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PERSON IN NEWS been elected as its president for 2019-

20 year.
Central Board of Direct Taxes Gordon Banks, England’s Football
(CBDT) Chairman Sushil Chandra world cup winner goalkeeper, died.
has been appointed as an Election He was 81.
Commissioner. Former President of Afghanistan
Senior bureaucrat Pramod Chandra Sibghatullah Mojaddedi passed away.
Mody has been appointed as the He was 93.
chairman of Central Board of Direct Ruchira Kamboj has been appointed
Taxes (CBDT). as the next Ambassador of India to
Veteran writer and former deputy Bhutan.
speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly Vijaya Bank General Manager
Vishnu Wagh died. He was 53. Manimekhalai A has been appointed
Former Railway Board chairman as the executive director of Canara
Ashwani Lohani has been appointed Bank.
as the chairman and managing Bollywood actor Mahesh Anand has
director (CMD) of Air India for the passed away recently. He was 57.
second time. Former West Bengal minister and
Senior Congress leader and former CPI (M) leader Jogesh Barman died.
MLA Mohan Singh Bundela died. He Oscar-Nominated British actor Albert
was 74. Finney has passed away recently. He
Prominent Telugu film director- was 82.
producer Vijaya Bapineedu has Saugat Biswas has been posted as the
passed away recently. He was 83. first divisional commissioner of the
West Bengal government has Ladakh division.
appointed IPS Officer Reena Mitra as David Malpass has been nominated as
the principal advisor on internal the Next Chief of the World Bank.
security. Senior IPS officer Praveen Sinha has
The Institute of Chartered been appointed as the additional
Accountants of India (ICAI) has director of Central Bureau of
appointed Prafulla P Chhajed has Investigation (CBI).

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Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Rishi Kumar Shukla has been
Radheyshyam Julaniya will be the appointed as the new CBI Director for
new Union Sports Secretary. He will a period of two years.
replace Rahul Bhatnagar. Nilambar Acharya, Nepal’s former
A Renowned Novelist of Iraq, Alaa law minister, has been appointed as
Mashzoub has passed away recently. the country’s ambassador to India.
He was 51.
AWARDS
Senior IPS officer A P Maheshwari
has been appointed as Special Siddhartha Lal, Managing Director

Secretary (Internal Security) in the and Chief Executive Officer, Eicher

Home Ministry. Motors, has been awarded the EY

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP and senior Entrepreneur of the Year for 2018.

leader, Ladu Kishore Swain passed Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins

away. He was 71. won the Cricket Australia's highest

Sanjiv Ranjan has been appointed as honour 'Allan Border Medal'.

the next Ambassador of India to Noted Indian historian Sanjay

Colombia. Subrahmanyam has been chosen for

Veteran Marathi actor Ramesh Israel's prestigious Dan David Prize.

Bhatkar passed away. He was 70. The Academy of Canadian Cinema &

Rajeev Chopra has assumed charge as Television has announced that it will

the Director General of National be honouring filmmaker Deepa

Cadet Corps (DGNCC). Mehta with the Lifetime

Canara Bank's Executive Director P Achievement Award.

V Bharathi took over as the managing Indian-origin entrepreneur Dhruv

director and chief executive officer of Patel has been conferred with the

the Corporation Bank. She is the first royal honour of OBE (order of the

woman to hold this post in the bank. British Empire) for service to Hindu

Dinesh Bhatia has been appointed as community.

the next Ambassador of India to Father Franois Laborde, a 92-year-old

Argentina. priest, was conferred the Legion

d'Honneur, the highest civilian award

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of France, in recognition of his work of Himachal Pradesh. This is the first

for specially-abled children. mega food park of the state.
Young Maharashtra-based artist Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Shashikant Patil has been declared as launched the DD ‘Arun Prabha’
the winner of the Centre of Channel in Itanagar.
International Modern Art (CIMA) Madhya Pradesh State Government
Award. Patil, who hails from a village has announced 'Indira Gram Jyoti
in Maharashtra, got the award for his Yojana'.
painting installation 'Transformation'. Health and Family Welfare Ministry
has organised its eighth round of
SCHEMES AND LAUNCHES
National Deworming Day (NDD)
Bihar government has announced a across the country to reduce the

universal old age pension scheme - prevalence of parasitic intestinal

Mukhyamantri Vridhajan Pension worms among children.

Yojana (MVPY) for all people above Union Minister Suresh Prabhu has

60 years of age. released a book 'Ramayan Retold

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid with Scientific Evidences'. This book

the foundation stone for the Sela has been written by Saroj Bala, an

Tunnel Project in Arunachal Pradesh. Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of 1972 batch.

inaugurated National Cancer Institute Rajasthan Government launched

(NIC) at Badhsa in Jhajjar district in 'Rajiv Gandhi Career Portal' for

Haryana. students from classes 9 to 12. The

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid portal aims to provide career

the foundation stone of Indian guidance with information on

Institute of Technology –Dharwad entrance examinations, scholarships

and Indian Institute of Information and employment-oriented courses.

Technology –Dharwad in Karnataka. Andhra Pradesh Government has

Union Food Processing Minister introduced a new scheme, called

Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurated Annadata Sukhibhava to give

Cremica Food Park in the Una district

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economic support to Annadatas Humanitarian Assistance and

(farmers). Disaster Relief Exercise “Exercise
Kerala State Government will launch Rahat” in Jaipur.
a 'Pravasi Dividend Pension Scheme' Prime Minister Narendra Modi
to provide regular pension to Non- inaugurated the 13th International Oil
Resident Keralites. and Gas Conference - PETROTECH-
2019 at India Expo Centre in Greater
NATIONAL & STATE
Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

Indian Army conducted "Exercise Helina, Helicopter launched version

Topchi" at the vast firing ranges at of the Anti-tank guided missile, Nag

Deolali Camp in Nashik, has been tested from Odisha coast.

Maharashtra. Union Telecom Minister Manoj

Harsimrat Kaur Badal commissioned Sinha released a Commemorative

Godavari Mega Aqua Food Park at Stamp value of 5 rupees on Kumbh

Tundurru Village in Bhimavaram Mela Prayag Raj in Uttar Pradesh.

Mandal, West Godavari District, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and

Andhra Pradesh. Goa Chief Minister jointly

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen inaugurated the 5.1 km cable-stayed

Patnaik laid the foundation stone of "Atal Setu" over river Mandovi in

the Subarnarekha port in Balasore Goa.

district of Odisha. Election Commission has launched a

Indian Air Force Exercise Voter Verification and Information

"Vayushakti 2019" will be held at Programme (VVIP) for citizens.

Pokhran Air to Ground Armament Centre and Gujarat government have

range near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. announced an Asiatic Lion

Harsimrat Kaur Badal laid foundation Conservation Project of ₹97.85 crore.

stone of M/s Nandvan Mega Food Governor of Bihar Lalji Tandon and

Park in Badawal at Chhata-Barsana Union Agriculture Minister Radha

road in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. Mohan Singh jointly inaugurated the

Sapta Shakti Command of Indian Krishi Kumbh in Motihari.

Army has conducted a Joint

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid ambitious industry-led innovative

the foundation stone for construction and transnational projects within the
of Greenfield Airport at Hollongi near broad scope of research development
Itanagar and inaugurated an upgraded and innovation.
and retrofitted Airport at Tezu in Ministry of Coal signed an MoU with
Arunachal Pradesh. Ministry of Energy, Republic of
India has been ranked 103rd in latest Poland to foster relations in the field
FIFA Rankings. of coal mining and clean coal
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen technologies through the already
Patnaik unveiled a 19-foot-high established Joint Coal Working
statue of Guru Padmasambhava, the Group as well as research institutes
founder of Tibetan Buddhism, at and academia between the two
Jirang in Gajapati district. countries.
The Union Cabinet has approved the The Andhra Pradesh government has
proposal for establishment of partnered with private sports
'Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog' for management firm TENVIC, owned
Conservation protection and by former India captain Anil Kumble,
development of cows and their to promote sports culture in the state.
progeny. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime the foundation stone of the first-ever
Minister Narendra Modi has university - 'University of Ladhak' in
approved Memorandum of the Ladakh region of Jammu and
Understanding (MoU) between India Kashmir.
and Brazil on cooperation in the field
INTERNATIONAL
of Traditional Systems of Medicine
and Homoeopathy. INS Trikand, a front-line warship of
The Union Cabinet has approved the the Indian Navy, participated in a
MoU between India and Finland for multinational training exercise
collaborating based on mutual "CUTLASS EXPRESS".
interest in the field of Biotechnology, Army signed a contract with Sig
for funding and implementing Sauer of the U.S. for 72,400 SIG716

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assault rifles for front-line soldiers Edelweiss Group has signed a

deployed in operational areas. memorandum of understanding
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el- (MoU) with Bank of Singapore to
Sisi has been elected as the chairman form a strategic partnership to
of the African Union. provide clients of both entities the
Abu Dhabi has added Hindi as third opportunity to access their respective
language in courts. product platforms.
India and Maldives agreed to Minister of State (IC) for AYUSH,
continue close cooperation on Shripad Yesso Naik launched the e-
maritime security, counter-terrorism AUSHADHI portal, for online
& medical cooperation. licensing of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani
India has been ranked 36th in and Homoeopathy drugs and related
International Intellectual Property matters at New Delhi.
(IP) Index of US Chamber of The Reserve Bank of India imposed a
Commerce’s Global Innovation penalty of Rs 2 crore on Corporation
Policy Center (GIPC). Bank and Rs 1 crore each State Bank
Macedonia signed an accord to of India (SBI), Bank of Baroda and
become the 30th member of NATO. Union Bank of India for violation of
U.S. President Donald Trump various banking norms.
nominated the secretary of the The Bihar Khadi and Village
Department of Interior David Industries Board signed a MoU with
Bernhardt to lead the Department. Amazon India to enable rural khadi
weavers to sell their products through
FINANCIAL AWARENESS
the e-commerce portal.

The Reserve Bank of India has State-owned power giant NTPC

imposed a penalty of Rs 1.5 crore on (National Thermal Power

Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) Corporation) has signed a term loan

and Rs 1 crore each on Punjab agreement for Rs 5,000 crore with

National Bank (PNB) and Bank of State Bank of India.

India for violation of various banking Asian Development Bank (ADB) has
norms. bought a 14% stake in micro-

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financier Annapurna Finance for Rs The Reserve Bank of India has

137 crore. slapped Rs 1 crore penalty on the
India's Lohia Group has acquired an State Bank of India for violating
Israeli company, Light and strong norms.
Ltd. It is specialised in aerospace and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised
military carbon fibre and glass fibre the limit of collateral-free agricultural
composite components production. loans to ₹1.6 lakh from the current ₹1
India's largest telecom operator lakh with a view to help small and
Vodafone Idea Ltd board has marginal farmers.
appointed Suresh Vaswani as an Indian Coast Guard and Airport
independent director for three years. Authority of India signed a
Producers Guild of India (PGI) and Memorandum of Understanding for
Producers Guild of America (PGA) coordination in the aeronautical and
have signed a memorandum of maritime search and rescue
understanding (MoU) to commit to operations.
building a "strong collaborative Insurance Regulatory and
system" to help better the growth of Development Authority of India
entertainment production in India and (IRDAI) has imposed a fine of Rs 9
the US. lakh on state-owned United India
The Reserve Bank has imposed a Insurance Co Ltd for violating certain
cumulative penalty of Rs 3.5 crore on procedures.
state-owned lenders Corporation The Reserve Bank of India has
Bank and Allahabad Bank for reduced the repo rate by 25 basis
violation of various norms. points from 6.5 per cent to 6.25 per
Union Finance Ministry’s cent in its Sixth Bi-monthly Monetary
Department of Financial Services Policy. Other Policy rates are as
(DFS) has given in-principle approval follows- Reverse Repo rate- 6.0
for the amalgamation of the Kaveri percent, Bank Rate- 6.5 per cent &
Grameena Bank and Pragathi Krishna Marginal Standing Facility- 6.5 per
Grameena Bank. cent

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The Reserve Bank of India projected Netherlands' Eva de Goede and

an economic growth rate of 7.4 per Arthur Van Doren of Belgium have
cent for the next fiscal, up from 7.2 been named as the International
per cent estimated for the current Hockey Federation's (FIH) Players of
fiscal by Central Statistics Office the Year for 2018.
(CSO). Prajnesh Gunneswaran has been
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has ranked 97th in ATP Men's Singles
imposed a total penalty of Rs 2.2 Tennis rankings.
crore on private sector lender Axis 83rd Senior National Badminton
Bank in two separate cases. A penalty Championships started in Guwahati.
of Rs 2 crore has also been imposed France's Corentin Moutet defeated
on UCO Bank and Rs 1 crore on Andrew Harris of Australia by 6-3, 6-
Syndicate Bank for violation of 3 in the finals to win the Chennai
norms. Open ATP Challenger tennis
According to the finance ministry, tournament title.
India's economic growth is expected India's ace cueist Pankaj Advani
to accelerate to 7.5 per cent in 2019- defeated Lakshman Rawat by 6-0 to
20 from 7.2 per cent projected for the clinch the 86th Senior Snooker
current fiscal. National Championship title.
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB) Three-time Olympic medallist Indsey
announced the launch of Ujjivan Vonn has announced her retirement
Bank Kisan Suvidha loan to offer from skiing.
financial credit services to small and Qatar has won the Asian Football
marginal farmers. Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup for
Germany, France and the UK have set the first time by defeating Japan.
up a payment channel with Iran called Youth Olympics gold medallist
INSTEX, to help continue trade and Jeremy Lalrinnunga clinched a silver
circumvent US sanctions. in men's 67kg category, fetching
India's second medal in the EGAT's
SPORTS
Cup International Weightlifting

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Championships in Chiang Mai, Jaipur has hosted the Early Ed Asia

Thailand. 2019, Asia's largest conference on
9th Senior Women's Hockey National Early Childhood.
Championship will be held in Hisar. First Law Association for Asia and
India stand-in captain Rohit Sharma the Pacific (LAWASIA) Human
became the highest run-getter in the Rights Conference was held in New
Twenty20 Internationals, surpassing Delhi.
New Zealand's Martin Guptill. 25th Conference of All India
World champion Indian weightlifter Federation of Medical and Sales
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu notched up a Representatives (FMRAI)
gold medal at the EGAT Cup in commenced in Patna.
Thailand. International Symposium on
Smriti Mandhana has become the “Advances in Agro meteorology for
number 1 in latest ICC women's ODI Managing Climatic Risks of
rankings. Farmers” (INAGMET-2019) was
Anjali Saraogi has won the IDBI organised at New Delhi.
Federal Life Insurance Kolkata President Ram Nath Kovind unveiled
Marathon. a life-size portrait of Former Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the
MISCELLANEOUS
Central Hall of Parliament House.

Scientists for the first time, have Union Youth Affairs and Sports

created an artificial intelligence (AI) Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore

based system that directly translates inaugurated a Passport Service Centre

thoughts into intelligible, at Kotputli in Rajasthan.

recognizable speech. Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh

India’s latest communication satellite Prabhu inaugurated India's 1st

GSAT-31 was successfully launched Geographical Indication (GI) Store at

by European launch services provider Goa International Airport in Dabolim.

Arianespace’s rocket from French New India Youth Conclave was held

Guiana. in Surat.

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Housing and Urban Affairs Minister development projects, including an

Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated the All India Institute of Medical
National Workshop on Street Sciences (AIIMS) and an Indian
Vendors in New Delhi. Institute of Mass Communication
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid (IIMC), in Jammu.
foundation stones for several

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