SSB TEST www.ssbtest.com Instagram:-@SSB_TEST Contact number: - +918112285826 Current Affairs Weekly edition (15.Jan-21.Jan.2019) www.ssbtest.com Instagram:-@SSB_TEST Contact number: - +918112285826 SSB TEST www.ssbtest.com Instagram:-@SSB_TEST Contact number: - +918112285826 Table of Contents:- 15.JAN.2019 1. Ashok Chawla resigned as chairman of TERI. 2. SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Ten Iridium communications satellites. 3. Adi Godrej Conferred ICSI Lifetime Award. 4. Study shows solar wind fills the dark side of the Moon. 5. Deep and Mulik won gold medal 43rd Bombay YMCA State level annual athletics. 16.JAN.2019 6. Iran plans to launch two domestically made satellites. 7. China plans to build international lunar base. 8. Tamil Nadu defence industrial corridor to be launched on 20 January. 9. India to unveil its first Air Cargo Policy. 10. Union Government Launched 2 National Level Initiatives in Field Of Science Communication. 17.JAN.2019 11. C.P.Joshi was elected unopposed as the Speaker of the Rajasthan Assembly. 12. Drone corridor proposed to expand unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) services in India. 13. First National EMRS National Sports Meet 2019 Held in Hyderabad. 14. Chennai’s Gukesh Crowned India’s Youngest Grandmaster. 15. Manu Sawhney appointed as New ICC CEO. 18.JAN.2019 16. India-Myanmar Joint Training Exercise Begins In Chandimandir. 17. India born Dr. Rattan Lal honored with 2019 Japan Prize for his contributions in Biological Production, Ecology. 18. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Dedicates Kollam Bypass in Kerala to Nation. 19. Gandhi Peace Prize Conferred for Last 4 Years. 20. MP CM Launches Rs 50,000 cr Farm Loan Waiver Scheme Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana. 19.JAN.2019 21. JAXA launched satellite into space to deliver artificial meteors. 22. Haryana announces Shaurya Award for Students. 23. Nagpur, the city of Oranges to host the 4-day 2nd World Orange Festival for the first time. 24. Centre ordered ITBP to Leh in Jammu and Kashmir. 25. Reliance Retail, Jio to launch new e-commerce platform. www.ssbtest.com Instagram:-@SSB_TEST Contact number: - +918112285826 SSB TEST www.ssbtest.com Instagram:-@SSB_TEST Contact number: - +918112285826 20.JAN.2019 26. India 1st away team to win bilateral series in all formats in Australia. 27. Rani to lead Indian women’s hockey team for Spain tour. 28. Wasim Jaffer became the 1st Asian to slam 2 first-class double tons after turning 40. 29. Khelo India Youth Games: Maharashtra touches 200 medals to stay on top; Haryana overtake Delhi. 30. Many countries express interest to import Railway's Ambitious Project - Train 18. 21.JAN.2019 31. K.Sivan ISROs chairman launched the UNNATI programme. 32. BMRCL gets approval to acquire NICE land. 33. Rio named as World Capital of Architecture for 2020 by UNESCO. 34. Manipur CM N.Biren Singh to seek protection clause in Citizenship Bill. 35. Ankita Raina won the ITF women’s tennis tournament title. www.ssbtest.com Instagram:-@SSB_TEST Contact number: - +918112285826 SSB TEST www.ssbtest.com Instagram:-@SSB_TEST Contact number: - +918112285826 15.JAN.2019 1. Ashok Chawla resigned as chairman of TERI. :-Ashok Chawla, Former Finance Secretary, has resigned as chairman of The Energy Resources Institute (TERI). Earlier, Mr. Chawla had stepped down as chairman of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) on 11th January 2019 after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) received the Finance Ministry’s approval to prosecute him in the Aircel- Maxis bribery scandal. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI): Established: 1974? Director General: Ajay Mathur? Location: New Delhi? TERI is a research institute that specializes in the fields of energy, environment, and sustainable development. 2. SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Ten Iridium communications satellites. :-SpaceX rocket delivered 10 satellites to low-Earth orbit on Friday, completing a two-year campaign by Iridium Communications to replace its original fleet with a new generation of mobile communication technology and added global aircraft tracking capability. The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 7:31 am and arced over the Pacific west of Los Angeles. The previously used first stage was recovered again with a bullseye landing on a "droneship" in the ocean while the upper stage continued on to orbit. The eighth and final launch of the $3 billion (roughly Rs. 21,000 crores) Iridium NEXT project completed delivery of 75 new satellites to orbit for the McLean, Virginia, company. Sixty-six will be operational and nine will serve as in-orbit spares. Six other satellites remain on the ground as spares. 3. Adi Godrej Conferred ICSI Lifetime Award. :-Industrialist and Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej have conferred the ICSIs Lifetime Achievement Award for ‘Translating Excellence in Corporate Governance into Reality’. The awards were instituted by The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), which is celebrating its golden jubilee. 4. Study shows solar wind fills the dark side of the Moon. :-A study using observations from Chandrayaan 1 mission has found how plasma particles from the solar wind make their way into the Moon’s night side, filling up the wake region, long thought to be devoid of plasma particles. This has significance in understanding bodies like the Moon which do not have global magnetic fields. In recent times, there has been a huge interest in understanding the plasma environment of the Moon, which is generated mainly by its interaction with the solar plasma wind flowing towards it from the www.ssbtest.com Instagram:-@SSB_TEST Contact number: - +918112285826 SSB TEST www.ssbtest.com Instagram:-@SSB_TEST Contact number: - +918112285826 Sun. This plasma wind consists of charged particles such as protons and is partly absorbed by the side of the Moon facing the sun. The rest of the solar plasma wind incident on the Moon flows around it but leaves a wake (a void) on the side not facing the sun (the night- side of the Moon). The interaction between the Moon and the solar plasma helps to understand any celestial body which has no atmosphere or global magnetic fields, such as asteroids and some planetary satellites. 5. Deep and Mulik won gold medal 43rd Bombay YMCA State level annual athletics. :-Uran Gymkhana’s Deep Patil and Shree Sidheshwar Sports Club’s Shreya Mulik won the under-18 boys’ and girls’ 100m gold medal in the 43rd Bombay YMCA State-level annual athletics meet at the University Pavilion, Marine Lines, Mumbai, Maharashtra. The results: U-18: 100m: 1.Deep Patil (Uran Gymkhana) 11.3; 2.Mohit Gawade (Somaiya Sports Academy, Vidyavihar) 11.6; 3.Aryan Somale (J.S. Sports Club, Mira Road) 11.7. U-18: 100m: 1.Shreya Mulik (Shree Sidheshwar SC) 12.6; 2.Michelle Fernandes (Holy Cross, Kurla) 12.8; 3.Siya Dawoor (Sprinters SC) 13.3. www.ssbtest.com Instagram:-@SSB_TEST Contact number: - +918112285826 SSB TEST www.ssbtest.com Instagram:-@SSB_TEST Contact number: - +918112285826 16.JAN.2019 6. Iran plans to launch two domestically made satellites. :-Iran plans to launch two domestically made satellites into orbit to gather information on its environment. The announcement was made by Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani. One Satellite named Payam would orbit the earth at about 600 kilometers (370 miles) above its surface. The second satellite Doosti would be tasked with the same purpose as Payam, with a focus on agriculture, and would orbit at an altitude of 250 kilometers. Both the satellites had been successfully tested and are ready for launch in the coming days. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Iran's plans for sending satellites into orbit would violate a 2015 UN Security Council resolution which endorsed an international accord on ending Tehran's nuclear programme. 7. China plans to build international lunar base. :-China Space Agency plans to establish an international lunar base, possibly using 3D printing technology to build facilities weeks after landing a rover on the moon’s far side. The future launches will culminate with a mission to test equipment for an international moon research base. Also, four more lunar missions are planned, confirming the launch of a probe by the end of the year to bring back samples from the moon. The Chang’e-5 probe, originally scheduled to collect moon samples in the second half of 2017, will launch by the end of the year 2019. It will be followed by Chang’e-7, which will conduct a comprehensive exploration of the moon’s South Pole including its topography, material composition, and space environment. 8. Tamil Nadu defence industrial corridor to be launched on 20 January. :-The Tamil Nadu defence industrial corridor is set to be launched as part of the Centre’s efforts to build an indigenous defence production ecosystem. One of the reasons for Tamil Nadu being chosen for the corridor is that it is already a major manufacturing State and has a major auto components hub. The corridor will be formally launched by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at Tiruchirappalli on January 20. Two defence corridors, one in Tamil Nadu and the other in Uttar Pradesh, were announced in the last budget. The Uttar Pradesh corridor was launched at Aligarh in August 2018 and saw investment announcements to the tune of Rs.3, 732 crore were made. 9. India to unveil its first Air Cargo Policy. :-India plans to introduce its first Air Cargo Policy. The policy will be unveiled at the two- day Global Aviation Summit which will be held in Mumbai. The policy aims for fuel growth of the aviation sector, boost economy. Despite registering double-digit growth for nearly www.ssbtest.com Instagram:-@SSB_TEST Contact number: - +918112285826 SSB TEST www.ssbtest.com Instagram:-@SSB_TEST Contact number: - +918112285826 four years in a row, India has remained without a specific policy for air cargo.