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JITIN YADAV,IAS

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CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR WBCS PRELIMS 2020 FEB-NOV 2019

FEBRUARY 2nd edition of Indian Sign Language Dictionary 600 words for Hearing Impaired Persons contains Theme of National Science Day 2019(28th Feb) Science for the People & People for Science Asian Hockey Federation Player of the year 2019 Harmanpreet Singh SIDBI + Indian Bank with UN bank and UN Women’s Livelihood women will launch Banks(WLBs) Monkeys declared as vermin for one year due to monkey menace in PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana – Rs. 6000/year PM KISAN (land > 2 hectares) ’s 1st humanoid robot to be used by police KP-BOT force 14th recipient of 2018 Seoul Peace Prize PM Modi New Railway Zone in HQ at Southern Coast Vishakhapatnam Railway 1st ever Drone Olympics – UAV competition(18- Bengaluru 21st Feb) Himachal Pradesh approved 2nd official language Sanskrit after Hindi India’s 1st self made fighter jet – Light Combat ‘Tejas’ Aircraft India withdraw MFN status to Pakistan Most Favoured Nation Sportstar Lifetime Achievement Award Prakash Padukone(Tennis) Cabinet approved implementation of PMAY G till 2022

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To boost quality education, HRD minister Operation Digital launched Board For immediate access to emergency services Dial 112 New Chairman of Central Board of Direct Tax Sushil Chandra Chief Election Commissioner of India Sunil Arora Mascot of National Games 2022 to be held Clouded Leopard in 1st ever Diesel to Electric Converted Varanasi Locomotive flagged off by PM in Anoop Satpathy Committee recommended 375/day, raising of National Minimum Wage to 9750/month Universal old age pension yojana in Mujhyamantri Vridhajan Pension Yojana Personal Laws(Amendment) Bill 2019 Leprosy removed which disease as ground for divorce Highest run scorer in T20 Internationals Rohit Sharma surpassing Martin Guptill Who won Ranji Trophy 2018-19 defeating Vidarbha Saurashtra ’s State Aquatic Animal Indus Water Dolphin 1st women in world to play 200 ODIs Mithali Raj Author of ‘The Third Pillar’ Raghuram Rajan Author of ‘Undaunted, Saving the idea of P Chidambaram India’ Budget 2019-20 exempted income tax for 5 lakhs/ year income International law for humanitarian Geneva treatment in case of war Convention

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Sri Lankan cricketer banned by ICC for 2 Sanath Jayasuriya yrs 91st Academy Awards(Oscars) – Best Green Book (by Movie Peter Farelly) best actor award for film Bohemian Rami Malek Rhapsody at Oscars best actress award for film The Favourite Olivia Colman at Oscars best director award for film Roma at Alfonso Cuaron Oscars Theme of World Sustainable Development Attaining the 2030 Summit 2019 Agenda; Delivering on our Promise World Radio Day 13th feb 3rd official language of Abu Dhabi after Hindi Arabic & English

MARCH New Strategic Force Command(SFC) Chief Navkaranjit Singh Dhillon Won ‘Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup’ 2019 South Korea by defeating india in finals

Rajasthan Day 30th march India brought down live satellite on Low Mission Shakti

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Earth Orbit with anti satellite missile (A- SAT), becoming 4th superpower to do so. Penalty imposed by RBI for non Rs 2cr complaining with SWIFT operations Global messaging software which informs SWIFT about inter bank transactions Developed hardware using Artificial IIT Delhi Intelligence (AI) to detect TB, cervical cancer UGC prohibits distance degree programmes Agriculture in Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award ,2019 Dr Rajendra Joshi Croatia’s highest civilian award, ‘Grand President Ram Order of the King of Tomislav’ Nath Kovind Merger of bank (Apr 1, 2019) Vijaya bank, BoB, Dena Bank World’s highest polling station with Hikkim village altitude of 15,256 feet (Tashiganj, HP) India and Argentina signed Antarctic cooperation India’s position in Global Energy Transition 76th Index of World Economic Forum Chief of Naval Staff Karambir Singh Recognized as defaulter with debt of Jet Airways $1billion First transgender election ambassador in Gauri Sawant First Indian port to record 200MT cargo Adani Port movement First public sector bank to link savings SBI bank interest rate to repo rate Chairperson of newly constituted National Bhagwan Lal Sahni Commission for Backward Classes Imposed penalty of Rs 500cr on National Green

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Volkswagen (German manufacturers) Tribunal (NGT) Signed MoU for better implementation of IBC Board & SEBI IBC, 2016 National Immunization Day 10th march Jan Ausadhi Diwas (create awareness about 7th march generic medicines Connect Gurdaspur (Punjab) with Pakistan Kartarpur Corridor India’s current account deficit in 3rd quarter 2.5% of GDP of 2019 Second Scorpene Class Submarine inducted INS Khanderi in Indian Navy Categorized by RBI as private sector bank IDBI Bank Limited for regulatory purposes Granted to 4 categories of Arabica Coffee GI tag () Director of Bhabha Atomic Reseach AK Mohanty Centre() India’s cleanest city for 3rd consecutive year Indore as per Swachh Survekshan Launched by Google to improve Hindi & ‘Bolo’ app English skill of primary grade children Gurugram topped the list and 7 out of top World Air Quality 10 most polluted cities are in India Report 2018 India Bangladesh border Smart fencing Launched Young Scientist Programme ISRO (Yuva Vigyani Karyakaram) for class 9th World Theatre Day 27th march Topped in Global Energy Transition Index Sweden> of World Economic Forum Switzerland> Norway 39th President of USA , longest living Jimmy Carter president of USA World TB day 24TH March

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Launched PRISMA (Hyperspectral Italy Precursor of the Application Mission) Satellite First G7 country to sign for China’s Belt and Italy Road Initiative President of Kazakhsthan resigned after Nursultan being in power for 30 yrs Nazarbayev Host of FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, India 2020 30th anniversary of www (invented by Tim 12th march, 2019 Berners Lee) World Wildlife Day 3rd march 40 countries including India decided to Boeing 737 MAX ground International World’s Women Day 8TH March First West Indian to hit >500 sixes in Chris Gayle international cricket World’s Consumer Rights Day 15th march World Water day, Theme: leaving no one 22nd march behind Passed new resolution to combat Terror UNSC Financing Became 2nd person after Jimmy Conners to Roger Federer win 100 ATP titles Won first test match after defeating Ireland Afghanistan Became first women to be awarded with Karen Uhlenbeck Abel Prize (nobel prize for mathematics)

APRIL

New Rs 20 banknote will have heritage Ellora Caves site

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Provide for 6 month jail + Rs 1000 fine for Conduct Rule falsely reporting functioning of EVMs & 49MA of elections VVPATs Expected to have impact in north west & Cyclone Fani north east India Merger of IndusInd Bank & Bharat National Company Financial Inclusion approved by Law Tribunal Banned Chinese TikTok app Madras HC Appointed as India’s High Commissioner Dalbir Singh to Seychelles Suhag MERA India Programme to eliminate Indian Council of malaria by 2030 launched by Medical Research Special stamp on theme of Ramayana is Indonesia released by India won 17 medals (3 gold, 7 silver, 7 Asian Athletics bronze) and stood at 4th position at 23rd Championship edition of Indian Army began women recruitment Military police for first time in RBI sold its entire stake in NHB & Union government NABARD to Civil Service Day 21st April World no.1 in men’s 65kg freestyle Bajrang Punia category India ranks in World Press Freedom Index 140th 2019 Which illness can spare death convicts Mental illness from gallows Nirbhay Sub Sonic Cruise Missile was 15TH April successfully test fired by DRDO First CM to be barred for campaigning by Yogi Adityanath Election Commission for violating model code of conduct Election Commission stalled release of PM Narendra

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biopic of Modi Appointed as first chief justice of new Vikram Nath Andhra Pradesh HC Worked in ‘Theatre’ Kartik Chandra Nath National Maritime Day 5th april UAE honoured PM Modi with Zayed Medal Sale of 24 MH-60R Seahawk maritime USA helicopters to India approved by Guided-missile destroyer launched by INS Imphal Indian Navy at Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders, Mumbai ‘Services’ won 73rd edition of Santosh Punjab in finals Trophy football tournament defeating Renowned Hindi poet passed away on Pradeep Choubey April 12, 2019 Programmes by government Utkarsh Bangla and won World Summit on the and Sabuj Sathi Information Society(WSIS) ,UN Awarded Saraswati Samman for poetry Siva Reddy ‘Pakkati Ottigilite’ Order of the St Andrew, the Apostle – PM Modi highest civilian award of Russia, awarded to First station in North East to be awarded railway ISO certificate by NGT station President of All India Football Federation. Praful Patel He become first Indian to be a member of FIFA Executive Council for 4yrs. South Korea won Sultan Azlan Shah cup Malaysia. hockey tournament defeating India in finals in Named as ‘Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in Virat Kohli the World’ for 2018

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Named as ‘Wisden’s Leading Women’s Smriti Mandhana Cricketer in the World’ ,2018 Tagged as India’s first carbon positive Phayeng – in settlement Electronic intelligence satellite launched EMISAT by ISRO on apr1, 2019 with 28 other global satellites Indonesia to relocate its capital from Jakarta Japan’s new imperial era to begin on May Reiwa 1, 2019 Covering of face with burqa is banned in Sri Lanka 23rd edition of Asian Athletic Doha (Qatar) Championship is hosted in Malawi became first of the 3 countries malaria vaccine (Ghana & Kenya) to introduce which (RTS,S) vaccine for children upto 2yrs Rank in 23rd Asian Athletics Championship Bahrain >China > Japan> India (17 medals) World Intellectual Property Day 26TH April World Malaria Day 25th April World Book and Copyright Day 23rd April Global Earth Day 22nd April World Heritage Day 18th April World Health Day 7th April First satellite launched by Sri Lanka on Raavana -1 Apr 18, 2019 Norway topped in World Press Freedom Index 2019 Amazon (US based company) plans to shut China down operations in Fire in France wiped out centuries old Notre Dame heritage Cathedral

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Measles increased by 300% globally in WHO 2019 according to Name given to first ever black hole Powei photographed by Event Horizon Telescope Elected as new President of World Bank David Malpass First women to be umpire in men’s one Claire Polosak day international cricket Cloud management tool, allow users to Google Anthos run application from anywhere. Sworn as Palestine PM on Apr 3, 2019 Mohammad Shtayyeh

MAY

New Defence Minister Rajnath Singh New Home Minister Amit Shah New finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Made debut as commentator in opening Sachin Tendulkar match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 India’s rank in latest ODI Team Rankings 2nd Celebrated its statehood on 30th May BIMSTEC countries were invited by india PM Modi to attend swearing in ceremony of(read about BIMSTEC full form and countries) Surface to air missile, successfully test AKASH- MK- 1S fired by DRDO from Chandipur, CM Prem Singh Golay Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy CM Prem Khnadu

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India delivered a pair of Mi-24 attack Afghanistan helicopter to Death anniversary of former PM Rajiv 21st May Gandhi Indian spinner started lifestyle brand Yuzvendra Chahal ‘CheQmate’ Appointed by UPI payment app ‘BharatPe’ Salman Khan as Brand Ambassador In Lok Sabha election, 2019 voting was 542 constituencies held for In Maharashtra 26 water reservoirs Water reached ‘zero storage’ according to Conservation Department Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super 4th time Kings by 1 run in IPL ,winning for Player of the Series in IPL 2019 Andre Russell Orange Cap in IPL 2019, scoring highest David Warner runs Passed away on 17th May. He was MLA for Kadavoor 5 times in Sivadasan National Dengue Day 16TH May 35% of India’s graphite deposit as per Arunachal Geological Survey of India in Pradesh ‘Human Atlas Initiative’ to improve MANAV knowledge on human physiology. Launched by Department of Biotechnology Famous folk singer , called as ‘Birha Hiralal Yadav Samrat’, passed away recently Kerala’s largest temple, began on 12TH Thrissur Pooram May Theme of Indian Army in 2019 Year of Next Kin Retired SC judge of India, appointed to Madan Bhimrao Feiji SC Lokur

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TIME magazine – had PM Modi on cover ‘India’s Divider in page with headline Chief’ India was re-elected as observer to Arctic Council 158th anniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore Re-elected to International Narcotics Jagjit Pavadia Control Board from 2020 to 2025 Indian Navy ship, Rajput class destroyer, INS Ranjit was decommissioned at Vishakhapatnam after serving for 35yrs Scorpene - class submarine, underwater INS Vela warship built in india with French collaboration Indian shooter, attained world no. 1 Apurvi Chandela position in women’s 10m air rifle event High speed Expendable Aerial Target Abhyas (HEAT) drone. It was tested from Interim Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur, Odisha India procuring Kamov 31 Airborne Early Russia Warning and Control helicopters for Indian Navy from Former ISRO chairman, conferred France’s Dr AS Kiran highest civilian award Chevalier of the Kumar Order of the Legion of Honour No Tobacco Day 31st May International Day of UN Peacekeepers 29th May Number of teams participated in 2019 ICC 10 Cricket World Cup Labeled by WHO as an addictive disorder Excessive gaming Menstrual Hygiene Day 28th May Re-elected as South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa Won ‘Man Booker International Prize’ Jokhla Alharthi 2019 for novel ‘Celestial Bodies’ Farthest place in Universe where NASA’s Ultima Thule

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spacecraft found water evidence World Metrology Day (Metrology – science 20th May of measurement) Elected as Indonesia’s President for Joko Widodo second term Received Knighthood by Prince Charles Andy Murray (Prince of Wales) for tennis World Telecommunication & Information 17th May Society Day Became the first country to legalize same Taiwan sex marriage USA’s President declared national Computer emergency to protect network 2023 Asian Football Cup host China Blocked all editions of Wikipedia China PM of Australia Scott Morrison Basel Convention – amended by 180 Plastic Waste countries to include UN Global Road Safety Week 6-12th May Awarded highest US civilian honour Tiger Woods World Press Freedom Day 3rd May Nepalese climber, broke his own record Kami Rita after climbing on Mount Everest for 23rd time World’s first election software named Microsoft Election Guard to let voters track their vote till end, created by Author of ‘Game Changer’ Shahid Afridi International Labour Day (Theme – 1st May Sustainable Pension for all : The Role of Social Partners) First country to declare environment & UK climate emergency in its Parliament

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JUNE

New Director General of Indian Coast Krishnaswamy Guard Natrajan Director of Research and Analysis Wing Samant Kumar (RAW) Goel National Statistics Day 29TH JUNE NITI Aayog CEO, got 2 year extension till Amitabh Kant 2021 Appointed as Director of Intelligence Arvind Kumar,IPS Bureau IT Industry icon, will retire as Executive Azim Premji Chairman of WIPRO Padma Vibhushan Awardee, popularly E. Sreedharan known as Metro man, recently resigned as Principal Advisor to Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation Rs 10,000 penalty for not providing way Motor Vehicle to emergency vehicles, proposed by (Amendment) Bill

Became second Indian bowler to take hat Mohammed Shami trick in World Cup history Appointed as new speaker to Lok Sabha Om Birla Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Appointed as new leader of Rajya Sabha Thawarchand Gehlot Won 2019 Pageant Which company unveiled India’s first Revolt Intellicorp electric motor bike RV 400 Fastest batsman to score 11,000 runs in Virat Kohli

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ODIs All India Protest Day in West Bengal by 14th june IMA after doctors demands adequate security AN-32: IAF Aircraft which crashed in 13 people Arunachal Pradesh killing Eklavya Model Residential Schools – to be STs set up for Only Indian to feature in Forbes World’s Virat Kohli 100 Highest Paid athletes list Ministry of Water Resources + River Ministry of Jal Development & Ganga Rejuvenation + Shakti Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation = Minister of Jal Shakti Ministry Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Appointed as National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, IPS Swachh Survekshan League – provide Housing & Urban quarterly cleanliness assessment of Indian Affairs Minister cities & towns was launched by (Hardeep Puri) Dzukou Valley, – became Plastic Free Zone Museum of peace gifted to Manipur on Japan 75yrs of WW2 by Head of committee constituted by RBI to VG Kannan review ATM interchange fee structure Protem Speaker of 17TH Lok Sabha Virendra Kumar Awarded with highest honour of Maldives, PM Modi Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen Chief of IMD (Indian Meteorological Mrutyunjay Department) Mohapatra Rajasthani folk dancer, died in car Queen Harish accident Elected as external auditor of WHO from Rajiv Mehrishi 2020 to 2023 Became most profitable public sector ONGC

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company of 2018-19 Jnanpith award winner, multi-lingual Girish Karnad scholar, master playwriter, screenwriter, actor, director. Died recently International Day of Tropics 29th JUNE 2026 Olympics to be held in Milan, Italy ICC partnered with UNICEF to deliver ‘One Men’s Cricket Day for Children’ at World Cup 2019 Drone launched by NASA to fly to Titan Dragonfly (Saturn Moon Venue of G-20 Summit 2019 Osaka, Japan International Olympic Day 23rd june Facebook’s new digital currency Libra Anti corruption regulations in 4 countries, Walmart violated by World Refugee Day 20th JUNE World’s most populous country(replacing India China) in 2027 as per UN report Host of World Blood Donor Day 2019 Rwanda Malaysian badminton star retired due to Lee Chong Wei cancer New President of Kazakhstan Kassyam- Jomart Tokayev World Day against Child Labour , theme 12th June 2019 – Children should not work on fields but on dreams Topped Forbes 2019 list of world’s Lionel Messi highest paid athletics Announced ban on single use plastic from Canada 2021 Thailand PM Prayuth Chan Ocha World Environment Day 5TH June

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Won French Open 2019 men’s title Rafael Nadal (Spain Won French open 2019 women’s title Ashleigh Barty (Australia

JULY

R-27 : air to air missiles ,bought by India Russia from Who will accompany ‘Bear Gyrlls’ in PM Modi Gyrlls’s episode of Man v/s Wild. Khelo India Youth Games 2019 to be held Guwahati, in Kargil Vijay Diwas (India’s 1999 victory) 26th july 20th anniversary, theme - Remember, Rejoice and Renew Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan Indian Naval Ship, participating in Russian INS Tarkash Navy Day Parade India’s leading education app, become Byju’s Team India (cricket) sponsor from 2019 launched by IIT Kharagpur for benefit of CARE4U app senior citizens Amendment bill and raise OBC reservation in government jobs & education from 14% to 27%, passed by National Broadcasting Day 23rd July Chandrayaan 2 - ISRO’s moon orbiter, July 22, 2019 lander, rover launched via GSLV Mark 111-M1 rocket from Satish Dhawan Space

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Centre on Sriharikota on Chattisgarh Governor Anusuiya Uikey Merger of Oriental India Insurance Single insurance Company, National Insurance Company entity Limited, United India Assurance Company Limited into Became 6th Indian player to be inducted in Sachin Tendulkar ICC Hall of Fame Dibang Multipurpose Project – to come up Arunachal in Pradesh Indian city where 21st Commonwealth Cuttack Table Tennis Championship started Increase in financial assistance to martyr’s Maharashtra families from Rs 25 lakh to Rs 1cr, announced by India set up waterway in Brahmaputra to Maharashtra & facilitate trade between Bhutan HP Governor Kalraj Mishra First state to have State Water Policy to Meghalaya achieve sustainable use of water resources with community participation SBI to do away with transaction charges July 1, 2019 on RTGS & NEFT through internet & mobile banking from Indian athlete to won gold in 100m race in Dutee Chand 30th Summer University Games, Italy 3 year strategy by RBI to improve UTKARSH 2022 regulation & supervision of RBI Former cricketer, appointed as head of Rahul Dravid National Cricket Academy, Bengaluru According to Multidimensional Poverty 2006-16 Index(MPI) ,2019 (released by UNDP) : India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between

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According to MPI, India’s Child Mortality 2.2% reduced to Patna based educationist, whose real life Anand Kumar is depicted in ‘Super 30’ movie starring Hrithik Roshan Launched by Railway Protection Force Operation Thirst (RPF), arrested around 1500 people, seized many bottles selling unauthorized water Appointed as Director General in Arun Kumar Directorate General of Civil Aviation First electric SUV in India, launched by Hyundai Motor Digital Literacy Programme launched by Digital Udaan Reliance Jio in collaboration with Facebook to teach how to use internet to first timers World’s first batsman to score 5 centuries Rohit Sharma in World Cup tournament Indigenous missile, upgraded from 290km BrahMos to 500km India to buy ‘Strum Ataka’ anti missile Russia from Nagaland – decided to prepare National Citizen Register like Assam Economic Survey projected 7% India’s 2019-20 GDP growth for Longest electrified railway tunnel (6.6 South Central km) situated between Cherlopalli & Railway Rapuru Railway station (Andhra Pradesh) has been commissioned by State butterfly of Yeoman Indian test cricketer banned for 8 months Prithvi Shaw from cricket after testing positive for

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doping State from where Union Government commenced 7th Economic Census Former Delhi CM, died at 81yrs of age Sheila Dixit Congress party leader, appointed as Adhir Ranjan chairman of Public Accounts Committee Chowdhury (PAC) Became highest ranked Indian company in Reliance Fortune Global 500 list International Tiger Day 29th July UK’s first Indian origin Home Secretary Priti Patel UK’s PM Boris Johnson Bangladesh scientists developed method ‘Sonali’ to convert jute fibre into low cost bio degradable cellulose sheets dubbed as Launched Carbon Tax on GHGs from July South Africa 1, 2019 First manned lunar mission that landed Apollo 11 Neil Armstrong & Aldrin on moon in on July, 20, 1969 (Celebrated 50th anniversary) World Bank Managing Director and Chief Anshula Kant Financial Officer Ebola outbreak in DR Congo declared as WHO global health emergency by German Defence Minister, elected as first Ursula Leyen female President of European Commission World Youth Skills Day 15th July Host of International Shooting Federation, India Shooting World Cup 2020 Won second Wimbledon men’s title Novak Djokovik defeating Roger Federer in longest ever finals Won Wimbledon women’s titles defeating Simona Halep

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Serena Williams in longest ever finals (Romania) Afghanistan leg spinner, appointed as new Rashid khan captain in all forms England won Cricket World Cup defeating New Zealand Man of tournament in ICC Cricket World Kane Williamson Cup (New Zealand) Host of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 India Declared free from Measles according to Sri Lanka WHO Banned single use plastic from July 1, New Zealand 2019 Suspended by ICC for participating in ICC Zimbabwe events Won Copa America Cup(held in Rio de Brazil Janerio, Brazil), 2019 defeating Peru Allan Donald (South Africa), Cathryn ICC Hall of Fame, Fitzpatrick (Australia), Sachin Tendulkar – 2019 included in

AUGUST

PNB, OBC & United Bank of India merged 2nd largest bank of to form India First IPS officer to be honoured with Aparna Kumar Tenzing Norgay National Award 2018 National Sports Day, birth anniversary of 28th Aug Major Dhyan Chand (hockey legend) New Chairperson of PMLA Appellate Sunil Guar Tribunal Leading telecom operator in Apr- June Reliance Jio quarter 2019

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25% discount to passengers in air Indian Railways conditioned executive class to fill vacant seats, given by India’s first women Director General of Kanchan Police passed away recently Chaudhary Renamed as Arun Jaitley stadium Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium 22yr old tennis player, earned Grand Slam Sumit Nagal debut against Roger Federer () Banned by DGCA while travelling in plane Apple Mac Book as their batteries can overheat Former Finance Minister, passed away in Arun Jaitley 2019 due to illness First Indian to win badminton World PV Sindhu Championship gold PM Modi launched RuPay card in UAE Awarded PM Modi ‘The King Hamad Order Bahrain of the Renaissance’ 109th anniversary of Mother Teresa 26th Aug Selected for Outstanding Engineer Award Prabhakar Singh 2019 Newly recommended corporate tax rate 25% for both domestic & foreign companies Largest emitter of anthropogenic SO2 India according to Greenpace data Awarded highest civilian award ‘Order of PM Modi Zaid’ by UAE

Placed in 2019 list of 100 greatest places Statue of Unity in world Orders 60yrs to be retirement age of Home Affairs Central Armed Police Force personnel Ministry Inaugurated Mangdechhu hydroelectric PM Modi power plant in Bhutan

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Elected as member of Rajya Dr. Manmohan Sabha Singh Punjab & Haryana HC started first virtual Faridabad court through video conferencing at Announced creation of ‘Chief’ post in PM Modi Defence First cricketer to score 20,000 Virat Kohli international runs in a decade First Indian athlete to win world title in Aishwarya Pissay motorsport on motorcycles in FIM Bajas World Cup in women ‘s category Ayushman Khurana (Andhadhun), Vicky Best Actor Kaushal(Uri) – won National Film Award for Won National Film Award 2019, Best Helaru (Gujrati) Feature Film Won National Film Award for Best Aditya Dhar (Uri) Direction, 2019 Won National Film Award for Best Hindi Andhadhun Film Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile SAMARTH Sector, aim to skill 4 lakh workers, MoU signed by 14 states of India ISRO Chief, led successful launch of K Sivan Chandrayaan 2 and awarded Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award by Tamil Nadu government First women President of Indian National Chandrima Shaha Science Academy (INSA) ISRO founder, on his 100th birthday Google Vikram Sarabhai dedicated a doodle Article 370 & Article 35A related to J&K 9 UTs & 28 States was recently scrapped .

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• 2 new UTs are – J&K and Ladakh • Ladakh will not have legislative assembly Former External Affairs Minister & first Sushma Swaraj women CM of Delhi recently passed away BCCI finally agreed to come under ambit National Anti of NADA Doping Agency Former President of India, conferred Pranab Mukherjee Bharat Ratna by President Ram Nath Kovind Bhupen Hazarika and Nanaji Deshmukh – Bharat Ratna also awarded Pakistan stopped train service to India ‘Samjhauta express’ 8TH Aug, 2019 - Quit India Movement 77 years completed Percentage of unemployed India’s young 17.8% people as per Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2017-18 7th aug – National Handloom Day 7th Aug Rural settlement in Odisha that thrived ‘Bharati Huda’ 3600 yrs ago as per Archaeological Survey India(ASI) Project of Government of India will map Human Genome 20,000 individuals Mapping Nagaland Governor RN Ravi In Delhi - free electricity to household 200 units consuming electricity upto NDTV journalist, selected for Ramon Ravish Kumar Magsaysay Award 2019 Former Indian cricketer, appointed as Ravi Shastri cricket team coach for second time India’s rank in Global GDP rankings 7th

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released by World Bank, 2018 G7 summit 2020 host USA Women’s Equality Day, US provide voting 26th Aug rights to women on this date World’s largest rainforest ,provides 20% Amazon rainforest earth’s oxygen, was burning for over 16 in Brazil days -> huge loss of biodiversity Glacier in Iceland lost identity due to Okjokull Glacier climate change Unveiled domestically built missile Iran Defence system despite sanctions Brazil hosted 28TH BASIC Ministerial BASIC (Brazil, meeting on climate change South Africa, India, China) World Humanitarian Day 19th Aug World Sanskrit Divas 15th Aug Theme of International Youth Day 2019 Transforming Education Announced retirement from all forms of Hashim Amla International cricket Topped Forbes magazine list of highest Serena Williams paid women player in sports category Highest paid 2019 actress as per Forbes Scarlett Johnsson magazine Won ‘Doodle for Google’ 2019 contest Arantza Pena titled ‘Once You Get It, Give It Back’ Popo

SEPTEMBER

Principal Sectretary of PM Modi Pramod Mishra Principal Advisor of PM Modi PK Sinha Launched by PM Modi to eradicate National Animal

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livestock disease by 2030 Disease Control Programme Governor of Rajasthan Kalraj Mishra Newly created UTs having same HC J&K and Ladakh Chairman of ‘Association of World Sunil Arora Election Bodies’ Won Swachh Bharat award in Swachhta Ministry of Action Plan Railways First Indian awarded Changemaker Payal Jangid Award 2019 by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for abolition child marriage in Rajasthan Founder of Super 30, awarded Education Anand Excellence Award 2019 by Foundation Kumar(Bihar) for Excellence(UN) Become 3rd indian to claim hat-trick Jasprit Bumrah while playing against West Indies Theme of 7th Annual World Hindu Prosperous Economic Forum 2019 (Mumbai) Society: Stronger Society Indian classical singer after whom minor Pandit Jasraj planet between Mars & Jupiter is named Indian team won IBSF World Snooker Pankaj Advani & Team Tilte defeating Thailand at Aditya Mehta Mandalay, Myanmar 178 yr old British travel company Thomas Cook bankrupted New Chief of IMF Kristalina Georgieva Topped IMD World Digital USA Competitiveness Ranking, 2019 World Tourism Day 27th September World Maritime Day 26th September Said “How dare you? To stole my dreams, Greta Thunberg

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my childhood with your empty words” at UN climate summit in New York Won FIFA’s Best Men’s Player Award Lionel Messi 2019 Won FIFA’s Best Women’s Player Award Megan Rapinoe 2019 Won ‘Outstanding Drama Series Award’ Game of Thrones in 71st Emmy Awards International Day of Peace Climate Action for Peace World Patient Safety Day 17th September Alibaba’s (World’s largest online Jack Ma shopping website) Chairman resigned ? Won US Open 2019, men’s singles title Rafael Nadal (Spain) Won US Open 2019, women’s singles Bianca defeating Serena Williams Andreescu(Canada) Served as Zimbabwe President for 4 Robert Mugabe decades, recently passed away International Literacy Day 8th September Space command launched by Trump ,will SpaceCom ensure US dominance in space is never threatened Theme of UN Climate Action Summit, A Race We Can Win 2019, New York Won under 19 Asia Cup defeating India Bangladesh in Colombo, Sri Lanka First bowler (Sri Lanka ) to claim 100 Lasith Malinga wickets in T20I Film nominated for Oscars 2019 Gully Boy Selected for Dadasaheb Phalke Award Amitabh Bachchan Awarded International Association of PT Usha Athletics Federation (IAAF) Veteran Pin Prize

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India’s ranks in digital competitiveness as 44th per IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2019 (WDCR) report Author of ‘Reset: Regaining India’s Subramanium Economic Legacy’ Swamy

PM Modi conferred with ‘Global Swachh Bharat Goalkeeper’ award by Bill & Melina Gates Abhiyaan Foundation for Became first Indian cricketer to bowl 3 Deepti Sharma maiden in T20Is India’s first corporate run train , from Tejas Express Lucknow to Delhi First Indian boxer to won silver in World Amit Panghal Boxing Championship 2019 Indian documentary based on life of Moti Bagh Uttarakhand farmer, Vidyadutt is nominated for Oscars Took charge as 26th chief of Indian Air Rakesh Bhadauria Force First Defence Minister to fly indigenously Rajnath Singh built Light Combat Aircraft - Tejas To celebrate year 2020 as Year of Artificial Intelligence Became first Indian wrestler to qualify Vinesh Phogat 2020 Tokyo Olympics Air to air missile successfully flight tested Astra from fighter jet Su-30 MKI Vikas khanna’s (chef) directional debut ‘The Last Colour’ won Best Feature Film award at International Film Festival of Boston Set new record by winning his 22nd The Last Colour World Billiard Title at IBSF World Billiard Championship 2019

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Appointed as first Lokyukta of Andhra Justice P Lakshman Pradesh Reddy Became 44th person in world and 1st Mayank Vaid Indian to compete Enduroman (a triathlon from England to France, considered toughest endurance competitions in world) UNESCO – decided to publish writings in Guru Nanak Dev world languages to mark his 550th birth anniversary Inaugurated South Asia’s first cross PM Modi border oil pipeline to connect India & Nepal Constituted by Union Government to Sanjay Mitra oversee bifurcation of J&K into UT Committee

OCTOBER Host of 2nd Assembly of International Solar Alliance PFRDA allowed OCI to enroll in National Pension Scheme Appointed as 47th Chief Justice of India SA Bodbe replacing Ranjan Gogoi New Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik LG of new J&K UT Girish Chandra Murmu First LG of ladakh Radha Mathur 7th edition of Tawang Festival celebrated 29th October in Arunachal Pradesh India’s position in 2019 Ease of Doing 63rd Business 3 Indian batsmen to reach top 10 in all 3 Gautam Ghambir,

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formats Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma Started by UNWFP to take steps against Feed Our Future malnutrition in India National Unity Day 31st October First kerosene free district of Gandhinagar Here Colonel Chewang Rinchen Setu was Ladakh inaugurated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Created new record of hitting most sixes Rohit Sharma in bilateral Test series Stopped postal service with India Pakistan Broke Don Bradman’s record of highest Rohit Sharma average in test cricket on home soil Police Commemoration Day 2019 21st October Started to connect all Buddha pilgrimages Buddha Circuit in 8 days Special Train % of underweight children according to 33% State of World’s Children report, UN Shirui Lily Festival (4 days) celebrated in Manipur Appointed as Director General of NSG Anup Kumar Singh Its legislative council was abolished J & K recently Rank of India Innovation Index 2019 by Karnataka> Tamil NITI Aayog Nadu> Maharashtra Ranked first amongst UT in India Delhi Innovation Index Scheme launched to increase % of women Vigyan Jyoti in STEM (S&T, Engineering & Maths) Arunachal CM rode motorcycle for 122km Pema Khandu to promote adventure tourism India’s rank in 102 out of 117 in Global Hunger Index

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Scheme launched by FSSAI on World Food Food Safety Mitra Day Union Law Secretary Anoop Kumar Mendiratta Airline used Taxibot (robot used aircraft Air India tractor) Indian nun, declared saint by Pope Francis Mariam Thresia Started postpaid mobile service after 70 J&K days ban India’s rank in Global Competitiveness 68th Index 2019 Feminist social reformer, first honours Kamini Roy graduate women in India, Google dedicated doodle to her recently First Indian captain to score 40 hundreds Virat Kohli in international cricket New amount to ASHA workers Rs 2,000 per month Become firs girl student of IIT, Madras to Kavitha Gopal win President of India Prize Topped in ‘School Education Quality Kerala Index’ released by NITI Aayog First Indian cricketer to play 100 T20I Harmanpreet Kaur Become 2nd fastest Indian to take 200 Test Ravindra Jadeja Wickets Imposed ban on all types of tobacco Rajasthan products including sale of pan masala PM Modi released coin on Mahatma Rs 150 Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary Won Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019-20 Karnataka defeating Tamil Nadu in Bengaluru CEO of Unique Identification Authority of Pankaj Kumar India

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Former captain of Indian team, made Saurav Ganguly President of BCCI Theme of Vigilance Awareness Week Integrity – a way of life Most polluted city of India as per Central Varanasi Pollution Control Board Pioneer of Chipko movement, chosen for Chandi Prasad 31st Indira Gandhi Award for National Bhatt Integration (2017-18) Become youngest cricketer to score Yashasvi Jaiswal double hundred in one day cricket against World Cities Day 31st October Bangladeshi captain banned from all Shakib Al Hassan cricket for 2 yrs by ICC for anti corruption charges PM resigned after nationwide protest Lebanon against tax provisions on using Whatsapp calls Islamic State leader recently killed in US Abu Bakr al- military operation Baghdadi Hosted 18th Summit of Heads of State and Baku (Azerbaijan Government of Non Aligned Movement capital) UN Day 24th October Joko Widodo re-elected as Indonesia President Number of women spacewalked with a 2 male for first time in history of Space International Day for Eradication of 17th October Poverty Only player to win European Golden Shoe Lionel Messi award for 6th time (Argentina) International Rural Women Day 15th October What decides winner during tie cricket Super Over

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match Won Nobel Prize for Economics 2019 Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Michael Kremer Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing Akhira Yoshino, lightweight, energy efficient, rechargeable Stanley lithium ion batteries Whittingham, John Goodenough Nobel prize in Physics for discoveries in Michel Mayor, physical cosmology Didier Queloz, James Peebles World Post Day 9th October Ranked 1st in Global Competitiveness Singapore Index Satellite launched by NASA to study ICON ionosphere First person to spacewalk in 1965, died Alexei Leonov recently Won 2019 Nobel Peace Prize to secure Abiy Ahmed Ali peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea, ending 20 year old border conflict International Day of Girl Child 11th October Become first UN agency to make UNICEF transactions in crypto currency 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature Olga Tokarczuk

2019 Nobel Prize in Literature Peter Handke 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine for William Kaelin, discoveries of hoe cell sense & adapt to Peter Ratcliff, oxygen availability Gregg Semenza World Teacher Day (5th October), theme Young Teacher - Future of the Profession Left membership of OPEC Ecuador

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NOVEMBER

NuGen Mobility Summit, 2019 was Manesar, Haryana inaugurated in 15th Finance Commission term will end 30th October, 2020 in 18th CM of Maharashtra Udhav Thackeray Famous cartoonist died recently Sudhir Dhar ISRO’s launch vehicle, launch Cartosat 3 PSLV-C47 & 13 US satellite National Milk Day 26th Nov National Constitution Day 26th Nov Motto of Lokpal as launched by its Ma Grindhah chairman Justice Pinaki Ghose. Motto Kasyasvidhanam means ‘go not be greedy for anyone’s wealth’ Launched massive immunization UP campaign against Filariasis Celebrates Sangai Festival to show state Manipur as world class tourism destination New J&K Governor GC Murmu Was awarded ‘President’s Colour’ Indian Naval (highest military honour) Academy Selected as PETA person of year Virat Kohli Cricket stadium hosting India’s first pink Eden Gardens ball day & night test match against (Kolkata) Bangladesh State to ban sale & storage of single use Kerala plastic from Jan1, 2020 ‘National Institute of Sowa Rigpa’ to be Leh established in

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Northeast state where Hindi newspaper Arunachal Pradesh (Arun Bhoomi) was launched for first time Declared as ‘no plastic zone’ Paradise Beach (Puducherry) IRCTC & Karnataka signed MoU for Golden Chariot Train He Invented Milk Chilling unit and won Ravi Prakash BRICS-Young Innovator Prize Launched ‘e-ganna’ app for sugarcane UP farmers 1,000 migratory birds found dead in Samhar lake (Rajasthan) Is currently Minister of Environment, Prakash Javadekar Forest & Climate Change(MoEF&CC) + additional charge of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises Fastest Indian cricketer to take 50 T20I Yuzvendra Chahal wickets in 34 matches Objected India on including Kalapani in Nepal India’s map (Uttarakhand) New UT - Ladakh has 2 districts Their citizens aren’t eligible for Overseas Pakistan & Citizen of India (OCI) card Bangladesh Malayalam writer, chosen for Jnanpith AA Namboodri Award Indian bodybuilder, crowned Mr. Chitahresh Natesan Universe 2019 in 90 kg category First Indian (male) to take hat-trick in Deepak Chahar T20I while playing against Bangladesh in Nagpur Hindi writer, conferred with Vyas Leeladhar Jagoori Samman, 2018 by KK Birla Foundation Largest countries for origin of India>Mexico>China

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international migrants Elected as World Heritage Committee of Saudi Arabia UNESCO for 1st time Awarded International Children’s Peace Greta Thunberg Prize 2019 for global campaign called ‘School Strike’ Cricket umpire, written book ‘Finding Simon Taufel the Gaps’ Which Rhino extinct in Malaysia Sumantran Rhinoceros Bangladesh’s school floating project won Aga Khan Architecture Award Awarded Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, David Attenborough Disarmament & Development 2019 for preserving planet’s biodiversity Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa Microsoft CEO topped list of Fortune’s Satya Nadella Businessperson of the year 2019 New cloud based game streaming Google Stadia service launched by Google World Fisheries Day 21st Nov World Children’s Day 20th Nov National Press Day 16th Nov Host of 11th BRICS Summit 2019 Brazil Chief guest of Republic Day 2020 Brazil President Will host 2023 Men’s Hockey World Cup India Ranked as world’s worst abuser of China internet freedom (for 4th time) by Freedom on Net report, 2019 World Science Day for Peace and 10th Nov Development Oxford Word of the Year 2019 Climate Emergency Become first in world to introduce WHO Pakistan

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recommended Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) in its immunization programme

AWARDS AND HONOURS 2019

Swachchta Ambassador Award Sachin Tendulkar People’s Choice Award Spirit of Kerala The Order of Courage award Nick Hague 2019 Booker Prize Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award K Parasaran Asian Academy Creative Awards Gully Boy & Delhi Crime President of India Prize 2019 Kavitha Gopal India’s most powerful women in media Kalli Purie Best state award in tourism growth Andhra Pradesh Eminent Engineers Award Vinod Kumar Yadav Education Excellence Award 2019 Anand Kumar Gauri Lankesh National Award Ravish Kumar Dadasaheb Phalke Award Amitabh Bachchan Changemaker Award 2019 Payal Jangid UN Global Climate Action Award Infosys Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019 Ravish Kumar Journalism award in Space Science, Dr. Vikram Technology and Research Sarabhai Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Award ISRO Chairman K Sivan Entrepreneur of the year award 2019 Ruhan Rajput

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Miss England 2019 Bhasha Mukherjee Miss World Diversity 2019 Naaz Joshi Charlie Chaplin Award Actor Steve Coogan Vir Chakra Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman JC Bose Fellowship of the Year 2019 Dr K Thangaraj Arjuna Award 2018 by Sports and Youth Rohan Bopanna Affairs ministry and Smriti Mandhana Miss Deaf World 2019 title Vidisha Baliyan 54th Jnanpith Award Amitav Ghosh BBC World Science Global Champion Akshaya Patra Save Water Hero Award Makarand Tilloo Man Booker International Prize Jokha Alharthi Global Asian of the Year award Dr Hema Divakar Monaco Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2019 Rana Dasgupta Saraswati Samman Award 2018 K Siva Reddy National Intellectual Property Awards Benny Antony 2019 Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award Dr Rajendra Joshi Abel Prize 2019 (noble of maths) Karen Uhlenbeck

DIFFERENT INDEXES Index Published by India’s Top Bottom Rank Global Peace Institute of 141 Iceland Afghanistan Index(GPI) Economics & Peace(IEP)

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World Press Reporters 140 Norway Turkmenistan Freedom Without Index(WFPI) Borders World Heritage 129 Hongkong North Korea Economic Foundation & Freedom Index the Wall Street Journal Human United 130 Norway Niger Development Nations Index Development Programme Gender Gap World 108 Iceland Yemen Index Economic Forum Human Capital World Bank 115 - - Index Global Hunger International 103 - - Index Food Policy Research Institute Ease of Doing World Bank 77 New Somalia Business Zealand World UN 140 Finland Burundi Happiness Sustainable Index Development Solutions Network Environmental World 177 Switzerland Burundi Performance Economic Index(EPI) Forum World Oxfam 147 - - Inequality Index Global Transparency 78 - -

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Corruption International Perception index Global World 58 - - Competitveness Economic Index Forum Climate Change Germanwatch, 11 - - Perception the Climate Index Action Network Energy World 78 - - Transition Economic Index Forum International US Chambers 36 US - Intellectual of Commerce Property Index Inclusive World 62 - - Development Economic Index Forum Ease of Living Union - Rampur Index Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Ease of Doing DIPP, Ministry - Andhra Meghalaya Business of Commerce Pradesh and Industry Composite NITI Aayog - Gujarat Bihar Water Management Index

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