baroda and Rs 50 lakh each For delay in reporting million improvement of Federal Bank fraud in an account. Tamil Nadu Allahabad Bank and Rs 2 crore each For non-complying Health System Bank of with rules on Reform Maharashtra operating current Programme accounts (TNHSRP). World Bank Pakistan USD 518 For reforms to Bank of Baroda, For non-compliance million enhance tax Bank of India, Rs 1.5 crore each with rules on revenues and Indian Overseas operating current reduce Bank and Union accounts. compliance Bank of India, cost to provide Oriental Bank of Rs 1 crore For non-compliance better services Commerce. with rules on to the public. operating current World Bank Andhra Pradesh Rs. 2200 For accounts. crores ($328- implementation million) of the AP Bank of India Rs.1 crore For Violation of Health Various Banking Systems Norms Strengthening Karnataka Bank Rs.4 Crore For non-compliance of Project directions on Swift (APHSSP) messaging software World Bank Jharkhand $147 million To provide basic Union Bank Rs.3 Crore For non-compliance of services to the directions on Swift people and messaging software management Dena Bank Rs.2 Crore For non-compliance of of urban local directions on Swift bodies messaging software World Bank Kerala $250 million For Kerala IDBI Bank Rs.1 Crore For non-compliance of Resilient directions on Swift Programme messaging software World Bank Uttarakhand $31.58 million For UP Postal Primary Rs.1 lakh For violation of norms Uttarakhand Co-operative Bank regarding shifting of Public its branch Financial Kotak Mahindra Rs.2 crores For the non-state Management Bank lender’s failure to Strengthening adhere to the Project. regulator’s diktat on promoter shareholding. HDFC Bank Rs.1 crore For violating know your customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) norms

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Gruh Finance Bandhan Bank For acquiring up to 9.9 1. The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, (Housing arm of per cent stake in Shri Ram Vilas Paswan asserted that the Government is going to HDFC Ltd) Bandhan Bank implement "One nation-one ration card" scheme in the whole country. Reliance India’s largest cable For high speed 2. The New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Bill, 2019 was Industries operators – DEN broadband network introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister of Law and Justice, Mr. Ravi Networks and Hathway under JioGigaFiber Shankar Prasad on July 3, 2019. Cable & Datacom 3. The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Second Bill, 2019 Indian Bank Allahabad Bank To create 7th largest was introduced in Lok Sabha by Mr. Harshvardhan, Minister of Health and public sector bank with Family Welfare on June 27, 2019. The Bill amends the Indian Medical Rs 8.08 lakh crore Council Act, 1956 and replaces the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) business. Second Ordinance, 2019 which was promulgated on February 21, 2019 Bank of India Central Bank of India 4. Union Jal Shakti Minister, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, today Yes Bank Eveready Industries Has acquired 9.47 per announced the commencement of the Jal Shakti Abhiyan - a campaign cent stake by invoking for water conservation and water security. The campaign will run through pledged shares citizen participation during the monsoon season, from 1st July, 2019 to ICICI Bank India International To buy stake in BSE 15th September, 2019. Exchange (INX) - a subsidiary for Rs 31 5. The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal to introduce the wholly owned subsidiary crore. Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019. The Bill will be of the BSE introduced in the ensuing session of the Parliament. The Bill provides a

mechanism for their social, economic and educational empowerment,". 6. The Lok Sabha has passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, Lakshmi Vilas Indiabulls Housing It helps Indiabulls get 2019 by voice vote. The bill seeks to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Bank Finance (IBH) access to low-cost to provide for road safety. stable funds and entry 7. SAMARTH scheme (scheme for capacity building in textile sector) into banking. By was launched by Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani to provide skill allotting 4.99% of its development to 10 lakh youth in the textile sector. shares 8. The Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Bill, 2019, Canara Bank Syndicate Bank To create 4th largest was passed by a voice vote. public sector bank with 9. Indian Bank has joined hands with Tata AIG Rs 15.20 lakh crore General Insurance to offer the latter’s diverse range of general insurance business. policies benefiting the bank’s customers by way of protection, wealth Punjab National Oriental Bank of To form India’s creation and savings. Bank Commerce and United second-largest bank. 10. Reliance Jio Partners with Microsoft for Blockchain and Cloud Bank Services at the 42nd Annual General Meeting, with the aim to Reliance Jio Haptik Acquired a accelerate the various aspects required for the digital transformation of the Digital chatbot making Indian economy and society. startup firm for Rs.700 11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has returned home after a successful Crore. two day visit to Bhutan. During the visit, Prime Minister Modi and the Bhutanese leadership resolved to take the bilateral cooperation Wipro Splash Corporation For an undisclosed beyond hydroelectric power sector. Consumer Care amount to enter the 12. India and Guinea have signed three MoUs on the second day of and Lighting country which has a President Ram Nath Kovind’s three-day visit to that country. These MoUs (WCCL) consumer base of were signed between the two countries Cooperation in the Field of around 100 million. Traditional System of Medicine, e- Vidhyabharati – e-Aarogya Bharti Airtel Hughes Communications To create a stronger Bharati e-VBAB Network Project and Renewal Energy. India no. 1 in the space, in a 13. Bangladesh today signed a deal with Russia for the supply bid to increase scale, of uranium for its 2,400 MW Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP). improve operational Under the deal, Russia will supply the nuclear fuel needed for the plant efficiencies and target during its entire life cycle. new customers in 14. Uttar Pradesh government and Netherlands have extended areas such as in-flight the existing bilateral agreement of cooperation in several fields by connectivity. another five years. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Microsoft ElectionGuard To help countries the Netherlands ambassador to India, Marten van den ensure secure and Berg extending the cooperation between two countries till 2024. verifiable voting 15. The Punjab agriculture Department has initiated a massive drive Reliance Brands Hamleys To acquire 100% to provide more than 28000 agro-machines /farm equipment to farmers shares of centuries-old With a view to make Punjab a ‘zero stubble burning state’. British toy retailer for 16. Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh £68 million. Puri launched a DDA’s plantation drive to involve school eco clubs at a Wipro US-based International It will be acquired for green belt in Rohini’s sector 37. As a part of this four lakh indigenous trees Techne Group $45 million. will be planted this year across various biodiversity parks and other green belts in the national capital.

17. Rural India is poised to become Open Defecation Free (ODF) by 38. Microsoft - Azure Blockchain Service – It would simplify the 2nd October this year due to the successful implementation of Swachh formation, management and governance so that businesses can focus on Bharat Mission (Gramin). workflow logic and application development. 18. Pradhanmantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana scheme has been 39. BharatPe - UPI Bahi Khata - India’s first Fintech (Financial launched in Madhya Pradesh with an aim to improve the life of small and technology) start-up enabling payments via interoperable UPI (Unified marginal farmers of the country. About 80 lakh eligible farmer families will Payments Interface) QR (Quick Response) codes. be benefited by this scheme. Under the scheme, total Rs 6 thousand that is 40. 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The consumers consuming up to criteria. 200 units of electricity will not need to pay their power bills. 43. L&T Finance - Sabse Khaas Loan - For two-wheeler customers. 21. Maharashtra Government has decided to waive off the entire 44. Max Life Insurance Company - ‘My Protection Quotient’ exam fees, including practical exam for class ten and twelve students (MyPQ) - To ensuring financial protection in the country. hailing from drought-affected districts of the state. 45. FundzBazar - Selfie Wala KYC - It is applicable for the first-time 22. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has launched the ‘Vhali Dikri mutual fund investors. Yojna’. It is a state wide cash incentive scheme for every girl child born in 46. Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Aix-Marseille Gujarat, with a view to raise the female birth rate at par with male to University researchers at ISM – AntBot - First walking robot (2.3kg achieve gender equality. weight) to have navigational capabilities without GPS or mapping. 23. The Education Department in Tamil Nadu has launched an 47. Election Commission of India - “Voter Turnout” - For the voters exclusive 24-hour television channel named 'Kalvi Tholaikkatchi' across the country to see the real time availability of voter turnout during (Education TV) for the school students. It was launched by the the election season in the country. state Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy at a function in Chennai. 48. Department of Biotechnology (DBT) - ‘MANAV: Human Atlas 24. The first electric bus in Chennai has been flagged off by the Tamil Initiative’ - A project for mapping every tissue of the human body to help Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy. It is being operated on a better understand the roles of tissues and cells linked to various diseases. trial basis from the Central Railway Station to Tiruvanmiyur, four It is a collaborated project between Indian Institute of Science, trips a day. Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Persistent Systems and the 25. Google – Anthos - Lets users run applications from anywhere. National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS). 26. Bajaj Finserv - campaign #BijliOnEMI - wherein customers buying 49. AYUSH Ministry - ‘Yoga Locator’ - To enable people to locate yoga air-conditioners on EMI can avail an Insta Credit loan in their Bajaj Finserv events and centres providing training and instructors. Wallet which they can use to pay their electricity bills on EMI. 50. L&T Financial Services (LTFS) - “Digital Sakhi” - An educational 27. Bharti Airtel and the FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) - My programme aimed at digital financial inclusion of rural women, was Circle - Aimed at aiding women in event of distress or an emergency launched in 20 villages of Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu. situation, by sending an SOS alert. 51. Central Government - Veer Parivar App - To assist to the families 28. IDBI Bank - NRI-Insta-Online - Account-opening process for NRIs of the martyred CRPF personnel with regard to issuance of ex gratia, residing in Financial Action Task Force (FATF) member countries. pensionary benefits. 29. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance and Bajaj Allianz Life 52. Government of India – eCollabDDS - To provide a real time Insurance - Launched their first product 'Total Health Secure Goal' – collaborative environment to visualize medical and dental images (digitized It is designed to take care of customers' health and life goals, through one X-Ray images or DICOM data) for Patient diagnosis and treatment planning comprehensive insurance policy. from remote locations. 30. SBI General Insurance - CyRUSS (Cyber Risk Underwriting and 53. Ministry of HRD and National Council of Educational Research Solution Suite) - To protect businesses from financial and reputational and Training - e-Pathshala - It provides access to digital textbooks for losses due to cyber-attacks. all classes, graded learning materials. 31. State Bank of India - Country’s first ‘Green Car Loan’ (Electric 54. NIC, Government of India - Bhu-Naksha - To facilitate the Vehicle) - To encourage customers to buy electric vehicles. management of digitized cadastral maps. 32. Canara Bank and its life insurance partner Canara HSBC Oriental 55. Department of Biotechnology (DBT) - ‘MANAV: Human Atlas Bank of Commerce Life Insurance - ’Webassurance’ – It will be able Initiative’ - A project for mapping every tissue of the human body to help to service the protection needs of its younger and net-savvy customers. better understand the roles of tissues and cells linked to various diseases. 33. ICICI Bank - Insta Auto Loan – It will provide existing customers It is a collaborated project between Indian Institute of Science, final sanction letters instantly. Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Persistent Systems and the 34. State-owned telecom firm BSNL - 'Bharat Fibre' - First operator to National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS). start optical fibre-based high-speed broadband service in Pulwama. 56. AYUSH Ministry - ‘Yoga Locator’ - To enable people to locate yoga 35. HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company - Mosquito Disease events and centres providing training and instructors. Protection Policy – It will cover an individual against common mosquito- 57. Central Government - Veer Parivar App - To assist to the families borne diseases like Dengue Fever. of the martyred CRPF personnel with regard to issuance of ex gratia, 36. HDFC Capital Advisors - HDFC Affordable Real Estate and pensionary benefits. Technology Programme (HeART) – It will provide a platform to real 58. Government of India – eCollabDDS - To provide a real time estate technology companies with innovative products. collaborative environment to visualize medical and dental images (digitized 37. 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➢ The Indian government has raised the foreign aid ➢ Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar to Nepal from Rs.750 crore in 2018 to Rs. 1,050 crore in the 2019- Prasad to launch commemoration of four years of Digital India initiative in 20 Budget. New Delhi. The main aim of this initiative is to bridge the digital divide ➢ Ministry of AYUSH (MOA) and Ministry of Electronics and and create awareness about Information Technology. Information Technology (MeitY) signed MOU at New Delhi for ➢ Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) observed 'Swachhta collaborating with each other for the digitization of AYUSH Sector Pakhwada'(cleanliness fortnight). MNRE secretary Shri Aanand Kumar leading to transformation in the field of health care delivery at all levels. kick-started the campaign for Swachhta Pakhwada by delivering a lecture ➢ Fashion Nova’, India’s first Design Development on the importance of Swachhata in life. Centre launched in the Textile city Surat in Gujarat to promote the city ➢ 'Tamil Yeoman', a kind of butterfly found in Western Ghats is in the field of fashion design sector. declared as Tamilnadu state butterfly. It is also known as 'Tamil ➢ The Rajya Sabha passed the Indian Medical Council Maravan' and its scientific name is Cirrochroa thais. (Amendment) Bill, 2019.The Bill was introduced by Health Minister ➢ A Five-year vision plan 'Education Quality Upgradation and Harsh Vardhan. Inclusion Programme (EQUIP)' was released by HRD Ministry. ➢ The walled city of Jaipur has entered into the UNESCO World ➢ The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Heritage Site list. It has become the second city of the country to Cadre) Bill, 2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha by Mr. Ramesh Pokhriyal enter into the UNESCO World Heritage Site after Ahmedabad. Nishank, Minister of Human Resource Development to provide ➢ Indian Government to Introduce an Indian Sovereign Bond to reservation in appointments by direct recruitment of persons belonging to The World. It can be used to mop up at least $10 billion, or about Rs the SC, ST, Socially and Economically Backward Classes and 70,000 crore. The total sovereign debt at the end of March 2019 stood at Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). $103.8 billion. ➢ Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives a clarion call for water ➢ NASSCOM & NSDC Launches “World Skills India”- International conservation and through #JanShakti4JalShakti people can share Cloud Computing Challenge 2019. The challenge initiated in the information about water conservation in many parts of the country to deal presence of the minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship with water crisis throughout the country. Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey. ➢ Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash ➢ Fourth Anniversary Of Skill India Mission held in New Javadekar reviewed the National Film Heritage Mission Delhi where Home Minister Amit Shah will deliver the keynote address. (NFHM) Project in a meeting held at National Film Archives in Pune. ➢ The 11th Mekong Ganga Cooperation Senior Officials’ Modi Government has allotted budget of Rs.600 crore rupees for the Meeting (11th MGC SOM) held in New Delhi. project. ➢ Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari introduced ➢ The Union Cabinet approved the Code on Wages Bill which seeks to the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Lok Sabha. subsume existing laws related to workers remuneration and enable the ➢ Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan introduced the Surrogacy Centre to fix minimum wages for the entire country. (Regulation) Bill, 2019 in the Lok Sabha to ensure effective regulation ➢ The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has of surrogacy, prohibit commercial surrogacy, and allow ethical surrogacy. operationalized the first Aadhaar Seva Kendra (ASK) in Delhi and ➢ The National Investigation Agency (Amendment) bill 2019 was Vijayawada. This has been implemented under ambitious plan of UIDAI at moved in the Lok Sabha by Minister of State for Home Affairs G an estimated project cost of Rs.300-400 crore. Kishan Reddy. ➢ The Union Cabinet approved the proposal of the aviation ministry to ➢ The Golden Jubilee Edition of International Film Festival of lease out three airport projects Ahmedabad, Lucknow and India (IFFI) has been scheduled to be held from 20-28 November Mangaluru currently operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) - to 2019 in Panaji, Goa. Adani Enterprise. ➢ TVS Motor Launches India’s First Ethanol Based Motorcycle ➢ The first ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair TVS Apache RTR 200 Fi E100 to help reduce crude imports and reduce (IICTF) is held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The event is organized by air pollution. the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC). ➢ Ayush Minister Shripad Yesso Naik informed that Govt Plans To ➢ Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal announced that the Cooperative Set Up 4,200 Ayush Wellness Centres Sector Exports Promotion Forum (CSEPF) to achieve the target of ➢ Union Panchayat Raj Minister Narendra Singh Tomar informed doubling farm exports to USD 60 billion by 2022. Lok Sabha that over one lakh 28 thousand Gram Panchayats are ➢ The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has linked with optical fibre under Bharat Net programme. granted the Organised Group A Service status to senior officers of the ➢ Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs). Tomar said more than 3 Crores Beneficiaries receive 2nd Instalment ➢ The first batch of Haj pilgrims flagged off by Minority Affairs Minister Under PM KISAN scheme. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi from Indira Gandhi International Airport. ➢ Google India launches ‘Internet Saathi’ Around 2 lakh Indian Muslims are going to Haj this year. programme to empower rural women on how to use the Internet. ➢ Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand ➢ Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, CCEA has approved 2880 Gehlot told the union government increased funds allocation for drug de- Megawatt Dibang Multipurpose Project in Arunachal addiction measures to Rs 135 crore from Rs 33 crore in 2014.Gehlot Pradesh the highest dam in the country with a height of 278 metres. prepared a National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction ➢ The Union Cabinet has approved National Medical Commission (NAPDDR) for the period 2018-2025. Bill, 2019. The bill provides for setting up of a National Medical ➢ “The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Commission in place of Medical Council of India and repeal the Teachers’ Cadre) Ordinance, 2019”. The Central Educational Indian Medical Council Act 1956. Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Bill, 2019 holds as one ➢ Coal minister Prahlad Joshi informed the Lok Sabha that the unit restoring earlier reservation system passed by the Parliament. government will increase the total production of coal in the country ➢ A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between to one billion tonne by 2022-23. Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) and Morarji ➢ Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy announced Tenkasi and Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) for yoga education to help Chengalpattu would be two new districts in Tamil Nadu taking total to 35.

➢ Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash ➢ Indian Northeast Frontier Railway zone Introduced Pink Coaches Javadekar inaugurated the 10th Jagran Film festival at Siri Fort For Women. It is mainly introduced in order to bring women passengers Auditorium in New Delhi. with better safety and security. ➢ India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) to be set up at ➢ The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Pottipuram in Theni District, Tamil Nadu. (MoSPI) intends to conduct the Seventh Economic Census of India 2019. ➢ The Supreme Court has formed a high powered committee to ➢ Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister, Hardeep Singh urgently frame and implement an emergency response plan for the Puri, launched the ‘Swachh Survekshan 2019’, the fourth edition of the protection of the two Indian birds, Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser annual nationwide cleanliness survey of urban India in New Delhi. Florican from extinction. ➢ Delhi Metro became the first ever project in the country to receive ➢ The union cabinet approved the extension of the term of Fifteenth power generated from a waste-to-energy plant. The Delhi Metro Rail Finance Commission up to 30th November this year. Corporation (DMRC) receiving 2 MW power from a 12 MW capacity waste- ➢ IEA International Energy Agency (IEA) appreciates Prime to-energy plant set up in Ghazipur. Minister Narendra Modi’s Ujjwala Scheme for Providing Free Cooking Gas ➢ IRSDC entered into a tripartite agreement with SNCF and AFD. Connection to Poor speaking at a conference in New Delhi. The agreement provides in-kind grant financing up to EUR 7,00,000, ➢ Marine Acoustic Research Ship (MARS), INS through SNCF-hubs and connexions. Sagardhwan started its two-month-long second mission Sagar Maitri ➢ The Second All India Annual Conference of Indian Information from Southern Naval Command in Kochi, Kerala. It was flagged off by Service Officers was organized at Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra in New Southern Naval Commander Vice Admiral A.K. Chawla and Defence Delhi with a view to attain greater integration of all Media Units under the Research and Development Organization (DRDO) chairman G. Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in order to further amplify Satheesh Reddy. government communication. ➢ Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) launched ‘Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)’ for the period 2018-2020 to combat ➢ After nearly 16 years of exploring the cosmos in infrared light, cybercrime in India in a coordinated and effective manner. NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope will be switched off permanently ➢ Government of Haryana and India’s leading Bombay stock on Jan. 30, 2020. exchange (BSE) signed a pact to encourage and support state’s Micro, ➢ Tech Mahindra announced its biggest defence order worth over Rs small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to raise capital. 300 crore with the Indian Navy. As part of the ‘Armed Forces Secure ➢ Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurated the architectural Access Card’ (AFSAC) Project, Tech Mahindra will implement RFID (Radio illumination of the historic Safdarjung Tomb in New Delhi. Frequency Identification) based Access Control System across all naval ➢ The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched a special bases and ships. campaign named Jan Jagrukta Abhiyaan in New Delhi. ➢ Directorate General of Training (DGT) joined hands with IT ➢ India and China plans to hold an annual “Hand-in-Hand” networking major Cisco and global consulting firm Accenture to skill (HiH) combat exercise at Umroi, near Shillong, Meghalaya in youngsters for the digital economy. December 2019. ➢ Mohali traffic police have launched 3-D Smart Traffic Signal ➢ Around 7 crore 32 lakh farmer families across the country called ‘Intelights’ devised by the students of a Chandigarh university. received the first and second instalments of 2 thousand rupees under ➢ The government will move Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. Bill 2019 for consideration and passage in Lok Sabha. The Lower ➢ Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal planned to House will also take up the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Second launch the Global Innovation Index (GII) on July 24. The theme of the Amendment) Bill 2019 having provisions of 10 per cent reservation event is “Evaluating the Medical Innovation Scenario of the Next for Economically Weaker Sections among the general category. Decade”. ➢ Centre launched the country’s largest sanitation survey Swachh ➢ India’s first dragon blood-oozing Tree Dracaena Cambodia is Survekshan Grameen-2019 to engage rural communities in discovered in Assam. It is a plant that yields a dragon’s blood. improvement of the sanitation status of their districts and states ➢ A celestial object has landed in a village of Madhubani, Bihar. The through intensive campaign. The second edition of survey was launched by object weighs more than 10 kilograms. Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in New Delhi. ➢ Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad introduced the Muslim Women ➢ Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Dynamic Facade (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 on 25 July. The bill is for Lighting of the Parliament House Estate. These are power efficient the justice, respect and dignity of women. and uses only one-fifth of the electricity compared to other types of ➢ Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced The lights. Companies Amendment Bill, 2019 to end terrorism. ➢ Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh filed nomination papers ➢ The Rajya Sabha passed the Protection of Children from Sexual as a Congress candidate for the by-poll to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (POCSO Bill). The Bill was ➢ The National Green Tribunal headed by NGT chairperson Justice introduced by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Adarsh Kumar Goel has directed the Centre to submit a report on ➢ Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa proved his majority in standards of lead and to phase out lead as a stabiliser in Polyvinyl the Assembly winning the confidence motion by a voice vote. Chloride (PVC) pipes that are commonly used in most buildings. ➢ President Ram Nath Kovind has left on an official visit to three ➢ Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar African countries- Benin, The Gambia and Guinea. released a patriotic song Watan produced by Doordarshan in New ➢ Earth Sciences Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan Launches New Website Delhi in the run up to the Independence Day. Of India Meteorological Department www.mausam.imd.gov.in which will ➢ The Supreme Court ordered that the list of those excluded from the provide all information related to weather. final Assam NRC be published only online on 31st of August. ➢ The Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker, K R Ramesh ➢ 100th birth anniversary of scientist and innovator Dr. Vikram Kumar, has disqualified the entire 14 rebel MLAs. Sarabhai, was celebrated and he is considered as the father of India’s ➢ The Geographical indicator (GI) granted to Odisha for the space program, and his centenary comes just weeks after India’s ‘Odisha rasgulla’, after West Bengal. Chandrayaan-2 mission to the moon. ➢ PM Narendra Modi released the All India Tiger Estimation Report ➢ The festival of sacrifice – Eid-ul-Azha is being celebrated with 2018 now India has 2,967 tigers. religious fervour and gaiety across the country. The faithful will offer Eid prayers in Eidgahs and mosques. 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➢ The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has 4,77,199 votes polled by his close contestant, AC Shanmugham of the increased the fees of Class 10 and 12 board examinations for SC and ST AIADMK. students from Rs 50 to Rs 1,200, while the amount has been doubled ➢ Lok Sabha Secretariat will be soon made paperless so that public for those from the general category, who will now have to pay Rs 1,500. money worth crores of rupees can be saved by decreasing the use of ➢ The government has reconstituted the Inter State Council and paper. the Standing Committee of the Inter State Council. Prime Minister ➢ The Khelo India will be held in Assam. Member Secretary of Sports Narendra Modi is the Chairman of the Inter State Council. Home and Youth Welfare Committee Lakhya Konwar announced 10 Minister Amit Shah will be the Chairman of the Standing Committee thousand youths will participate in the event. of the Inter State Council. ➢ National food security government launched the One Nation- ➢ Delhi to provide free rides to women on Raksha Bandhan. One Ration Card scheme on a pilot basis in Telangana, Andhra Women in the national capital will be able to travel free of cost on Delhi Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat. Transport Corporation, DTC buses on Raksha Bandhan. ➢ Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has launched a ➢ The famous Panchamritham, an offering of the Palani competition for designing a Postage Stamp along with the First Day Dandayuthaswamy temple, in Tamil Nadu, has been granted Cover to commemorate Golden Jubilee edition of International Film the Geographical Identity (GI) tag. Festival of India (IFFI). ➢ Nagaland State Police Department got its first Laboratory-cum- ➢ The University Gants Commission (UGC) has released a list of 20 Training Centre for Prevention of Cyber Crime against Women and institutes – 10 public and 10 private for the grant of the Status Children. of Institutions of Eminence (IoE). ➢ Aadi Mahotsav, the national tribal festival, will start at Polo ➢ National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Act ,2019 has Ground in Leh-Ladakh. The nine-day event will be inaugurated by come into force. The act aims at enhancing the jurisdiction of National the Jammu and Kashmir Governor, Satya Pal Malik. The theme of the Investigation Agency (NIA) to investigate scheduled offences committed festival is A celebration of the spirit of Tribal Craft, Culture and outside India targeting Indians as well as Indian assets abroad. The NIA Commerce. was set up in 2009, a year after the Mumbai terror attacks. ➢ Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has announced that a ➢ Nation remembers the 143rd birth anniversary of Pingali massive campaign will be launched to make India free of single-use Venkaiah, a freedom fighter and the designer of the national flag. He was plastic. born on Aug 02nd in 1876, near Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh. ➢ Information and Broadcasting Ministry has decided ➢ In an effort to enhance water security, especially in water-stressed to implement Accessibility Standards for Persons with Disabilities in districts, the Jal Shakti Abhiyan, JSA delivered over 3.5 lakh water television programmes for private TV channels from this Independence conservation measures in 256 districts. Union Cabinet Secretary Day. Pradeep Kumar Sinha appreciated the efforts. ➢ Chief Ministers of various states reached a consensus on how to ➢ National Film Development Corporation Limited – NFDC has boost agricultural exports. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra announced that it will start accepting applications for funding of feature Fadnavis chaired the second meeting of the high-powered committee of films under the Central Government scheme, ‘Production of films in Chief Ministers for transformation of Indian agriculture various Indian languages’. in Mumbai organised by NITI Aayog. ➢ Elephant population in the country is estimated at 29,964 as per ➢ The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has amended the provisions the census conducted in 2017. The tiger population across the country is relating to the issue of shares with Differential Voting Rights (DVRs) estimated at 2,967 as per the 2018 census. provisions under the Companies Act to enable promoters of Indian ➢ Human Resources Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal companies to retain control of their companies in their pursuit for growth Nishank was inaugurating Technology Expo at IIT Delhi to showcase and creation of long-term value for shareholders. latest innovation in field of science and technology. ➢ Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh ➢ National Academy of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, celebrated its 65th Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ inaugurated an international conference on Foundation Day in New Delhi. The event was inaugurated by Culture teacher education in New Delhi. and Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel. ➢ President Ram Nath Kovind attended the golden jubilee ➢ Lok Sabha has passed the Dam Safety Bill-2019. The bill aims to celebration of Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Science at address all issues concerning safety of dams, including regular Sevagram in Wardha District of Maharashtra. inspection, emergency action plan and comprehensive safety review. ➢ President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated an underground Bunker ➢ The Seventh meeting of the India-Bangladesh Home Minister Museum at Raj Bhavan Mumbai. Level Talks was held in New Delhi. Home Minister Amit ➢ Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-day visit Shah congratulated his Bangladesh counterpart Asaduzzaman to United Arab Emirates– UAE and Bahrain where he will meet the Khan on the resumption of the office for a second term. Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al ➢ Parliament had adopted the resolution revoking the special status Nahyan and discuss bilateral, regional and international matters of mutual given to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370. PM Modi describes interest. The UAE is India’s third-largest trade partner. passing of Jammu & Kashmir reorganisation Bill 2019 as a ➢ All personnel working in the Central Armed Police Forces, CAPFs momentous occasion. Home Minister Amit Shah reiterated that will now retire at a uniform age of 60 years. Pakistan occupied Kashmir will always belong to India. ➢ Bollywood stars Ayushmann Khurrana and Vicky Kaushal have ➢ Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has left Dhaka on jointly bagged the National Film Award for best actor for their roles in a three day visit to Delhi to attend the 7th India- Bangladesh Home Andhadhun and Uri. Actor Keerthy Suresh won the best actress award Minister level bilateral talks. India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh for Telugu film Mahanati. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavaat bagged Riva Gangly discussed various issues related to border management and best choreography for Ghoomar and the best music director award infrastructure. for Bhansali. ➢ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced to ➢ President Ram Nath Kovind hosted At-Home reception in the celebrate September as a month of nutrition. In his Mann Ki honour of freedom fighters at Rashtrapati Bhavan to mark the 77th Baat programme, Mr. Modi laid emphasis on creating awareness to fight anniversary of Quit India Movement. malnutrition among children, particularly the girl child. ➢ The DMK has won the closely fought election in the Vellore Lok ➢ Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Sabha constituency by a slender margin of over 8000 votes. 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➢ Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa embarked on a undertake joint research and development of advanced technologies for three-day visit to Thailand. During his visit, he attended the Indo Pacific the Indian Navy. Chiefs of Defence Conference in Bangkok. The theme for the conference ➢ High-level discussion on “Fiscal Relations across levels of is “Collaboration in a free and Open Indo – Pacific”. Government” was held by 15th Finance Commission under the ➢ Election Commission announced by-elections to one assembly seat chairmanship of Shri N. K. Singh in New Delhi. each in Uttar Pradesh, Tripura, Chhattisgarh and Kerala. ➢ Under the ambitious Project75-India, the Indian Navy desires to ➢ India will host the Conference Of Parties, COP 14, of the United build 6 standard diesel-electric submarines which are under-construction at Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. India will take over the Mazagon Dockyards Limited. This would incur an overall cost of from China this year as host and President for 2 years. Rs.50,000 crore. ➢ Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Information and ➢ The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar inaugurated the National global private infrastructure operator ROADIS (owned by Public Sector Centre for Avian Ecotoxicology at Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Pension Investment board abbreviated as PSP investment) have jointly set Natural History in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. up a platform for investing up to $2 billion in road projects in India. ➢ Union Health Minister Harsh ➢ State-owned telecom service provider Bharatiya Sanchar Nigam Vardhan inaugurated FSSAI’s National Food Laboratory Limited (BSNL) has received a license from the Department of (NFL) in Ghaziabad on the occasion of 13th anniversary of the Food Telecommunications to provide Internet and mobile services on flights. Safety and Standards Act, 2006. India has got a new “In-Flight and Maritime Connectivity” (IFMC) ➢ Actor Shah Rukh Khan launched heritage postal license. stamp of Bandra station on the completion of 150 years of the railway ➢ The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has entered into 18 station. APAs (Advance Pricing Agreements) inclusive of 03 Bilateral ➢ Union Minister for Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani launched APAs (BAPAs) during the month of March 2019. Project SU.RE, a move towards sustainable fashion, at Lakme Fashion ➢ RailWire Wi-Fi by RailTel is now live at 1600 railway stations Winter/Festive 2019, in Mumbai. SU.RE stands for ‘Sustainable across the country, with Santacruz railway station in Mumbai Resolution’. becoming the 1600th station to become a RailWire Wi-Fi zone, the ➢ Human Resource Development Ministry under its National Mission Western Railway. on Education through Information and Communication ➢ The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) and the Technology, NMEICT has launched the National Digital Library of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have joined hands to India project to develop a framework of virtual repository of learning map, validate and protect smaller wetlands in the coastal belt of resources with a single-window search facility. the country. ➢ The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) has decided to ➢ India successfully test fired ‘Nirbhay’, the 1,000 km strike range rechristen Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium as Arun Jaitley Stadium in the sub-sonic cruise missile, off the coast of Odisha. memory of its former president who passed away. ➢ The Indo-Pacific Wing will integrate the Indian Ocean Rim ➢ The Indian Army has established 45 Army Goodwill schools in Association (IORA), ASEAN region and the Quad. The Ministry of J&K. Children belonging to low-income group families are given admission External Affairs has set up an Indo-Pacific Wing in the foreign office. for pursuing their studies at free of cost. ➢ The Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral ‘Sunil Lanba’ has inaugurated ➢ The fourth edition of India’s largest conclave Internet of Things the maiden ‘state-of-the-art’ Virtual Reality Centre (VRC) at the “IoT India Congress, 2019” in Bengaluru. Directorate of Naval Design, New Delhi. ➢ A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between ➢ The Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of the GSLV Phase the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Council of - 4 programmes consisting of five GSLV flights during the period from Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in order to collaborate in the 2021 to 2024. area of food and agriculture, at ICAR Headquarters, Krishi Bhawan, New ➢ Ministry of Home Affairs has issued orders to suspend the LoC Delhi trade in Jammu & Kashmir. ➢ Indian Army has flagged off its first Mountaineering ➢ Twenty states and Union territories have so far joined a pan- Expedition to Mt Makalu (8485m) as part of its objective of summiting India network of single emergency helpline number '112' on which all challenging peaks above 8000M. immediate assistance can be sought by anyone in distress. ➢ The Ministry of Health has notified New Drugs and Clinical Trials ➢ The steering committee has mandated that only companies that Rules, 2019 for the approval of new drugs and conduct of clinical trials in meet the 50% localisation threshold will be eligible for the the country. incentives that will be available under the Faster Adoption and ➢ Indian Army builds the longest suspension bridge over Indus river Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (FAME-II) scheme to in Leh, Ladakh. Built in a record time of 40 days ‘Maitri Bridge’ (260- boost electric mobility as well as the ‘Make in India’ initiative. feet) is longest Suspension Bridge over Indus River. ➢ The Ministry of AYUSH inked a Memorandum of Understanding ➢ The Ministry of Home Affairs has constituted Unlawful Activities (MoU) with Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New (Prevention) Tribunal, to determine the sufficient cause to ban Jamaat- Delhi for cooperation in research and education in areas of traditional e-Islami, and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) faction. It systems of medicine and its integration with modern science. will be headed by Justice Chander Shekhar of the Delhi High Court. ➢ The CBSE students, from 2020, will be allowed to use ➢ The Union Cabinet has given its approval to create one post as magnifying glasses and portable video magnifiers during the Class X Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General in the Office of the final examination. Comptroller and Auditor General of India. ➢ The total deposits in bank accounts opened under the Jan Dhan ➢ The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has approved the scheme, which was launched about five years ago by the Modi- merger of Tata Teleservices with Bharti Airtel Ltd. government, are set to cross Rs.1 lakh crore soon. ➢ In a major boost to India’s firepower, country’s first ➢ The Commerce and Industry Ministry has proposed a host of indigenously designed and developed Dhanush Artillery Gun was measures such as tax incentives to promote budding entrepreneurs as inducted in the Indian Army during a ceremony held at Ordnance Factory part of the ‘Startup India Vision 2024’. in Jabalpur, MP. ➢ The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), ➢ The Indian Navy and Council of Scientific and Industrial through a notification, has hiked the basic customs duty (BCD) on Research (CSIR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to wheat to 40 percent from 30 percent to curb imports and protect the domestic industry. ______t.me/examstocks www.examstocks.com www.examstocks.com Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RAILWAY | STATE EXAMS 19 | RRB PO/CLERK CAPSULE - 2019|

➢ The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao has ➢ To nab tax evaders and reduce black money generation, the ordered the Reserve Bank of India to disclose its annual inspection income tax department CBDT and Goods and Services Tax Network reports of banks, along with the list of wilful defaulters and information (GSTN) signed an agreement to facilitate exchange of data between the related to them under the Right to Information Act. two. ➢ The Indian Navy has launched guided missile destroyer ‘Imphal’ at ➢ SIPRI has set up a new initiative aiming to establish the annual Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders in Mumbai, Maharashtra. number of violent deaths worldwide. ➢ Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) Ltd. has signed ➢ The Commerce Ministry has recommended an anti-dumping duty a contract with defence ministry to build eight Anti-Submarine Warfare of USD 1, 633. 17 per tonne on Saccharin, a kind of sweetener, from Shallow Watercrafts (ASWSWCs) for Indian Navy at the cost of Rs. Indonesia to guard domestic manufacturers from cheap imports from the 6311. 30 crore. Southeast Asian country. ➢ Cyclone “Fani” is one of the biggest and fiercest cyclonic storm ➢ Indian Navy's frontline missile destroyer INS Ranjit was over the east coast in nearly two decades with a maximum wind speed decommissioned at Naval Dock in Visakhapatnam on May 6. The mighty of 240-250 kmph. destroyer served Indian Navy for 36 years. ➢ The Environment Ministry has reportedly constituted a committee ➢ Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) held a ‘Chintan to implement the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). The Baithak’ with the stakeholders of Renewable Energy sector in New Delhi. objective is to reduce the PM (particulate matter) 2. 5 and PM 10 ➢ In a bid to evaluate the environmental performance of existing concentration by 20% to 30% in at least 102 cities by 2024. The schools across India, GRIHA Council released a rating tool ‘GRIHA for committee will be headed by the Secretary, Union Environment Existing Day Schools’. It was founded by TERI (The Energy and Ministry. The headquarters of the committee will be in New Delhi. Resources Institute) with an active aid from the Ministry of New and ➢ Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and Automotive Renewable Energy. Research Association of India (ARAI), an autonomous body affiliated to ➢ Direct Tax collections fell short by Rs. 82, 000 crore at 11. 18 the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises have signed a MoU crore during 2018-19 with lower corporate tax collections emerging as for cooperation on various projects related to e-mobility. one of the reasons for the lower mop. ➢ The union government plans to introduce artificial intelligence ➢ The last captive white tiger named Bajirao at the Sanjay Gandhi system in the MCA 21 portal as it seeks to make the compliance process National Park in Mumbai died at the age of 18 years. easier as well as ensure routine enforcement activities are done round-the- ➢ Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has distributed clock on autopilot basis. more than one lakh bee-boxes among farmers and unemployed youths ➢ The Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Air Chief Marshal B. S. across the country in less than two years under its 'Honey Mission' Dhanoa visits Air Force Station in Bhisiana and Sarsawa to pay initiative. homage to the air warriors who made supreme sacrifice ➢ Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), Ministry during Operation Safed Sagar at Kargil. of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India and World’s Third Largest ➢ Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa led a four aircraft, MiG-21 'Missing Tractor manufacturer by volumes and TAFE (Tractors and Farm Equipment Man' formation flypast at Air Force Station Bhisiana in Bhatinda, Punjab. Limited) signed a MoU to aid conservation of resources across the ➢ According to the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR), nearly country. half of the newly elected Lok Sabha members have criminal charges ➢ Electronics City Industrial Township Authority (ELCITA) in against them, a 26% increase as compared to 2014. collaboration with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), inaugurated a ➢ India’s fastest train ‘Vande Bharata Express’ completed 1 Lakh foot over bridge connecting the east and west phases of Electronics kilometres without missing a single trip from New Delhi to Varanasi. The City. indigenously built high-speed train was manufactured by the Integral ➢ The first Apache Helicopter AH-64E (I) (Apache Guardian helicopter) Coach Factory in Chennai. was formally handed over to the Indian Air Force at Boeing production ➢ Defence Research and Defence Organisation facility in Mesa, Arizona, USA. (DRDO) successfully flight tested a 500 kg class Inertial Guided ➢ Indian Space Research Organization ISRO has successfully Bomb from a Su-30 MKI aircraft at the Pokhran test range in launched its earth observation satellite RISAT-2B from Satish Dhawan Rajasthan. Space Centre Sriharikota. It will be lifted off by the workhorse rocket ➢ The Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCIL) has signed a PSLV-C46 in its 48th flight. MoU with Water & Power Consultancy Services (WAPCOS) Limited, a ➢ The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) mini-ratna PSU under Ministry of Water Resources, River Development, successfully conducted the flight test of 'Abhyas', a High-Speed and Ganga Rejuvenation. Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT), which offers a realistic threat scenario for ➢ The Home Ministry has cancelled the registration of Bengaluru- practice of weapon systems. The flight test was conducted at the Interim based NGO Infosys Foundation for alleged violation of norms in Test Range, Chandipur, in Odisha. receiving foreign grants. ➢ The central government has extended the ban on the Liberation ➢ The Delhi High Court has ruled that the United Nations is not a Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for five years with immediate effect, a State under Article 12 of the Constitution of India and is not amenable to notification issued by the Union Home ministry. its jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution. Background of ➢ National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), HCL Foundation and the case. Indian National Trust for Art and Culture Heritage (INTACH) signed ➢ The CBIC has introduced a weightage points system for tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Plantation of Rudraksha appointing persons on compassionate ground, based on criteria such as Trees in Uttarakhand under the ‘Namami Gange’ Programme. family income, dependents and remaining service period of the deceased. ➢ In order to commemorate the 750th birth anniversary of Sri ➢ The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) had Vedanta Desikan, Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu unveiled a started online writing of Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APARs) postage stamp in New Delhi. The stamp has been released by Indian in SPARROW (Smart Performance Appraisal Report Recording Online postal department. 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➢ The Union Government has asked state transport departments to ➢ External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has flagged off the first batch ensure that all battery-operated vehicles (both existing and new) have of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra -2019 in New Delhi. number plates in Green. ➢ International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) has released ➢ National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has developed the India’s first Type Approval Certificate (TAC) for Bharat Stage – VI world’s first complete parent-wise genome assembly called norms. From 1st April 2020, Bharat Stage (BS)- VI norms are the “NDDB_ABRO_Murrah” of riverine buffaloes. automotive emission norms to be implemented to curb. ➢ Indian Navy has achieved a significant milestone in enhancing its ➢ The Union Government has decided to raise the import limit on ‘Tur Anti-Air Warfare Capability with the maiden cooperative engagement firing Dal’ to four lakh tonnes for private traders till October 2019 of the Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM). ➢ Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) has instituted the ➢ According to tentative data released by the Election Commission (EC), first edition of Antarashtriya Yoga Diwas Media Samman (AYDMS), from in 2019 Lok Sabha elections clocked a record turnout of 67.11%. 2019 to mark the contribution of media in spreading the message of Yoga. ➢ Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has ➢ Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda has launched the “e- successfully test-fired an indigenously developed 500 kg class guided governance initiatives for ST Welfare schemes”. As per the bomb from a Sukhoi combat jet at Pokhran in Rajasthan. “SabkaSaath, SabkaVikas and SabkaVishwas”, these e-governance ➢ The National Health Authority (NHA) have signed an MoU under initiatives will serve their purpose of the betterment of tribal communities the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) across the nation. to National Cancer Grid (NCG). Indu Bhushan is a CEO of Ayushman ➢ India has successfully conducted the maiden flight test of its Bharat PM-JAY and the National Health Authority. indigenously developed fired Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator ➢ As per the Agricultural Ministry, food grains production for the Vehicle (HSTDV) off in Odisha Coast. agricultural year 2018-19 has been estimated at over 283 million ➢ The newly inducted Union Cabinet approved a new scheme which tonnes. assures minimum monthly pension of Rs.3,000 per month to small ➢ Preparations for 7th Economic Census are underway in New Delhi. shopkeepers, retail traders and the self-employed people after attaining The output of the census will be released in January 2020. Economic the age of 60 years. Census is the complete count of all economic establishment located within ➢ Indian Railways received an order for 25 more energy efficient the geographical boundary of the country. retrofit electrical locomotives from the public sector Bharat Heavy ➢ Delhi government has announced its plan to subsidize travel in Electricals Limited (BHEL). public transport for women commuters in the Capital. ➢ The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has found a ➢ The Union government has reduced the rate of the contribution made suitable window to launch India’s second spacecraft to the moon by employees and employers under the Employees' State Insurance Chandrayaan-2. ISRO sources have confirmed that GSLV Mark-III will (ESI) Act from 6.5% to 4%. launch. ➢ Culture Minister Prahalad Singh Patel has inaugurated the exhibition titled ‘Unknown Masterpieces of Himachal Folk Art’ in New Delhi. STATE NEWS ➢ The annual ‘Mela Kheer Bhawani’ was celebrated with religious ANDHRA PRADESH fervour and gaiety at Tulmulla area of Kashmir. ➢ National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slapped an interim penalty ➢ Cyclone over East-Central Arabian sea has intensified into a Very of Rs 100 crore on the Andhra Pradesh government for inaction Severe Cyclonic Storm “VAYU”. to prevent illegal sand mining in the state. ➢ Union Cabinet has approved the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill 2019. This will enable UIDAI to have a more robust ➢ Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat commissioned the mechanism to serve the public interest and restrain the misuse of Aadhar. Indian Coast Guard Ship Veera at a ceremony held at Naval ➢ The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has Jetty at the dockyard in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. approved the extension of President’s rule for another six months in ➢ South Central Railway has commissioned the longest Jammu and Kashmir. electrified tunnel. It measures 6.6 Kms between Cherlopalli ➢ Chandrani Murmu has become the youngest Member of Parliament and Rapuru stations of Andhra Pradesh. It is constructed in (MP) to the 17th Lok Sabha. the shape of ‘Horse Shoe’. ➢ The Indian Air Force (IAF)has signed an agreement with the Indian ➢ Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ) has organized a one- Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for crew selection and training for day workshop on Organ Bio Printing at the Kalam Convention the prestigious Gangayaan, the country’s maiden manned mission. Center, AMTZ Campus in Visakhapatnam. ➢ Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has ➢ Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) ‘Vigraha’ decommissioned at proposed to set up a National Data Warehouse with an aim to Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. leveraging big data analytical tools. ➢ Anthill Ventures, which helps start-ups scale up, has tied up ➢ The Union Cabinet approved the two Medical Bills, Indian Medical with the Andhra Pradesh government to offer A-Scale, its Council (Amendment Bill), 2019, and the Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment Bill), 2019. Both the bills had lapsed in the 16th market access programme to start-ups in the State. Lok Sabha session. The Bills will be reintroduced in the upcoming

Parliament session. ARUNACHAL PRADESH ➢ The Union Cabinet has cleared the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) Bill, 2019, which provides for setting up of ➢ In Arunachal Pradesh, researchers of the Rajiv Gandhi an independent and autonomous body for institutional arbitration. University have discovered five new fish species in various ➢ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved major changes in the districts of the state. Prime Minister's scholarship scheme under the National Defence Fund. It has enhanced rates of scholarship from 2000 rupees per month to ASSAM 2500 rupees per month for boys and from 2250 rupees per month to 3000 rupees per month for girls. The Ministry of Home Affairs will be the ➢ The Assam Government is to plant sapling spread over one nodal Ministry. thousand kilometres across the National Highways. ➢ The Union government has notified its decision to extend the benefit of six thousand rupees per year to eligible farmers under the PM- KISAN scheme. ______t.me/examstocks www.examstocks.com www.examstocks.com Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RAILWAY | STATE EXAMS 21 | RRB PO/CLERK CAPSULE - 2019|

➢ Assam Govt has hiked the parental income limit from 1 Lakh GOA to 2 Lakhs to waive admission fees for students taking admission up to Post Graduate level. ➢ Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Water ➢ Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will inaugurate Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Nitin the first ever CNG fuel station of the state in Dibrugarh. Gadkari will inaugurate the newly built, 5.1 km long, four-lane, ➢ An 82-member Special Rhino Protection Force (SRPF) to cable stayed bridge “Atal Setu” over river Mandovi in Goa. combat poachers and understand animal behaviour was deployed in the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam. GUJARAT ➢ The Assam Government will provide a subsidy of 1.7 lakh rupees for the admission in the North East Skill Centre. The Centre has ➢ Gujarat Government launched a pilot project, Poshan got the support from Singapore's IITEES. Abhiyan which is a state wide mission to eradicate malnutrition ➢ The Supreme Court has banned all mining activities along the among children. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had also ‘Kaziranga National Park’ and catchment area of rivers launched ‘Purna’ project (Prevention of under Nutrition and originating in Karbi Anglong Hills, Assam. Reduction of Nutritional Anaemia among Adolescent Girls) ➢ Assam celebrates major agricultural events as the festival of to eliminate malnutrition among the girls in the age group of 14 to Bihu. 18. ➢ Assam government will set up a Skill University at the cost of ➢ Gujarat Finance Minister Nitin Patel presented Rs 2,04,815 crore 850 crore rupees at Darrang district. Mission Director of Assam budget the state's highest-ever for 2019-20, with an overall Skill Development Mission, AP Tiwari said that the proposed surplus of Rs 572 crore and additional taxes to the tune of Rs 287 institution will be known as Skill City. crore. ➢ The Guwahati Railway Station has become the first ever ➢ National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has railway station in the Indian Railways to get an ISO conducted a basic training programme at the Deendayal Port certification from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for Trust in Kandla, Gujarat. providing passenger amenities in a clean and green environment. ➢ Gujarat topped the country with annual fish production of 7.8 lakh tonnes, followed by Tamil Nadu (7.02 lakh tonnes) and Kerala (6.43 BIHAR lakh tonnes) according to the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI). ➢ The Bihar State Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has ➢ Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani inaugurated India’s first approved the proposal to punish sons and daughters, who Dinosaur-Museum-cum-Park in the Mahisagar district. It is abandon their elderly parents, with jail term. The approval was set to give visitors a Jurassic Park kind of feel. announced on 11 June. ➢ State Government of Gujarat put into effect the legislation that ➢ The Bihar State government has announced to waive off 50% proposed to amend the ‘Gujarat Shops and Establishments of the total taxes levied on the purchase and running of battery- (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, propelled e-rickshaws. The announcement was made by the 2019’ which came into force from May 1, 2019. The bill allows deputy chief minister of state Sushil Kumar Modi. shops across the state to function 24 hours. ➢ The Bihar Government has announced a universal old age pension ➢ The Gujarat health department has issued an Orange Alert for scheme called Mukhyamantri Vridhajan Pension Yojana two-days as the temperatures are likely to touch 44 degrees. (MVPY), covers all individuals who are above 60 years of age. The HARYANA beneficiaries would be provided with a sum of Rs. 400 as monthly pension. ➢ Haryana Assembly passed a resolution by voice vote to support and thank the Central government for deciding to repeal Article

370 of the Constitution granting special status to J&K. Bifurcation of the state into two Union territories – Jammu CHHATTISGARH. and Kashmir, which will have a legislature, and Ladakh,

➢ The Chhattisgarh police for the first time has inducted women which will be without a legislature. commandos in the District Reserve Guard, its frontline anti- ➢ Haryana Chief Electoral Officer Rajeev Ranjan has inaugurated Naxal force. India’s first-of-its-kind ‘Voter Park’ in Gurugram, Haryana. ➢ Chhattisgarh unfurled a 15-km long national flag by forming a ➢ The Punjab and Haryana High Court has accorded the status of “legal person or entity” to animals in Haryana. human chain in Raipur, ahead of the Independence Day. The event was organised by Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam Foundation, HIMACHAL PRADESH. entered the Champions Book of World Records (for the longest tricolour). ➢ The Meteorological Department has issued a yellow weather warning for rain in Himachal Pradesh. ➢ Chhattisgarh is one of the best performing state under Ayushman Bharat Yojana. About 35 lakh people have so ➢ The Himachal Pradesh government made it mandatory for trekkers to carry a GPS device to tackle any exigency on 18 June far benefited from the scheme in the country of which five lakh are from Chhattisgarh. The scheme provides health assurance of 2019.

5 lakh rupees per family per year; Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched country’s first health and wellness centre JAMMU & KASHMIR under Ayushman Bharat Yojana April 14 on 2017. ➢ President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. The Act seeks to

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➢ The longest suspension bridge (260-foot) over the Indus River ➢ The opening of the famed Thrissur Pooram festival was attended at Choglamsar village opened to the public in Leh, Jammu & by more than 10, 000 people after an order disallowing a 54-year- Kashmir. The bridge has been named 'Maitri Bridge', symbolising old tusker Thechikottukavu Ramachandran. the excellent civil-military relations existing in the Leh Ladakh ➢ The state has awarded the work to the Uralungal Labour region. It was achieved by Indian Army in just 40 days. Contract Cooperative Society and it has started working on the ➢ An Android-based application named “Sahulat” was launched to ambitious project called E-Vidhan to enable the state to go facilitate and to encourage the elder voters for participating in the completely paperless legislature. elections in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. ➢ The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) state Govt. has unveiled MADHYA PRADESH Healthcare Investment Policy-2019. Accordingly, 30% subsidy on capital investment will be provided for setting up of ➢ The first international flight from Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar multi-speciality Hospitals, Super Specialty Hospitals, Medical International Airport of Indore Madhya Pradesh left for Dubai. Colleges, Nursing Colleges and Paramedical Colleges. ➢ The Centre has approved a proposal to change the name of a village ➢ The Jammu and Kashmir Bank is now under the purview of in Madhya Pradesh from 'Durjanpur' to 'Shivdham'. Right to Information Act and Central Vigilance Commission ➢ The architectural heritage of Orchha town in Madhya (CVC) guidelines. The decision was taken by the Board of Pradesh added to the Tentative List of UNESCO’s World Heritage Directors of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank. Sites. The architectural heritage of Orchha town depicts a unique style of the Bundela dynasty. JHARKHAND ➢ Bancha in Betul district is the first village in India to have zero ➢ Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das has inaugurated the 50 crore wooden stoves and almost no use for LPG cylinders with all its 75 rupees Haj House in Ranchi. houses relying on solar-powered stoves to meet their cooking needs. ➢ The main event of International Day of Yoga 2019 (21st June) celebrations will be held in Ranchi, Jharkhand. MAHARASHTRA

KARANATAKA ➢ The Indian Navy has launched the Scorpene-class submarine Vela, the fourth of six underwater warships being built in India ➢ Karnataka Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa Proved his with French collaboration, with an aim to boost Indian capability to government’s majority on the floor of the Assembly on 29th of defend and secure the strategic sea lanes in Mumbai, Maharashtra. July after the previous coalition government collapsed due to ➢ The first HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) treatment centre the resignation of their 17 MLAs. and holistic clinic for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer ➢ The Brahmakalashothsava festival 2019 has started in (LGBTQ) by Humsafar trust in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Karnataka. This is a 6-day festival celebrated annually in the ➢ Mining and metals major Vedanta Ltd has been declared the final bidder ancient Chandkuru Sri Durga Parameshwari Temple situated in for two copper mining blocks in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district. Polali, Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka. The blocks, located in Thanewasna and Dubarpeth. ➢ Amasebailu, a small village situated on the left bank of Haldi river ➢ Maharashtra Day is celebrated every year on 1st May to mark the in Udupi. It is the first village in Karnataka to have 100% Maratha speaking region that was founded on 1st May 1960. solar-powered houses. ➢ The National Institute of Open Schooling Ministry of Human ➢ Karnataka government has launched ‘Pink Sarathi’ vehicles Resources Development and National Health Mission of Public that are procured by the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Health Department of Government of Maharashtra signed a Corporation (BMTC). Memorandum of Understanding in Mumbai, focused at offering ➢ Mangaluru City Police has launched an all-women police patrol Vocational programmes to the Health Service Providers of Providers of unit in the city. An all-women police patrol unit, also named ‘Rani National Health Mission (NHM) through National Institute of Open Abbakka Force’, was also launched by the Udupi district police Schooling. recently. ➢ Captain Aarohi Pandit, a 23-year-old pilot from Mumbai created KERALA history by becoming the first woman in the world to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo in a Light Sports Aircraft (LSA). She achieved ➢ Women Startup Summit 2019 in association with the Indian the record by landing her aircraft at Iqaluit Airport in Canada. Women Network floated by Confederation of Indian Industry ➢ Elephanta festival of art and culture held in Mumbai. They are a (CII) and Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) will take place at collection of cave temples predominantly dedicated to Lord Shiv. the Integrated Startup Complex, Kochi and Kerala. ➢ India’s first foreign interactive and Exotic World Park was ➢ The newly built Coast Guard vessel ICGS C-441 will be inaugurated in Mumbai. Bird lovers are up for a treat with this commissioned into the service at Vizhinjam Harbour, Kerala. interactive bird park in Mumbai. ➢ Kerala became the first state to tap into masala bond market by listing the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board MANIPUR (KIIFB)’s masala bond worth of USD 312 million (Rs 2, 150 crore) ➢ Imphal West district of Manipur namely Phayeng Village has in London Stock Exchange (LSE)’s International Securities become India’s first carbon-positive settlement. Market (ISM). ➢ The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) signed a power MEGHALAYA purchase agreement with Kochi-based GJ Eco Power Pvt. Ltd. to establish Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plants across the State. GJ ➢ 22nd National Conference on e-Governance held in Shillong Eco Power Pvt. Ltd. has been implementing the project at the with the theme “Digital India: Success to Excellence”. Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant.

➢ In Meghalaya, the Geological Survey of India (GSI) North ➢ Chennai Central railway station has been renamed by the Tamil Eastern Region (NER) installed two geological display boards at Nadu State Government as Puratchi Thalaivar Dr MG Meghalaya’s two important geological sites namely Mawmluh Ramachandran Central Railway Station after its late Chief cave and Therriaghat, Sobhar in East Khasi Hill District. The Minister and founder of the Chennai’s ruling govt All India Anna stalagmite in Mawmluh cave has been tagged as Global Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), Dr. MG Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP). Ramachandran. ➢ In Meghalaya, the Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Zubin ➢ International Day for Biological Diversity tree Irani laid the foundation stone of the Integrated Textiles ambulance was inaugurated in Chennai, Tamil Nadu by Vice Tourism Complex at Nongpoh, Ri Bhoi district in the presence President of India, Venkaiah Naidu. of Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma. ➢ Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma launched a new TELANGANA project to boost medicinal and aromatic plants cultivation named ➢ Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is set to launch “Aroma Mission”. the face-recognition facility under the Centre's Digi Yatra Policy. ➢ Telangana has secured the first rank for the second year in a row in NAGALAND the e-Learning training programme of Department of Personal and Training (DoPT), Government of India. The training is being ➢ The 75th anniversary of the Battle of Kohima was observed by the imparted to achieve the goal of “training for all”. Nagaland government on April 4th, 2019 with representatives from the ➢ The Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency, where polling is underway UK and Japan. Theme: ‘Remembrance, Reconciliation and Rebirth’. along with 16 other constituencies in Telangana, may make it the ➢ Entire state of Nagaland has declared ‘disturbed area’ under AFSPA - Guinness World Records for the maximum number of Electronic Armed Forces (Special Powers) Acts. Voting Machines (EVMs). ➢ Indian archaeologists recently unearthed a life-sized stucco ODISHA sculpture from a Buddhist site at Phanigiri in Suryapet, Telangana. ➢ Kandhamal Haldi (turmeric), Odisha’s locally grown turmeric in ➢ Telangana released a draft block chain policy to set up country’s its Kandhamal district has received the Geographical first ‘Block chain District’ in Hyderabad. Indications (GI) tag from Intellectual Property India. It is ➢ Telangana government has announced to increase the assistance organically grown by tribals. under its flagship ‘Rythu Bandhu scheme’ for 2019-20 from Rs.4000 to Rs.5000. PUNJAB ➢ Punjab State government plans to ban online delivery of food without hygiene rating as per the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India TRIPURA (FSSAI) guidelines. ➢ Punjab Govt. has discussed to Prepare Water Management Plan with ➢ National Liberation Front of Tripura led by Sabir Kumar Israel Group to tackle declining ground water in Punjab. Debbarma, NLFT-SD has agreed to abjure the path of violence and

join the mainstream. The MoU was signed in this regard between, RAJASTHAN Centre, Tripura Government and NLFT-SD. ➢ Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced the banned on the ➢ The government of Tripura announced ‘Notun Disha’ (New sale of e-cigarettes in Rajasthan. Direction) for assessing the academic level of students in classes ➢ The Rajasthan government has increased the annual financial III-VIII and then improving their current level. It was launched by assistance under the ‘Aapki Beti’ scheme It provides annual financial state Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath. assistance to the schoolgirl (class 1 to 8) in the state living under Below ➢ Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Sadhvi Poverty Line (BPL) and whose mother or father or both have died. As per Niranjan Jyoti inaugurated Sikaria Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd at the revised scheme, girls will get an amount of Rs 2,100 instead of Rs Village Tulakona in Agartala. 1,100. Similarly, for girls (in class 9 to 12), financial aid has been increased to Rs 2,500 from Rs 1,500. UTTARAKHAND

SIKKIM ➢ In Uttarakhand, a Himalayan Conclave is being held in Mussoorie to ➢ National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Limited discuss various issues related to the development of Himalayan States. received an approval from Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is attending (CCEA) for acquisition of Lanco’s 500 MW Teesta hydro-electric the conclave as the chief guest. power project at the cost of Rs 907 crore in Sikkim.

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➢ In Tamil Nadu, the “Aadi Perukku” festival is celebrated. Aadi is ➢ The 11th DefExpo India-2020 is scheduled to be held for the first the name of the current Tamil month, and Perukku is the term time in Uttar Pradesh’s capital Lucknow. Theme of the DefExpo for the flooding of waters. As per the tradition, married women India-2020 will be ‘India: The Emerging Defence Manufacturing performed rituals for the good health of their spouses, while Hub’ and focus will be on ‘Digital Transformation of Defence’. unmarried girls held prayers for their marriage. ➢ Uttar Pradesh government has swung in action to stop the use of ➢ Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has launched a series of banned plastic in capital city Lucknow. projects as a part of the Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial ➢ PepsiCo India will invest nearly Rs.500 crore to build a food Corridor in Tiruchirppalli. manufacturing plant in Uttar Pradesh. It will invest $2.1 bn in India

by 2022, which is part of the $5.5 bn it had promised in November ➢ Under the National Digital Library Initiative (NDLI) of the 2013. Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), IIT ➢ Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath unveiled a 7-foot Kharagpur(Indian Institute of Technology) has joined hands with the Tata tall statue of Lord Rama at the Shodh Sansthan museum in Ayodhya Medical Center for the project of setting up an image data bank for cancer on 7 June. patients. ➢ As a part of Digital India initiative & and bring technology to farmers, ➢ Chaukhandi Stupa, an ancient Buddhist site located in Sarnath, Uttar the minister for Earth Science, Science and Technology Dr. Harsh Pradesh, has been declared as a Monument and protected area of Vardhan has launched a new mobile application called “Meghdoot” in national importance by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). New Delhi, developed by experts from the India Meteorological ➢ The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) is constructing a road Department (IMD) and Indian Institute of Tropical using plastic waste for the first time ever. The road is constructed Meteorology(IITM) and the Indian Council of Agricultural from Gomti Nagar Police Station to Indian Institute of Management Research(ICAR) (IIM) under a pilot project by LDA in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The LDA ➢ The scientists at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) has followed guidelines of the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) Kanpur have developed the world's first robot hand for the in road construction. rehabilitation of stroke patients. ➢ The Uttar Pradesh state Govt. has hiked old-age pension in the age ➢ A research team from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) group 60 to 79 years by rupees 100 monthly. Kharagpur have developed a ‘zero loss’ process called Hydro Thermal Carbonization (HTC) for the Indian conditions which can effectively WEST BENGAL manage mixed Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) with high moisture content where MSW can be converted into biofuel, soil amendment, and

➢ West Bengal is observing the death anniversary of Gurudev absorbents. ➢ For the first time, a team of Researchers led by Ramaprabhu Sundara Rabindranath Tagore. People also paid homage at Jorasanko at Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Madras has fabricated a Thakurbari, the birthplace of Tagore in North Kolkata. rechargeable iron ion battery designed using mild steel as the anode. ➢ The 158th birth anniversary of Rabindra Nath Tagore is being ➢ Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad and Dr. B R celebrated all over West Bengal. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jalandhar ➢ The Indian Navy's first full-fledged Services Selection Board (Punjab) researchers have developed a process by which bone implant (SSB) was inaugurated by Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba at materials can be synthesized from eggshells which are dumped as waste. Diamond Harbour near Kolkata. ➢ The researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, Assam invented two distinct and special membranes that can separate oil and water, even under harsh conditions. ➢ Researchers from the IIT-Guwahati (Assam), have developed a fully IIT’S IN NEWS grown meat in their Biomaterial and Tissue Engineering laboratory. The meat is formulated and is applied for patent rights for production. ➢ Engineers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT

Bombay) have developed a microprocessor called AJIT. It can be used inside a set-top box, as a control panel for automation systems, in a traffic National Summits light controller or even robotic systems. ➢ Summit Key points/Theme Held in ➢ The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has signed a Memorandum Global Mastercard American multinational New Delhi, India of Understanding (MoU) with IIT - Delhi to collaborate in the field Cybersecurity Summit financial services of standardisation and conformity assessment. The MoU was signed by IIT 2019, corporation, Mastercard Delhi Professor V Ramgopal Rao and Director General of BIS Surina has launched a next- Rajan. generation, mobile-first ➢ Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India authentication solution, and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) have inked MoU called “Identity Check for setting up a Centre of Excellence for Waste to Wealth Express” th Technologies in India as a commemoration of 150 birth anniversary of 8th- edition of Home The exhibition has been Greater Noida, Mahatma Gandhi on 2 October 2019. Expo India-2019 organized by the Export Uttar Pradesh ➢ Common Service Centre’s (CSC) e-Governance Services India Promotion Council for Limited, a special purpose vehicle under the Ministry of Electronics & IT, Handicrafts said it has tied up with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur to India Steel 2019 – The event provides an Mumbai, upscale ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’. Exhibition and opportunity for all the Maharashtra ➢ Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati signed an MoU Conference stakeholders to with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to set up an deliberate and identify IITG-ISRO Space Technology Cell (STC) at the institute where Assam ways to contribute Governor Jagdish Mukhi inaugurated a new academic complex and towards building a research and development building. robust roadmap for the ➢ IIT Kanpur (Indian Institutes of Technology) awarded an further growth of the honorary doctorate to Pullela Gopichand, Chief National Coach for steel sector. the Indian Badminton team in recognition of his services to sports. Infosys Chairperson Sudha Murthy and missile woman Tessy Thomas Kala Ghoda Arts The theme of KGAF 2019 Mumbai, were other two to receive this honour. Festival is Retrospection Maharashtra ➢ India's largest public broadcasting agency, Prasar Bharati has Intersessional Meeting It was organized by the Mumbai, signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with IIT, Kanpur of Kimberley Process Union Ministry of Maharashtra (Indian Institute of Technology) for research collaboration in newly (KP) Commerce & Industry, emerging technologies and broadcasting-related areas in New Delhi. This Government of India; will help in boosting research activities in the broadcasting field. and co-organised by

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Meeting of the It was organised by Kochi, Kerala Jaishankar and Nepal’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Regional Heads of Central Board of Indirect Gyawali will co-chair the meeting and lead their respective delegations. Customs Taxes and Customs ➢ In Sri Lanka, leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Anura Administration of Asia (CBIC) Kumara Dissanayake has announced to contest the upcoming Pacific Region of the Presidential election. World Customs ➢ External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar will be paying a three- Organisation (WCO) day visit to China .This will be Dr. S Jaishankar’s first visit to China after assuming office. ➢ The United States has designated China a “currency manipulator“, a move that could escalate the tense trade relations INTERNATIONAL NEWS between the two nations. ➢ President Ramnath Kovind announced the trade and ➢ US President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on all Venezuelan investment ties between India and Africa. India has become the fifth government assets in the United States, in the latest move largest investor in Africa with cumulative investment at over 54 against President Nicolas Maduro. billion US dollars. ➢ India and Bangladesh have agreed to set up a Joint Technical ➢ India has contributed one million US Dollars to the United Nations committee for optimum utilisation of Ganges water as being received Special Purpose Trust Fund for the Resident Coordinator System. India’s by Bangladesh under the Ganga Water Sharing Treaty 1996. Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin ➢ Maryam Nawaz, Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz informed that India is happy to tangibly contribute to reform of the UN Sharif’s daughter was arrested from the Kot Lakhpat jail, in a money Development system. laundering case. ➢ Infosys announced the launch of its state-of-the-art Cyber Defence ➢ More than 5 lakh Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh have Center in Bucharest, Romania been issued identity documents by the UNHCR. These cards will help ➢ The US is delaying on imposing tariffs on some imports from in establishing and safeguarding the right of Rohingya refugees to return to China until 15 December. US President Donald Trump informed that the their homes in Myanmar. delay was in part to avoid hitting US shoppers this Christmas. ➢ India contributed USD 5 million to the United Nations Relief and ➢ External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a bilateral meeting Works Agency (UNRWA) an UN Palestine refugee with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing. Four MoUs were agency headquartered in Jerusalem for ensuring sustained fiscal signed on the occasion in various fields including traditional medicine, and support for the organisation’s work. sports. ➢ The UN’s humanitarian agency informed that Malaria has killed ➢ In Sri Lanka, former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has more than 1,800 people in Burundi this year. In its latest situation report, been named as the Presidential candidate of main opposition Sri Lanka the agency expressed, 5.7 million cases of malaria had been recorded Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) at its first national convention in Colombo. in 2019, a figure roughly equal to half its entire population. Opposition leader and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa took over ➢ The United States has revoked visa-free entry rights to the as SLPP leader at the convention. country, for foreigners who have visited North Korea in the past ➢ Indian Railways has cancelled Samjhauta Express train running eight years. This move may deal a new blow to the isolated between Lahore and Attari after Pakistan suspended operations on its country’s nascent tourism industry. side. ➢ The United States has revoked visa-free entry rights to the ➢ Guatemalans have voted in Alejandro Giammattei of the Vamos country, for foreigners who have visited North Korea in the past party as the country’s next president, hoping he will be able to address eight years. This move may deal a new blow to the isolated the issues of crime and security, as well as the concerns around his human country’s nascent tourism industry. But visitors who have travelled to eight rights record. He defeated former First Lady Sandra Torres from countries including North Korea since March 1, 2011, are “no longer the centrist National Unity of Hope party. eligible”. ➢ North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into the sea off its ➢ The US government has approved the sale of 12 multi- east coast, shortly after it denounced South Korea’s military drills with the mission Seahawk helicopters to South Korea worth 800 million US US and declared that inter-Korean talks were over. dollar. ➢ Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu embarked on a three-nation visit ➢ The top American and British diplomats announced that they are to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The visit of Vice President to the prepared to move “as soon as possible” on a trade deal after Britain’s three Baltics countries is to advance India’s outreach to the planned withdrawal from the European Union (EU) on 31 October this important countries in the region. year. British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab urged the EU to ➢ Prime Minister Narendra Modi had left for a two-day visit negotiate a new pact on Britain’s departure to avoid a potentially to Bhutan. Celebrated the Golden Jubilee of the establishment of formal calamitous “no-deal” Brexit. diplomatic relations last year. He will inaugurate 720 ➢ South Korea began two days of war games to practise defending megawatt Mangdechhu hydro-power project and release a disputed islands off its east coast against an unlikely attack commemorative stamp to mark the 50 years of Indo-Bhutan from Japan, further stoking tensions between the Asian neighbours. The hydropower relations. drill re-named “East Sea territory defence training” will solidify the ➢ U.N. refugee agency said Myanmar and Bangladesh are making a military’s resolve to defend the Dokdo islands and the area surrounding second attempt to start repatriating Rohingya Muslims after more than the Sea of Japan. 700,000 of them fled a security crackdown in Myanmar almost two years ➢ Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the President of Senegal ago. Macky Sall and held bilateral talks on the side-lines of the G-7 ➢ In Iceland, people will gather to commemorate the loss of the Summit at Biarritz; France. glacier Okjokull, which was officially declared dead in 2014 at the age ➢ In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a coalition government was of 700. announced, seven months after the inauguration of new President Felix ➢ Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has expressed happiness at Tshisekedi. Prime Minister Sylvester Ilunga announced the President receiving a copy of ‘History of Lithuania” in Hindi during his official visit has signed the decree and the government will begin work soon. to Lithuania. ➢ Brazil has rejected aid from G-7 countries to fight wildfires in ➢ The 5th Meeting of India-Nepal Joint Commission will be held Amazon. in Kathmandu on 21- 22 August. Minister for External Affairs of Dr S.

➢ Sudan urged United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to lift its ➢ The Volcano Stromboli also known as the "Lighthouse of the suspension of troop withdrawals and ensure all peace keepers Mediterranean” on the Italian island has erupted. It is one of the most leave Darfur by June 2020. active volcanoes in the world and famous for its normally small, but ➢ Intel’s first (AI) Artificial Intelligence Chip Nervana NNP- regular explosions throwing out glowing lava from several vents inside its I or Springhill was designed for large computing centres and is based summit crater. on a 10 nanometre Ice Lake processor that will allow it to cope with high ➢ Christine Lagarde, the MD of the International Monetary Fund workloads using minimal amounts of energy. (IMF), was nominated to become the next president of the European Central Bank by the European Union Council. ➢ Sri Lanka inaugurated its First Model Village Built as part of a ➢ Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan is to meet the US housing project meant for war-affected people and estate workers with President Donald Trump This will be Khan’s first visit to the US since Indian assistance at Ranidu Gama in Gampaha. coming to power in 2018.The visit focus will be on further improving the ➢ Nepal conducted a month-long cleaning campaign to clean the ties between the two countries and important regional matters. trashes in Mount Everest by collecting over 10,000 kg of rubbish from the ➢ India was abstained from voting on a General Assembly region. resolution aimed to end trade in goods that are used for capital ➢ Italy’s prosecco hill northeast of Venice is added to UNESCO punishment and torture. India said that it is unacceptable to place World Heritage List. The region became Italy’s 55th World Heritage death penalty on par with torture. site. ➢ India has pledged to contribute 5 million US Dollars in 2019 to the ➢ Mesopotamian metropolis Babylon of Iraq recognised by United United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s the Near East (UNRWA). It also voiced concern over the agency's (UNESCO) as World Heritage Site. financial situation and called for ensuring sustained financial support for its ➢ Abu Dhabi to host the first ISA's (International Security work. Alliance) joint security exercise ISALEX19. ➢ IMF Executive Board approved today a three-year USD 6 billion ➢ The United States has deployed F-22 stealth fighters to Qatar for loan to support Pakistan's economic plan, which aims to return the first time to defend American forces. sustainable growth to the country's economy and improve the standards of ➢ Saudi Arabia increased India's Haj quota by 30,000 that is from living. 1,70,000 to 200,000. It was like the third hike in 3 years. ➢ The Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill that ➢ Aparna Kumar created history by becoming the first civil servant suspends Russia's participation in the nuclear arms treaty. Putin's and IPS officer to achieve the incredible and rare feat of completing ‘7 decree formalizes the withdrawal of Russia from the 1987 Intermediate- Summits’ challenge'. She hoisted India's tricolour on Mount Denali Range Nuclear Forces treaty (INF) with the United States. The move in Alaska, USA. comes after the withdrawal of US from the pact. ➢ India was abstained from voting on a General Assembly ➢ The U.S. Senate has passed a legislative provision, the National resolution aimed to end trade in goods that are used for capital Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) for the fiscal year 2020 to advance punishment and torture. India said that it is unacceptable to place the U.S.-India strategic partnership. death penalty on par with torture. ➢ Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan is to meet the US ➢ India pledged USD 5 million in 2019 to the UN Palestine refugee President Donald Trump. This will be Khan’s first visit to the US since agency. coming to power in 2018. ➢ New Zealand officially banned single-use plastic shopping bags ➢ French Lawmakers Approve 3% Tax On Online Giants. The bill for business introducing hefty fines up to 100,000 New Zealand dollars foresees a 3% tax on the French revenues of digital companies with global (USD 67,000). Plastic pollution has become a growing global concern with revenue of more than 750 million euros ($847 million) and French revenue a million birds and more than 100,000 marine mammals are injured or over 25 million euros. killed every year. ➢ Bahrain has announced that it is to pilot new guidelines by the ➢ Japan resumed commercial whaling for the first time in more than World Economic Forum (WEF) Centre for the Fourth Industrial three decades after Tokyo's controversial decision. They decided to Revolution. during the WEF Annual Meeting of the New Champions in withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Dalian, China. ➢ The USA designated Baloch Liberation Army as a terror ➢ Deutsche Bank announced that it will pull out of its global organization blaming it for attacks on Chinese assets amid ongoing civil equities sales and trading business as part of a sweeping restructuring war like situation in Balochistan, Pakistan’s biggest province. plan to improve profitability. The bank will also slash 18,000 jobs for a ➢ World Health Organization introduced its first guideline on self- global headcount of around 74,000 employees by 2022. The bank aims to care interventions for health named "WHO Consolidated Guideline on reduce costs by 6 billion euros. Self-Care Interventions for Health" which depends on sexual and ➢ Kuwait completes its two-year term as the non- permanent member reproductive health and rights. in the UNSC (United Nations Security Council) and they also support ➢ World Health Assembly (72nd session) was held in Geneva, India’s global ambitions including investments. Switzerland and the theme of was "Universal Health Coverage". ➢ The Hong Kong government has approved a relief fund and ➢ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), reported that Iran rehabilitation work in of over USD 900,000 for the cyclone-hit Odisha. has exceeded the limit on the amount of enriched uranium in its It will benefit around 45,100 victims in Odisha. stockpile set out in the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. ➢ China said it would impose sanctions on U.S. companies involved in a ➢ IMF Executive Board has approved a three-year USD 6 billion loan potential arms sale worth $2.2 billion to self-ruled Taiwan. Taiwan has to support Pakistan's economic plan, which aims to return sustainable severely violated the basic norms of international law and international growth to the country's economy and improve the standards of living. relations. ➢ The Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill that ➢ China’s economic growth slowed to a record low of 6.2 per cent in suspends Russia's participation in the nuclear arms treaty. the second quarter of this year. This is the weakest growth rate in ➢ The U.S. Senate has passed a legislative provision, the National nearly three decades for the world’s second-largest economy. Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) for the fiscal year 2020 which aims ➢ Indian diplomats in South Africa participated in a cycle rally along to advance the U.S.-India strategic partnership and will bring India with scores of people to promote awareness of Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals as America’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ally for of non-violence and Satyagraha to celebrate his 150th birth increased defence cooperation. anniversary.

➢ First Global Conference for Media Freedom 2019, hosted by the ➢ Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, extended the State United Kingdom (UK) and Canada, was held in London, UK. The of Emergency by another month, considering the security situation conference is structured around 4 themes protection and prosecution, following the April Easter Sunday bombings that killed over 250 people and including impunity, national frameworks and legislation, building trust in injured hundreds. media and countering disinformation and media sustainability. ➢ Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) developed Eco-friendly ➢ To facilitate Italian companies and investors in India and Indian jute poly bags ‘sonali’ to convert Jute fibre into low cost biodegradable companies and investors in Italy, it has been decided to establish fast- cellulose sheets. It is used to wrap material along with a carry bag. track system for companies and investors of both the countries. ➢ Mark Esper, an army veteran and former defense industry lobbyist, ➢ The 8th meeting of India-Uzbekistan Joint Working Group on was sworn in as the US secretary of defense after receiving Senate Counter-Terrorism was held in New Delhi to strengthen bilateral confirmation. cooperation in the sphere of counter-terrorism through information ➢ According to WHO Bangladesh along with Bhutan, Nepal and Thailand sharing, mutual capacity building and sharing of best practices. in South-East Asia Region has been able to achieve Hepatitis B control. ➢ First ever Indian waterway to transport Cargo from Bhutan to ➢ Hindu Economic Forum (HEF) has launched its Nepal Chapter. Bangladesh arrived in Narayanganj in Bangladesh through the Indo- Nepal’s Minister of State for Health and Population Dr. Surendra Kumar Bangladesh protocol route. Yadav inaugurated the Chapter in Kathmandu. ➢ The Saudi military has intercepted a drone launched at the ➢ India-Nepal Logistics Summit 2019 was held in Kathmandu, kingdom's southern border by Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen by the Nepal. The summit was inaugurated by Nepal Prime minister Houthi rebels from Yemen's governorate of Sanaa toward the Saudi city of KP.Sharma Oli. The theme of the Logistics Summit 2019 Jizan. was ‘Transforming Logistics Landscape’. ➢ Palau, an archipelago of over 500 islands in Oceania, became the 76th signatory country to join the International Solar Alliance (ISA). ➢ The largest Picasso exhibition ever held in China. ➢ Pakistan National Accountability Bureau arrested former Prime ➢ The Government of Japan planned to invest an amount of 205.784 Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in a multi-billion-rupee case related to billion Yen equal to Rs 13000 crores to complete new projects in different the award of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import contract. states of India’s North- Eastern region. ➢ Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jama’at-ud-Da’wah Chief ➢ In order to save Iran from the US (United States) sanctions, Project Hafiz Saeed a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, and since INSTEX (Instrument in Support of Trade Exercises) was launched by the 2012, was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of governments of United Kingdom, France and Germany. Pakistan’s Punjab Province. ➢ The United States of America pulls out of Intermediate-Range ➢ The Trump administration said that there is an “enormous Nuclear Forces treaty with Russia. potential” for growth in the India-United States (US) relationship and has ➢ UNESCO launched 2019 as The International Year of the Periodic often termed India a “tariff king”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had Table of Chemical Elements in Paris. met US President Donald Trump in Osaka on the sidelines of G20 ➢ China launched the first of its new-generation data relay satellites Summit last month. “Tianlian II-01” into orbit that will provide data relay, ➢ US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has measurement, and control services for its manned spacecraft. declared Facebook must meet a very high standard before it moves ➢ Japan has unveiled the name for its new imperial era, set to begin ahead with its planned digital currency, Libra widely regarded as on 1 May, will be ‘Reiwa’, signifying order and harmony. a challenger to bitcoin. ➢ South Korea launches the World’s First Fully-Fledged 5G mobile ➢ International Court of Arbitration has imposed a penalty of networks, a transformational leap that already has superpowers sparring over $5 billion on Pakistan as it unlawfully denied a mining lease to a for control of an innovation that could potentially change the day-to-day company called Tethyan Copper Company for Reko Diq project in 2011. lives of billions of people. This penalty is one of the biggest in the history of cash-strapped Pakistan. ➢ Australia is conducting 7 nation Indian Ocean military ➢ World is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 the first exercise along with Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Moon landed and the American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Indonesia and Singapore. Australia sent 4 Naval Ships and one military Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon. aircraft along with 1000 security personnel making it one the biggest ➢ Indian Oil Corporation and Nepal Oil Corporation successfully military exercise. completed testing transfer of the pipeline Motihari-Amlekhgunj. It is Nepal successfully launched its first satellite “NepaliSat-1” into the first transnational petroleum pipeline from India and first South ➢ space from Virginia in the United States. It weighs 1.3 kilograms, making Asian oil pipeline corridor. It is also the first oil pipeline in Nepal. it a small satellite with limited capability. ➢ French Tycoon Bernard Arnault Overtakes Bill Gates to Become the 2nd Richest Person in the World. According to Bloomberg reports, ➢ Indonesia has released a special commemorative stamp on the Bernard Arnault has a net worth of $107.6 billion, making him richer than theme of Ramayana to mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment Bill Gates. Jeff Bezos remains the richest person in the world with a net of its diplomatic ties with India. worth of $124 billion. ➢ The UAE Cabinet has adopted the National Artificial Intelligence ➢ Benjamin Netanyahu became the longest serving Prime Minister Strategy 2031 at the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi. According to of Israel. He overthrew the record set by David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, The UAE is moving ahead with its vision founding father and first leader. and aspirations through a well-defined plan for the UAE Centennial 2071. ➢ The 19-2 Dong Maeng (alliance) exercise, an annual military ➢ India and the US have structured the first reliable communication exercise between the US and South Korean military exercises, will be link between the Indian Navy & US Central as well as Pacific Naval held in the month of August, despite the warning from North Korea. Commands under the COMCASA pact at New Delhi, India. ➢ Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA), the Chinese ➢ India has signed an agreement with National Bank for Agriculture space agency, destroyed CNSA's 9-tonneexperimental space and Rural Development Consultancy Service (NABCONS) for setting station Tiangong-2. CNSA destroyed the space station through up India-Africa Institute of Agriculture and Rural a controlled re-entry to Earth which burned it up. Development (IAIARD) in Malawi to enhance capacity in the areas of ➢ President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to become the first agro-financing and entrepreneurship development for African countries. Ukrainian leader since the fall of communism to command an overall ➢ The First Global Multi-Stakeholder Conference on Synergies is majority in parliament. summoned by (UN DESA) the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the (UN FCCC) United Nations Framework Convention on ______t.me/examstocks www.examstocks.com www.examstocks.com Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RAILWAY | STATE EXAMS 29 | RRB PO/CLERK CAPSULE - 2019|

Climate Change between the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ➢ Saudi Arabia has issued a formal order increasing the Haj quota and the Paris Agreement on climate change, was held in Copenhagen, of India to two lakhs from one lakh seventy five-thousand. This is Denmark. It was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the third hike in three consecutive years. the Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate. ➢ The world’s first malaria vaccine has been rolled out in Malawi ➢ At an estimated cost of $2.6 billion, the United States has approved to protect 360,000 children under two in Malawi, Kenya and Ghana in the sale of 24 multi-mission Lockheed Martin-built MH-60 “Romeo” Sub-Saharan Africa from the mosquito-borne disease that causes 435,000 Seahawk helicopters to India. people global deaths each year. ➢ Amid heightened tensions with Pakistan, the Narendra Modi ➢ The government has extended the ban on import of milk and its government has cleared the procurement of 464 T-90 tanks from Russia products, including chocolates, from China till laboratories at ports for in a deal worth over Rs 13,500 crore. testing presence of toxic chemical melamine are upgraded. ➢ Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has launched its first ➢ Central Asia's biggest and resource-rich Kazakhstan has set up commercial drone delivery service through its Wing subsidiary. It had Coordinating Council for attracting foreign investments including from launched its first air delivery service in North Canberra, Australia. India. ➢ The British government has published an “online harms white ➢ Iran's President Hassan Rouhani announced that he and visiting paper” which is open for public consultation (till July) focuses to make Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan agreed to set up a joint border online social media platforms responsible to safeguard users, especially "reaction force" to counter terrorism to combat the attacks by militant children. groups on both sides their frontier. ➢ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he intends to ➢ Sri Lanka’s first satellite ‘Raavana-1’ was launched into space name a new settlement in the Golan Heights after US President from NASA’s Flight Facility on Virginia’s east shore. ‘Raavana 1’ Donald Trump to honour his recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the weights around 1.05 kg and the lifespan of the satellite is around one and strategic plateau. a half years. ➢ India’s decision to skip the Belt and Road Forum (BRF) may have ➢ Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has decided to ban the led to the exclusion of the Bangladesh- China- India- Myanmar (BCIM) two fundamentalist terror networks namely National Thawheed Jamath Economic corridor from the list of projects covered by the China-led Belt (NJT) & Jamathei Milathu Ibrahim (JMI). and Road Initiative (BRI) umbrella. ➢ India and Sweden have launched a joint programme that will work ➢ Kim Jong-un (North Korean leader) and Vladimir Putin (Russian towards addressing a range of challenges around smart cities and President) meet for their first summit talks in the Pacific port city of clean technologies among others. Vladivostok. ➢ India is joining hands with Japan and the United Arab Emirates ➢ The 14th edition of the annual Sino-Indian border trade opens at (UAE) to implement two projects in Africa. India will build a cancer Nathu La, which is the frontier post at Sino-Indian border in Sikkim. hospital in Kenya in collaboration with Japan and will to set up an ➢ Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh also called as Jamaat-ul- Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Centre in Mujahideen India or Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Hindustan declared as a banned Ethiopia in partnership with the UAE. terrorist organization by the government, the Home Ministry. All its ➢ UAE Govt has announced granting long-term visas for the top 100 manifestations have been inserted in the First Schedule to the Unlawful start-ups shaping the fourth industrial revolution. Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. ➢ The United Nations has described Cyclone Idai as one of the ➢ Saudi Arabia lifted export ban on fruits and vegetables from Kerala. deadliest storms on record in the southern hemisphere. In June 2018, the ban was imposed due to the outbreak of Nipah virus. ➢ The first-ever blackhole to be pictured has been named “Powehi”. ➢ The U. K. government has passed an amendment, the Offensive "Powehi", the name bestowed upon the first black hole pictured ever, is Weapons Bill, by which Sikhs in the country will be allowed to carry sourced from the Hawaiian word "Kumulipo", a primordial chant describing kirpans and use it during religious and cultural functions. the creation of the universe. ➢ The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) said its response to any ➢ The World's Largest Aircraft took off over the Mojave Desert in "misadventure by the adversary" would be stronger than before as it California the first flight for the carbon-composite plane built by decided to mark its retaliatory action on February 27 against the Indian air Stratolaunch Systems Corp. strikes on the Balakot militant camp as “Operation Swift Retort”. ➢ China has successfully tested the World's First Armed Amphibious ➢ Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a “sovereign Drone Boat named ‘Marine Lizard’ and guided by China’s BeiDou internet” bill that will allow Russian authorities to isolate the country’s Navigation Satellite System which could be used in land and sea assault internet to expand the Government Control of the Internet. operations, has been successfully tested by China. ➢ India delivered the first pair of Mi-24 attack helicopters as a ➢ Tech giant Google is all set to exhibit itself as AI first company in replacement to the Afghan Air Force. front of the world by opening new research centres across the globe such ➢ India for the first time will host and participate in a major army as in Tokyo, Zurich, New York, and Paris. Following this idea, the competition involving eight countries, including China and Russia, in company has opened its first centre in Africa in Ghana capital city, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. Accra. ➢ Japan has started testing its fastest-ever bullet train ALFA-X ➢ Two Indian Navy ships will participate in an international maritime version of the Shinkansen train began three years, capable of reaching parade off the coast of Qingdao in China next week, marking the 70th 400 kilometres per hour (249 mph). anniversary of founding of the Chinese Navy. Indian Navy ships - INS ➢ India has extended 1 billion- dollar Line of Credit to Mongolia to Kolkata and INS Shakti. set up it’s first-ever grass-root refinery at Sainshand in Dornogobi ➢ Over 300 Days, Christina Koch will Set a New Record for Longest Province. Space Flight by A Woman. ➢ The Saudi government has approved for the first time a scheme ➢ The Attorney General William Barr of US has released 448 pages that gives permanent residency to certain expatriates, allowing them redacted version of Robert Mueller’s “Report on the Investigation to own real estate in the kingdom and reside with their families without a into Russian Interference in the 2016 Election” which claims that the Saudi sponsor. This new system is named as the “Privileged Iqama”. special counsel found no evidence of Russian meddling in US election in ➢ The UK parliament became the first national legislative body in 2016. the world to declare a climate change "emergency". The historic move ➢ The Asian Tea Alliance (ATA), a union of five tea-growing and closely follows Extinction Rebellion protests that blocked traffic in key parts consuming countries, was launched in Guizhou in China, according to of central London for a week in April. industry sources.

➢ A Nepali teenager Bandana danced continuously for 126 hours to million. As per the agreement, Sri Lanka Port Authority (SLPA) will hold set a Guinness World Records on 'Longest Dancing Marathon by an 51% majority stake in the port development while Japan and India will Individual', a feat previously holds by an Indian. have combined stake of 49 percent. ➢ India and Bangladesh will co-produce a film on the life and works ➢ China rejected U. S. Ambassador Terry Branstad’s call to Beijing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and a documentary on to engage in substantive dialogue with the Dalai Lama. Bangladesh Liberation War. ➢ Russia launched the world’s largest nuclear-powered icebreaker ➢ Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) in its World ‘Ural’ at the Baltic Shipyard in St Petersburg in order to improve its Health Assembly held in Geneva, had for the first time recognized ‘burn ability to tap the Arctic’s commercial potential. out’ as a medical condition in its International Classification of ➢ US Space Agency announced that the National Aeronautics and Diseases (ICD). Space Organization (NASA) is set for its Mission to Moon “Artemis” ➢ The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Algeria and which is to be achieved by 2024. Earlier, its goal to achieve this feat was Argentina as malaria-free countries. by 2028. After the Mission to Moon “Artemis”, NASA is planning to reach ➢ To create a new chapter in India-China cooperation in the new era of Mars by 2033. digital transition, 2019 Sino-India IT and DT Industry Cooperation ➢ A Nepalese Sherpa climber Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest Forum was held on 27th May in Guiyang, China. for a 23rd time, breaking his own record for the most successful ascents ➢ The Malaysian government said that hundreds of tonnes of the world's highest peak. of imported plastic waste will be shipped back to where it came from ➢ India joined France, New Zealand, Canada and several other insisting that the country did not want to be a global dumping ground. countries on in launching a major initiative in Paris to combat terrorism ➢ The US government has removed India from its monitoring list for and extremism online and secure the internet. The initiative, currency manipulation, clearing doubts over India’s foreign exchange 'Christchurch call to action', was named after the New Zealand city policies including undervaluation of currencies to gain export advantages. where 51 people were killed in an attack on mosques. ➢ World’s largest telecom equipment maker Huawei filed a motion in a ➢ Taiwan’s legislature voted to legalize same-sex marriage, a US court to declare National Defense Authorization Act first in Asia and a boost for LGBT rights activists who had championed the (NDAA) as “unconstitutional”. cause for two decades. ➢ The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), NASA’s first ➢ US President Donald Trump has outlined plans for a new US mission to demonstrate a planetary defense technique will get one chance immigration system that replaces the existing green cards with 'Build to hit its target, the small moonlet asteroid is 150 m tall which orbiting a America' visa and substantially hikes the quota for young and highly larger body in the binary asteroid system Didymos. DART slams into its skilled workers from 12 to 57 per cent, a move likely to benefit target – Didymos B – in September 2022. thousands of Indian professionals. ➢ A two-day interaction was organised by the Commerce Ministry and ➢ Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone signed an agreement to Indian High Commissions and embassies of eleven African develop and operate a container terminal at Yangon Port in countries to strengthen the India-Africa trade ties. Myanmar. ➢ Bilateral trade between India and the United States in goods and ➢ According to a report by the Open Observatory of Network services grew 12. 6 per cent from USD 126 billion in 2017 to USD 142 Interference (OONI), China has started blocking all language editions of billion in 2018. Wikipedia last month. ➢ WHO (World Health organization) collaborated with the ➢ US President Donald Trump became first foreign leader at Japan’s International Food and Beverage Alliance (IFBA) to eliminate Imperial Palace where he made history becoming the first world leader to industrially produced trans-fat (iTFA) from food supply worldwide meet with the new emperor of Japan “Emperor Naruhito”. Emperor by 2023. Naruhito ascended to the throne on May 1, opening what is called the era ➢ The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces the of “Reiwa” or “beautiful harmony. approval of “Dengvaxia”, the first vaccine approved for the ➢ United States Air Force (USAF) has successfully conducted the test prevention of dengue disease caused by all dengue virus serotypes (1, of a laser weapons system called the Self-Protect High Energy Laser 2, 3 and 4) in people ages 9 through 16 who have laboratory-confirmed Demonstrator (SHiELD) in New Mexico. previous dengue infection and who live in endemic areas. ➢ The 8th edition of the Indo-Myanmar Coordinated Patrol ➢ Mr Sedat Onal, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey (IMCOR) is being held in Andaman & Nicobar Command. Under the visited India from 07-09 May 2019. program, Myanmar ships UMS King TabinShweHtee (773) and UMS Inlay ➢ The Islamic State terror group has claimed to have established a (OPV-54) are participating in the coordinated patrol (CORPAT) along with new "province" in India, the first of its kind announcement that came Indian Naval Ship Saryu. after clashes between militants and security forces in Kashmir on May 10. ➢ External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj attended the Shanghai The Arabic name of the new branch is "Wilayah of Hind" (India Cooperation Organization meeting of Council of Foreign Ministers in Province), the dreaded terror outfit, (also known as ISIS and ISIL). Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. ➢ China has launched two new Type 052D guided-missile ➢ Pakistan successfully test-fired surface-to-surface medium-range destroyers as it continues its push to upgrade its naval power. The two guided ballistic missile Shaheen-II. It is a two-stage rocket with a new warships were launched at the Dalian shipyard in northeast China. diameter of 1.4 m, length of 17.5 m, the weight of 25 tons and a range of ➢ Recently, the Australian flight carrier, Qantas has operated 1500-2000 km. world’s first zero waste commercial flight named QF739 from Sydney ➢ UAE’s Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) has to Adelaide which disposed all waste through compost, reuse or recycle. issued the first Golden Residence Permit in Abu Dhabi. Indian ➢ Konkan Railways Corporation Ltd has signed a contract billionaire M. A, Yousouf Ali was given the Golden card under the Scheme agreement with Nepal's Department of Railways to supply two 1600 in UAE. HP DEMU train sets. These trains will be used to operationalise railway ➢ A volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali erupted “Mount Agung”. link between Jayanagar in India and Kurtha in Nepal. ➢ Russia launches the first Arctic train service “Zarengold”. 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After ➢ The United Arab Emirates has reaffirmed their joint commitment to Kartarpur Corridor, now Government of Pakistan has given its consent to fight against terrorism and violent extremism in all its forms with the proposal of opening Sharada Peeth Corridor for Hindu pilgrims to Germany. visit Sharada Peeth located in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK). ➢ Europe’s Highest Volcano Mount Etna, in southern Italy, erupted with burst into life, spewed ash, fire, and spitting molten lava high into the INTERNATIONAL SUMMITS sky. ➢ Russia has rejected an Iranian request to buy S-400 missile Summit Key points/theme Held in rd defence systems, concerned that the sale would stoke more tension in 43 session of the World Heritage: Local Baku Azerbaijan the Middle East. World Heritage Insights for Global ➢ Pakistan has approved a fund of 2,000 crore Pakistani rupees Committee in 2019 Challenges (₹930 crore) to help boost its stock market. Pakistan’s stock market has G-7 Summit France been one of the world’s worst performing over the past two years. 19th Commonwealth London, UK ➢ India, US, Japan, and Australia came together to support ASEAN- Foreign Affairs Minister led architecture mechanism for a rule-based order to promote the free, meeting open, prosperous and inclusive indo-pacific region in a meeting held at G 20 Summit 2019 Osaka Track-India, SA Osaka Japan Bangkok, Thailand. and Indonesia ➢ Mahindra Susten, the private equity division of Mahindra Group, has boycotted the Osaka partnered with Mitsui & Co. Ltd, of Japan. The aim is to jointly develop and Track on the digital operate distributed solar power generation projects in India. economy ➢ To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian First Global Conference Co-hosted by UK and London Embassy in Saudi organized ‘Gandhi Cycle Rally for Peace’ in for Media Freedom Canada association with the Diplomatic Quarter Authority and Saudi Cycling 44th session of the Fuzhou China Federation. World Heritage ➢ The union government notified an agreement with the Marshall Committee in 2020 Islands a country of volcanic islands and coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean, India – Nepal Logistic Transforming Logistics Kathmandu for the exchange of banking and company information for tax purposes. It Summit Landscape comes under tax evasion and tax avoidance. It is called as Tax 5th BRICS Minister of Sao Paulo, Brazil Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA). Environment meeting ➢ India has partnered with Portugal to set up a National Maritime Non Aligned Movement Caracas, Venuzuela Heritage Museum at Lothal in Gujarat. 28th BASIC ministerial Climate Change Sao Paulo, Brazil ➢ The African Union’s Peace and Security Council has suspended meeting Sudan as there is no civilian rule established in the country. 6th Session of the Theme: Resilience Geneva, Switzerland ➢ Mount Sinabung volcano erupted in Sumatra Island of western biennial Global Dividend: Towards Indonesia. A huge column of ash was blasted and spread 7 km high to Platform for (DDR) Sustainable and southeast and south of crater. Disaster Risk Inclusive Societies ➢ National Center for Good Governance (NCGG) signed an MOU Reduction (GP2019) with Maldives Civil Services Commission building of 1000 Maldives civil 14th meeting of the Theme: “Clean Planet, Geneva, Switzerland servants for the next 5 years. 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11th Meeting of Joint To further deepen Canberra, Australia Union Minister for Working Group on counter-terrorism co- Social Justice and Counterterrorism operation through Empowerment regular exchange of Thaawarchand Gehlot, information and will be participating in sharing of best Summit. practices on countering extremism and radicalization. LIST OF AGREEMENTS/MOU’S SIGNED BY INDIA

WITH VARIOUS COUNTRIES G7’s (Group of Seven) Britain, Canada, Metz, France Environment Ministers France, Germany, Country Prime Minister Key Areas Capital/Currency meeting Italy, Japan and the Guinea Aristides Gomes For Conakry United States gathered Cooperation in Franc for a 2-day meeting the Field of First session of the UN- Theme is: “Innovation Nairobi, Kenya Traditional Habitat Assembly for Better Quality of System of Life in Cities and Medicine, e- Communities”. The Vidhyabharati – Sub-theme e-Aarogya as: “Accelerated Bharati e-VBAB implementation of the Network New Urban Agenda Project and towards the Renewal achievement of the Energy. Sustainable Netherlands Mark Rutte Bilateral Amsterdam/ Euro Development Goals”. cooperation in International It is the conference Malmo, Southern various fields, Conference against against Anti-Semitism. Sweden including Anti-Semitism in political, memory of the economic and Holocaust cultural ties Second Urban 20 It realize and promote Tokyo, Japan China Xi Jinping For the export Beijing/Renminbi (U20) Mayors Summit a free and open, (President) of Indian chilli inclusive and meal to China sustainable, human- United Theresa May To increase London/ Pound centred future society. Kingdom their sterling G-20 Finance Ministers To improve Fukuoka, Japan collaboration in and Central Bank communication and the fields of governors transparency with Indo-Pacific other external cooperation, stakeholders, to climate change, increase understanding disaster of the FSB’s work and resilience, facilitate greater input development in from a wide array of third world stakeholders. countries G20 Ministerial To discuss how Tsukuba, Japan amongst other meeting on Trade and economies of G20 areas Digital Economy countries can promote Myanmar Win Myint Strengthen Ties Naypyitaw/ trade and investment Acting Robust Burmese kyat and maximize benefits Against from development of Insurgent digital economy and Groups technologies. France Édouard Philippe Four Paris 16th Asia Media Theme: Media Siem Reap, Memorandum Euro, CFP franc Summit Digitisation with a Cambodia of focus on developing Understanding markets. (MoUs) were The 48th DG It was held between Dhaka, Bangladesh signed between conference India’s Border Security the two nations Force (BSF) and the for bilateral Border Guard relations and Bangladesh (BGB) ways to open 2nd Global Disability From India a Buenos Aires, new areas of Summit delegation headed by Argentina cooperation.

Sri lanka Ranil To upgrade Colombo Rupee Secretary of the Department for Guruprasad Mohapatra Wickremesinghe tracks in a key Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade railway MD and CEO of Indian Overseas Bank Karnam Sekar segment (IOB) connecting the CMD of BSNL P.K. Purwar north and RBI deputy governor gets extension by N S Vishwanathan south at a cost one year of $ 91.26 Additional charge as secretary to the Shri Rabindra Panwar million Ministry of Textiles Benin Lionel Zinsou On Cooperation Cotonou West Chairman of Microfinance Institutions Manoj Kumar Nambiar in the field of African CFA Franc Network (MFIN) Export Credit European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Investment Additional Director On The Board Of AK Misra Insurance. Directors (BOD) Of Jammu And Kashmir Mozambique Carlos Agostinho To prevent Maputo, Bank do Rosário non-traditional Mozambican Director General Of Fire Services, Civil M Nageswar Rao threats like metical Defence And Home Guard piracy, smuggling, The New President Federation of Indian Sharad Kumar Saraf poaching, etc. Export Organisations (FIEO) and overall The National Housing Bank (NHB) Sarada Kumar Hota cooperation in Managing Director the maritime Haryana State’s new Chief Secretary Keshni Anand Arora domain. Director General & Chairman of Saurabh Kumar Maldives Ibrahim For the Male (Maale) Ordnance Factories (DGOF)

Mohamed Solih establishment Rufiyaa Managing Director of Arohan Financial Manoj Kumar Nambiar of passenger Services and cargo General Manager of Integral Coach Sudhanshu Mani services by sea Factory and to boost chairman and managing director BHEL Dr. Nalin Shinghal the Bilateral

Trade and On Director of the Institute of Banking B Harideesh Kumar cooperation in Personnel Selection the field of Director General of Fire Services M Nageswar Rao Health Bahrain Khalifa bin On cooperation Manama Chairman of the Export Promotion Ravinder Kumar Passi Salman Al in the Bahraini Dinar Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) nd Khalifa exploration and 52 Controller General of Defence Rajendra Kumar Nayak uses of outer Accounts space for Secretary General of ASSOCHAM Uday Kumar Varma peaceful President of Confederation of Indian Vikram Kirloskar purposes. Industry (CII) for the period of 2019-20 Kyrgyzstan Mukhammedkalyi On Cooperation Kyrgyzstani som General Secretary of All India Federation M S Yadav Abylgaziev in the field of of PTI Employees’ Unions (AIFPTIEU) Health. Chairperson of the News Broadcasting Justice A. K. Sikri Standards Authority (NBSA) National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval APPOINTMENTS Judicial Member of the National Justice V K Jain Consumer Disputes Redressal

Commission (NCDRC) NATIONAL Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Ajit Kumar Mohanty DESIGNATION CURRENT Centre Additional charge as Narcotics control Rakesh Asthana New chairman of the Agricultural Aditya Kumar Misra Bureau Secretary Scientific Recruitment Board (ASRB) Special Secretary of President Ram Nath E L S N Bala Prasad Chairman of the National Commission for Bhagwan Lal Sahni Govind Backward Classes New Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla Director-General of the National Archives P Venkata Ramesh Babu Secretary in Ministry of Textile Ravi Capoor of India First Woman president of INSA (Indian Chandrima Shaha Chair the Cabinet Committee on Defence Minister Rajnath National Science Academy) Parliamentary Affairs Singh MD-CEO of Vodafone Idea Ravinder Takkar Chief of India Meteorological Department Mrutyunjay Mohapatra New president of Paytm Madhur Deora (IMD) MD-CEO of Mindtree Debashis Chatterjee Leader of Rajya Sabha Thawarchand Gehlot New CMD of Power Grid Corporation Kandikuppa Sreekant Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha Director of National Institute of Health Harshad Pandurang Thakur New Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar and Family

First Head of Country's First Tri-services Major General A K Dhingra New Prime Minister of Haiti Jean Michel Lapin Special Operations Division Commander New Prime Minister of Finland Antti Rinne First IAF woman pilot Flight Lieutenant Mohana Prime Minister of Sudan Mohamed Tahir Ayala Singh New Prime Minister of Burkina Faso Joseph Marie Dabiré Next Navy Chief of India Vice Admiral Karambir Singh Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina (3rd) Chief Minister of Sikkim Prem Singh Tamang Prime Minister of Taiwan Su Tseng-chang Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu Malaysia’s New King Sultan Abdullah Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y S Jaganmohan Reddy India’s Next High Commissioner to Former Army chief Dalbir 11th Chief Minister of Goa Pramod Sawant Seychelles Singh Suhag New Governor of Assam Jagdish Mukhi India’s next Ambassador to Republic of Ghotu Ram Meena First Day-Time Indian Woman Fighter Flight Lieutenant Bhawana Congo Pilot of IAF Kanth New India’s Ambassador to Israel Sanjeev Kumar New Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Justice Pradeep Nandrajog India’s next Ambassador to Panama Upender Shingh Rawat New Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Next Ambassador of India to Bosnia & Kumar Tuhin Nair Radhakrishnan Herzegovina

First Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh Justice Vikram Nath Next High Commissioner of India to the Ms. Padmaja High Court Republic of Nauru Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court P. R. Ramachandra Menon Next Ambassador of India to the Republic Godavarthi Venkata Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court Justice Abhay Shreeniwas of Senegal Srinivas Oka Next Ambassador of India to the State of Subhash Chand Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court Justice Shripathi Ravindra Eritrea Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal International Judge of the Singapore Justice AK Sikri International commercial Court Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel New president of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen 17th Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla China has appointed new envoy to India Sun Weidong First Woman Vice–Chancellor of Jamia Professor Najma Akhtar Next US ambassador to United Nations Kelly Knight Craft Millia Islamia University (JMI). Fiji’s Supreme court judge Madan Lokur New director of International centre for Atish Dabholkar Theoretical Physics New Governors Next High Commissioner of India to the Ms. Padmaja ❖ Himachal Pradesh - Bandaru Dattatreya Republic of Fiji ❖ Kerala - Arif Mohammad Khan India's Next High Commissioner to South Seasoned diplomat Jaideep ❖ Maharashtra - Bhagat Singh Koshyari Africa Sarkar ❖ Rajasthan - Kalraj Mishra High Commissioner of India to the Rakesh Malhotra ❖ Telangana - Tamilisai Soundararajan (First Separate Governor of Republic of Cameroon Telangana) Investigation Head for Myanmar by UN Nicholas Koumjian ❖ West Bengal - Jagdeep Dhankar First African American female mayor in Lori Lightfoot ❖ Gujarat - Acharya Devvrat Chicago ❖ Chhattisgarh - Anusuiya Uikey First Indian Women in 359 years to join Gagandeep Kang ❖ Andhra Pradesh - Biswa Bhusan Harichandan Royal Society ❖ Madhya Pradesh - Lalji Tandon Re-Elected to International Narcotics India's Jagjit Pavadia ❖ Uttar Pradesh - Anandiben Patel Control Board ❖ Bihar - Phagu Chuhan Supreme Court of Fiji’s Non-Resident Justice Madan Bhimrao ❖ Nagaland - R.N. Ravi Panel Lokur ❖ Tripura - Ramesh Bais Vice-President of Geneva-based Bajaj Auto ED Rakesh

International Motorcycle Manufacturers Sharma INTERNATIONAL Association (IMMA) DESIGNATION CURRENT New President of the United Nations Professor Tijjani President of Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei General Assembly Mohammad Bande Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis Head of UN Peacekeeping Operation in Lieutenant General Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel South Sudan Shailesh Tinaikar US Secretary Mark Esper Nominated as the Maldives’ Parliamentary Mohamed Nasheed President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky Speaker New President of Panama Laurentino Cortizo Appointed Member of Commonwealth Former SC Judge K S New President of Nauru Lionel Aingimea Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal, London Radhakrishnan New President of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski Top Military Officer of the 29-nation NATO US Air Force General Tod President of Indonesia Joko Widodo military alliance D. Wolters 1st Female President of Slovakia Zuzana Caputova Deputy Executive Director of the United Anita Bhatia New Prime Minister Palestinian Economist Dr. Mohammed Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Shtayyeh Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) for Prime Minister of Thailand Prayuth Chan-ocha Resource Management, Sustainability and Partnerships New Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu External Auditor of the World Health CAG Rajiv Mehrishi New Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison Organization (WHO) Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape

President of the 74th session of the UN Tijjani Muhammad-Bande Executive Director of Indian Oil P Jayadevan General Assembly (UNGA) Corporation Ltd for Tamil Nadu and Elected to the board of the International Ajay Singh Puducherry Air Transport Association (IATA) First Indian American Woman to Preside Pramila Jayapal SPORTS Over Us House DESIGNATION CURRENT International member of American Famous Writer Romila USA Cricket Team’s Interim Coach Kiran More Philosophical Society (APS) Thapar Asian Athletics Association’s Athletes PT Usha New Executive Director of the United Inger Andersen of Commission member Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Denmark First Indian to be appointed Head of Col (Dr) Bibhu Kalyan Nayak Pakistan’s Director General of Inter- Lieutenant General Faiz International Hockey Federation (FIH) Services Intelligence (DG-ISI) Hameed Health and Safety Committee Pakistan’s appointed as High Mueenul Haq General Secretary of the Asian Mukesh Kumar Commissioner to India Governing Body of Judo Next President of the 74th session UN Tijjani Muhammad-Bande First Indian to be elected as a member Praful Patel General Assembly of FIFA Executive Council

Re-elected Asian Football Chief Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim BANKING & FINANCE Al Khalifa DESIGNATION CURRENT Men's National Team Chief Coach till the Former Australian field Chief Financial Officer of YES Bank Anurag Adlakha end of 2020 hockey player MD & CEO of LIC HFL Siddhartha Mohanty Graham Reid RBI Deputy Governor N. S. Vishwanathan First-Ever Woman Referee of ICC India's GS Lakshmi Additional director of J&K Bank A K Misra First Non-British President of Marylebone Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar CFO of J&K Bank Rajni Kumar Cricket Club Sangakkara Chief Economist of Bandhan Bank Siddhartha Sanyal New Technical Director for the Indian Romania's player Isac Doru Head of Business of Bandhan Bank Sanjeev Naryani Football Team MD and CEO of Canara Bank R A Sankara Narayanan President of Badminton Asia Anton Aditya Subowo New Executive Directors of Punjab Rajesh Kumar First overseas player from India to join Ajinkya Rahane National Bank (PNB) Yaduvanshi & Agyey Hampshire Kumar Azad Head of Indian Women Hockey Squad for Rani Rampal Additional Director on the board of Yes R. Gandhi FIH Series Finals Bank President of Badminton Asia Anton Aditya Subowo Chairman cum Managing Director (MD) of R K Chhibber Electoral Officer for the BCCI’s Annual N. Gopalaswami the J&K Bank General Meeting Managing Directors of LIC India Vipin Anand, T.C Suseel Kumar & Hemant RESIGNATION Bhargava CEO of LIC Mutual Fund Dinesh Pangtey ❖ MD CEO of LVB – Parthasarathi Mukherjee Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan Pakistani economist Dr ❖ Wipro President - Shaji Farooq Reza Baqir ❖ Karnataka CM – HD Kumaraswamy Deutsche Bank’s India Head Kaushik Shaparia ❖ MD of IMF – Christine Lagarde Board of Directors in Paytm Payments Sairee Chahal ❖ Congress president – Rahul Gandhi Bank ❖ President of Archery Association of India (AAI) - B. V. P. Rao Managing Director and Chief Executive Nitin Chugh ❖ Paytm President - Bhushan Patil Officer of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank ❖ British Prime Minister - Theresa May Independent Director of Ujjivan Small Sachin Bansal ❖ Papua New Guinea Prime Minister - Peter O'Neill Finance Bank ❖ Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has resigned from assembly Chief/President of World Bank David Malpass constituency Bijepur. He had contested assembly elections from Hinjili Chairman of NASSCOM for 2019-20 Keshav Murugesh and Bijepur constituencies and won both the seats. New President of International Chamber of Vikramjit Singh Sahney Commerce (ICC) India RETIREMENT Managing Director (MD) and Chairman of Sanjiv Puri ❖ South Africa Cricketer - JP Duminy ITC Ltd ❖ Kazakhstan President - Nursultan Nazarbayev New Secretary General of the General M N Sarma ❖ Malaysian badminton star- Lee Chong Wei Insurance Council (GIC) ❖ Executive Chairman of Wipro (30th July) - Azim Premji New Managing Director of Twitter India Manish Maheshwari ❖ Indian cricketer - Yuvraj Singh First Independent Woman Director to BSE M Jayshree Vyas ❖ Former Australian skipper - Greg Chappell Board ❖ Barcelona Midfielder - Xavi Hernandez India Policy Head of Gates Foundation Sanjay Ubale ❖ Professional Footballer - Yaya Toure Head of Marketing for India and South Sujatha V Kumar ❖ Germany’s double Olympic Biathlon Champion - Laura Dahlmeier Asia – VISA ❖ Cancer-hit Badminton Star - Lee Chong Wei Chief Risk Officer of Indiabulls Housing Naveen Uppal ❖ Spain Footballer - Fernando Torres Finance Ltd ❖ Former England Opening Batsman - Marcus Trescothick

AWARDS & HONOURS Israel Honour with a plaque on Lt. Gen. (retd) Jack Farj Rafael Ammunition Hill Wall of (JFR) Jacob Award Winner Honour Bharat Ratna Award 2019 Nanaji Deshmukh, Bhupendra 2019 V K Krishna Menon G D 'Robert' Govender (an Indian- Kumar, Pranab Mukherjee. award origin journalist in South Africa) APJ Abdul Kalam Award ISRO chairman K.Sivan US President Donald Trump Tiger Woods Highest Civilian award of UAE- PM Narendra Modi bestowed with the Presidential ‘Order of Zayed’ Medal of Freedom JC Bose award CCMB scientists K Thangaraj ‘Order of St. George’ Award Sri Ravi Shankar Cricket Association of Bengal’s Arun Lal 2019 Life time achievement award ‘Global Asian of the Year Bengaluru based doctor Hema Best innovation and initiative Rajasthan 2018-19’ Award for Divakar award for achievements in Contribution to Women’s higher education in the World Healthcare Ecosystem Education Summit-2019 Won “United Nations Acharya Balkrishna Entrepreneur of the year 2019 Ruhan Rajput Sustainable Development Bharat Gaurav Award Kapil Dev Goals (UNSDG) 10 Most 2019 Prem Bhatia Award Mr. Rajdeep Sardesai Influential People in Miss England 2019 Indian origin Bhasha Mukherjee Healthcare Award” in Geneva, Miss World Diversity 2019 India’s Transsexual woman Nazz Switzerland Joshi 2019 Swansea University Sri Lankan writer Guy Gunaratne Highest award of republic of President Ram Nath Govind International Dylan Thomas Guinea Prize Charlie Chaplin Award by the Actor Steve Coogan United Nations Office for Dr. Pramod Kumar Mishra British Academy Disaster Risk Reduction UEFA Goal of the season Lionel Messi (UNDRR) conferred Sasakawa award Award 2019 for Disaster Risk 1st Indian chef to win French Priyam Chatterjee Reduction with the theme of honour “Building Inclusive and Arujuna award Rohan Bopanna (Tennis), Smriti Resilient Societies”. Mandhana (Cricket) First Non-British President of Kumar Sangakkara 6th Indian to be inducted into Sachin Tendulkar Marylebone Cricket Club ICC Hall of fame (MCC) People’s Choice Award in US Sudarsan Pattnaik Thailand's King has been Maha Vajiralongkorn Global Excellence Award Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga and crowned with a Golden-Tiered Wipro Chairman Azim Premji Headpiece President’s award for NALCO (National Aluminium Fourth Edition of the annual Gaganjeet Bhullar -'Outstanding utilisation of corporate Social Company Limited) India Golf Industry Association Achievement as a player' award responsibility fund in social (GIA) awards at the Delhi Golf category development Club Best Innovation Award for Northeast Railway 2019 Footballer of the Year Raheem Sterling (Men), Parris unique strategy adopted to award by Manchester City star (Women) keep wild elephants away Man Booker International Prize Jokha Alharthi from the track and Plan Bee for "Celestial Bodies” IOC Sportsperson of the year Sharath Kamal Japan’s second highest Former Indian foreign secretary ICJ internship Programme Isha Kanth national award in its 2019 Shyam Saran IBC’s Highest Honor in English Actor and Film Director Spring Imperial Decorations as Amsterdam Andy Serkis the “Order of the Rising Sun, An Honorary doctorate degree Shah Rukh Khan Gold and Silver Star”. by Melbourne’s La Trobe Indian peacekeeper Police Jitender Kumar – For courage and University Officer will be honored with a sacrifice in the line of duty First Indian chef to be Priyam Chatterjee prestigious UN medal 2019 awarded the Chevelier de I Acknowledged as the most Kapil Sharma ordre du Merite Agricoleto by viewed stand-up comedian in France India and abroad by the World Forbes World’s highest Paid Scarlett Johansson book of Records London. actress of 2019 Seventh Edition of the Joan Artist Nalini Malani IAF’s First female flight Shalija Dhami Miró Prize 2019 commander Six Indian-origin students won Rishik Gandhasri, Saketh Sundar, Honoured with a star on the Actress Anne Hathaway the prestigious Scripps Shruthika Padhy, Sohum Hollywood Walk of Fame National Spelling Bee 2019 Sukhatankar, Abhijay Kodali, PC Chandra Purashkaar 2019 Padma Bhushan Dr. Devi Prasad Rohan Raja, Christopher Serrao Shetty and Erin Howard were named as co- ACJ Award for Investigative Journalist Nileena MS champions. Each will receive the full Journalism 2018 winner's prize of 50,000 US Dollar in cash.

Conferred with “Orden Former President of India Pratibha yesteryears dancing Diva Helen; Mexicana del Aguila Azteca” Patil Classical dancer Sucheta Bhide- (Order of the Aztec Eagle), the Chapekar (music & art category) highest civilian award of IPI’s 71st World Press Dawn Assistant Editor Cyril Almeida Mexico given to foreigners Freedom Hero by International Global Leadership Awards Google's CEO Sundar Pichai and Press Institute (IPI) 2019 by USA Nasdaq President Adena Friedman National Intellectual Property Benny Antony Conferred with the Maldives' Narendra Modi Award for 2019 highest honour "Rule of Felicitated by the Asian Tour Hero MotoCorp – Chairman, Dr. Nishan Izzuddeen” with a Special Achievement Pawan Munjal India's Automobile major has Mahindra Award for his contributions to won the Gold Award in South Asian Golf. Africa Won the Prestigious John Vikram Patel Jnanpith Award 2018 Noted English writer Amitav Ghosh Dirks Canada Gairdner Global 'World's Most Punctual Airline' Sri Lankan Airlines Health Award 2019 for the second consecutive Honoured with the prestigious PM Narendra Modi year by Flightstats’ Zayed Medal by UAE Jawaharlal Nehru University Nirmala Sitharaman & ‘Global Slag Company of The Tata Steel (JNU) will confer the Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Year’ Award 2019 distinguished alumni award to Honoured with Presidential Dr. Gyanaditya Shakya the two Union Ministers Award of Maharshi Badrayan Eight-Year-Old Indian Girl Ms. Tony Vyas Samman 2019 Honoured in UAE For Green Felicitated with the coveted Namami Gange Efforts 'Public Water Agency of the Honoured with Humanitarian Indian actress Priyanka Chopra Year' award at the Global Award By UNICEF Water Summit in London. Conferred with Manas Order of Chinese President Xi Jinping Next Billion Edtech Prize 2019 India's education technology startup the First Degree, the highest 'Dost Education'. And also, Ubongo national award in Bishkek, (Tanzania) and PraxiLabs (Egypt) Kyrgyzstan startups won the prize BBC World Service Global Akshaya Patra New Zealand Prime Minister's Rio Paralympics silver medallist Deepa Champion Award 2019 Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship Malik (First Indian Woman) Femina Miss India World 2019 Suman Rao for 2019. Title Freedom of the City of London GIC India Chief Alice G. Vaidyan ‘Save Water Hero Award’ 2019 Social Activist Makarand Tilloo Award 2019 2019 Commonwealth Indian engineer Nitesh Kumar Jangir Best Athletic Coach in Asia Indonesian Eni Nuraeni Secretary-General’s 2019 Innovation for Sustainable Conferred with Lifetime Dr A K Singh Development Award in London Achievement Award during 4th Won the prize of $1 million Lydian Nadhaswaram APJ Abdul Kalam Innovation (6.9 crore) for his Conclave at Chandigarh performance on the American University, Mohali. reality show ‘The World’s Best’ UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Honoured with the Order of Ex-South Africa all-rounder Jacques Freedom Prize 2019 Lone (Myanmar) Ikhamanga in the Silver Kallis 2019 Citi Journalistic Mint's Teena Thacker Division by South Africa Excellence Awards President World Press Photo of the Year Veteran Getty photographer John Awarded by the Tamil Nadu Sportsperson of the Year Award: Ace 2019 Moore Sports Journalists’ Association table tennis player A Sharath Kamal World Press Photo Story of the Dutch-Swedish photographer Pieter (TNSJA) and the India TNSJA Lifetime Achievement Year Award 2019 Ten Hoopen Cements awardees: Vijay Amritraj (Indian Celent Model Bank 2019 Fincare Small Finance Bank tennis player), V V Kumar (former Award in the category of India leg-spinner), R Gnanasekaran Financial Inclusion, for (Asian Games gold medallist (200m). 'Redesigning Lending to Reach Coach of the year: R B Ramesh Small Businesses' (chess coach) Honoured in the 2019 list of Prominent scientist and businessman TNSJA Team of the year 2018-19: new fellows of the UK's Royal Yusuf Hamied Tamil Nadu Women’s Football team. Society TNSJA Young Achiever of the year Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi Five writers, Dr Chaman Ahuja 2018-19: P M Tabitha (athlete) Awards 2019 (Urdu), Dr Om Prakash Vasishta TNSJA Young Achiever of the year (Punjabi), Professor Tejwant Singh 2018-19: D.Gukesh (world’s second Gill (English), Dr Prasoon Prasad youngest Grand Master). (Hindi) and Professor Virender Honoured with the prestigious National Award-winning filmmaker Kumar Alankar (Sanskrit) were given Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Madhur Bhandarkar, Popular the award of recognition for their Award 2019 Scriptwriter Salim Khan and

lifelong contribution in the field of Player of the Year Award for literature. 2018-19 Won the Best Cinematography Malayalam film Bhayanakam (Fear) Goldman Environmental Prize Bayarjargal Agvaantseren Award at the Beijing directed by Jayaraj 2019 (Mongolia), Alfred Brownell (Liberia), International Film Festival, Ana Colovic Lesoska (North China. Macedonia), Alberto Curamil (Chile), National Intellectual Property The Intellectual Property Rights Jacqueline Evans (Cook Islands), Award 2019 Cell (IPR Cell) of Kerala Agricultural Linda Garcia (USA) University (KAU) Conferred with France’s Former ISRO chief A. S. Kiran Inducted into the prestigious An Indian American scientist and social Highest Civilian Award “Knight Kumar Cleveland International Hall of activist Prof Sree Sreenath. Along of the Legion of Honour” fame 2019 with five other inductees - Dr Akram 2019 John F Kennedy Profile in Nancy Pelosi Boutros, Ingrida Bublys, Paul Burik, Courage Award Richard Fleischman, and Marilyn 2019 Dr. Lee Jong-wook Professor Balram Bhargava Madigan. Memorial Prize for Public “Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Sunil Kumar Gautam, Special Health Award” for the year 2018-19 Commissioner of Police (Operations) Nine Dots Prize 2019 Mumbai-based Writer Annie for his book “Samvidhan Zaidi (Title: ‘Bread, Cement, Cactus’) Kavya” (Constitution of India Conferred With ‘Lifetime Professor N. Kumar in Poetic form). Recognition Award’ By the Confederation of Horticulture Swacchta Pakhwada Awards- All India Radio, Publication Association of India 2019 Division and Children’s Film Airport gets International Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport of Society of India Status as per sub-rule (b) of Indore, Madhya Pradesh Honoured with “D. Litt in Indian Astrologer Dr. Sohini Sastri rule 3 of the Passport (Entry Astrology” (Doctor of into India) Rules, 1950 by the Letters) by National American Central Government University, USA Felicitated by the Council of Actor Anil Kapoor Conferred with an honorary Eminent Bollywood actor Shah Rukh European Chambers of doctorate in Philanthropy by Khan Commerce (CEUCC) in India the University of Law, London. 2019 McCain Institute Award IPS officer Chhaya Sharma Russia awarded its highest Narendra Modi for promoting the for Courage and Leadership state honour 'Order of St bilateral special and privileged Andrew the Apostle' strategic partnership National Sports Awards 2019: National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward Saraswati Samman, 2018 K Siva Reddy his collection of poetry excellence in sports. The awardees will receive their awards from the titled Pakkaki Ottigilite President of India at a specially organized function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on 29th August 2019. Prestigious 'AIMA Managing Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) India Award 2019 for Sports Awards Winners outstanding PSU of the year Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Bajran Punia (Wrestling)

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Deepa Malik (Para Athletics) Honoured with the Dr Dronacharya Award (regular Vimal Kumar – Badminton Babasaheb Ambedkar Nobel Sudhanshu Kumar category for coaches) Award by International Human Dronacharya Award (regular Sadeep Gupta – Table Tennis Rights Council category for coaches) West Bengal’s projects have Dronacharya Award (regular Mohinder Singh Dhillion – Athletics won the United Nations World Utkarsh Bangla & Sabooj Sathi category for coaches) Summit on the Information Dronacharya Award (Life time Sanjay Bhardwaj – Cricket Society (WSIS) awards 2019 category) Only Indian institute to feature IIM Bangalore Dronacharya Award (Life time Rambir Singh Khokar – Kabaddi in QS EMBA Rankings 2019 category) Calcutta Sports Journalists’ Sportsperson of the Year - Jhulan Dronacharya Award (Life time Mezban Patel – Hockey Club Award 2019 Goswami category) Lifetime Achievement Awards - Dhyan Chand Award Manoj Kumar (Wrestling) Sukumar Samajpati (former India Dhyan Chand Award C Lalremsanga (archery) winger) and Sambaran Banerjee Dhyan Chand Award Arup Basak (Table Tennis) (Bengal’s Ranji Trophy winning Dhyan Chand Award Nitten Kirrtane (Tennis) captain) Dhyan Chand Award Manuel Fredricks (Hockey)

ARJUNA AWARD WINNERS Discipline Rabindranath Tagore Literary Rana Dasgupta for his 2010 novel Chinglensana Singh Kangujam Hockey (Midfielder) Prize 2019 ‘Solo’ Ajay Thakur Kabaddi Professional Footballers’ Liverpool’s Virgil Van Dijk Mohammed Anas Yahiya Athletics Association (PFA) Players’

Tajinder Pal Singh Toor Athletics demonstrate through his work that life as a Swapna Burman Athletics farmer can be fulfilling and productive. Sundar Singh Gurjar Para Sports – Athletics Ravindra Jadeja Cricket (Men) Poonam Yadav Cricket (Women) CSR Journal Excellence Awards: Sonia Lather Boxing The 3rd Edition of the CSR Journal Excellence Awards honoured 6 firms for Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth Badminton the best practices in Corporate Social Responsibility. The theme of the Pramod Bhagat Para Sports – Badminton event was ‘India First’. S Bhaskaran Bodybuilding The winners of the awards are: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Football ❖ YES Bank Ltd. won in the category “Health & Sanitation”. Simran Singh Shergill Polo ❖ Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. won in the category “Sports”. Anjum Moudgil Shooting (Rifle) ❖ Tata Power won in the category “Education & Skill Training”. Fouaad Mirza Equestrian ❖ ReNew Power won in the category “Women Empowerment & Gaurav Singh Gill Motorsports Child Welfare”. Pooja Dhanda Wrestling (Women) ❖ Mahindra & Mahindra won in the category “Environment”. Harmeet Rajul Desai Table Tennis ❖ Hindustan Zinc won in the category “Agriculture & Rural Development” 66th National Film Awards: Nagarkirtan’ wins Best Feature Film’ at SAARC film fest : The 66th National Film awards were announced by Rahul Rawail head of the Jury for the feature films. ❖ Bengali film ‘Nagarkirtan’, has won 4 awards in SAARC film festival. ❖ The movie was honoured with ‘Best Feature Film’, ‘Best Director’, Awards Winners ‘Best Actor’ and ‘Best Original Score’ awards. Best Director Aditya Dhar for Uri : The surgical Strike ❖ The movie was directed by Kaushik Ganguly. Best Feature Film Hellaro a Gujatati film directed by Abhishek ❖ Best Short Film’ award– Na Bole Wo Haram, a 20-minute film by Shah debutant director Nitish Patan ❖ Special Jury Award for Direction and Story– Walking With the Wind, Best Actor Ayushmann Khuranna for Andhadhun, by Praveen Morchhale 72 Vicky Kaushal for Uri : The Surgical Strike

Best Actress Keerthy Suresh for Mahanati Best Supporting Actor Swanand Kirkire for Chumbhak 2019 Pulitzer Prize Awards: Best supporting actress Surekha Sikri for Badhaai Ho ➢ The 2019 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded by the Pulitzer Prize Board Best Action Direction KGF Chapter I for work during the 2018 calendar year. Best Choreography Padmaavat for Goomar ➢ The Washington Post won two prizes, as The New York Times; Best Film for National Ondalla Eradalla (Kannada) The Wall Street Journal won one; and the Sun-Sentinel won its second Integration Pulitzer for Public Service. Best Popular Film Badhaai Ho Here the List of Winners: Best film on Paani JOURNALISM Environment issues Public service: Staff of the South Florida Sun Sentinel Best Debut Film of a Naal (Marathi) Feature writing: Hannah Dreier of ProPublica Director Commentary: Tony Messenger of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Criticism: Carlos Lozada of The Washington Post Best film on Social Padman Editorial writing: Brent Staples of the New York Times Issues Editorial cartooning: Darrin Bell, a freelance cartoonist Best Children's Film Sarkari Hiriya Prathamika Shaale Kasaragod Special citation: Staff of the Capital Gazette Special Jury Award Award shared by Sruthi Hariharan, Joju BOOKS, DRAMA AND MUSIC George for Joseph, Savithri for Sudani From Fiction: “The Overstory” by Richard Powers Nigeria, Chandrachood Rai Drama: “Fairview” by Jackie Sibblies Drury

History: “Frederick Douglass” by David W. Blight Ramon Magsaysay award 2019: Biography or autobiography: “The New Negro” by Jeffrey C. Stewart WINNERS FIELD Poetry: “Be With” by Forrest Gander Ravish Kumar “harnessing journalism to give voice to the General nonfiction: “Amity and Prosperity” by Eliza Griswold voiceless”. Music: “p r i s m” by Ellen Reid Ko Swe Win He is a human rights defender and the chief Special citation: Aretha Franklin (Myanmar) editor of Myanmar Now news agency. LSE names a professorship after economist Amartya Sen: ➢ The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Angkhana Neelapajit Human rights activist and a leading human has announced the creation of the Amartya Sen Chair in Inequality (Thailand rights defender in Southern Thailand. Studies, named in honour of the India-born economist, philosopher and Raymundo Pujante music faculty of the University of the Nobel laureate, who was Professor of Economics at LSE from 1971-82. Cayabyab Philippines and has conducted free workshops

(Philippines) for thousands of students all across the Chhetri adjudged 'Best Sportsperson' by Calcutta Sports country. Journalists' Club:

➢ India football captain Sunil Chhetri was adjudged the country's Kim Jong-Ki (South An activist working with violence and mental 'Best Sportsperson of the Year' by the Calcutta Sports Journalists' Club. Korea) health issues in youth and a South Korean agrarian movement leader who pioneered wasteland cultivation, and strove to

➢ Lifetime Achievement award: Former Davis Cup coach Akhtar Ali, IPL AWARDS 2019: Complete List former India opener Arun Lal and Aroon Ghosh member of the 1962 Man of the Match (Final) Jasprit Bumrah (MI) Asian Games gold medal winning football team. Orange Cap (Most Runs) David Warner (SH) 692 runs ➢ Bengal pacer Ishan Porel (Junior Sportsperson of the Year), Mohun Purple Cap (Most Wickets) Imran Tahir (CSK)- 26 wickets Bagan's Shilton Paul (Footballer of the Year), East Bengal's Mahmoud Emerging Player (future star of Shubman Gill (KKR) Al-Amna (Best Foreign Footballer) International Cricket) ➢ Best cricketer: Abhimanyu Easwaran Stylish Player KL Rahul (KXIP) ➢ Best Hockey Player: Suprajit Rakshit Perfect Catch Kieron Pollard (MI) ➢ Best Athlete (men): Safiqul Mondol Super Striker Andre Russell (KKR) ➢ Best Athlete (women): Bhairabi Roy Most Valuable Player (earning Andre Russell (KKR) ➢ Best Badminton Player: Ankit Mondal more points in the whole season) ➢ Best Chess Player: Koustav Chatterjee Fair play Award (best spirit of the Sunrisers Hyderabad ➢ Best Swimmer: Sayani Ghosh game throughout the season) ➢ Best TT player: Ayhika Mukharjee Gamechanger of the Match Rahul Chahar (Mumbai Indians) ➢ Best Tennis Player: Yubarani Banerjee

➢ Best Shooter: Mehuli Ghosh

➢ Best Basketball Player: Madhu Kumari ➢ The 72nd Cannes Film Festival begins in Cannes, France. Mexican ➢ Best Volleyball Player: Nayanika Biswas filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu has been named the Jury

President. American film director Jim Jarmusch's ensemble zombie ➢ ESPN Multi-Sport awards 2018: comedy film “The Dead Don't Die” will serve as the opening film of the ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming festival. And “The Specials” will serve as the closing film in the festival. Network) is a U.S.-based pay television sports channel owned by ESPN Inc. The Indian Delegation led by I&B Secretary Shri Amit Khare met Film ESPN Multi-Sport awards 2018 recognised achievements across 11 Commissioners of participating countries at Cannes Film Festival. Israel categories. Winners of the Award are proposes India to be the focus country in Jerusalem Film Festival, CATEGORY WON BY 2020.

Female sportsperson of the P.V. Sindhu (Badminton) GUINNESS RECORDS year ➢ India achieved a Guinness World Records of ‘largest laundry

Male sportsperson of the year Neeraj Chopra (Javelin) lesson’ with the participation of 400 young Indian men. The event was a part of #sharetheload campaign. The event was initiated by Ariel India. Comeback of the Year Saina Nehwal (Shuttle) ➢ Around 5000 women of Konyak community performed at the local ground of Mon town, in their attempt to enter Guinness World Record Coach of the Year Jaspal Rana (Shooting) for ‘Largest Traditional Konyak Dance display’. ➢ Longest documentary “100 Years of Chrysostum” will receive Emerging Sportsperson of the Saurabh Chaudhary (Shooting) Guinness Award – A biographical documentary “100 Years of Year Chrysostum” will receive Guinness Award in the category of longest documentary. Team of the Year Women’s team (Table Tennis) ➢ An 18-year old girl from Nepal named Bandana set a Guinness World Records on ‘Longest Dancing Marathon by an Individual’. She Match of the Year Amit Panghal vs Hasanboy Dusmatov danced exclusively to Nepalese music continuously for 126 hours (over (Boxing) five days). ➢ The Prayagraj Kumbh Mela 2019 has made into Guinness World Differently abled athlete of the Ekta Bhyan (Para-Athletics) Records in the following three sectors: Year ✓ Largest traffic and crowd management plan. ✓ Biggest painting exercise of public sites under paint my city scheme. Lifetime Achievement Award Pradip Kumar Banerjee (Football) ✓ Biggest sanitation and waste disposal mechanism.

Moment of the Year Women’s 4x400m Relay

BOOKS & AUTHORS CEAT Cricket Rating Awards 2019: "Whispers of Time"- Dr. Krishna Saksena ➢ India captain Virat Kohli bagged the International Cricketer and Vivekadeepini, a concise book of aphorisms- Shri M. Venkaiah Batsman of the Year award during the CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) Naidu “Kargil: Untold stories from the War”- Rachna Bisht Rawat International Awards 2019 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Coffee table book titled ‘Fire and Fury Corps — Saga of Valour, ➢ International Bowler of the Year 2019 - Jasprit Bumrah Fortitude and Sacrifice’- released by Northern Army Commander ➢ Junior Cricketer of the Year 2019 - Yashasvi Jaiswal Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh. ➢ Outstanding Performance of the Year 2019 - Kuldeep Yadav “Chandra Shekhar – The Last Icon of Ideological Politics” was ➢ Domestic Cricketer of the Year 2019 - Ashutosh Aman released PM Narendra Modi. ➢ CCR International Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 - Mohinder A Prime Minister to Remember- Memories of a Military Chief"- Amarnath Sushil Kumar ➢ International Test Cricketer of the Year 2019 – Cheteshwar Pujara “Sridevi: Girl Woman Superstar”- Satyarth Nayak. ➢ International ODI Cricketer of the Year 2019 – Rohit Sharma Lessons Life Taught Me, Unknowingly - Autobiography of veteran ➢ International T20 Player of the Year 2019 - Aaron Finch Bollywood actor Anupam Kher ➢ International T20 Bowler of the Year 2019 - Rashid Khan My Life, My Mission - Autobiography of Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and co- ➢ International Women Cricketer of the Year 2019 – Smriti Mandhana authored with senior journalist Uday Mahurkar.

Khooni Vaisakhi - Nanak Singh (Jallianwala Bagh survivor) ➢ England lifted their maiden ICC World Cup cricket trophy Saffron Swords - Manoshi Sinha Rawal beating New Zealand. England’s Ben Stokes is named player of the Kundan: Saigal’s Life & Music - Sharad Dutt match and New Zealand’s skipper Kane Williamson was Politics of Jugaad: The Coalition Handbook - Journalist Saba Naqvi adjudged player of the tournament for his excellent returns with the bat Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun - Guillermo del Toro and inspiring leadership. Shiksha: A Journey - Manish Sisodia ➢ India wrestler Vinesh Phogat has won gold in the 53kg category at Quichotte - Novelist Salman Rushdie Yasar Dogu International in Istanbul. Phogat beat her Russian Game Changer – Auto Biography of Pakistan’s former captain and star all- opponent Ekaterina Poleshchuk in the final match to bag the gold medal. rounder Shahid Afridi and it is co-authored by Journalist Wajahat S Khan. ➢ Novak Djokovic won his fifth Wimbledon title. He defeated Swiss Darkness to light - Former American professional basketball player, tennis ace Roger Federer. This is Djokovic’s 16th Grand Slam and 5th Lamar Odom Wimbledon title. This Serbian professional tennis player is Voyage to Antarctica - Felix Bast currently ranked world No. 1 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Story of Consciousness - Govind Bhattacharjee Tennis Professionals. An Autobiography of Moon - Ramesh Shishu ➢ Simona Halep won the Wimbledon Championship 2019 title. She Shambhu Nath De - The discovery of cholera toxins - MS Murthy created Wimbledon history by becoming the first Romanian to win the Cricket World Cup: The Indian Challenge - Ashis Ray Grand slam 2019 title. 281 and Beyond – Auto Biography of Cricketer VVS Laxman ➢ Lewis Hamilton made a thrilling victory in the Silverstone circuit to Gandhi: The years that changed the world (1914-1948) - win his sixth British Grand Prix. Ramachandra Guha ➢ India bagged two Gold and one Silver medal in the Women’s 10- Warlight, The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje metre Air Rifle event at the International Shooting Sport Winning Like Sourav: Think & Succeed Like Ganguly - Abhirup Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany. Bhattacharya ➢ Indians Bagged 6 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze At Kladno Memorial Smart Cities Unbundle - Dr. Samir Sharma Athletics Meet At Kladno Czech Republic. Imperfect – Auto Biography of Sanjay Manjrekar (cricketer-turned- ➢ British-Pakistani Boxer Amir Khan clinched the WBC International commentator) Welterweight 2019 title in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Olympic silver The Rule Breakers - Preeti Shenoy medalist defeated the Australian boxer Billy Dib. Straight Talk - Abhishek Manu Singhvi ➢ India will host the International Shooting Sport Federation Calling Sehmat - Harinder S. Sikka (ISSF) Combined World Cup from March 15-26, 2020. ➢ India’s top-ranked woman archer Deepika Kumari today clinched a SPORTS NEWS silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. ➢ Vijayveer Sidhu picked up his third gold medal in ISSF Junior ➢ Indian skipper Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah retained their World Cup in Suhl, Germany in the men’s 25m pistol event. Sarabjot number one position in the ICC batsmen and bowlers’ rankings for Singh Wins India’s ninth gold in ISSF Junior World Cup. the One-Day Internationals, following the conclusion of the World Cup. ➢ The International Cricket Council, ICC has suspended Zimbabwe ➢ Veer Chotrani wins the prestigious U19 Asian squash title. Cricket with immediate effect over violation of global body’s constitution ➢ Indian pro boxer Vaibhav Yadav wins the World Boxing Council which doesn’t allow any government intervention. (WBC) Asia title after defeating Thailand's Fahpetch Singmanassak ➢ Indian team secured the first spot in the medal tally held in Pattaya, Thailand. of Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship 2019 held in Apia, ➢ Odisha will host the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Samoa. Mirabai Chanu won gold in women’s 49 kg. Championship 2019. ➢ In Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship held ➢ One of the most exciting batsmen to represent India, Ambati in Cuttack 19th July, India made a record by winning gold in both men’s Rayudu, announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. and women’s category. ➢ Hyderabad Sailing Week, the 34th edition of the National level ➢ In the Shooting Junior World Cup, Aishwarya Pratap Singh sailing championship, began in Telangana on 2 July. It was Tomar clinched gold with a junior world record in the final of rifle 3- inaugurated by the Telangana Governor ESL Narasimhan. position event in Suhl Germany. ➢ Sprinter Hima Das won the women's 200m gold, while national ➢ Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju launched the All India Football record holder shot putter Tajinder Pal Singh Toor bagged a bronze in Federation’s Golden Baby Leagues handbook 2019-20. The book is the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix in Poland. based on the sidelines of the Intercontinental Cup. ➢ Indian shooter Elavenil Valarivan won the gold medal in 10m ➢ Former Olympic track and field athlete P T Usha nominated for women’s air rifle event of the season’s first junior ISSF World Cup the International Association of Athletics Federations Veteran Pin. 2019 on 4 July. She defeated Chinese Taipei’s Lin Ying-Shinto win the She will receive the pin during the opening ceremony of the 52nd IAAF title. Congress in Doha. ➢ Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik announced his retirement from ➢ Indian bodybuilder Ravinder Kumar Malik has clinched Mr South One Day International (ODI) cricket after the country’s final league Asia title. He has crowned the overall champion at 12th South Asian clash against Bangladesh in World Cup 2019. Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship in Kathmandu. ➢ Indians put up a disappointing show in the Archery World Cup ➢ North Korea triumphed in the second edition of Intercontinental Stage IV crashing out in all the team and individual events of the recurve Cup football. They defeated Tajikistan in the final. and compound sections. ➢ Fourteen-year-old Arjun Bhati represented India at the FGC ➢ The U.S. women’s national soccer team (USWNT) won CALLAWAY Junior World Golf Championship. He bagged the first the FIFA Women’s World Cup for a record-extending fourth time on position against Taiwan’s Jeremy Chen. July 7 in Lyon, France. The team defeated the Netherlands and ➢ Delhi’s Prithu Gupta becomes India’s 64th Grandmaster. He secured 2-0 to win the women’s World Cup. defeated IM Lev Yankelevich in the fifth round of the Portuguese League ➢ Karate girl, Arinjeeta Dey (Barasat, West Bengal) won a silver 2019. medal under the 12 category in the World Youth Cup 2019. The ➢ In Badminton, P V Sindhu’s hopes of breaking a seven-month title competition was held in Umag, Croatia. drought came crashing down as the Indian lost in straight games to Akane ➢ India skipper Virat Kohli has retained the top position among Yamaguchi in the finals of Indonesia Open BWF Tour Super 1000 batsmen in the latest ICC rankings. tournament in Jakarta. ______t.me/examstocks www.examstocks.com www.examstocks.com Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RAILWAY | STATE EXAMS 43 | RRB PO/CLERK CAPSULE - 2019|

➢ Indian sprinter Hima Das won a gold medal in the 400-meter ➢ India beat West Indies by 59 runs via Duckworth-Lewis method in race with a season-best time of 52.09 seconds at Nove Mesto in the the second ODI at Port-of-Spain in Trinidad last night. Czech Republic. ➢ In Badminton, Indian junior shuttlers won six medals at the ➢ India’s G Sathiyan and Archana Kamath won the mixed doubles. Bulgarian Junior International Championships which concluded in Sathiyan and Archana Kamath won 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. The medals comprised of three gold, a silver and Championship. two bronze. ➢ In Tennis, the women’s world rankings were unchanged with ➢ In Badminton, reigning national champion, Sourabh Verma clinched Ashleigh Barty of Australia at number one, Japan’s Naomi Osaka is the Men’s Singles title in the Hyderabad Open. He beats Singapore’s second with Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic third and Romania’s Loh Kean. Wimbledon champion Simona Halep fourth. Kiki Bertens of the ➢ Former Uruguay striker Diego Forlan has announced his Netherlands rounds out the top five. retirement, bringing to an end a 21-year career in which he played club ➢ In Cricket, India-A defeated West Indies-A by eight wickets in the soccer on three different continents. fifth and final unofficial one-day in Antigua ➢ India’s Prithviraj Tondaiman shot a 47 on the first day qualifiers ➢ Britain swimmer Adam Peaty breaks the world record in the men’s of the men’s trap event in the International Shooting Sport Federation 100-meter breaststroke at the World Championships in Gwangju, South (ISSF) Shotgun World Cup in Lahiti, Finland. Korea. ➢ Wrestler Deepak Punia has become India’s first junior World ➢ Manny Pacquiao (40) won the WBA (World Boxing Association) Champion in 18 years. He claimed a gold medal at the Junior Worlds welterweight championship 2019. He won the “Best Fighter ESPY with a win over Russia’s Alik Shebzukhov at Tallinn, Estonia. Award”. He currently ranks No. 4 in Boxer’s ranking of the greatest ➢ Asian and Commonwealth Games gold-medalist wrestler Bajrang pound for pound boxers of all time. Punia has been nominated for the country’s highest sporting honour – ➢ Hungarian swimmer Kristof Milak created a new world record in the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. the 200 metres butterfly at the FINA world championship ➢ In Hockey, the Indian women’s team registered a comfortable 2-1 2019 in Gwangju, South Korea. victory over the hosts Japan in the Olympic Test event in Tokyo. ➢ Max Verstappen Won Crazy German Grand Prix with Mercedes ➢ BCCI Electoral Officer N Gopalaswami has made it clear that all the Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton starting the race from the pole position affiliated state units will have to conduct their polls by the 14th of next and failing to finish the race due to a spinoff. month to be eligible for participating in parent body’s elections. ➢ After nearly four decades, Chandigarh has finally received Committee of Administrators (CoA) has prepared a tentatively affiliation from the Board of Control for Cricket in India, thus scheduled for BCCI elections on 22nd October. providing an opportunity for the city cricketers to play in BCCI ➢ BCCI Electoral Officer N Gopalaswami has made it clear that all the tournament by Union Territory Cricket Association (UTCA) affiliated state units will have to conduct their polls by the 14th of next President Sanjay Tandon. month to be eligible for participating in parent body’s elections. ➢ Mary Kom won gold in the 51Kg category at the 23rd President’s Committee of Administrators (CoA) has prepared a tentatively Cup in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia. She defeated Australian April Franks. scheduled for BCCI elections on 22nd October. ➢ Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju announced that the third edition of ➢ India has won gold at the Under 12 Asian Tennis Team Khelo India Youth Games will be held in Guwahati next year. It will be championship held in Kazakhstan. conducted in partnership with Indian Olympic Association, School ➢ The men’s hockey team defeated Malaysia 6-0 in their opening Games Federation of India & Assam as host State. encounter of the Olympic Test Event in Tokyo. ➢ The International Cricket Council (ICC) officially launched ➢ Adrian was the shootout hero as Liverpool lifted the UEFA Super the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) to be held in Cup with victory over Chelsea in Istanbul. It was Liverpool’s fourth the United Kingdom in 2021. UEFA Super Cup triumph. ➢ Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry became the first cricketer to ➢ Star India grappler Vinesh Phogat has bagged gold in women’s reach the rare milestone of scoring 1000 runs. She took 100 wickets in 53kg category of the Poland Open wrestling tournament in Warsaw. the T20 format. ➢ Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty became the first ➢ Indian Air Force (IAF) Wing Commander Tarun Chaudhri became Indian pair to win a BWF Super 500 badminton tournament. the first pilot to perform a wing suit skydive jump. ➢ Indian boxers have ended their campaign at the Magomed Salam ➢ Tamil Nadu girl Jerlin Anika won the gold medal in the World Umakhanov Memorial International Boxing Tournament in Deaf Youth Badminton Championships. The competition was held in Kaspiysk, Russia with a rich haul of six medals. Taipei. ➢ India beat the West Indies by four wickets in the first Twenty20 of ➢ Australia beat England by 251 runs to win the first Ashes Cricket the three-match international series at Lauderhill in US. Test at Edgbaston. ➢ The Argentine star Lionel Messi was barred from playing for his ➢ The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced national team for three months and was fined $50,000 by CONMEBOL, Five Russian weightlifters, including a 2012 Olympic bronze medallist, have the South American soccer governing body, after he heavily criticized the been provisionally suspended after doping tests on samples recovered from organization during the Copa America. the Moscow lab. ➢ Adarsh Singh outclassed his rivals in the Sardar Sajjan Singh ➢ The Commonwealth Games federation announced that women’s Sethi Memorial Masters competition, winning the gold medal in both the T20 Cricket has been confirmed for inclusion at the Birmingham men and junior 25 metres rapid fire pistol event in New Delhi. Commonwealth Games in 2022. ➢ Seven years after India missed a podium place at the IAAF World ➢ Canadian Teen Bianca Andreescu Wins Rogers cup after Serena Race Walking Cup in Russia, the Country was today handed Williams Withdraws. a bronze medal upgrade following disqualification of a member of the ➢ Rafael Nadal wins Montreal masters at the 35th ATP Masters 1000 second-placed Ukrainian team for dope violation. title. He defeated Russian Daniil Medvedev to win the title. ➢ Football Giant East Bengal Club turns 100 years on Aug 01st. On ➢ India’s national tennis federation decided that it will not seek a this day in 1920 East Bengal Club was established at Kumartuli Park in change of venue for the Davis Cup tie versus Pakistan in Islamabad. North Kolkata. ➢ Aishwarya Pissay became the first Indian to claim a world title in ➢ In Shooting, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar clinched a yellow motorsports, annexing the FIM World Cup (Fédération Internationale metal in Men’s Rifle 3 Positions (3P) at 12th Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi de Motocyclisme) in the women’s category after the final round of the Memorial Masters competition in New Delhi. championship at Varpalota in Hungary. ______t.me/examstocks www.examstocks.com www.examstocks.com Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RAILWAY | STATE EXAMS 44 | RRB PO/CLERK CAPSULE - 2019|

➢ India completed a 3-0 clean sweep over the West Indies after Overall Winners winning the third and final Twenty20 International by seven wickets in ➢ Maharashtra won the overall trophy with a total of 228 medals Guyana. (85 gold, 62 silver and 81 bronze). 2nd Haryana -178 medals (62 gold, 56 ➢ Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and silver and 60 bronze) while 3rd Delhi -136 medals (48 gold, 37 silver and Chirag Shetty jumped seven places to enter the top 10 of the latest 51 bronze). world rankings. ➢ Individually, Karnataka swimmer Srihari Nataraj (16-year-old’s ➢ Cricketers emerging from the newly-created Union Territory of timing of 26.16 secs in 50m backstroke) became the most medals winner Ladakh will continue to qualify to represent Jammu and Kashmir in all by competing in seven events in the U-21 category and winning all of BCCI domestic competitions. them. ➢ South African Dale Steyn, one of the greatest fast bowlers of the ➢ Ten-year-old Abhinav Shaw became the youngest gold medalist modern era, announced his retirement from Test cricket in a bid to in shooting. extend his longevity in the shorter forms of the game. Static ➢ Simone Biles made history when she became the first woman to Sports Authority of India ever hit a triple double, meaning a double back flip with three twists, on Headquarters: Delhi; Director General: Neelam Kapoor floor during a competition.

➢ The Netherlands’ most-capped player Wesley

Sneijder announced on his retirement from football, bringing down the Asian Air gun Championships 2019 curtain on a trophy-laden career that spanned 17 years. ➢ Bangladesh will host Zimbabwe for a tri-nation Twenty20 Indian shooters continued their dominance claiming five gold medals on tournament in September despite the African nation being suspended by the final day of the Asian Airgun Championships to sign off with a total the International Cricket Council. of 25 medals in Taoyuan, Taipei. India finished with 16 gold, 5 silver, ➢ Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom and Lovlina and 4 bronze medals. Borgohain have been selected for the upcoming women’s world boxing Here the List of Indian Winners: championships based on their recent performances. Event Gold Silver Bronze ➢ PV Sindhu became the first Indian to win the BWF World 10m Air Rifle Shreya Agrawal Championships, crushing Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara 21-7, 21-7 in just Women Junior 38 minutes in a one-sided final. Individual ➢ India beat West Indies by a massive 318-run margin in the first 10m Air Rifle Yash Vardhan cricket Test at North Sound in Antigua. With this win, India has taken 1-0 Men Junior lead in the 2-match series. Individual ➢ India’s Komalika Bari became recurve cadet world champion at 10m Air Rifle Keval the World Archery Youth Championships in Madrid, Spain. Men Junior Prajapati ➢ Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) claimed a sensational victory at 10m Air Rifle Divyansh Singh the GoPro British Grand Prix as he and Marc Marquez (Repsol Men Individual Panwar Honda Team) treated us to a phenomenal MotoGP race. Aishwarya 10m Air Rifle ➢ Indian’s Sumit Nagal took a set off the iconic Roger Pratap Singh Men Junior Federer before fizzling out at the US Open in New York. Tomar ➢ The Indian team created history by winning one gold, one silver and Divyansh Singh 10m Air Rifle two bronze medals at the 45th World Skills Kazan 2019 competition, Panwar, Ravi Kumar, Men Team in Russia. Deepak Kumar ➢ Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has handed over 1.82 crore Saurabh rupees to the medallists of the Para-Badminton World Championship. 10m Air Pistol Chaudhary, Ravinder Men Team Singh & Abhishek Verma Khelo India Youth Games 2019 10m Air Rifle ➢ Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG), formerly Khelo India School Women Elavenil Valarivan Games (KISG), meaning Play India Youth Games, held annually in Individual January or February, are the national level multidisciplinary grassroot 10m Air Pistol Abhishek games in India held for two categories, namely under-17 years school Men Verma students and under-21 college students. Elavenil Valarivan, History 10m Air Rifle Apurvi Chandela, ➢ On 31 January 2018, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, declared Women Team Meghana Sajjanar open the inaugural Khelo India School Games at the opening ceremony Manu Bhaker, based on Guru–shishya tradition held at Indira Gandhi Arena. From the 10m Air Pistol Paramanthanam 2019 events, Khelo India School Games were renamed to Khelo India Women Team Shri Nivetha, Youth Games. Anuradha ➢ The first edition of the event was kicked off in New Delhi. 10m Air Pistol ➢ The second edition of the event was kicked off in Shree Shiv Women Manu Bhaker Chhatrapati Sports Complex, a sports complex situated in Belawadi, Individual Pune, Maharashtra. The theme of the Games revolved around ‘kheloge 10m Air Pistol Manu Bhaker & toh khiloge’ (if you play, you will prosper). Mixed Team Saurabh Chaudhary Esha Singh, 10m Air Pistol Harshada Women Junior Nithave, Team Devanshi Dhama

Yash Vardhan, 2019 Asian Athletics Championships 10m Air Rifle Aishwary Pratap ➢ The 2019 Asian Athletics Championships was the 23rd edition Men Junior Singh Tomar, Keval of the Asian Athletics Championships. It was held at the Khalifa Team Jashvantbhai International Stadium in Doha, Qatar. During the closing ceremony of Prajapati the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar India. 10m Air Pistol ➢ Bahrain topped the medal tally (11- Gold; 7-Silver; 4-Bronze; Total Men Junior Sarabjot Singh – 22 Medals). India finished fourth in the medal tally (3- Gold; 7-Silver; Individual 7-Bronze; Total – 17 Medals) Elavenil 10m Air Rifle Valarivan, Mixed Team Ravi Kumar India at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships 10m Air Pistol Sarabjot Singh, MEN Men Junior Arjun Singh Cheema, EVENT GOLD SILVER BRONZE Team Vijayveer Sidhu 1500 metres – Ajay Kumar – 10m Air Rifle C Kavi Rakshna, Saroj Women Junior Shreya Agrawal, 10,000 metres – – Gavit Murli Team Mehuli Ghosh Kumar Mehuli 400 metres – – Jabir Madari 10m Air Rifle Ghosh, hurdles Palliyalil Mixed Team Keval 3000 metres – Avinash – Junior Jashvantbhai steeplechase Sable Prajapati Shot put Tejinder Pal – – 10m Air Pistol Singh Toor Women Junior Esha Singh Javelin throw – Shivpal – Individual Singh 10m Air Rifle Mehuli Ghosh

Women Junior WOMEN 10m Air Pistol Esha Singh, EVENT GOLD SILVER BRONZE Mixed Team Vijayveer Sidhu Junior 200 metres – – Dutee Chand 10m Air Rifle Shreya Agrawal, Mixed Team 400 metres – – M. R. Yash Vardhan Junior Poovamma 10m Air Pistol Vijayveer Sidhu 800 metres Gomathi – –

Men Junior Marimuthu 1500 metres P. U. Chitra – –

2019 Malaysia Open 5000 metres – – Parul Chaudhary ➢ The 2019 Malaysia Open, officially the CELCOM AXIATA Malaysia 10,000 metres – – Sanjivani Open 2019, is a badminton tournament which takes place at Axiata Jadhav Arena in Malaysia from 2 to 7 April 2019 and has a total purse of 400 metres – – Sarita $700,000. hurdles Gayakwad Champions 4×400 metres – Prachi – Men’s Singles: Lin Dan (China) • relay M. R. • Women’s Singles: Tai Tzu-ying (China) Poovamma • Men’s Doubles: Li Junhui (China) & Liu Yuchen (China) Sarita • Women’s Doubles: Chen Qingchen (China) & Jia Yifan (China) Gayakwad • Mixed Doubles: Zheng Siwei (China) & Huang Yaqiong (China) V. K. Vismaya Javelin throw – Annu Rani – 2019 Singapore Open (Badminton) Heptathlon – Swapna – Barman The 2019 Singapore Open, was a badminton tournament which took place at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. MIXED Here the Winners List ➢ Men's Singles: Kento Momota (Japan) EVENT GOLD SILVER BRONZE ➢ Women's Singles: Tai Tzu-ying (China) ➢ Men's Doubles: Takeshi Kamura (Japan) & Keigo Sonoda 4×400 metres relay – Mohammad Anas – (Japan) M. R. Poovamma ➢ Women's Doubles: Mayu Matsumoto (Japan) & Wakana Vismaya Nagahara (Japan) Velluvakoroth ➢ Mixed Doubles: Dechapol Puavaranukroh (Thailand) & Sapsiree Arokia Rajiv Taerattanachai (Thailand)

➢ The 2019 Badminton Asia Championships, is a badminton

tournament which took place at Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium in

China. The 2019 Badminton Asia Championships was the 39th edition of

______t.me/examstocks www.examstocks.com www.examstocks.com Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RAILWAY | STATE EXAMS 46 | RRB PO/CLERK CAPSULE - 2019| the Badminton Asia Championships. This tournament was hosted by Category Name Medal the Chinese Badminton Association. 52-kg Amit Panghal Gold Here is the complete list of winners of 2019 Badminton Asia 81-kg Pooja Rani Gold Championships: 64-kg Simranjit Kaur Silver Event Winner 56-kg Kavinder Singh Bisht Silver Men’s singles Kento Momota (Japan) 49-kg Deepak Singh Silver Women’s singles Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) 75-kg Ashish Chaudhary Silver Men’s doubles Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe (Japan) 51-kg Nikhat Zareen Bronze Women’s doubles Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan (China) 54-kg Manisha Moun Bronze Mixed doubles Wang Yilü and Huang Dongping (China) 57-kg Sonia Chahal Bronze 60-kg Sarita Devi Bronze Asian Wrestling Championship 2019 60-kg Shiva Thapa Bronze ➢ The 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships was held in Xi’an, 69-kg Ashish Bronze China. +91-kg Satish Kumar Bronze ➢ India won 16 medals which include 1 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze by men’s freestyle wrestlers, 3 silver and 1 bronze by men’s Greco-Roman XXXVI Feliks Stamm International Boxing Tournament wrestlers and 4 bronze won by women’s freestyle wrestlers. Indian boxers finished with a rich haul of six medals which includes 2 ➢ India ranked 8th place in the tournament and the first three gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals at the XXXVI Feliks Stamm countries ranked in the tournament were Iran followed by China and International Boxing Tournament 2019 in Warsaw, Poland. Japan. Here the list of Indian Winners:

Event/ Category Name Medal Here the Indian Winners List Fly (52-kg) Gaurav Solanki Gold Event / Category Name Medal Light (60-kg) Manish Kaushik Gold Bantam (56-kg) Mohammed Silver

Men’s Freestyle/65-kg Bajrang Punia Gold Hussamuddin Light Welter (64-kg) Ankit Khatana Bronze Men’s Freestyle/74-kg Amit Kumar Dhankar Silver Welter (69-kg) Mandeep Jangra Bronze Heavy (91-kg) Sanjeet Bronze Men’s Freestyle/79-kg Parveen Rana Silver

Men’s Freestyle/92-kg Vicky Chahar Silver Madrid Open 2019: ➢ The 2019 Madrid Open (sponsored by Mutua) is a professional Men’s Greco-Roman/77-kg Gurpreet Singh Silver tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Park Manzanares Men’s Greco-Roman/82-kg Harpreet Singh Silver in Madrid, Spain from 3 May–12 May 2019. Here the Winners List: Men’s Greco-Roman/87-kg Sunil Kumar Silver ➢ Men's Singles: Serbia Novak Djokovic Men’s Freestyle/61-kg Rahul Aware Bronze ➢ Women's Singles: Netherlands Kiki Bertens Men’s Freestyle/86-kg Deepak Punia Bronze ➢ Men's Doubles: Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer / Romania Horia Tecău Men’s Freestyle/97-kg Satyawart Kadian Bronze ➢ Women's Doubles: Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei / Czech Republic Men’s Freestyle/125-kg Sumit Malik Bronze Barbora Strýcová

Men’s Greco-Roman/60-kg Gyanender Dahiya Bronze Mumbai beat Chennai by one run to win record 4th IPL title: Women’s Freestyle/53-kg Vinesh Phogat Bronze ➢ Mumbai Indians became IPL champions for the fourth time after Women’s Freestyle/59-kg Manju Kumari Bronze defeating Chennai Super Kings by one run in a thrilling final in Women’s Freestyle/62-kg Sakshi Malik Bronze Hyderabad. Women’s Freestyle/68-kg Divya Kakran Bronze ➢ Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the most successful wicketkeeper in the history of IPL by taking his dismissals tally to 132, 67th Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell 2019 surpassing his India teammate Dinesh Karthik. ➢ Player of the series: Andre Russell (KKR) (510 runs and 11 ➢ The 2019 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell (also known as the wickets) Torneo Godó) was a men’s tennis tournament played on outdoor clay ➢ Most runs: David Warner (SRH) (692) courts. It was the 67th edition of the event and part of the ATP World ➢ Most wickets : Imran Tahir (CSK) (26) Tour 500 series of the 2019 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Real

Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 2019 IAAF World Relays Highlights: Winner List ➢ The 2019 IAAF World Relays was held in Yokohama, Japan from ➢ Singles: Austria Dominic Thiem May 11 to May 12, 2019. Two new events were established for 2019, both ➢ Doubles: Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal / Colombia Robert mixed events: the 2 × 2 × 400 m relay and the shuttle hurdles Farah relay.

➢ The 2 x 2 x 400 m mixed relay event has replaced 4 x 800 m relay Asian Boxing Championship 2019 which featured in the previous events. The Asian Boxing Championship 2019 was held in Huamark Indoor Stadium ➢ Indian men’s 4 x 400 m relay and women’s 4 x 400 m relay in Bangkok, Thailand. teams finished at 17th.

➢ The Indian mixed 4 x 400 m relay team finished at 15th.

➢ The top 10 finishers in the IAAF World Relays 2019 in men’s and

women’s 4×400 m relays event and top 12 finishers in mixed 4×400 m

relays event have qualified for the IAAF World Athletics

Championship which will going to held in Doha, Qatar from September ➢ Men’s Doubles: Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan 28 to October 6, 2019. ➢ Women’s Doubles: Chen Ke and Mu Zi

Here the Winner List: ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Cup 2019: India finishes top of medal tally Category Winner with four medals Men’s 4×100 m relay Brazil ❖ India drew blank on the final day but still topped the chart for Men’s 4×200 m relay US the second consecutive ISSF World Cup, third time in two years, by Men’s 4×400 m relay Trinidad and Tobago bagging three gold and a silver at the Beijing edition of the Women’s 4x100m relay US Rifle/Pistol event. Women’s 4×200 m relay France ❖ India topped the medals tally ahead of hosts China (2 gold, 2 Women’s 4×400 m relay Poland silver, 1 bronze), who won five medals in total. ❖ Anjum Moudgil and young Divyansh Singh Panwar – Gold in the Mixed 4×400 m relay US 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team competition. Mixed 2x2x400 m relay US ❖ Teenaged pair of Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary- Gold in Mixed Shuttle Hurdles relay US the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Pistol event.

❖ Abhishek Verma – Gold in men’s 10m Air Pistol event. Result of Italian Open 2019: ❖ Divyansh – Won India’s first individual medal by clinching a • Men’s Singles: Spain Rafael Nadal silver in the men’s 10m Air Rifle. Women’s Singles: Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková • • Men’s Doubles: Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal / Colombia Robert India Bags 57 Medals at India Open International Tournament: Farah ❖ India bags a total of 57 medals including 12 Gold, 18 Silver and 27 • Women’s Doubles: Belarus Victoria Azarenka / Australia Ashleigh Bronze at India Open International Boxing tournament in Guwahati. Barty ❖ MC Mary Kom, Shiva Thapa, L Sarita Devi, and Naman Tanwar won gold in their respective finals. ISSF World Cup 3 2019: ❖ This was Mary’s second gold in the tournament, having won in 48 kg ➢ International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup 3 last year in the capital. was held in Munich, Germany. India won 5 gold medal and a silver ❖ On the other hand, Deepak defeated Govind Kumar in 49 kg final medal totalling 6 medals and topped the medal tally. China won two while in 52 kg category- Amit Panghal defeated Sachin. gold, two silver, and five bronze medals and placed second in the medal tally. Next tournament ISSF World Cup 4 is set to be held in Rio de World Archery Championships 2019: Janeiro, Brazil. ❖ The Indian men’s recurve team bagged a Silver Medal at Den ➢ Saurabh Chaudhary won a gold medal in 10 metre air pistol and Bosch in The Netherlands. broke down his own world record of 245 by shooting 246. 3 points in the ❖ Women's compound team Raj Kaur, Muskan Kirar, Jyothi Surekha final. Vennam bagged a Bronze Medal. Asian Games champion Rahi Sarnobat and Manu Bhaker clinch sixth ❖ Women’s Compound individual event Jyothi Surekha Vennam and seventh Olympic quota place in shooting for 2020 Tokyo Olympics. bagged a Bronze Medal. Here the Winner List: NAME CATEGORY MEDAL GRAND PRIX WINNERS OF 2019 Saurabh Chaudhary NAME OF THE GRAND PRIX WINNER 10 Metre Air Pistol Gold (World Record) Australian Grand Prix Mercede’s Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Apurvi Chandela 10 Metre Air Rifle Gold Azerbaijan Grand Prix Mercede’s Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Rahi Sarnobat 25 Metre Pistol Gold Bahrain Grand Prix Mercede’s Lewis Hamilton (British) Divyansh Singh Panwar 10 Metre Air Rifle (Mixed Canadian Grand Prix Mercede’s Lewis Hamilton (British) Gold & Anjum Moudgil Team) Chinese Grand Prix Mercede’s Lewis Hamilton (British) Saurabh Chaudhary & 10 Metre Air Pistol (Mixed French Grand Prix Mercede’s Lewis Hamilton (British) Gold Manu Bhaker Team) Monaco Grand Prix Mercede’s Lewis Hamilton (British) Apurvi Chandela & Spanish Grand Prix Mercede’s Lewis Hamilton (British) 10 Metre Air Rifle (Mixed Deepak Kumar (sport Silver Austrian Grand Prix Red Bull’s Max Verstappen Team) shooter) (Belgium)

2019 French Open ➢ Australian cities Sydney and Brisbane have been announced as the ➢ The 2019 French Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament played first two host locations for the newest team event in men’s tennis on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, from January 2020. France. ➢ Egypt will host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations between 15th June ➢ Here the Winner List: and 13th July 2019. ➢ Men's Singles: Spain Rafael Nadal ➢ The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced fixtures for the ➢ Women's Singles: Australia Ashleigh Barty ICC T20 World Cup 2020 Men’s and Women’s event in Australia in ➢ Men's Doubles: Germany Kevin Krawietz & Germany Andreas Mies 2020. ➢ Women's Doubles: Hungary Tímea Babos & France Kristina ➢ The 15th Special Olympics World Summer Games 2019 for Mladenovic athletes with Intellectual disabilities held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab ➢ Mixed Doubles: Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan & Croatia Ivan Dodig Emirates with motto “Meet the Determined”. The event saw the participation of 190 countries. The next Special Olympic Games are set to China claimed four gold medals at 2019 ITTF World Tour Hong take place in Sweden in 2021. Kong Open, Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong. ➢ FIFA (The Federation Internationale de Football Association) ➢ Women’s Singles: Wang Yidi World Cup 2022 security agreement aimed at building a strategic ➢ Men’s Singles: Lin Gaoyuan

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The rankings world rankings. Indian women squash players Joshna Chinappa and were released by United World Wrestling. Dipika Pallikal had earlier reached top 10 in the world rankings. ➢ Former Olympic and three-time world champion Asbel Kiprop ➢ India has retained ICC Test Championship mace for the third of Kenya was banned for four years for testing positive for the blood- year in a row after finishing at the top of ICC Test team rankings on the boosting drug EPO. cut-off date of April 1. It has also won the purse of USD 1 million. ➢ Services won their 6th Santosh Trophy Football Tournament ➢ In the latest release of FIFA (The Federation Internationale de title over Punjab at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana. Football Association) world football rankings, Belgium has edged the ➢ The 31-year-old Fabio Fognini defeated Dusan Lajovic, in Rolex World Cup winners France to retain at the first rank with 1737 points. The Monte-Carlo Masters final to capture the biggest title of his career and Indian Football Team gained two places in the new FIFA rankings 101st make history as the first Italian to claim a Masters 1000 position. championship. ➢ Sam Curran has become the youngest player to take a hat-trick ➢ World No.1 Bajrang Punia (65kg) won India’s first gold in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match 2019. medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2019 in Xi’an, China. ➢ The Kho-Kho Federation of India (KKFI) in collaboration with Praveen Rana had to settle for silver in the 79kg category after he Burman has launched a franchise-based league for the sport named lost to Bahman Mohammad Teymouri of Iran. Satyavrat Kadian, on “Ultimate KhoKho”. The league will be held either in September or the other hand, bagged a bronze medal in the 97kg category. October this year. ➢ India’s Divyansh Singh Panwar has secured the country’s fourth ➢ The International Cricket Council (ICC) has sought closer working Olympic quota place in shooting by winning a silver in 10m air rifle relations with the Interpol to widen the scope of its fight against event in the ISSF World Cup in Beijing, China. corruption in the sport. ➢ United States Cricket Team beat Hong Kong by 84 runs in the WCL ➢ 73-year-old Israeli Isaak Hayik set a new world record as Division 2 to attain one-day International (ODI) status. the Oldest Person to play in a Professional Soccer Match. ➢ French official Stephanie Frappart will become the first woman to ➢ Indian captain Virat Kohli was named the ‘Leading Cricketer in referee a Ligue 1 match and will take charge of Amiens Vs Strasbourg. the World’ for the third time in a row in this year’s edition of the Wisden ➢ Australia’s Claire Polosak will create history as the first woman Cricketers’ Almanack, the publication. Smriti Mandhana was the umpire ever to stand in a men’s One-Day International when she takes ‘Leading Cricketer in the women’s game’. the field in the final of the ICC World Cricket League Division 2. ➢ The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has signed an MoU with ➢ Petra Kvitova has become the first player to win two WTA singles Serbian Tennis Federation (STF) to train Indian junior players titles this year after beating Anett Kontaveit in the Stuttgart’s Porsche under world renowned Serbian coaches, at the RK Khanna Stadium, Tennis Grand Prix final. New Delhi. ➢ Bajrang Punia is set to become the first wrestler from India to ➢ Golfer Tiger Woods clinched his Fifth Masters and 15th major title fight at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York. at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. ➢ Arjuna awardee and star Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar won the ➢ Christian Garin became the first Chilean to win an ATP Tour title in outstanding achievement as a player award at the fourth edition of the 10 years when he beat Norway’s Casper Ruud at the U.S. Men’s Clay annual India Golf Industry Association (GIA) awards at the Delhi Court Championship in Houston. Golf Club, New Delhi. ➢ In tennis, continuing his good run, India's Prajnesh Gunneswaran ➢ Indian marathon runner, Nitendra Singh Rawat finished 27th in 2 achieved a career-high ranking of 80 in the latest ATP rankings hours 15 minutes and 59 seconds in the men’s Elite race of released. prestigious Virgin Money London Marathon 2019 at London. ➢ India’s Harsheel Dani, a former junior national champion, defeated ➢ Raheem Sterling has been named the 2019 footballer of the year by Mads Christophersen of Denmark, World No 149, to clinch the 20th Victor the Football Writers’ Association (FWA). The Manchester City and Dutch International Badminton title in Wateringen, Netherlands. England forward topped the poll of the 400-strong FWA membership as ➢ Meena Kumari Maisnam clinched the gold medal in the 54 kg a clear winner, with 62 percent of the votes. category at the Boxing World Cup in Cologne, Germany. Sakshi ➢ The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) along with Sky Running (57kg) and Pwilao Basumatary (64kg) lost their final bouts and had to Association of India organized the National Sky Running settle for silver while Pinki Rani (51kg) and Parveen (60kg) won bronze Championship at Auli, Uttarakhand. as India finished with five medals. ➢ India's ace cueist Pankaj Advani won the inaugural Asian Snooker ➢ Ethiopian athletes Gelete Burka (women’s race) and Abrha Milaw Tour title. Advani beat Nezhad in the final. (men’s race) won the 43rd edition of the Paris Marathon. ➢ India’s ace cueist Pankaj Advani won the 35th men’s Asian ➢ Former Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) president Jose Maria snooker championship in Doha, Qatar. He defeated Thai’s Thanawat Marin has been banned for life from all football activities by FIFA. Tirapongpaiboon. ➢ FC Goa nicknamed as ‘The Gaurs’ emerged as champions of the ➢ Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli overtook Suresh 2019 Super Cup as they pipped Chennaiyin FC 2-1 in a tense affair at the Raina to become the leading run-scorer in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. 19-year-old Goa Goalkeeper ➢ Asian champion shot putter Manpreet Kaur has been banned for Mohammad Nawaz has been named as Hero of the Match. four years by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for flunking four ➢ ICC Cricket for Good, in partnership with UNICEF, announced ‘One dope tests in 2017. 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➢ The Asian Weightlifting Championships 2019 held in Ningbo, China. ➢ The world’s first exclusive women’s cricket magazine ‘Criczone” was ➢ India bagged one gold and two silver medals at the Asian Boxing released with Indian team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana featuring as Championships in Bangkok. the cover story. ➢ Liverpool’s centre back Van Dijk was named Player of the Year by ➢ Pakistan off-spinner Sana Mir has become the most successful England’s Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA). Arsenal’s Dutch women’s ODI spinner in history after she took her 147th wicket, forward Vivianne Miedema (22-years) claimed the women’s Player of the highest ever by any spinner in One-day International (ODI) cricket. Year award. ➢ India’s Rahil Gangjee finished tied 39th while Viraj Madappa ➢ According to the latest rankings released by International Shooting faltered on the final day and ended tied 53rd at the Asia-Pacific Diamond Sport Federation (ISSF), world cup gold medallist, Apurvi Chandela Cup in Japan. became the world number one in women’s 10m Air Rifle category with 1, ➢ Rafael Nadal Claimed the Italian Open 2019 Title. 926 rating points. ➢ Rafael Nadal has won a record 34th ATP Masters 1000 title by ➢ Yosuke Asaji won the Asia-Pacific Diamond Golf Cup 2019 by defeating Novak Djokovic in the Italian Open final 2019. This is his ninth one shot at the Sobu Country Club. Rome title. ➢ The 8th edition Asian Youth Women Handball Championship ➢ Nadal dominated in a 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 win broke a tie with his longtime 2019 will be held in Jaipur from August 21 to 30. This is the first time rival Djokovic. For his victory, Nadal received 1, 000 ATP Ranking points Jaipur will host this prestigious tournament. and earned Rs. 7. 5 crore. Djokovic produced an error-strewn ➢ ICC (International Cricket Council) has launched the “criiio performance in his 54th meeting with Nadal. campaign” on the eve of the Men’s World Cup 2019. ➢ American golfer Brooks Koepka set a record in the lowest 36-hole ➢ World number one Bajrang Punia has become the first Indian to score in Major golf history and seized a record seven-stroke lead after win gold at the Ali Aliev wrestling tournament after defeating Viktor two rounds of the US PGA Championship. Brooks Koepka now holds Rassadin of Russia in the 65 kg freestyle in Kapiisk. the 18, 36 and 72-hole scoring records for the US PGA Championship. ➢ The world body governing cricket, ICC unveiled an expanded men's ➢ Mumbai-based racer Jehan Daruvala took his maiden win in the Twenty20 International team rankings with 80 teams. India with 2019 Formula 3 championship in Barcelona. 260 points have dropped three places to fifth in the latest list. The ICC ➢ The Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) announced a tie- T20 World Cup champions of 2009, Pakistan have consolidated their top up with HCL with an aim to improve the health of the sport in the position with 286 points. The next three teams are South Africa (262), country. England (261) and Australia (261). ➢ Manchester City defeated Brighton by 4-1 at the Amex Stadium, ➢ Serbia’s Dragan Mihailovic will take over as head coach of the UK in Premier League title match. Manchester City became the first team Indian Men’s Volleyball team by the Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) to retain the title in last 10 years since Manchester United had done and will be joined by Pryemyslaw Gaszyoski (Poland) and Valadimir the same in 2009. Radosevic (Serbia) as the team’s physio and physiotherapist respectively. ➢ The Committee of Administrators (CoA) announced that the much- ➢ Archery Association of India named its senior vice president Sunil awaited elections for a new body of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sharma in accordance with Article 24 of AAI Constitution (as approved India (BCCI) will be held on October 22. by the Supreme Court on 4th December 2017) as its acting president to ➢ Senior Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan jumped to the top of start the election process. Sunil Sharma was preceded by BVP Rao. the latest MRF Tyres ICC ODI rankings for all-rounders, which doesn’t ➢ Saurav Ghosal (men’s title) and Joshna Chinappa (women’s feature a single Indian in the top-10 chart. title) rewrote India's squash history when the duo emerged champions in ➢ Bayern Munich clinched German Cup 2019. Bayern Munich the Asian Individual Squash Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. defeated RB Leipzig in Olympiastadion, Berlin. ➢ Anmol Jain and Esha Singh won the mixed air pistol team bronze ➢ China won the badminton world mixed-team championship, 16th medal in the Grand Prix of Liberation International Shooting edition of Sudirman Cup 2019 in Nanning, China. Competition in Czech Republic. ➢ Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic became the oldest man to win a match at ➢ Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) the French Open 2019 for 46 years on 28th May. announced two new award categories to promote women's football ➢ Asian youth champion Dr. Rohini Rau to lead all women Indian across the globe. The two new award categories are off Women's team for the J80 World Championship to be staged in Bilbao, Spain, Goalkeeper of the year and a Women's Team of the year. from July 13 to 20. ➢ Former cricketers Sourav Ganguly and Sanjay Manjrekar along ➢ Chelsea clinched the UEFA Europa League 2019 Cup. It scored with cricket writer and commentator Harsha Bhogle have been named in four goals in a devastating second-half display to beat Arsenal 4-1 on 29 the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) commentary panel for the May at the Baku Olympic Stadium in Azerbaijan. upcoming World Cup, beginning May 30 in England and Wales. ➢ Recently, Korea Football Association (KFA) had withdrawn their ➢ The Asian Football Confederation announced that for the first time bid to host Asian Cup 2023 which leave the sole other bidders China an all-female referee team will take charge of a Men’s Continental Club with a free run to become hosts. Cup Clash. Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita and assistants Makoto ➢ Rajasthan Royals leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal had claimed the hat- Bozono and Naomi Teshirogi. trick in the Indian Premier League (IPL)- 2019. ➢ West Indies player John Campbell and Shai Hope created the ➢ Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) has decided to bid for the history by making first-ever 350 plus run opening stand after sharing 2024 edition (take part-32 teams) of the biennial World Team 365 runs for the 1st wicket against Ireland. The venue of the match Championships. was Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin, Ireland. ➢ South Korea has abandoned its bid to stage Asian Cup Football ➢ Amul has been announced as the principal sponsor of the tournament 2023. The Korea Football Association (KFA) had pulled out to Afghanistan cricket team for the upcoming World Cup, slated to be strategically focus on a joint bid with North Korea to host the Women's held in England and Wales from May 30. 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➢ Pakistan will host the 15th edition of the 2020 Asia Cup cricket ➢ Indian Gymnast, Pranati Nayak aged 23 won bronze medal in vault tournament (in September 2020). ACC also reaffirmed its stand to event at the 8th edition of Senior Asian Artistic Championships in include cricket in the 2022 Asian Games scheduled in Hangzhou, Buyant Ukhaa Sport Palace, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. China. ➢ The 20-time Grand Slam champion, Roger Federer of Switzerland ➢ Liverpool breezed past Tottenham at Madrid to win the Champions defeated David Goffin (Belgium) to win the 27th edition of the Halle League Football for the Sixth Time. Open 2019 (also known as Noventi Open 2019) at the Gerry Weber ➢ Sunil Chhetri has become the Most Capped India player by Stadion in Halle, Germany. surpassing Bhaichung Bhutia's 107 international matches. ➢ The International Olympic Committee (IOC) inaugurated its 145 ➢ China will stage the 2023 Asian Cup football after South Korea, million Swiss francs ($145 million) new headquarters named Thailand and Indonesia dropped their bids. This year's Asian Cup in the Olympic House in a ceremony held at the lakeside grounds of Olympic UAE was expanded to 24 nations for the first time with Qatar winning the House in Lausanne, Switzerland. final 3-1 against Japan. ➢ The 26-member squad of Indian women’s Rugby team created a ➢ The Indian Junior Women's Hockey Team clinched the Cantor historic first international 15s rugby match win at Southern Plains Fitzgerald U21 International 4-Nations title in Dublin, Ireland. Sports Field in Manila, Philippines. ➢ The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup (8th edition) started in ➢ Sofia Kenin of the United States won the 4th edition of Mallorca France. Open Title 2019 against Belinda Bencic of Switzerland held at Santa ➢ Gymnastics Federation of India (GFI) has announced the Indian Ponsa Tennis Club in Mallorca, Spain. team for the Senior Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships to be held in ➢ 22-year-old Girish A. Koushik of Mysore, Karnataka became India’s Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 63rd Grandmaster (GM) at the 37th Balaton International Chess ➢ Indian men's archery team secured the Olympic quota for the Festival in Hungary. He became the third Grandmaster from Karnataka, 2020 Tokyo Games. after Thejkumar M S and Stany G A. ➢ ICC has entered into content partnerships with global social media ➢ International Olympic Committee (IOC) suspended the Olympic platforms Facebook, YouTube and Twitter to cater to the huge interest status from the International Boxing Association (AIBA) and took from fans in this event. over the responsibilities of the qualifying and final tournaments for the ➢ Under-20 Eurasian Athletics Championships held at Almaty, 2020 Tokyo Games. AIBA has debts of about $17 million and it may be Kazakhstan, Indian juniors bagged 5 gold and 3 silver medals. bankrupt in the near future. ➢ Sidharth Rawat won his title in the $25,000 ITF men’s Futures ➢ In the final round of voting at the 134th session of the International tennis tournament. Last year he won with Manish Sureshkumar for Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, Italy’s Milan and doubles. Cortina d’Ampezzo won the right to host the 2026 Winter Olympics. ➢ Viswanathan Anand defeat against world champion Magnus Carlsen ➢ In the finals of the St Peters Youth Centre Open Hockey of Norway in the Armageddon game at the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament for 2019 held in Mumbai, teams of Central Railway Tournament. (Women) and Union Bank of India (Men) emerged as champions. ➢ International Hockey Federation (IHF) conducted Men's Hockey Olympian Preeti Yadav was named as the Best player of the Tournament. Series. The Final match is played at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. ➢ The Sports Authority of India's (SAI) Mission Olympic Cell has Japan defeated Mexico by a goal 3 - 1. included four archers namely Archers Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das, ➢ The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Pravin Jadhav and Atul Verma in Target Olympic Podium Scheme the international governing body for the sport of athletics, changed its (TOPS) for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. name from IAAF to World Athletics. ➢ India's junior Boxing women's team was won best team trophy in ➢ United States won the biggest-ever victory in FIFA Women’s World 5th Black Forest Cup held in Villingen, Schwenningen, Germany. Cup. They defeated Thailand in Group-F match at Reims in France. The team won 7 medals, including 5 gold. Tamanna (48kg), Anju, Neha, H. ➢ Peter Gilchrist won the 2019 Pacific International Billiards Ambeshori Devi (57kg), and Preeti Dahiya (60kg) won gold medals out of Championship at the Yarraville Club in Melbourne, Australia. the 13-member Indian squad. ➢ Indian cricketer Virat Kohli is the only Indian in the Forbes list of world’s highest-paid athletes. The list is topped by Barcelona and OBITUARY Argentina football superstar Lionel Messi. 1. Carlin Dunne – Motorbike racer ➢ Australia will be one of the two guest nations at the 2020 Copa 2. B.K. Birla - Industrialist America. Qatar will also return to 2020 tournament, which will be co- 3. Hussain Muhammad Ershad- Bangladesh’s Former Military Dictator hosted by Argentina and Colombia. Qatar and Japan are the guest nations 4. Fernando Corbato- Father of computer password in 2019 Copa, which started on June 15 in Brazil. This year’s Copa America 5. Sheila Dikshit- Former Delhi C.M broadcast to a record 178 countries. 6. Ram Chandra Paswan - Lok sabha MP ➢ Belgium remained to top the overall FIFA world rankings, 7. Yukiya Amano- Former IAEA Chief followed by France, Brazil, England, and Portugal. The Indian men’s 8. Jaipal Reddy- Former Union Minister and Senior Congress leader football team remained static at the 101st position in the latest FIFA 9. Prince Bandar- Saudi Arabia king’s elder brother. rankings. 10. Anant Setalvad -Cricket commentator ➢ England captain Eoin Morgan set the world record for most sixes 11. Amarendra Sharan - Former ASG, Senior Advocate and Former (17) in a One Day International (ODI). He achieved this record during his Additional Solicitor General of India. 71-ball 148-run knock against Afghanistan in World Cup on 18 June 2019. 12. DJ Arafat- Ivory Coast Music Star ➢ Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan is the most expensive bowler 13. Jose Luis Brown - Argentina FIFA World Cup Winner in World Cup history. He is the world’s No.3 ODI bowler. He played 14. Rizia Rahman- Bangladeshi Novelist and Ekushey Padak winning Sunrisers Hyderabad in Indian Premier League. 15. VB Chandrasekhar - Former Cricketer ➢ Joshna Chinappa wins record 17th National Title in Squash after 16. Damodar Ganesh Bapat- social worker and Padma Shri awardee outplaying Tamil Nadu's Sunayna Kuruvilla in the final. 17. Kanti Bhatt- Veteran Gujarati Journalist ➢ Asian champion PU Chitra (Palakkeezhil Unnikrishnan Chithra) of 18. Russi Taylor- Voice Of Minnie Mouse India won a gold medal in women’s 1500m at Folksam Grand Prix 2019 19. Abdul Hamid’s Widow Rasoolan Bibi -Param Vir Chakra Awardee held in Sollentuna, Sweden. Veer 20. Malcolm Nash- Former Glamorgan All-Rounder

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