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Anshuman NayakB.E. (NIST,Berhampur)

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April 2019Current Affairs Magazine

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BANKING & FINANCEPNB Ranks 1st In Implementation Of ‘ReformsAgenda’ According to BCG-IBA Report - EASE Reforms

for Public Sector Banks, released by UnionMinister of Finance & Corporate Affairs, PunjabNational Bank (PNB) secured the top spot amongall public sector banks in the implementation of‘Reforms agenda’.

PNB which topped the list with a score of 78.4out of 100 in the EASE-index was followed byBoB (77.8), SBI (74.6), and Oriental Bank ofCommerce (69).

IDBI Bank, LIC ink bancassurance pact IDBI Bank and Life Insurance Corporation of

India have signed a bancassurance agreementunder which the lender will offer LIC’s insuranceproducts at its branches.

IDBI Bank as a corporate agent of LIC wouldget a window to provide LIC’s entire gamut ofinsurance offerings to the bank’s 1.80-crorecustomer base spread over 1,800 branches acrossthe country.

India to grow at 7.3% in 2019, 2020: Moody’s According to Moody’s, Indian economy is

expected to grow at 7.3 percent in the calendaryear 2019 and 2020, and the government spendingannounced ahead of elections this year whichwill support near-term growth.

Moody’s stated in its quarterly Global MacroOutlook for 2019 and 2020. In 2018-19 fiscal,ending March 2019, the Indian economy isestimated to have grown 7 percent, lower than7.2 percent in 2017-18.

DBS started operation as wholly-ownedsubsidiary in India from Mar 1 The Reserve Bank of India approved the merger

of DBS Bank Ltd.’s Indian business unit with itswholly owned local subsidiary. DBS Bank’s unitwill merge with DBS Bank India.

The wholly-owned subsidiary model allowsforeign lenders to be treated as a local bank,removing certain restrictions they face such asthose on opening new branches.

The Singapore-based DBS Bank is the secondoverseas bank to follow the wholly ownedsubsidiary model in India after the State Bank ofMauritius.

India’s First Policy To Protect Bank Locker

Launched IFFCO Tokio General Insurance has launched

‘bank locker protector policy’, the first stand-alone bank locker cover offered by any insurancecompany with a plan to protect the contents of abank locker such as jewelry, title documents, andother valuables.

The policy offers a cover against various risksincluding fire, earthquake, burglary, holdup or anyact of terrorism. It offers 7 options of sum insuredranging from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 40 lakh and aboveand the premium rate is affordable with a coverof Rs 3 lakh available at just Rs 300.

Govt. allows IDBI Bank to handle import,export transactions with Iran The IDBI has received government nod to handle

import and export transactions with Iran, a movewhich would help in promoting two-way trade.

IDBI Bank has been identified to route thepayments. UCO Bank had in the previous roundof sanctions handled rupee payments.

SBI, Hitachi arm to roll out digital paymentsplatform State Bank of India (SBI) and Hitachi Payment

Services Pvt Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary ofHitachi Ltd, launched their merchant-acquiringjoint venture, SBI Payment Services Pvt Ltd(SBIPSPL), in Mumbai, for establishing a digitalpayments platform for India and other countriesin the region.

Govt announces Rs. 20 coin The Centre announced a new coin of Rs 20

denomination which will come in 12-edgedpolygon (dodecagon) shape. The government isalso planning to release new coins of Re 1, Rs 2,Rs 5 and Rs 10.

The Finance Ministry stated that the new Rs 20coin will be made in copper, zinc and nickel. Itwill be 27mm (millimeters) and weigh 8.54 grams.The Lion Capitol symbol of Ashoka Pillar withthe legend “Satyamev Jayate” below it will beinscribed on its front side. The words “Bharat”in Hindi and “INDIA” in English will be there onthe right and left-hand side of the symbolrespectively.

Income tax exemption limit on gratuity doubledto Rs 20 lakh The income tax exemption limit on gratuity has


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been doubled to Rs 20 lakh from the existing Rs10 lakh, a move that will benefit employees whoare not covered by the Payment of Gratuity Act,1972.

The Ministry of Finance has now enhanced theincome tax exemption for gratuity under Section10 (10) (iii) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 to Rs20 lakhs.

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board InksCooperation Agreement with IFC The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India

(IBBI) has signed a Cooperation Agreement withthe International Finance Corporation (IFC), amember of the World Bank Group (WBG).

The agreement will enable IFC to assist IBBI tofurther build the capacity of insolvencyprofessionals, and insolvency professionalagencies for the purposes of the Code. Theagreement was signed by K. R. Saji Kumar,Executive Director, IBBI and Jun Zhang, CountryManager, IFC India.

SBI Links Interest On Most Savings AccountDeposits To RBI Repo Rate State Bank of India has become the first domestic

bank to link the interest rate it offers on savingsaccount deposits to an external benchmark- theReserve Bank of India’s repo rate.

Savings accounts with deposits above Rs 1 lakhwould be priced at 2.75% below the prevailingrepo rate of 6.25%. The effective rate worksout to be 5%, which is unchanged from theprevailing rate on savings accounts.

Cash credit accounts and overdraft facilities overRs 1 lakh would be priced at 2.25% over therepo rate. At the prevailing repo rate of 6.25%,this would mean a floor price of 8.5%.

For savings account holders with balances up toRs 1 lakh and borrowers with cash credit andoverdraft limits up to Rs 1 lakh, interest rates3.5% will remain fixed.

Axis Bank Names Rakesh Makhija As NewChairman Axis Bank has appointed Rakesh Makhija as Non-

Executive Chairman for a period of 3 years. The 67-year-old, who has served as an

independent director on the lender’s board sinceOctober 2015, will take over from Sanjiv Misrawhen his term ends on July 17.

HDFC Bank Becomes 3rd Indian Firm ToCross Rs6 trillion Market Cap HDFC Bank Ltd crossed the Rs6 trillion market

capitalization mark for the first time, making itonly the third Indian firm after Tata ConsultancyServices Ltd (TCS) and Reliance Industries Ltd(RIL) to achieve the milestone.

RIL is the most valued company in India with amarket cap of Rs8.50 trillion, followed by TCSat Rs7.48 trillion.

SEBI Lifts Foreign Investment Cap OnCorporate Bonds Markets regulator Securities and Exchange

Board of India (SEBI) withdrew the 20% limiton investments by Foreign Portfolio Investors incorporate bonds of an entity. The regulator statedthat the restriction is being withdrawn inaccordance with a circular issued by the ReserveBank of India (RBI).

In June 2018, SEBI had mandated that no ForeignPortfolio Investors (FPIs) shall have an exposureof more than 20% of its corporate bond portfolioto a single corporate.

SBI Launched Doorstep Banking Service ForSenior Citizens Over 70 State Bank of India (SBI) has launched doorstep

banking service for senior citizens over 70 yearsof age and differently-abled customers.

Eligible customers can avail this service at anominal fee of 100 rupees per transaction forfinancial transactions and 60 rupees for non-financial transactions.

Doorstep banking services are available to KYC-compliant account holders, with a valid mobilenumber registered with the bank and residingwithin 5 kilometers radius from their homebranch.

SBI launches card less ATM withdrawals State Bank of India launched ‘YONO Cash’ for

cardless withdrawal of cash at over 16,500 SBIATMs across the country.

With this facility, customers can initiate the cashwithdrawal process on the YONO app and set asix-digit YONO Cash pin for the transaction.They will also get a six digit reference numberfor the transaction on their registered mobilenumber via SMS. The cash withdrawal has tobe completed within the next 30 minutes at thenearest ATMs using both PIN and the referencenumber received.

IBBI, SEBI Sign MoU For BetterImplementation of IBC The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India

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(MoU) with the Securities and Exchange Boardof India (SEBI).

The IBBI and the SEBI seek effectiveimplementation of the Insolvency andBankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code) and its allied rulesand regulations, which have redefined the debt-equity relat ionship and aims to promoteentrepreneurship and debt market.

RBI Appoints 5 Member Committee ToDeepen Digital Payments Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed 5-

member committee under the chairmanship ofNandan Nilekani to strengthen digital payments

as well as to boost financial inclusion throughFinancial Technology. The committee wouldsubmit its recommendations within 3 months.

This announcement was made by RBI GovernorShaktikanta Das at the first event of FinancialTechnology (Fintech) Conclave, which wasorganized by NITI Aayog in New Delhi.

Bank of Baroda Set To Develop Digital AgriPlatform ‘Baroda Kisan’ Bank of Baroda has signed an MoU with

agriculture services companies to develop anagriculture digital platform, Baroda Kisan, whichwill provide solutions for agricultural requirements.

STATE AFFAIRSHaryana Government AnnouncesMukhyamantri Parivar Samman Nidhi Scheme ‘Mukhyamantri Parivar Samman Nidhi’ scheme

was launched by Haryana Chief Minister ManoharLal Khattar in Chandigarh. It is primarily meantfor farmers of the state who cultivate on land withareas up to 5 acres and the families with an incomeof less than Rs. 15,000 per month.

The scheme would provide a sum of Rs. 6,000yearly and each family has to nominate a memberwho will be provided with this amount.

Odisha CM launches ‘Mukhya Mantri KarigarSahayata’ scheme Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched

the ‘Mukhya Mantri Karigar Sahayata’ schemein Bhubaneswar. The state government willprovide Rs 800 monthly allowance to craftsmenwith over 10 years of experience and annualincome below Rs 1 lakh under the ‘MukhyaMantri Karigar Sahayata’ scheme.

Likewise, the craftsmen above 80 years will getRs 1000 each monthly allowance under thescheme.

Assam sets up North East Skill Centre inGuwahati The Assam government in collaboration with the

Singapore-based ITE Education Services (ITEES)set up the North East Skill Centre (NESC) inGuwahati. The NSESC will aim to provide betterskill training to thousands of unemployed youth ofthe state.

Kummanam Rajasekharan resigns as MizoramGovernor, Jagdish Mukhi given additionalcharge Kummanam Rajasekharan, the Governor of

Mizoram resigned from his office and PresidentRam Nath Kovind has accepted the resignation.President Kovind has given Assam GovernorJagdish Mukhi additional charge of Mizoram.Rajasekharan’s tenure as Mizoram Governorlasted for less than 10 months.

Kerala’s Marayoor Jaggery Gets GeographicalIndication Tag The Marayoor Jaggery, the traditional and

handmade product from Idukki district of Keralareceived the Geographical Indication (GI) tag fromthe Central Government. It is dark brown in colour,high in sweetness and iron, with less sodiumcontent and insoluble impurities.

C Lalsawta sworn in as the first Lokayukta ofMizoram C Lalsawta was sworn-in as the first Chairman

of the newly-constituted Lokayukta in Mizoramat the Raj Bhawan, Aizawl. The Chief Guest ofthe function was Lalnunmawia Chuaungo, theChief Secretary of the state.

C Lalsawta is an IAS officer from 1981 batch ofBihar cadre. He had served as the PrincipalSecretary of Finance Department of Mizoramfrom 2008 to 2011 and later served as theVigilance Commissioner of Bihar till 2015.


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NATIONAL NEWSPM Modi launches ‘One Nation, One Card’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the

indigenously-developed National CommonMobility Card (NCMC) to enable people to paymultiple kinds of transport charges, includingmetro services and toll tax, across the country.

Dubbed as ‘One Nation One Card’, the inter-operable transport card would allow the holdersto pay for their bus travel, toll taxes, parkingcharges, retail shopping and even withdrawmoney.

Railways Minister announces new railway zonefor Andhra Pradesh Railways Minister Piyush Goyal announced a

new railway zone ‘Southern Coast Railway’ forAndhra Pradesh.

The new railway zone will be headquartered inVisakhapatnam. The new zone will comprise theexisting Guntakal, Guntur and Vijayawadadivisions that currently fall under the SouthCentral Railway.

The Indian Railways’ operations are currentlydivided into 17 zones, which are further sub-divided into divisions, each having a divisionalheadquarter. There are a total of 73 divisions atpresent.

Ministry of Tribal Affairs launches schemes ofMSP for Minor Forest produces Shri Jual Oram, Union Minister of Tribal Affairs

launched the ambitious scheme Van Dhan, thescheme for Minimum Support Price (MSP) forMinor Forest Produce Scheme (MFP) andDevelopment of Value Chain of MFPs at aNational Workshop organized by TRIFED underMinistry of Tribal Affairs.

It is proposed to set up almost 6000 Van DanVikas Kendras comprising 300 tribal gathererseach in the Country providing employment toalmost 45 Lakh tribals.

NITI Aayog partners with Adobe to boostdigital literacy, creativity skills NITI Aayog partnered with software major

Adobe to develop creative skills and spread digitalliteracy among school children in India. TheStatement of Intent (SOI) signed by NITI Aayogand Adobe as part of the Atal Innovation Mission

will open Digital Disha Programme across 100schools under the Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL).

Govt. approves Centre for Disability Sports inGwalior The union cabinet has approved the setting up of

a Centre for Disability Sports in Gwalior, a movewhich is likely to benefit para-sports in the country.

The centre will be built at an estimated cost ofRs 170.99 crore, spread over a period of fiveyears. The centre will have a Governing Bodycomprising a maximum of 12 members, some ofthem experts from “National Level SportsFederations apart from experts in para games”.

Prayagraj Kumbh Mela Enters Guinness Bookof World Records The Prayagraj Kumbh Mela 2019 has secured

place in the Guinness Book of World Recordsfor the largest crowd management, largestsanitation drive and largest painting exercise ofpublic sites.

ISRO Launches ‘Yuva Vigyani Karyakram’ ForSchool Children Indian Space Research Organisation has

launched ‘Yuva VIgyani Karyakram’, a ‘YoungScientist Programme’ for the School Children tobe studying in the 9th standard.

‘Catch them young’ residential trainingprogramme will be of around two weeks durationduring summer holidays with a proposal to select3 students from each State and Union Territory,covering CBSE, ICSE and State syllabus.

Women to Get Permanent Commission in all10 Army Branches Women officers will now be granted permanent

commission (PC) in all 10 branches of the IndianArmy. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has takennecessary steps to ensure that women, who wereearlier inducted for short service commission(SSC), will now be granted PC in the Armedforces.

‘Azaadi Ke Diwane’ museum inaugurated atRed Fort Union Minister Mahesh Sharma has inaugurated

‘Azaadi Ke Diwane’ museum, dedicated to theunsung heroes of the country’s freedom struggle,on the Red Fort premises in New Delhi.

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the museum is the fifth in a series of recentlyinaugurated ones - the others being the SubhashChandra Bose and INA museum, the Yaad-e-Jallian museum, the Museum on 1857 (on thecountry’s first war of Independence) theDrishyakala (a museum on Indian Art) on thesacrifices of India’s freedom fighters.

India signs pact with Russia on Chakra-3 attacksubmarine India signed a $3.3 billion deal with Russia for

leasing the third nuclear-powered Akula classattack An Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA)was signed between the two countries in NewDelhi. The submarine, to be called Chakra -3,will be delivered in 2025 for a 10-year period.

India at the moment operates Chakra-2 whose10-year lease ending in 2022. IINS Chakra is anuclear-powered submarine and unlike INSArihant, the other nuclear submarine in Indiannavy fleet, it does not have a strategic weapon.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Polls to be held in7 phases, starting April 11 Lok Sabha 2019 elections start from April 11, in

seven phases, says Election Commission. Codeof Conduct for parties kicks in from 10th Marchand there are close to 90 crore eligible voters.Date of counting will be on the 23rd of May 2019.

Schedule of Lok Sabha polls- Phase one - 11th April 2019, Phase two - 18th April 2019, Phase three - 23rd April 2019, Phase four - 29th April 2019, Phase five - 06th May 2019, Phase six - 12th May 2019, Phase seven - 19th May 2019, Date of counting- 23rd May 2019Government Approved a National Missionon E-Mobility To Boost EV Manufacturing

The Centre formed National Mission onTransformative Mobility and Battery Storage tofinalise the framework for a PhasedManufacturing Program (PMP). Amitabh Kant,CEO of NITI Aayog has been appointed to leadthe Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee of themission who will recommend and drive thestrategies for transformative mobility in India.

PMP will be valid for five years until 2024 tolocalise production across the entire electricvehicles value chain, such as formulatingstrategies on manufacturing EVs, its specification

and standards, etc. Cabinet last month approved a Rs. 10,000 crore

init iative under the Faster Adoption andManufacturing of Electric Vehicles II (FAME II)scheme, marking a significant push for hybrid andelectric vehicles in the country.

United States To Set Up Six Nuclear PowerPlants In India The 9th round of the India-US Strategic Security

Dialogue was held in Washington DC. Both sidesreaffirmed to deny Weapons of Mass Destructionto non-state actors and work towards setting upUS nuclear plant in India agreement.

The two sides committed to strengthen bilateralsecurity and civil nuclear cooperation, includingthe establishment of 6 U.S. nuclear reactors inIndia.

India Ranks 11th In Gold Holding: WGCReport India, which is the world’s largest consumer of

gold, has the 11th largest gold reserve, with thecurrent holding pegged at 607 tonnes, as per thelatest report by the World Gold Council (WGC).

Microsoft Launched Project ‘Sangam’ To BoostIndia’s Swachh Bharat Mission Microsoft has announced that it has partnered

with The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs(MoHUA) to promote its Project ‘Sangam’which is developed to accelerate Swachh BharatMission (SBM) in India.

It is one of the world’s largest CleanlinessProgramme. Project Sangam is a cloud-hosted,mobile-first community learning platform.

Justice P.C. Ghose Named India’s First Lokpal Former Supreme Court judge Justice Pinaki

Chandra Ghose was recommended to be the firstLokpal or anti-corruption ombudsman of India.Justice Ghose, 67, is a member of the NationalHuman Rights Commission (NHRC) since June2017.

His name was finalised and recommended bythe Selection Committee comprising PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice RanjanGogoi, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan andeminent jurist Mukul Rohatgi.

Integral Coach Factory of Chennai Became TheWorld’s Largest Rail Coach Manufacturer Indian Railways Integral Coach Factory (ICF)

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production. With this, Indian Railway’s oldest and premier

coach manufacturing unit becomes the singlelargest rail coach manufacturer in the world.

India Ranks 76th On WEF Global EnergyTransition Index India has moved up 2 places to rank 76th on a

global energy transition index. The annual list,compiled by Geneva-based World EconomicForum (WEF), has ranked 115 economies on howwell they are able to balance energy security andaccess with environmental sustainability andaffordability.

ISRO Launches Young Scientist Programme‘YUVIKA’ For Schoolkids Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has

launched a special programme for schoolchildrencalled Young Scientist Programme or YuvaVigyani Karyakram (YUVIKA), in tune with thegovernment’s vision “Jai Vigyan, JaiAnusandhan”.

The program is primarily aimed at imparting basicknowledge on space technology, space scienceand space applications to the younger ones withthe intent of arousing their interest in the emergingareas of space activities.

GLOBAL NEWSIndia addressed OIC for first time External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj

addressed the plenary session of the foreignministers’ meet of the Organisation of IslamicCooperation states in Abu Dhabi.

Swaraj presented a picture of the secular fabricof India and began the speech by saying that shestands as a representative of land, that has beenfor ages a fountain of knowledge, a beacon ofpeace, a source of faiths and traditions, and hometo religions from the world.

India Signs Deal With Russian Firm To Produce7.5 Lakh AK-203 Rifles India has signed a deal with a Russian firm to

manufacture 7.5 lakh AK-203 rifles. These arethe latest derivative of the AK-47 rifles.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman statedthat the AK-203 rifles will be produced at theIndian Ordnance Factory at Amethi’s Korwa.The new rifles will replace the indigenous INSASrifles in the Army, Air Force, and Navy.

Malaysia joins International Criminal Court Malaysia has become a member of the

International Criminal Court in a boost for thebeleaguered institution at a time it faces growing

criticism. Malaysia becomes the 124th member of the court

since its establishment in 2002. Of the 10 memberstates of the Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN), only two have ratified theRome Statute.

Kylie Jenner becomes world’s youngest self-made billionaire Kylie Jenner was named the youngest self-made

billionaire of all time by Forbes magazine. Jenner, 21, the half-sister of reality television stars

Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian, made itonto the annual Forbes list of billionaires afterdebuting her Kylie Cosmetics online in 2015 with$29 lip kits containing matching lipstick and lipliner.

NASA astronauts to carry out first all-femalespacewalk Just in time for International Women’s Day,

NASA announced that it will be conducting thefirst-ever, all-female spacewalk.

Astronauts Christina Koch and Anne McClainwill exit the International Space Station on March29, 35 years after the first woman performed aspacewalk. They’ll be guided from the ground


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by flight director Mary Lawrence, and flightcontrollers Jackie Kagey and Kristen Facciol.

Google launches ‘Bolo’ to tutor children to readHindi, English Tech giant Google has unveiled a new app ‘Bolo’

that aims to help children in primary school learnto read in Hindi and English. The free app, whichis being launched in India first, uses Google’sspeech recognition and text-to-speechtechnology.

The app features an animated character ‘Diya’,who encourages children to read stories aloudand helps if the child is unable to pronounce aword. It also lauds the reader when he/shecompletes the reading.

China launches new communication satellite‘ChinaSat 6C’, completes 300th launch China lifted its broadband communication system

by launching a Long March – 3B carrier rocketwith ‘ChinaSat 6C’ into a geostationary orbit inSichuan province.

The‘ChinaSat 6C’ was launched from XichangSatellite Launch Center in Sichuan province. Itis a 19 story tall rocket which is expected toprovide high quality radio and televisiontransmission services.

Kazakhstan to rename country’s capital Astanaas Nursultan Kazakhstan’s parliament voted on 20 March to

rename the country’s capital Astana as Nursultanin honour of longtime ruler NursultanNazarbayev, a day after he resigned as president.

After a parliamentary vote Astana is nowofficially renamed Nursultan. Kazakhstan’s newinterim president Kassym-Jomart Tokayevproposed renaming the capital.

World Happiness Report Released, Finland isthe happiest nation, India slips 7 spots, ranks140th The World Happiness Report was released by

the Sustainable Development Solutions Networkfor the United Nations on March 20, theInternational Day of Happiness. India is ranked140th out of 156 nations. India shows a 7 spotdecline.

New Zealand bans assault weapons New Zealand has imposed an immediate ban on

assault weapons following last week’sChristchurch massacre that claimed the lives of50 mosque-goers.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, assault riflesand military-style semi-automatic weapons wouldbe banned with immediate effect, making apledge to ensure that nothing like the last week’sattack ever occurs in the Pacific nation again.

World’s First Wireless Electric Car ChargingStation Introduced By Norway Oslo, the capital city of Norway will become the

world’s first city to install wireless, induction-based charging stations for its fleet of electrictaxis with an aim to have a zero-emission cabsystem by the year 2023 according to a reportby Reuters.

Norway wants all new cars to be zero emissionby 2025 whereas other nations, like Britain andFrance, have similar goals for 2040.

India 4th nation to enter elite space power clubwith anti-satellite weapon India has officially entered the elite space power

club with the successful targeting of a live satellitewith an anti-satellite weapon (A-SAT). India isthe fourth nation in the world to achieve the feat.

PM Modi said India has become the 4th nationin the world after US, Russia and China to havea satellite weapon that can take down enemysatellites.

Modi said India shot down a low-orbit satellitethrough an Indian anti-satellite weapon A-SATin an operation called ‘Mission Shakti’ whichlasted for just 3 minutes.


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PEOPLE IN NEWSIDBI Bank appoints LIC’s Hemant Bhargavaas non-executive chairman IDBI Bank has appointed Hemant Bhargava as

non-executive, non-whole time chairman.Bhargava is currently the Chairman (in-charge)and Managing Director of Life InsuranceCorporation of India (LIC).The bank saidBhargava has been appointed for three years oruntil he continues in his position at LIC.

Nayantara Sahgal launches her new Novel “TheFate Of Butterflies” Veteran author Nayantara Sahgal launched her

new novel “The Fate Of Butterflies” amid agathering of bibliophiles and several known facesfrom the literary and political world in New Delhion 27th Feb.

Oscar-winning composer Andre Previn passesaway at 89 Andre Previn, the multifaceted musician whose

work ranged from composing Oscar-winning filmscores to playing jazz piano to conducting theworld’s elite orchestras died aged 89.

Russian Nobel Prize Winner for Physics AlferovDies Aged 88 Zhores Alferov, the 2000 Nobel prize winner in

physics and a member of Russia’s parliament, hasdied aged 88 in St Petersburg.

Shri Arun Jaitley releases the book ‘Mann KiBaat – A Social Revolution on Radio’ Shri Arun Jaitley, Union Minister of Finance &

Corporate Affairs, released a book titled ‘MannKi Baat - A Social Revolution on Radio’ in afunction organized in National Media Centre,New Delhi.

The book is based on 50 episodes of PrimeMinister Shri Narendra Modi’s heart to hearttalk with the citizens of India broadcast on AllIndia Radio.

Ex-Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia appointednon-executive chairman of BoB Former Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia was

appointed as non-executive chairman of Bank ofBaroda. The Appointments Committee of theCabinet has approved his appointment as the part-

time non-official director as well as non-executivechairman on the board of Bank of Baroda for aperiod of three years.

Ravneet Gill takes charge as YES Bank MD &CEO Ravneet Gill took charge as managing director

(MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of YESBank for a three-year term succeeding FounderRana Kapoor, who has helmed the private sectorbank since 2004.

Pranay Kumar Verma Appointed As India’sAmbassador To Vietnam Ministry of External Affairs has appointed Pranay

Kumar Verma as India’s Ambassador to theSocialist Republic of Vietnam.

Pranay Kumar Verma is a 1994 cadre IndianForeign Services Officer and presently workingas the Joint Secretary at Ministry of ExternalAffairs (MEA).

AN Jha Replaces Shaktikanta Das As 15thFinance Commission Member Former Finance Secretary Ajay Narayan Jha has

joined as a member of the 15th FinanceCommission. Jha has been posted in place ofShaktikanta Das who had resigned as a memberof the Commission after being appointed the RBIGovernor.

Ajit Singh is appointed as the first Lokayukta ofOdisha Former Chief Justice of Gauhati high court Justice

Ajit Singh will be the chairperson of the Lokayuktain Odisha. The Odisha Raj Bhavan has clearedhis name based on the recommendation of theselection committee headed by chief ministerNaveen Patnaik.

Former Nepal Deputy PM Bharat MohanAdhikari passes away

Former Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal andsenior leader of ruling Nepal Communist Party(NCP), Bharat Mohan Adhikari passed away.Adhikari also served as Finance Minister.

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Senegal’s president Macky Sall has won a secondterm with more than 58% of the national vote.

Former union minister V Dhananjay Kumarpasses away Former Minister, Dhananjay Kumar, 67, passes

away after a prolonged illness.American Actor Luke Perry Passes Away at 52 American television icon and heartthrob Luke

Perry of Beverly Hills, 90210 fame has passedaway at the age of 52 after suffering a massivestroke.

Anil Kumble reappointed as chairman of the ICCCricket Committee International Cricket Council (ICC) have

reappointed former Indian National Cricket Teamskipper Anil Kumble as the chairman of ICC’sCricket Committee during its quarterly meet inDubai.

In another significant development, the ICCreassured the BCCI about the safety of its players,support staff and fans during the men’s World Cupin England this summer.

Bhagwan Lal Sahni Appointed Chairman Of theNational Commission For Backward Classes Bhagwan Lal Sahni has been appointed as the

chairman of the newly constituted NationalCommission for Backward Classes (NCBC).Kaushalendra Singh Patel, Sudha Yadav andAchary Talloju have been appointed as membersof the commission.

Kaja Kallas elected as the first female primeminister of Estonia Kaja Kallas, the leader of the Reform Party has

been appointed as the first female Prime Ministerof Estonia after the liberal Reform Party declaredvictory in the elections against center-left PrimeMinister Juri Ratas’s party.

In recently concluded elections her party secured28.8% votes against Centre party votes of 23%.Her party has form coalition government withsupport of far-right EKRE.

Ausaf Sayeed appointed new Ambassador ofIndia to Saudi Arabia Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, presently High Commissioner

of India to the Republic of Seychelles, has beenappointed as the next ambassador of India to SaudiArabia.

The Indian Foreign Service officer of the 1989batch, Sayeed will succeed Ahmad Javed, whohad been serving as envoy to Saudi Arabia sinceDecember 2015.

UNDP appoints Padma Lakshmi as GoodwillAmbassador Indian-American television personality and food

expert Padma Lakshmi has been appointed bythe United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) as its newest Goodwill Ambassador,supporting the agency’s fight against inequality anddiscrimination around the world.

Subhash Chandra Garg Appointed As FinanceSecretary The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has

approved designating Shri Subhash Chandra Garg,lAS, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs,Ministry of Finance as Finance Secretary.

Soumya Swaminathan Named Chief Scientist atWHO Soumya Swaminathan, a Deputy Director-

General of the World Health Organisation hasbeen named Chief Scientist of the WHO.

Scientist Ajit Kumar Mohanty Appointed BhabhaAtomic Research Centre Chief Distinguished scientist Ajit Kumar Mohanty was

appointed Director of Bhabha Atomic ResearchCentre (BARC), the country’s premier multi-disciplinary nuclear research facility.

Mohanty has been appointed Director, BARC fora period of three years. He is at present Director,Physics Group in BARC and Director, SahaInstitute of Nuclear Physics.

Mohammad Shtayyeh Named As Palestinian PM Mohammad Shtayyeh has been named as

Palestinian Prime Minister by President ofPalestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas. A memberof the West Bank’s dominant Fatah party is a longtime ally of Abbas.

Anup Kumar Dubey, Sushil Kumar appointedspecial directors in ED Anup Kumar Dubey and Sushil Kumar have been

appointed as the special directors in theEnforcement Directorate (ED), according to aPersonnel Ministry order.

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(Income Tax) officers. Mr. Dubey has beenappointed as Special Director, ED in Delhi whileMr. Kumar in Chennai.

Dr. A.K. Mohanty Takes Over As DirectorBARC Dr. A.K. Mohanty, Distinguished Scientist and

Director, physics group of the Bhabha AtomicResearch Centre (BARC) and Director, SahaInstitute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata took overas Director, BARC from Mr. K.N. Vyas,Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission andSecretary to the Government of India,Department of Atomic Energy.

AK Misra appointed as Chairman of ASRB Veterinary Professor Shri Aditya Kumar Misra

has been appointed as the new Chairman of theAgricultural Scientific Recruitment Board(ASRB). The Appointments Committee of theCabinet approved the Misra’s appointment, whowill hold the new post till 5th January, 2022.

Rahul Bajaj to step down as Chairman, Non-Executive Director of Bajaj Finserv Leading industrialist Rahul Bajaj will step down

as the Chairman and Non-Executive Director ofBajaj Finserv. However, he will continue to servethe company as Chairman Emeritus. Vice-Chairman Nanoo Pamnani will take over as thenew Chairman of Bajaj Finserv.

Supreme Court Appoints PS Narasimha AsMediator To Resolve Disputes Within BCCI The Supreme Court appointed senior advocate

PS Narasimha as a mediator for resolving variousdisputes related to cricket administration withinthe cricket body, the Board of Control for Cricketin India (BCCI).

Narasimha will hear the BCCI’s position, and thenmake recommendations to the Committee ofAdministrators (CoA).

Santosh Jha Appointed As The NextAmbassador Of India To The Republic OfUzbekistan Santosh Jha presently Deputy Chief of Mission,

Embassy of India, Washington, has been appointedas the next Ambassador of India to the Republicof Uzbekistan.

S S Mundra appointed as chairman of AcuiteRatings

Acuite Ratings and Research announced theappointment of S S Mundra, former deputygovernor of RBI as non-executive chairman toits board with immediate effect. In high four-decade long banking career, Mundra has servedas Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of Indiaand as Chairman and Managing Director of Bankof Baroda.

Goa CM Manohar Parrikar Passes Away Manohar Parrikar, Goa Chief Minister and former

defence minister, has passed away at the age of63 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Former Minister Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy died Former Member of Parliament and State minister

Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy passed away in the earlyhours in Kadapa.

Pramod Sawant Sworn In As Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant (45), former Speaker of Goa

legislative Assembly and MLA from Sankhelimin North Goa was sworn-in as 11th Chief Ministerof Goa, succeeding Manohar Parrikar, who diedafter a prolonged battle with advanced pancreaticcancer.

Veteran Journalist Darryl D’Monte Passes Away Senior journalist and environmental activist Darryl

D’Monte passed away in Mumbai after a briefillness at the age of 74 years.

K M Mammen elected Chairman of ATMA K M Mammen, Chairman & Managing Director,

MRF Ltd has been elected as Chairman ofAutomotive Tyre Manufacturers’ Association(ATMA), the national industry body for automotivetyre sector in India. Anshuman Singhania, Directorof JK Tyre & Industries Ltd will be the Vice-Chairman.

Veteran Bengali actor Chinmoy Roy dies aged79 Veteran Bengali actor Chinmoy Roy, known for

his portrayal of comic characters, has died ofcardiac arrest. He was 79.

Famed Economist Alan Krueger Passes Away Former White House economist and Princeton

University professor Alan Krueger passed away.He was 58.

Mumbai social worker Gauri Sawant becomesfirst transgender election ambassador The Election Commission of India has appointed


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transgender social activist Gauri Sawant, as oneof the 12 election ambassadors from Maharashtra.

Following the Supreme Court order, transgendersgot the right to vote for the first time in 2014. In2014, 918 voters were registered in this thirdcategory. This number has doubled in five yearsand now it is 2,086.

Vice Admiral Karambir Singh To Take Over AsNext Chief of Naval Staff The Government of India has appointed Vice

Admiral Karambir Singh, presently Flag OfficerCommander-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) Eastern NavalCommand as next Chief of the Naval Staff witheffect from May 31, 2019. The present Chief ofNaval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba retires on thesame day.

Naresh Goyal Steps Down From Jet AirwaysBoard Jet Airways Founders Naresh Goyal and wife

Anita Goyal have stepped down from the boardof the cash-strapped airline. With this, NareshGoyal ceases to be Chairman. Another directorKevin Knight has also resigned.

AIBA President Gafur Rahimov Resigned The Amateur International Boxing Federation

(AIBA) President Gafur Rahimov announced hisresignation claiming that political based discussions

were harming the organizations progress.Rahimov will be replaced by an interim president.

Book Titled ‘Every Vote Counts’ of NavinChawla Launched Former Vice-President Hamid Ansari launched

the book titled ‘Every Vote Counts-The Story ofIndia’s Elections’.

The author of this book is former Chief ElectionCommissioner Navin Chawla.

Noted folk artist passes away Noted folk artist, music director and writer

Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi died at Houston in theU.S. at the age of 99.

Scott Walker, Experimental Pop Hero, PassesAway Scott Walker, one of the most innovative and

enduring songwriters of the 20th century, has diedaged 76.

Veselin Matic Set To Be India’s BasketballCoach Veselin Matic, who took Iran to an Asian Games

bronze medal in 2010, is set to be appointed asthe new head coach of the Indian men’s basketballteam.

Malayalam Writer And Poet Ashita Passes Away Celebrated Malayalam writer and poet Ashita

passed away at the age of 63 in Thrissur, afterfighting a long battle with cancer.


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SPORTSDeepak Singh bags gold at Makran Cup boxing Indian boxers collected a rich haul of 8 medals,

including one gold, five silver and two bronzeto finish their campaign on a high at the MakranCup boxing tournament in Chabahar, Iran.

National champion Deepak Singh (49kg) wasthe lone Indian boxer to notch up a gold, whilefive others claimed silver medals in the MakranCup.

Australia to host 2021 IAAF World CrossCountry C’ship Australia will host the International Association

of Athletics Federations (IAAF) WorldAthletics Series event for the first time in 25years, following the decision to award the 2021World Cross Country Championships toBathurst in New South Wales.

The event will be held at one of Australia’smost famous sporting venues, MountPanorama, which is better known as the homeof Australia’s premier endurance motor race.

Chris Gayle Becomes First Player To Smash500 Sixes In International Cricket West Indies opener Chris Gayle has become

the first batsman ever to smash 500 or moresixes in international cricket. In the 4th ODIagainst England in Grenada, Gayle scored 162runs.

Roger Federer wins 100th ATP title in Dubai Roger Federer made history at the Dubai

Championship as he defeated reigningchampion Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 to win his100th tour-level title. His 100th title comes 18years after he captured his first in Milan.Federer is the winner of a record 20 GrandSlam titles.

Iniyan becomes India’s 61st Grandmaster India got their 61st Grandmaster when 16-year-

old Iniyan, hailing from Erode, won at theongoing Noisiel Open in France. Iniyandefeated GM Sergey Fedorchuk of Ukraine inthe sixth round to become the 61st Grandmaster

for India as he crossed the 2500-point in ELOratings.

Finland Boxing Tournament: India Wins 1Gold, 4 Silver Kavinder Singh Bisht in the 56kg-category

struck gold while Shiva Thapa in the 60kgcategory and three others claimed silver medalsto end a fine Indian campaign at the 38thGeeBee Boxing Tournament in Helsinki,Finland.

All England Open Badminton Championships2019: Complete List of Winners 2019 All England Open, officially YONEX All

England Open Badminton Championships 2019was a BWF World Tour 1000 event which tookplace at Arena Birmingham in England from 6to 10 March 2019. It had a total purse of$1,000,000.

Complete list of winners:Sl. No. Event Winner Runner Up1. Men’s Singles Kento MOMOTA

(Japan) Viktor AXELSEN (Denmark)2. Women’s Singles CHEN Yufei (China)

Tai Tzu-ying (Taiwan)3. Men’s Doubles Mohammad Ahsan and

Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia) AaronChia and Soh Wooi Yik (Malaysia)

4. Women’s Doubles Chen Qingchenand Jia Yifan (China) Mayu Matsumotoand Wakana Nagahara (Japan)

5. Mixed Doubles Zheng Siwei and HuangYaqiong (China ) Yuta Watanabe and ArisaHigashino (Japan)

India To Host U-17 Women’s Football WorldCup In 2020 India will host the Under-17 Women’s Football

World Cup in 2020. This was announced bythe President of International FootballFederation (FIFA) Gianni Infantino after thecouncil meeting in Miami, USA.

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Cup in 2017.18-yr-old Diksha 2nd Indian Golfer To WinLadies European Tour 18-year-old Diksha Dagar has become the

second Indian to win an event on LadiesEuropean Tour after clinching South AfricanWomen’s Open in Cape Town.

Aditi Ashok was the first Indian to win on theLadies European Tour after clinching HeroWomen’s Indian Open in Gurugram in 2016.

2019 Swiss Open Championship Concludes:Complete List of Winners The 2019 Swiss Open, officially the YONEX

Swiss Open 2019, was a badminton tournamentwhich took place at St. Jakobshalle in Basel,Switzerland and had a total purse of $150,000.

Sl. No. Event Winner Runner Up1. Men’s Singles Shi Yuki (China) B

Sai Praneet (India)2. Women’s SinglesChen Yufei (China)

Saena Kawakami (Japan)3. Men’s Doubles Fajar ALFIAN and

Muhammad Rian ARDIANTO (Indonesia)LEE Yang and WANG Chi-Lin (Taiwan)

4. Women’s Doubles CHANG Ye Naand JUNGKyung Eun (South Korea)Nami MATSUYAMA and Chiharu SHIDA(Japan)

5. Mixed Doubles Mathias BAY-SMIDTand Rikke SOBY (Denmark) RinovRIVALDY and Pitha Haningtya MENTARI(Indonesia)

Dominic Thiem wins Indian Wells title Dominic Thiem ended Roger Federer’s bid for

a record sixth Indian Wells title with a battlingthree-set victory in the final in California.

The Austrian seventh seed fought back to beatFederer 3-6 6-3 7-5. Thiem secured his firsttitle at a Masters 1000 event and will rise tofourth in the world rankings on Monday.

Bianca Andreescu wins BNP Paribas Open atIndian Wells Bianca Andreescu completed her emergence

as the latest new star of women’s tennis aftera scintillating three-set win over AngeliqueKerber in the final of the BNP Paribas Openat Indian Wells.

The 18-year-old Canadian fought off exhaustionand held her nerve to triumph 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 overthe three-time grand-slam champion, becomingthe first wildcard winner of the prestigiousevent.

Asian Youth Championship 2019 Concludes:India Finishes 2nd, China Tops In Asian Youth Athletics Championships in

Hong Kong, boys medley relay team won agold medal for India on the final day to helpIndian youth team finish second in the overallmedals tally with a total of 26 medals including8 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze medals.

China topped the overall medals tally with 31medals that included 12 gold, 11 silver and eightbronze medals and Japan finished third with 20medals that included 6 Gold, 8 Silver and 6bronze.

Kane Williamson gets Sir Richard HadleeMedal for Men’s Player of the Year New Zealand captain Kane Williamson claimed

the coveted Sir Richard Hadlee Medal forMen’s Player of the Year. Williamson also tookhome the Test Player of the Year award andthe Redpath Cup for First Class batting.

Deal signed to host T10 league for five yearsin Abu Dhabi In Cricket, there are two short formats so far,

that is, ODI and T-20. Now, brace for T-10.The Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi willbe the new home of T10 cricket for the nextfive years, starting with the 2019 season.

Abu Dhabi Cricket, in partnership with AbuDhabi Sports Council and the Department ofCulture and Tourism-Abu Dhabi, has signed afive-year agreement with the organizers of theT10 Cricket League. The shortest form of thegame will now be played exclusively at ZayedCricket Stadium. The first match of the T10League 2019 will be held on October 23.


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AWARDSPM Modi Conferred National Youth ParliamentFestival 2019 Awards The National Youth Parliament Festival 2019

awards were given by Prime Minister NarendraModi at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

The best three speakers at the National YouthParliament will be awarded 2 Lakh rupees, 1.5Lakh rupees and 1 Lakh rupees respectively inorder of merit along with a certificate. Thewinners from the national level competition are:

1st position- Shweta Umre from Maharashtra. 2nd position- Anjanakshi M.S from Karnataka. 3rd position- Mamta Kumari from Bihar.PM Modi Confers Shanti Swarup BhatnagarPrizes For Science & Tech Prime Minister Narendra Modi conferred the

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes for Science andTechnology for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018in New Delhi. There were 34 prize winners.

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is the mostcoveted national recognition bestowed uponyoung scientists and engineers to honour theirresearch and developmental work in India. It wasfirst instituted in 1957 to honour the eminentscientist Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar.

DRDO chief G Satheesh Reddy conferredAmerican missile award India’s aerospace scientist and Chief of the

Defence Research Development Organisation(DRDO), G Satheesh Reddy, has been conferredthe Missile Systems Award 2019 by the AmericanInstitute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Satheesh is the first Indian to win the award,which recognises his leadership role in the Indianmissile programme.

Tata Steel Recognised As One of World’s MostEthical Companies Tata Steel has received the award as one of the

2019 World’s Most Ethical Companies. Theaward has been given by Ethisphere Institute,USA.

Japanese architect Arata Isozaki wins PritzkerPrize Japanese architect Arata Isozaki has received

this year’s Pritzker Prize, widely considered tobe the profession’s highest honour. He is the 46thPritzker laureate and the eighth Japanesearchitect to receive the honour.

Indore bags Swachh Survekhshan Award 2019for being the cleanest city Indore in Madhya Pradesh bagged the title of

India’s cleanest city in the central government’scleanliness survey for the third consecutive year.New Delhi Municipal Council area got thecleanest small city award while Uttarakhand’sGauchar was adjudged Best Ganga Town in thesurvey.

India Bags 1st Prize at The International‘Golden City Gate Tourism Awards atITB,Berlin The Ministry of Tourism has won the 1st Prize

in the category of TV Cinema Spot at theprestigious international Golden City GateTourism Awards 2019, held from the 6th to 10thMarch 2019.

The awards were received by Tourism SecretaryYogendra Tripathi at ITB, Berlin.

Ex-RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan getsYashwantrao Chavan national award Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor

Raghuram Rajan has been chosen for the‘Yashwantrao Chavan National Award 2018’ forhis contribution towards economic development.Rajan will be presented the award at a functionon the occasion of 106th birth anniversary of lateYashwantrao Chavan, who was the first chiefminister of Maharashtra.

Padmanaban Gopalan bagged theCommonwealth Youth Award for the Asianregion Social entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu,

Padmanaban Gopalan, founder of No FoodWaste, was named the winner of theCommonwealth Youth Award for the Asianregion worth 3,000 Pounds at a ceremony at theCommonwealth Secretariat in London.

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Goal (SDG) of Zero Hunger with his innovativesystem of recovering excess food to distributeto those in need.

President Confers Gallantry And DistinguishedService Awards The President and Supreme Commander of the

Indian Armed Forces Ram Nath Kovindconferred 3 Kirti Chakras and 15 ShauryaChakras to Armed Forces Personnel fordisplaying conspicuous gallantry, indomitablecourage and extreme devotion to duty at a solemnceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. 2 KirtiChakras and 1 Shaurya Chakra were givenposthumously.

The President also conferred 15 ParamVishishtSeva Medals, 1 Uttam Yudh Seva Medalsand 25 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals to senior officersof the Armed Forces for distinguished serviceof an exceptional order.

Kirti Chakra Winners:1. SEPOY VRAHMA PAL SINGH, THE RAJPUT

REGIMENT (POSTHUMOUS): ARMY2. SHRI RAJENDRA KUMAR NAIN,

CONSTABLE, 130 BN, CRPF(POSTHUMOUS): MHA.

3. MAJOR TUSHARGAUBA, THE JATREGIMENT: ARMY.

Swati Shingade bags first prize of DD MahilaKisan Award Swati Shingade of Pune, Maharashtra has

bagged the first prize of DD Mahila Kisan Awardfor 2018-19. Prasar Bharati Chairman

As many as 110 women farmers participated inthe award competition, out which five wereselected for the grand finale.

Mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck becomes 1stWoman To Win Abel Prize University of Texas professor Karen Uhlenbeck

has become the first woman to win the AbelPrize, a mathematics honour first given in 2003.The 76-year-old was awarded for the impact ofher work on “analysis, geometry andmathematical physics”.

Modelled after the Nobel Prize, the Abel Prizeis presented by the King of Norway and carriesa $700,000 cash award.

Indian Writer Raghu Karnad Wins Windham-Campbell Prize

An Indian journalist, author and chief of TheWire, ‘Raghu Karnad’ received the prestigiousWindham-Campbell prize of USD 165,000 forhis debut book, ‘Farthest Field: An Indian storyof Second World War’, published in the year 2015in the non-fiction category.

Brazilian astronomer Marcelo Gleiser wins2019 Templeton Prize Brazilian physicist and astronomer Marcelo

Gleiser has been awarded the 2019 TempletonPrize, worth $1.4m, for his work blending scienceand spirituality.

Gleiser is the first Latin American to win theaward, which honours “a living person who hasmade an exceptional contribution to affirminglife’s spiritual dimension”.

Hindi Writer Leeladhar Jagudi Awarded VyasSamman 2018 Hindi writer Leeladhar Jagudi honoured with

Vyas Samman 2018 for his collection of poems“Jitne Log Utne Prem” published in 2013. Theaward carries an amount of Rs. 4 lakhs and itwas started by K K Birla foundation in 1991.

He has received Padma Shri in 2004 and SahityaAkademi Award, Akashvani National Award andUttarakhand Gaurav Samman as well.

Lalit Kala Akademi Announces 60th NationalAcademy Award Winners

The Lalit Kala Akademi (LKA) announced 15winners of the 60th Annual Academy Awards.All the awardees were honored with a plaque, ashawl and prize money of Rs 1 lakh at the 60thNational Exhibition of Art.

The awardees selected by the two-tier jury are: Chandan Kumar Samal (Odisha), Gouri Vemula (Telangana), Hemant Rao (Madhya Pradesh), Hiren Kumar Chotu Bhai Patel (Gujarat), Jaya Jena (Odisha), Jayesh K.K (Kerala), Jitendra Suresh Sutar (Maharashtra), Douglas Maryan John (Maharashtra), Pratap Chandra Chakraborty (West Bengal), Rashmi Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Sachin Kashinath Chaudhari (Maharashtra), Sunil Kumar Viswakarma (Uttar Pradesh), Tabassum Khan (Bihar),


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Vasudeo Taranath Kamath (Maharashtra) and Veenita Sadguru Chendvankar (Goa).64th Filmfare Awards Announced: CompleteList of Winners Winners of the 64th Filmfare Awards were

announced at Jio Garden, BKC, Mumbai. Alia Bhatt won Best Actress for playing the role

of a spy while Raazi also fetched Meghna Gulzarthe Best Director Filmfare Award. Raazi alsograbbed the Best Film trophy.

Here’s the complete winner’s list of 64th FilmfareAwards 2019:

Sl. No. Category Winner1. Best Film Raazi2. Critics’ Award for Best Film AndhaDhun3. Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) Alia Bhatt,

Raazi4. Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) Ranbir Kapoor,

Sanju5. Best Director Meghna Gulzar, Raazi6. Best Playback Singer (Male) Arijit Singh for Ae

Watan, Raazi7. Best Playback Singer (Female) Shreya Ghoshal for

Ghoomar, “Padmaavat”8. Best Cinematography Pankaj Kumar, Tumbbad9. Best Debut Actor(Female) Sara Ali Khan,

Kedarnath10. Best Debut Actor(Male) Ishaan Khatter, Beyond

The Clouds11. Best Debut Director Amar Kaushik, Stree12. Best VFX Red Chillies Fx, Zero13. Best Production Design Nitin Zihani Chaudhary

and Rajesh Yadav (Tumbbad)14. Best CostumeSheetal Sharma, Manto15. Best Cinematography Pankaj Kumar, Tumbbad16. Best Editing Pooja Ladha Surti, AndhaDhun17. Best Action Vikram Dahiya, Sunil Rodriguez,

Mukkabaaz18. Best Choreography Kruti Mahesh Midya, Jyoti

Tomaar for Ghoomar, “Padmaavat”19. Best Sound Design Kunal Sharma, Tumbbad20.. Best Background Score Daniel George,

AndhaDhun21. Best Lyrics AndhaDhun

22. Best Lyrics Gulzar for Ae Watan, Raazi.23. Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male) Gajraj Rao,

Badhaai Ho and Vicky Kaushal, Sanju24. Best Music Album “Padmaavat”25. Best Short Film (Non Fiction) The Soccer City26. Best Short Film (Fiction) Rogan Josh27. People’s Choice Award for Best Short Film

Plus Minus28. Best Actor (Female) in a Short Film Kirti Kulhari,

Maya29. Best Actor (Male) in a Short Film Hussain Dalal,

Shameless30. Best Original Story Anubhav Sinha, Mulk31. Best Dialogue Akshat Ghildial, Badhaai Ho32. Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)

Surekha Sikri, Badhaai Ho33. Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Male) Ranveer Singh

for “Padmaavat”34. Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Female) Neena

Gupta, Badhaai Ho35. Critics Best Actor In a Leading Role (Male)

Ayushmann KhurranaKenya’s Peter Tabichi awarded World’s bestteacher A science teacher from rural Kenya who donates

most of his salary to help poorer students hasbeen crowned the world’s best teacher andawarded a $1m prize, beating 10,000 nominationsfrom 179 countries.

Peter Tabichi, a maths and physics teacher atKeriko secondary school in Pwani Village, in aremote part of Kenya’s Rift Valley, has won theVarkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2019.

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen honoured withOxford University’s Bodley Medal The Medal is awarded to individuals who have

made outstanding contributions to the fields inwhich the Bodleian is active, including literature,culture, science and communication.

This year’s other winner of the Bodley Medal isNobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro,who will hold an in-conversation event withOvenden next week to celebrate the honour.


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Know more about GUJARATDear Friends,A pencil needs to be sharpened before it is used.

Similarly, we need to sharpen our skills so thatwe would be ready to compete at a Nationallevel examination.

So, stop thinking and start acting.Yours,Kamalesh Sir.(Trainer, Mentor, Motivator and much more…)

VIBRANT GUJARAT

Capital : - Gandhinagar CM : - Vijay Rupani Governor : Om Prakash Kohli State Symbols:(i) Animal – Asiatic Lion(ii) Bird – Greater Flamingo(iii) Flower – Marigold(iv) Fruit – Mango(v) Tree – Banyan Gujarat has Longest coastline in India. Largest number of Coastal police stations in

India. Etymology: - The term Gujarat is derived from

Sanskrit term Gurjaradesa (The land of theGurjaras who ruled during 8th and 9th centuriesAD.)

History: - Dholavira – largest city of Indus Valley

Civilization with a stepwell. Lothal : One of the world’s 1st Seaports. Zoroastrians from Greater Iran migrated to

Gujarat and Sindh which were later known as

Parsis. Kanji Malam : He showed Vasco Da Gama

the route from east African coast ofMozambique to India.

Aurangzeb : - Was born at Dahod, GJ. East India Co: Established factory at Surat in

1614 which formed their 1st base on India. Gujarat was a part of Bombay Presidency On May 1, 1960 Gujarat became a separate

State. 1St Capital was Ahmedabad and later it was

shifted to Gandhinagar in 1970 Geography : - Sabarmati: Largest river of Gujarat Tapi, Mahi, Narmada : - Only 3 rivers of

Peninsular India which run from East to West. Mountain Ranges: - Aravali, Shayadri

(Western Ghats), Vindhya, Satpura. Tallest Peak : - Girnar Hills Saputara : - Only Hill Station of GJ. Rann of Kutch : -I. A seasonally marshy saline clay desert.II. It’s a Salt DesertIII. Rann Means Desert Economy: - Jamnagar : - Oil Refinery is the World’s

largest. (Reliance) Alang (Bhavnagar) – World’s largest ship

breaking yard Dahej - : India’s only liquid chemical port

terminal. Gujarat is referred to as India’s Guangdong.

(A city in China with extreme (prosperity) Gujarat has the lowest unemployment rate. Produces India’s 80% Ceramic Tiles and

products. Sanand : - Tata Nano Project. Major Cities: - Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar,

Surat, Vadora, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar. Ahmedabad: - World’s 3rd fastest growing city. Jamnagar: - Hub for manufacturing Brass

parts. Gujarat produces India’s 98% Soda ash, &


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78% Salt. Surat: - 92% of World’s diamonds are cut and

polished here. Kakrapar: - Atomic power station. Main producer of Groundnut, Tobacco and

Cotton in India. Largest milk producer in India. Amul: - Asia’s biggest Dairy. Amul: - was formed as a diary cooperative in

1946 in Anand. It played a leading role in White Revolution or

Operation Flood by Verghese Kurien. Culture: - Narsingh Mehta: - Wrote ‘Vaishnav Jana to”

which was a favourite song of MahatamaGandhi.

Bhavai: - A folk musical performance of stageplays

Cuisine: -I. Farsaan (Snack items like Dhokla, Ganthia,

Fafda etc.)II. Misthaan (Sweet items like Mohanthal,

Doodhpak etc.) Raas Garba is a folk dance performed during

Navaratri. Undhiyu: - A special dish made of various

vegetables during Makar Sankranti. Flora and Fauna: - Gir National Park – House to Asiatic Lions. Wild Ass Sanctuary – Home to endangered

wild Ass (Khur) Religious Sites: Somanath – 1st amongst twelve Jyotirlings

mentioned in Rigveda. Sun Temple at Modhera Palitana Temples (Mount Shatrunjaya) : -It is

the holiest of all pilgrimages of the Svetambaraand Digambara Jain Community.

Palitana : - World’s only mountain with morethan 900 temples.

Fairs: -

Modhra Dance Festival Tarnetar Fair Govt. has banned Alcohol Since 1960 Important Ports: Kandla, Pipavav, Porbandar, Mundra, Kandla. Kandla Port : - Renamed as Deen Dayal

Upadhyay Port. Ro Ro Ferry Service : - Between Ghogha

and Dahej (Ro Ro – Roll on Roll Off). Educational Institutions: - SAC (Space Application (Centre) –

Ahmedabad Central Salt of Marina Chemicals Rsearch

Institute (By CSIR) – Bhavnagar. ISR (Institute of Scientific Research) –

Gandhinagar Important Personalities: - Mahatma Gandhi Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Moraji Desai (4th PM of India, 1977-79) Vikram Sarabhai (Father of Indian Space

Vesearch) Dhirubhai Ambani (Founder of Reliance) Ajim Premji (Wipro) Jamshetji Tata Mohammad Ali Jinnah Narendra Modi Kutch : - Largest District of India. Gandhinagar : - Greatest Capital city of Asia

with ½ of its area under forest cover. IIM, Ahmedabad : - Best management institute

in Asia. Surat : - Richest city in India. World’s Tallest Satute : - (Statue of Unity) 182 mtr. Facing Sardar Sarovar Dam. Architect: - Ram V. Suthar. Gujarat has highest number of operating

airports in India Rani Ki Vav : - A step well which appears

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GK/CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ1. Where is the headquarters of the National

Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)?(a) Hyderabad (b) New Delhi(c) Kochi (d) Ahmedabad

2. What is the theme of the 2019 National ScienceDay (NSD)?a) Science for the People and the People for

Scienceb) Science for Nation Buildingc) Science and Technology for a Sustainable

Futured) Science and Technology for Specially-Abled

Persons3. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman

of National Book Trust (NBT)?(a) Govind Prasad Sharma(b) Mrinal Mitra(c) Jagdish Joshi(d) Suddhasattwa Basu

4. Which of the following cricketers has officiallyreceived the knighthood at Buckingham Palace?(a) Andrew Strauss(b) Alastair Cook(c) Kevin Pietersen(d) Andrew Flintoff

5. Which of the following schemes has beenlaunched by Union HRD ministry for providingindustry apprenticeship opportunities?(a) Param (b) Shreyas(c) Pariksha (d) Aditya

6. Chagos Islands, sometimes seen in news, is thebone of contention between which of thefollowing countries?(a) UK & Mauritius(b) United States & Indonesia(c) Japan & China(d) South Korea & North Korea

7. What is the India’s rank in The FacebookInclusive Internet Index (3i) 2019?(a) 54th (b) 47th (c) 68th (d) 36th

8. Who is the recipient of the 2019 META LifetimeAchievement Award?(a) Mahesh Elkunchwar (b) Vijaya Mehta(c) Girish Karnard (d) Arun Kakade

9. Who has become the first Indian cricketer tocross 8,000 runs in T20s?(a) Rohit Sharma (b) Virat Kohli(c) Suresh Raina (d) MS Dhoni

10. The National Institutes of Design (NID) hasrecently inaugurated in which of the followingcities?(a) Lucknow & Bhubaneshwar(b) Bhopal & Jorhat(c) Jaipur & Shimla(d) Raipur & Hyderabad

11. The Supreme Court has recently pulled upwhich government to an act which allowsconstruction in Aravalli hills?(a) Gujarat (b) Rajasthan(c) Haryana (d) Punjab

12. Which Indian sprinter has won the 10 km raceof Nepal’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) OpenMarathon and Run for Fun held in Kathmandu?(a) Shashank Shekhar (b) Anand Shetty(c) Dharambir Singh (d) RD Murgan

13. RBI have signed a $75 billion Bilateral SwapArrangement (BSA) with which country’scentral Bank?(a) South Korea (b) Japan(c) Israel (d) Indonesia

14. Who has become the first-ever player to smash500 sixes in international cricket?(a) Virat Kohli (b) Jos Buttler(c) Chris Gayle (d) Eoin Morgan

15. What is the theme of the 2019 ZeroDiscrimination Day (ZDD)?a) Live Upb) Speak loud for justicec) Act to change laws that Discriminated) A society free of discrimination

16. The Ministry of Textile has launched aprogramme for developing knitwear sector underwhich scheme?(a) PowerJet India (b) PowerMax India(c) PowerTex India(d) PowerMat India

17. Which of the following banks has been rankedfirst among public sector banks in theimplementation of reforms agenda, as per latestBCG-IBA report?(a) OBC (b) SBI (c) PNB (d) BoB

18. Lignocellulosic biomass, sometimes seen innews, is composed of __?(a) Cellulose (b) Hemicellulose(c) Lignin (d) All of the above


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19. Who is the head of the RBI task force onoffshore rupee markets?(a) Usha Thorat(b) N S Vishwanathan(c) Mahesh Kumar Jain(d) Viral Acharya

20. Which scheme has been launched by UnionHRD ministry to fund science projects?(a) SITAR (b) STARE(c) STARK (d) STARS

21. Indo-Bangladesh joint military exercise‘Sampriti-2019’ has started in which of thefollowing locations?(a) Tangail (b) Hooghly(c) Barguna (d) Sylhet

22. Which country has officially shuttered itsconsulate in Jerusalem?(a) Russia (b) United States(c) Japan (d) China

23. Which Indian wrestler has clinched gold in 65kgfreestyle at the Dan Kolov-Nikol Petrovtournament in Bulgaria?(a) Yogeshwar Dutt(b) Sandeep Tomar(c) Bajrang Punia (d) Pawan Kumar

24. Who is the author of the book “DesigningDestiny: The Heartfulness Way”?(a) Kamlesh Patel(b) Bikram Choudhury(c) Rajashree Choudhury(d) Arunava Sinha

25. Kalashnikov rifle, sometimes seen in news, isassociated with which country?(a) United States (b) Israel(c) France (d) Russia

26. Who is the newly elected President of Senegal?(a) Madicke Niang (b) Macky Sall(c) Idrissa Seck (d) Ousmane Sonko

27. The Government of India (GoI) has recentlydeclared which of the following time periods asthe Year of construction technology?(a) 2020-2021 (b) 2021-2022(c) 2022-2023 (d) 2019-2020

28. Who has been appointed new Chairman of theNational Commission for Backward Classes(NCBC)?(a) Gegong Apang(b) Suresh Mehta(c) Bhagwan Lal Sahni(d) Bhagat Singh Koshyari

29. Which Indian cricketer has been appointed asthe new Chairman of the ICC CricketCommittee?(a) Rahul Dravid (b) Anil Kumble(c) Saurav Ganguly (d) VVS Laxman

30. Which state disaster management authority hasbeen honoured with the coveted SKOCH award2018?(a) Andhra Pradesh(b) West Bengal(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Odisha

31. Vastral, from where PM launched ‘PradhanMantri Shram Yogi Mandhan (PM-SYM)Yojana’ is located in which state?(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Gujarat(c) Odisha (d) Maharashtra

32. The terms NCMC, AFC and SWEEKAR,which were making news recently, are relatedto which of the following?(a) Insurance (b) Healthcare(c) Mobility (d) Pension

33. BOLD-QIT project, sometimes seen in news,has launched on which of the following bordersof India?(a) China (b) Nepal(c) Pakistan (d) Bangladesh

34. Which state government has recently bannedmolasses in the state?(a) Karnataka (b) Assam(c) Manipur (d) Tripura

35. Who is the recipient of the first-ever BhagwanMahavir Ahimsa Puraskar?(a) Narendra Patni(b) Abhinandan Varthaman(c) Mangal Prabhat Lodha(d) Bhavarlal Hiralal Jain

36. Which Indian organisation has launched a ‘YuvaVigyani Karyakram’ for school children?(a) ISRO (b) CSIR(c) DRDO (d) BARC

37. Which Indian scientist has been conferred theMissile Systems Award 2019?(a) G Satheesh Reddy(b) Kailasavadivoo Sivan(c) Punit Goenka(d) S Somanath

38. Which of the following sports has been includedin 2022 Asian Games?(a) Cricket (b) Paragliding(c) Pencak Silat (d) Roller sports


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39. What is the theme of the World Wildlife Day(WWD-2019)?a) Listen to the young voicesb) Life Below Water: For people and planetc) Big cats: predators under threatd) The future of wildlife is in our hands

40. Where is the headquarters of Tea Board ofIndia?(a) Dispur (b) Agartala(c) Guwahati (d) Kolkata

41. Which state government has launched NotunDisha initiative to provide training to teachers?(a) Nagaland (b) Tripura(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Mizoram

42. Hailakandi district, sometimes seen in news, islocated in which of the following states?(a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Jharkhand(c) Assam (d) Odisha

43. Which city has been adjudged cleanest city inSwachh Survekshan 2019?(a) Indore (b) Mysore(c) Raipur (d) Ahmedabad

44. Beresheet spacecraft, which is in news recently,is from which country?(a) United States (b) China(c) Japan (d) Israel

45. Which international organization has signed $250million loan pact for NRETP to boost ruralincomes in India?(a) World Bank (b) AIIB(c) ADB (d) IMF

46. ‘Azaadi ke Diwane Museum’ has recentlyinaugurated in which of the following cities?(a) Pune (b) New Delhi(c) Ahmedabad (d) Varanasi

47. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, who hasbeen re-elected as the new President ofOlympic Council of Asia (OCA), is from whichcountry?(a) Kyrgyzstan (b) Lebanon(c) East Timor (d) Kuwait

48. The Geological Survey of India (GSI) haslaunched how many GPS stations acrosscountry?(a) 24 (b) 35 (c) 22 (d) 19

49. Who has been appointed as the new DG of theNational Archives of India (NAI)?(a) P V Ramesh (b) Girraj Prakash(c) Prithvi Kumar (d) Mahesh Sharma

50. Which of the following countries has signed a‘New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019?(a) Malaysia (b) Bhutan(c) Indonesia (d) All of the above

51. Which tech giant has launched ‘Bolo’ app totutor children to read in Hindi & English?(a) Google (b) Microsoft(c) Facebook (d) Infosys

52. Who is the head of the committee to reviewcases against tribals in naxal-hit areas ofChhattisgarh?(a) Vishweshwar Bhat(b) Kapil Mishra(c) A K Patnaik(d) Bijal Vachharajani

53. Which state government has decided to teachancient tribal language Gondi in tribal districts?(a) Rajasthan (b) Madhya Pradesh(c) Jharkhand (d) Bihar

54. Where is the headquarters of National Centrefor Good Governance (NCGG)?(a) New Delhi (b) Pune(c) Chennai (d) Dehradun

55. “Al Nagah 2019” is the joint exercise betweenIndia and which of the following countries?(a) Iran (b) Israel(c) UAE (d) Oman

56. The Rice Knowledge Bank, which is in newsrecently, has been launched in which of thefollowing states?(a) West Bengal (b) Jharkhand(c) Assam (d) Andhra Pradesh

57. Who has been conferred the first Atal BehariVajpayee LTA by the Tripura Government?(a) Khagesh Dev Burman(b) Chandrakanta Murasingh(c) Gokulanada Gitiswami(d) Thanga Darlong

58. Which of the following IT companies has signedpact with the Andhra Pradesh government tobuild 3D printing centre in the state?(a) Hewlett Packard (b) Microsoft(c) Google (d) Wipro

59. Who has been nominated by India to head Foodand Agriculture Organisation (FAO)?(a) Nandini Harinath (b) Ritu Karidhal(c) Trilochan Mohapatra (d) Ramesh Chand

60. How many science and technology missionshave been identified under PM-STIAC?(a) 9 (b) 8 (c) 7 (d) 5


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61. Rome Statute, sometimes seen in news, is relatedto which of the following organizations?a) International Criminal Courtb) Food and Agriculture Organizationc) UNIDOd) World Bank

62. Which space agency has decided to carry outfirst all-female spacewalk at the InternationalSpace Station (ISS)?(a) Roscosmos (b) NASA(c) ISRO (d) JAXA

63. Who is the head of the Joint Working Group(JWG) which is formed by the IRDAI & NHAto curb fraud in Ayushman Bharat scheme?(a) Rajiv Kumar (b) Amitabh Kant(c) Suresh Mathur (d) Dinesh Arora

64. Which Indian-American personality has beenappointed as new UNDP GoodwillAmbassador?(a) Kal Penn (b) Alpana Singh(c) Padma Lakshmi (d) Mira Nair

65. What is the theme of the 2019 InternationalWomen’s Day (IWD)?a) Women in the Changing World of Workb) Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for

Changec) Equality for Women is Progress for Alld) Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender

Equality66. Kiru Hydro Electric Project, which is in news

recently, is located on which of the followingrivers?(a) Narmada (b) Ganga(c) Kaveri (d) Chenab

67. Who has been appointed new director ofBhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)?(a) Satheesh Reddy(b) Ajit Kumar Mohanty(c) Koppillil Radhakrishnan(d) P S Murthy

68. Who will chair the National Mission onTransformative Mobility and Battery Storage?(a) Amitabh Kant(b) Rajiv Kumar(c) Subhash Chandra Garg(d) Sanjay Mitra

69. What would be the funding pattern betweenCentre & North Eastern States for the newlyapproved Flood Management and Border AreasProgramme (FMBAP) scheme?(a) 80:20 (b) 70:30(c) 90:10 (d) 60:40

70. Dr. Zhores Alferov, who passed away recently,was the physicist & Nobel Prize laureate ofwhich country?(a) Russia (b) Japan(c) United States (d) France

71. Who has been officially named as the world’soldest living person by Guinness World Records?(a) Kane Tanaka (b) Nabi Tajima(c) Violet Brown (d) Chiyo Miyako

72. Who is the head of the committee to formulateinsurance cover for advocates?(a) Alok Srivastava(b) Tushar Mehta(c) Snehlata Shrivastava(d) Pramod Kumar Misra

73. Who led the Indian delegation at the first-everIndia-Japan Space Dialogue in New Delhi?(a) Indra Mani Pandey(b) Desh Deepak Verma(c) Vinod Kumar Yadav(d) K. Vijay Raghavan

74. Who has become the first-ever Thari Hinduwoman to be elected to the Senate of Pakistan?(a) Taniya Bhatia (b) Krishna Kumari Kohli(c) Ravi Kalpana (d) Ekta Bisht

75. The Centre of Excellence for European UnionStudies in India (CEEUSI) has been inauguratedin which of the following universities?(a) IGNOU(b) Jamia Millia Islamia(c) Dr. Hari Singh Gour University(d) JNU

76. Who has been designated as the new FinanceSecretary (FS) of India?(a) Atanu Chakraborty(b) Ajay Bhushan Pandey(c) Subhash Chandra Garg(d) Rajiv Kumar

77. The Principal Bench of National Company LawTribunal (NCLT) is located in which of thefollowing cities?(a) Hyderabad (b) New Delhi(c) Ahmedabad (d) Pune

78. Which of the following sports federation hasrecently recognized as India’s national sportfederation?(a) Golf (b) Carrom(c) Equestrian (d) Futsal


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79. Which state government has launched theMukhyamantri Anchal Amrit Yojana?(a) Jharkhand (b) Uttarakhand(c) West Bengal (d) Odisha

80. Marayoor Jaggery, which recently got the GI Tag,is associated to which of the following states?(a) Kerala (b) Odisha(c) Karnataka (d) Tamil Nadu

81. Which Indian personality has been named ChiefScientist at WHO?(a) Mylswamy Annadurai(b) Subbiah Arunan(c) Moumita Dutta(d) Soumya Swaminathan

82. Which Indian defence lab has developed‘combat drugs’ to reduce casualties in Pulwamatype attacks?(a) INMAS, Delhi (b) IRDE, Dehradun(c) DTRL, Delhi (d) DRDL, Hyderabad

83. Kavinder Singh Bisht is associated with whichsports?(a) Wrestling (b) Hockey(c) Football (d) Boxing

84. Who has been named the new Prime Ministerof Palestine?(a) Rami Hamdallah(b) Salam Fayyad(c) Mahmoud Abbas(d) Mohammad Shtayyeh

85. The students of which IIT have devised solutionto detect fake notes at Smart India Hackathon2019?(a) IIT Bombay (b) IIT Kanpur(c) IIT Kharagpur (d) IIT Indore

86. India bagged first prize in which category atthe international Golden City Gate TourismAwards 2019?(a) Eco Tourism(b) TV Cinema Spot(c) TV Travel Magazine(d) Innovation

87. Who is the recipient of the 2019 PritzkerArchitecture Prize?(a) Peter Zumthor (b) Arata Isozaki(c) B V Doshi (d) Shigeru Ban

88. Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which sometimesseen in news, is associated to which of thefollowing organizations?(a) CERN (b) ISRO(c) NASA (d) JAXA

89. Who is the author of the book “Tiger Woman”?(a) Sirsho Bandopadhyay(b) Joy Goswami(c) Shahabuddin Nagari(d) Alokeranjan Dasgupta

90. Which country is organizing the 34th edition ofAahar 2019 – the International Food andHospitality Fair?(a) Nepal (b) Japan(c) India (d) South Korea

91. Vinod Kashyap, who passed away recently, wasthe veteran personality of which field?(a) Science (b) Journalism(c) Sports (d) Law

92. Which country is hosting the 2019 SAFFWomen’s Championship?(a) Nepal (b) Bangladesh(c) India (d) Sri Lanka

93. Which state government has recently approved27% quota for OBCs?(a) Jharkhand (b) Uttar Pradesh(c) Rajasthan (d) Madhya Pradesh

94. National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)works under which of the following unionministries?(a) Ministry of Defence(b) Ministry of Railways(c) Ministry of Law and Justice(d) Ministry of Home Affairs

95. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO),sometimes seen in news, is a robotic spacecraftof which of the following space agencies?(a) NASA (b) ISRO(c) JAXA (d) Roscosmos

96. The researchers of which institute havedeveloped optical imaging system ‘DOLPHIN’for finding tiny tumours?a) Massachusetts Institute of Technologyb) Harvard Universityc) University of Oxfordd) Stanford University

97. Who has been appointed as chairman of the‘Ma Narmada, Ma Kshipra evam Ma MandakiniRiver Trust’ in Madhya Pradesh?(a) Aditya Joshi (b) Madhusudan Patidar(c) Varsha Varman (d) Namdev Tyagi

98. What is the theme of the World Kidney Day(WKD-2019)?a) Kidney Disease and Obesityb) Kidney Health for Everyone Everywherec) Kidneys for Life – Stop Kidney Attackd) Kidney Disease & Children: Act Early to

Prevent It


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99. Pinaka guided weapon rocket system, which isin news recently, is developed by which of thefollowing organizations?(a) DIA (b) DRDO(c) BARC (d) VSSC

100. Which Indian sportsperson has been selectedas Barbie role model?(a) Saina Nehwal (b) Dipa Karmakar(c) Mithali Raj (d) Mary Kom

101. Which country has become the largest armsimporter in 2014–18, as per SIPRI’s latestreport ‘Trends in International ArmsTransfers-2018’?(a) Saudi Arabia (b) India(c) Australia (d) Pakistan

102. Which space observatory has been used byIndian astronomers to identify a new group ofstars in the globular cluster NGC 2808?(a) Euclid (b) AstroSat(c) IXPE (d) Athena

103. Which Indian economist is the recipient of theYaswantrao Chavan National Award 2018?(a) D. Subbarao(b) Shaktikanta Das(c) Raghuram Rajan(d) Urjit Patel

104. The World Health Organisation (WHO) haslaunched new Global Influenza Strategy forwhich of the following periods?(a) 2019-2030 (b) 2020-2025(c) 2022-2035 (d) 2019-2025

105. India’s first LGBTQ clinic and HIV treatmentcentre has inaugurated in which of thefollowing cities?(a) New Delhi (b) Mumbai(c) Hyderabad (d) Chennai

106. Who is the recipient of Kusumagraj literatureaward?(a) Ved Rahi (b) Jeet Thayil(c) Dilip Chitre (d) K. Srilata

107. What is the India’s position in gold holding, asper the latest report by the World Gold Council(WGC)?(a) 15th (b) 19th (c) 10th (d) 11th

108. Nice Agreement, sometimes seen in news, isrelated to which of the following fields?(a) Chind Education(b) Sports(c) Space Exploraion(d) Intellectual Property

109. The 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnership is being organizedby which of the following union ministries?a) Ministry of External Affairsb) Ministry of Corporate Affairsc) Ministry of Financed) Ministry of Commerce & Industry

110. The Internet of Things (IoT) India Congress2019 is scheduled to be held in which of thefollowing cities?(a) Dehradun (b) Indore(c) Bengaluru (d) New Delhi

111. Erode turmeric, which recently got GI tag, isassociated to which of the following states?(a) Karnataka (b) Tamil Nadu(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Maharashtra

112. Who heads the high-level committee of theDelhi government to reform higher education?(a) Ranjana Desai (b) Amit Sagar(c) Injeti Srinivas (d) Jasmine Shah

113. Upamanyu Dutta, who is in news recently, isassociated to which of the following sports?(a) Wrestling (b) Carrom(c) Judo (d) Sailing

114. Who has been appointed the new Chairmanof Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)?(a) L S Prasad (b) M R Kumar(c) Vipin Anand (d) Suseel Kumar

115. Jabel Al Akhdar Mountains, sometimes seenin news, is located in which of the followingcountries?(a) Oman (b) Iran(c) Saudi Arabia (d) Afghanistan

116. Which Asian country is hosting the SpecialOlympics World Summer Games 2019?(a) Vietnam (b) UAE(c) India (d) Indonesia

117. Which of the following organizations hasdecided to inject liquidity via forex swaps?(a) IRDA (b) NABARD(c) RBI (d) SEBI

118. What is the India’s rank in terms of highestnumber of impacted species in hotspots, asper recent study “Hotspots of human impacton threatened terrestrial vertebrates”?(a) 16th (b) 9th(c) 11th (d) 20th

119. United Kingdom has issued new ‘black hole’coin in honour of which of the followingrenowned personalities?(a) Isaac Newton (b) Charles Darwin(c) Stephen Hawking (d) Tim Berners-Lee


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120. Sirsi Supari, which recently got GI tag, isassociated to which of the following states?(a) Himchal Pradesh(b) Karnataka(c) Jammu & Kashmir(d) Andhra Pradesh

121. What is the theme of 2019 World ConsumerRights Day (WCRD)?a) Building a digital world consumers can trustb) Consumer Justice Now!c) Trusted Smart Productsd) Making Digital Marketplaces Fairer

122. Which of the following banks has launcheddoorstep banking service for senior citizensover 70 years of age and differently-abledcustomers?(a) BoI (b) PNB (c) SBI (d) BoB

123. Through which telescope, astronomers havediscovered 83 supermassive black holes 13billion light-years away from Earth?(a) Spektr-RG (b) Astrosat(c) Subaru (d) Hitomi

124. Which of the following cities has topped theMercer’s 2019 Quality of Living Index?(a) Auckland (b) Zurich(c) Vienna (d) Munich

125. Which Indian entrepreneur has been honoredwith the 2019 Commonwealth Youth Awardfor the Asian region?(a) Padmanaban Gopala(b) Brahma Chellaney(c) Ritesh Agarwal(d) Sanjay Kumaran

126. Greta Thunberg, who has been nominated for2019 Nobel Peace Prize, is an environmentalActivist of which country?(a) Italy (b) Sweden(c) Germany (d) France

127. Who won the men’s singles title at the AllEngland Open Badminton Championships2019?(a) Parupalli Kashyap(b) Kento Momota(c) Viktor Axelsen(d) Srikanth Kidambi

128. The Festival of Innovation andEntrepreneurship (FINE-2019) has started inwhich of the following cities?(a) Gandhinagar (b) New Delhi(c) Hyderabad (d) Bangaluru

129. Africa-India Joint Field Training Exercise(AFINDEX-19) is being conducted in whichof the following cities?(a) Kochi (b) Udaipur(c) Dehradun (d) Pune

130. Maate Mahadevi, who passed away recently,was the spiritual head of which of the followingcommunities?(a) Shaktism (b) Vaishnavism(c) Lingayat (d) Smartism

131. Who has been appointed as mediator toresolve disputes of cricket administration inBCCI?(a) P S Narasimha (b) A M Spare(c) S A Bobde (d) D K Jain

132. Which of the following cricket teams has wonthe 2019 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy?(a) Odisha (b) Maharashtra(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Karnataka

133. Irfan KT, who recently qualified for 2020Tokyo Olympics, is associated with whichsports?(a) Weightlifting (b) Racing(c) Wrestling (d) Boxing

134. Which IIT has signed a pact with C-DAC tobuild India’s first state-of-the-art 1.3 PetaFlopHigh-Performance Computing facility?(a) IIT Kanpur (b) IIT Kharagpur(c) IIT Indore (d) IIT Madras

135. Coorg Arabica Coffee, which recently got GItag, is grown specifically in which district ofKarnataka?(a) Belgaum (b) Chikmagalur(c) Kodagu (d) Bagalkot

136. Which country is host to the U-17 Women’sWorld Cup in 2020?(a) France (b) South Korea(c) Spain (d) India

137. Who led the Indian delegation at the firstBRICS Sherpa meeting under the Presidencyof Brazil?(a) T S Tirumurti (b) Rajeev Topno(c) Arvind Mayaram (d) Rajive Kumar

138. West Nile fever, sometimes seen in news, isspread by _____?(a) Bats (b) Water(c) Rats (d) Mosquito

139. Darryl D’Monte, who passed away recently,was the veteran personality in which field?(a) Journalism (b) Sports(c) Science (d) Law


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140. Who has been named as India’s first anti-corruption ombudsman?(a) Rachit Seth (b) Aradhana Rathore(c) P C Ghose (d) Ashwini M Sripad

141. Which former ISRO scientist is the recipientof the 2019 Padma Bhushan?(a) K. Radhakrishnan(b) Nambi Narayanan(c) Tapan Misra(d) Nandini Harinath

142. Soyuz spacecraft, sometimes seen in news, isassociated with which country?(a) Japan (b) United States(c) France (d) Russia

143. Which of the following internationalorganizations has recently adopted resolutionson single-use plastics and sustainable nitrogenmanagement?(a) WHO (b) UNEA(c) UNICEF (d) UNCTAD

144. The registration of political parties is governedby the provisions of which Section of theRepresentation of the People Act of 1951?(a) Section 34A (b) Section 29A(c) Section 26A (d) Section 30A

145. Chinmoy Roy, who passed away recently, wasthe veteran actor of which regional cinema?(a) Odia (b) Tamil(c) Bengali (d) Telugu

146. Which of the following banks have beendesignated as the RBI’s list of D-SIBs?a) SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFCb) BoB, PNB and Axis Bankc) SBI, BoB and ICICI Bankd) PNB, Dena Bank and Axis Bank

147. Where is the headquarters of Central PollutionControl Board (CPCB)?(a) Bhopal (b) Dehradun(c) Shimla (d) New Delhi

148. Which of the following states has startedcensus of Otters?(a) Andhra Pradesh(b) Uttar Pradesh(c) Rajasthan(d) Madhya Pradesh

149. Which Indian psychologist is the recipient ofthe 2019 Hans Kilian Award?(a) Girishwar Misra(b) Sudhir Kakar(c) Ashis Nandy(d) Kishor Phadke

150. Which of the following ships has become thefirst-ever Coast Guard ship to visit Indonesia?(a) INS Mhadei (b) INS Sumitra(c) INS Vijit (d) INS Tarini

151. Which IIT has tied up with ISRO for SpaceTechnology Cell?(a) IIT Kanpur (b) IIT Madras(c) IIT Roorkee (d) IIT Bombay

152. The 3rd edition of Namaste Thailand Festival(NTF-2019) was held in which of the followingcities?(a) Gangtok (b) New Delhi(c) Imphal (d) Agartala

153. Who has become the youngest Indian womanto win on Ladies European Tour (LET)?(a) Sharmila Nicollet(b) Gursimar Badwal(c) Tvesa Malik(d) Diksha Dagar

154. Pramod Sawant, who took charge as new GoaCM, represents which constituency in the GoaLegislative Assembly?(a) Sankhelim (b) Panaji(c) Fatorda (d) Valpoi

155. Who is the author of the book “The GreatDisappointment: How Narendra ModiSquandered a Unique Opportunity toTransform the Indian Economy”?(a) Raghuram Rajan(b) Amartya Sen(c) Jayati Ghosh(d) Salman Anees Soz

156. Which of the following teams has won theIndian Super League (ISL) title?(a) Mumbai City FC (b) FC Goa(c) Bengaluru FC (d) Kerala Blasters

157. Which Indian author has won the 2019Windham Campbell Prize?(a) Rohinton Mistry(b) Jerry Pinto(c) Raghu Karnad(d) Upamanyu Chatterjee

158. The joint military exercise “Sary ArkaAntiterror 2019” is scheduled to be held inwhich of the following countries?(a) Kazakhstan (b) Uzbekistan(c) Kyrgyzstan (d) Tajikistan

159. Which state election department has launchedan initiative ‘i-help’ to promote digital electoralliteracy?(a) Assam (b) Maharashtra(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Karnataka


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160. Who has been appointed as the firsttransgender election ambassador in India?(a) Laxmi Narayan Tripathi(b) K Prithika Yashini(c) Madhu Bai Kinnar(d) Gauri Sawant

161. Who is the recipient of the 2019 Abel Prizefor mathematics?(a) John Nash(b) Karen Uhlenbeck(c) Robert Langlands(d) Jacques Tits

162. Which country has topped the 2018 report onpatents filed by members of the WIPO’sPatent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)?(a) China (b) United States(c) Japan (d) India

163. What is the theme of the 2019 World SparrowDay (WSD)?a) Save Sparrowsb) Protect House Sparrowsc) I Love Sparrowsd) Sparrows: Heroes of the Environment

164. Which country has recently decided to joinChina’s ambitious Belt and Road initiative?(a) United States (b) India(c) France (d) Italy

165. What is the theme of the International Day ofHappiness (IDH-2019)?(a) Share Happiness(b) Happier Together(c) Live Happier(d) Angry Birds Happy Planet

166. Mitra shakti-VI is the joint military exercisebetween India and which of the followingcountries?(a) Sri Lanka (b) Bhutan(c) Nepal (d) Bangladesh

167. Nursultan Nazarbayev, who is in newsrecently, is from which of the followingcountries?(a) Afghanistan (b) Kyrgyzstan(c) Kazakhstan (d) Tazikistan

168. Which of the following companies haslaunched Smart steel Garbage Bins?(a) Essar Steel (b) Tata Steel(c) SAIL (d) RINL

169. Who is the recipient of the 2019 TempletonPrize?(a) K Sivan (b) Marcelo Gleiser(c) G. Satheesh Reddy (d) John Templeton

170. What is the theme of the 2019 InternationalDay of Forests?(a) Forests and Energy(b) Forests and Education(c) Forests and Sustainable Cities(d) Forests and Life

171. Who is the recipient of the 2018 VyasSamman?(a) Leeladhar Jagudi(b) Surendra Verma(c) Mamta Kalia(d) Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari

172. Which country’s team has clinched the 2019SAFF Women’s Championship?(a) Myanmar (b) Bhutan(c) India (d) Nepal

173. Jimmy Carter, who is in news recently, is fromwhich country?(a) Russia (b) France(c) Germany (d) United States

174. The researchers of which country have findcost-effective method for hydrogen fuelproduction?(a) India (b) United States(c) Russia (d) France

175. The researchers at which university in US havedeveloped a new method to purify water usedin oil refinement?(a) Stanford University(b) Clemson University(c) University of Arkansas(d) Purdue University

176. Which union ministry has released nationalguidelines on responsible business conduct?a) Ministry of Financeb) Ministry of Textilesc) Ministry of Corporate Affairsd) Ministry of Commerce and Industry

177. Who has been appointed the next Chief ofNaval Staff (India)?(a) R. Hari Kumar(b) M S Pawar(c) G Ashok Kumar(d) Karambir Singh

178. ESPNcricinfo has tied up with which IIT tolaunch Superstats AI tool to analyse cricketstatistics?(a) IIT Bombay (b) IIT Madras(c) IIT Kanpur (d) IIT Indore

179. On which date, the 2019 World Poetry Day(WPD) is celebrated recently?(a) March 22 (b) March 23(c) March 21 (d) March 20


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180. What is the theme of the 2019 World WaterDay (WWD)?(a) Water for All(b) Nature for Water(c) Leaving no one behind(d) Better Water, Better Jobs

181. Which of the following countries has officiallyrenamed its capital as ‘Nursultan’?(a) Kazakhstan (b) Kyrgyzstan(c) Tajikistan (d) Uzbekistan

182. Haku Shah, who passed away recently, wasthe renowned personality of which field?(a) Journalism (b) Science(c) Art (d) Sports

183. Fitch Ratings has recently cut India’s GDPgrowth forecast for FY20 from 7.0% to_____?(a) 6.9% (b) 6.8%(c) 6.6% (d) 6.5%

184. Which Indian company would provide digitalsolution for French Open?(a) Tata (b) Reliance(c) Wipro (d) Infosys

185. Which Indian hockey player has been namedas member in Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)committee?(a) Manpreet Singh (b) Sandeep Singh(c) Sardar Singh (d) Dilip Tirkey

186. India’s deepest shaft cave has discovered inwhich of the following states?(a) Meghalaya (b) Arunachal Pradesh(c) Assam (d) Odisha

187. The first-ever high-level dialogue on Indo-Pacific Cooperation (HLD-IPC) was held inwhich of the following cities?(a) Berlin (b) New Delhi(c) Jakarta (d) Paris

188. Which of the following airlines has becomethe first Indian low-cost airline to join IATA?(a) JetLite (b) SpiceJet(c) IndiGo (d) Air India Express

189. What is the India’s rank in the 2019 UN WorldHappiness Index?(a) 116th (b) 140th(c) 135th (d) 124th

190. Who is the head of the RBI committee todeepen digital payments?(a) Nandan Nilekani(b) Shaktikanta Das(c) Viral Acharya(d) BP Kanungo

191. What is the India’s rank in the 2019 WEFglobal Energy Transition index?(a) 78th (b) 76th(c) 79th (d) 74th

192. What is the theme of the 2019 WorldMeteorological Day (WMD)?a) Hotter, drier, wetterb) Understanding Cloudsc) Climate Ready, Climate-Smartd) The Sun, the Earth and the weather

193. The researchers of which country havedeveloped a new automated non-invasivetechnique for diagnosing eye surface cancer?(a) India (b) Australia(c) Japan (d) China

194. What is the theme of the 2019 InternationalDay for the Elimination of RacialDiscrimination?

a) Learning from tragedies to combat racialdiscrimination today

b) The Role of Leaders in Combatting Racismand Racial Discrimination

c) Mitigating and countering rising nationalistpopulism and extreme supremacist ideologies

d) Racial profiling and incitement to hatred,including in the context of migration

195. Which of the following Indian institutes hasdeveloped an anti cancer anti-inflamatory drugconjugated to the human serum Albumin?

a) Sree Chitra Tirunal Instituteb) AIIMSc) National Institute of Biomedical Genomicsd) Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical

Sciences196. Archana Kamath is associated to which of

the following sports?(a) Judo (b) Table Tennis(c) Badminton (d) Chess

197. PRISMA Satellite, which is in news recently,is associated to which of the followingEuropean countries?(a) United Kingdom (b) Germany(c) France (d) Italy

198. Which Indian organisation has organizedFinTech Conclave 2019?(a) SEBI (b) Ministry of Finance(c) NITI Aayog (d) RBI

199. The Langkawi International Maritime AeroExpo (LIMA) 2019 has started in which ofthe following countries?(a) Indonesia (b) Vietnam(c) Malaysia (d) Myanmar


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200. What is the theme of the 2019 WorldTuberculosis Day (WTD)?a) Gear up to end TBb) Unite to End TBc) Wanted: Leaders for a TB-free worldd) It\’s time

201. Golan Heights, sometimes seen in news, is thedisputed region between which of the followingcountries?(a) Iran & Israel (b) Afghanistan & Pakistan(c) Syria & Israel (d) Iraq & Israel

202. Who is the author of the book ‘Every VoteCounts-The Story of India’s Elections’?(a) N Gopalaswamy (b) Sunil Arora(c) Navin Chawla (d) B B Tandon

203. Who has become the first batsman to score5,000 runs in IPL history?(a) Virat Kohli (b) Ajinkya Rahane(c) Suresh Raina (d) Rohit Sharma

204. Which county has launched a programme“Lose to Win” to help overweight employers?(a) UAE (b) Pakistan(c) Bangladesh (d) Myanmar

205. Who is the recipient of the Global TeacherPrize 2019?(a) Andria Zafirakou(b) Hanan Al Hroub(c) Nancie Atwell(d) Peter Tabichi

206. Abhedya, which is in news recently, isassociated to which of the following fields?(a) Satellite(b) Super computer(c) Nuclear Training facility(d) Military exercise

207. Port of Duqm, sometimes seen in news, islocated in which of the following countries?(a) UAE (b) Oman(c) Iran (d) Pakistan

208. Emisat satellite, which is in news recently, isassociated to which country?(a) India (b) Japan(c) China (d) South Korea

209. Who has been elected as new President ofBasketball Federation of India (BFI)?(a) Chengalraya Naidu(b) Ralin de Souza(c) Jugraj Singh(d) K Govindaraj

210. India has successfully tested its first-ever Anti-Satellite (A-SAT) Missile capability underwhich of the following missions?(a) Mission Avatar(b) Mission Talwar(c) Mission Nisar(d) Mission Shakti

211. The researchers of which IIT have developedAI based disease detector?(a) IIT-Hyderabad (b) IIT-Kharagpur(c) IIT-Delhi (d) IIT-Bombay

212. On which date, the 2019 World Theatre Day(WTD) is observed recently?(a) March 27 (b) March 25(c) March 28 (d) March 24

213. The GRAPES-3 experiment, which is in newsrecently, is located in which of the followingsites of India?(a) Leh (b) Ooty(c) Tawang (d) Udaipur

214. The world’s largest e-waste recycling hub hasopened in which of the following cities?(a) Dubai (b) Tehran(c) Paris (d) Istanbul

215. The researchers of which IIT has analysedthat urban areas are cooler than non-urbanareas during heat waves?(a) IIT-Roorkee (b) IIT-Kharagpur(c) IIT-Gandhinagar (d) IIT-Hyderabad

216. Ashitha, who passed away recently, was thewell-known writer of which language?(a) Telugu (b) Malayalam(c) Odia (d) Tamil

217. Mankading, sometimes seen in news, isassociated to which of the following sports?(a) Basketball (b) Cricket(c) Football (d) Hockey

218. Which technology giant has launched India-specific tools to boost election engagement?(a) Facebook (b) Microsoft(c) Infosys (d) Twitter

219. Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi, who passed awayrecently, was the renowned folk folk artist ofwhich state?(a) Karnataka (b) Andhra Pradesh(c) Kerala (d) Maharashtra

220. Who has been appointed as the new BCCI’sad-hoc Ethics Officer?(a) Pradeep Kumar (b) D K Jain(c) K T Joshwa (d) Dipak Misra

221. Who of the following has /have won the 2018ACM A.M. Turing Award?(a) Yann LeCun(b) Geoffrey Hinton(c) Yoshua Bengio(d) All of the above


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222. Prafulla Rajguru, the veteran journalist andacademician passed away recently. He wasfrom which state?(a) Assam (b) Odisha(c) Jharkhand (d) West Bengal

223. Tashigang, which is the world’s highest pollingstation, is located in which of the followingIndian states?(a) Jammu & Kashmir(b) Arunachal Pradesh(c) Himachal Pradesh(d) Sikkim

224. Which international organisation has recentlyreleased the 2018 global Multi-dimensionalPoverty Index (MPI)?(a) IMF (b) WHO(c) UNDP (d) IEA

225. Which international organisation has recentlypublished the ‘Global Energy & CO2 StatusReport’?(a) WTO (b) IEA(c) WHO (d) WMO

226. The scientists from which country havediscovered a network of lakes beneath Tottenglacier in East Antarctica?(a) Australia (b) India(c) Japan (d) China

227. What is the theme of 2019 International Dayof Remembrance of the Victims of Slaveryand Transatlantic Slave Trade?

a) Remember Slavery: Triumphs and Strugglesfor Freedom and Equality Women and Slavery

b) Remember Slavery: The Power of the Artsfor Justice

c) Breaking the Silence, Lest We Forget228. Sharda corridor plan, which is in news recently,

is related to which of the following countries?(a) Nepal (b) Pakistan(c) Sri Lanka (d) Myanmar

229. Which of the following sports has/have beenrecommended by IOC for 2024 ParisOlympics?(a) Sport climbing(b) Break dancing(c) Skate boarding(d) All of the above

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FUN TIME LESSON

A Share in the Reward

There was a beautiful town. The town was led by afriendly and generous man, who is the richest personin the town. He was so generous that he alwayshelped people and fulfilled their needs.The rich man was happy that he was gifted with ason. He was married before 10 years and did nothave a child for so many years. In order to celebratethe birth of his child, he arranged for a massive feastto all the people in the town.He appointed famous cooks from various parts ofthe country and ordered them to serve more than100 varieties of foods to the villagers.The cooks and their assistants started cooking thefeast. While they managed to have majority offoods, they weren’t able to get fish, a specialdelicacy.The rich man, on knowing this, announced to thepeople that he would reward enormously to theperson who brings him the fish to complete the feast.The announcement was made all over the town andmany villagers tried hard to get fish. While most ofthem failed, a middle aged man got a huge fish andrushed to the rich man.While he was about to enter into his palace, he wasstopped by the gate-keeper. The middle aged manpromise to give half the reward he earn if thegatekeeper allow let him inside.The greedy gatekeeper considering theannouncement of lump sum reward from hisemployer, let the man go inside with the fish.The rich man was happy getting the fish and orderedhis cooks to complete the feast. And he said, ‘I’mso happy that you got me the fish here. Tell mewhat you want? I can reward you anything. Youneed a bag of gold coins? Jewelries? A home or aland?’The man who brought the fish said, ‘I want 100lashes on my back!’Everyone was stunned to hear this! Still, aspromised, the rich man decided to reward him as

he wish.Before the servants were prepared to lash him, herequested the rich man to call the gate-keeper inside.All are surprised about the connection between thetwo.The middle aged man pointing at the gate keepertold, ‘he is my business partner. He did not allowme take the fish inside and I promised him to reward50 percent of what I receive, then he permitted me.So please, he deserves half the reward you aregiving me!’The rich man understood the reason behind thedemand of 100 lashes. He asked the gatekeeper,‘I want to reward you fully that is asked by the manwho brought the fish!’The greedy gate-keeper had a big smile and saidyes. The servant lashed him 100 times on his backand he was terribly shocked! The middle aged manwas rewarded with gold coins.

Greediness will put you in troubleTaking the short route to earn more or shortcutto success will not help youLaziness doesn’t earn you anything.To contribute your Fun Time Lesson:

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