Important Monthly Static GK Capsule –April 2019

CONTENTS

Topics Page No.

List of Minister-Ministries and Constituency 2

International Organizations Present Heads & HQs 2

Indian Organizations Present Heads & HQs 3

States – Present Governor - CM 5

Banks – Present Heads, HQs and Taglines 5

Important Country - Currency - Capital 6

Sports Related Person in News 8

Important Abbreviations 9

Others 10

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 List of Minister-Ministries Involved in April Month Current Affairs

Name Portfolios Constituency

Human Resource Development
Prakash Javadekar (HRD) Madhya Pradesh, Rajya Sabha
Hardeep Singh Puri Housing and Urban Affairs Uttar Pradesh, Rajya Sabha
Nirmala Sitharaman Ministry of Defence Karnataka, Rajya Sabha
Labour and Employment
Santosh Kumar Gangwar (Independent Charge) Bareilly
Ministry of Finance and Corporate
Arun Jaitley Affairs Gujarat, Rajya Sabha
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Suresh Prabhu and Civil Aviation Andhra Pradesh, Rajya Sabha
Shripad Yesso Naik Ministry of State for AYUSH (I\C) North Goa (Goa)
Union Minister of Environment,
Harsh Vardhan Forest and Climate Change Chandni Chowk, Delhi

International Organizations Involved in April Month Current Affairs

International Organisation Head Headquarter

President -
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Takehiko Nakao Mandaluyong, Philippines
World Trade Organization (WTO) DG - Roberto Azevêdo Geneva, Switzerland
International Cricket Council Chairman - Shashank
(ICC) Manohar Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Interpol President - Kim Jong Yang Lyon, France
CEO - Paul Taylor
FITCH President - Ian Linnell New York, USA
FIFA President - Gianni Infantino Zurich, Switzerland
Washington, D.C., United
World Bank President - David Malpass States
International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) President - John Walter Geneva, Switzerland
World Economic Forum (WEF) Chairman - Klaus Schwab Cologny, Switzerland
Executive Director - Natalia
United Nations Population Fund Kanem New York, US
Director General - Tedros

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World Health Organization (WHO) Adhanom Geneva, Switzerland
International Telecommunication Secretary-General
Union Houlin Zhao Geneva, Switzerland
(ITU)
Chairman - Shashank Dubai, United Arab Emirates
ICC Manohar
CEO - Manu Sawhney
FIFA President - Gianni Infantino Zurich, Switzerland
President - Toshiyuki Kono
International Council on Secretary General - Peter Paris, France
Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Phillips
International Hockey Federation CEO - Kelly Fairweather Lausanne, Switzerland
(FIH)

Indian Organizations Involved in April Month Current Affairs

Indian Organisation Head Headquarter

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd
(BHEL) CEO - Atul Sobti New Delhi
GAIL CEO - B. C. Tripathi New Delhi
ISRO Director - Kailasavadivoo Sivan Bengaluru
International Centre for
Automotive Technology (ICAT) Manesar, Gurugram
Securities and Exchange Board of
India (SEBI) Chairman - Ajay Tyagi Mumbai
LIC Chairman - M. R. Kumar Mumbai
Infrastructure Leasing & Financial
Services (IL&FS) Chairman - Uday Kotak Mumbai
Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT) Chairman - Pramod Chandra Mody
NABARD Chairman - Harsh Kumar Bhanwala Mumbai
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
(BSNL) CEO - Sri Anupam Srivastava New Delhi
Confederation of Indian Industry President -
(CII) Rakesh Bharti Mittal New Delhi
NASSCOM Chairman - Rishad Premji Noida, UP
National Stock Exchange of India CEO -

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 (NSE) Vikram Limaye Mumbai
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Chairman - S. Ravi Mumbai
National Thermal Power Chairman & MD -
Corporation Limited (NTPC) Gurdeep Singh New Delhi
National Investment and CEO -
Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) Sujoy Bose Mumbai
Jabalpur, Madhya
Gun Carriage Factory (GCF) - Pradesh
Chairman - Justice Adarsh Kumar
National Green Tribunal (NGT) Goel New Delhi
Insurance Regulatory and
Development Authority of India Chairperson - Hyderabad
(IRDAI) Subhash Chandra Khuntia
General Insurance Corporation of Chairman-cum-Managing Director
India Alice G. Vaidyan Mumbai
National Buildings Construction Chairman-cum-Managing Director
Corporation (NBCC) Shiv Das Meena New Delhi
The Energy and Resources Institute Director General -
(TERI) Dr. Ajay Mathur New Delhi
Federation of Indian Chambers of President - Sandip Somany
Commerce & Industry (FICCI) Secretary General - Dilip Chenoy New Delhi
Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT) Chairman - Pramod Chandra Mody -
Institute for Development and
Research in Banking Technology Hyderabad
( IDRBT)
Credit Rating Information Services
of India Limited(CRISIL) CEO - Ashu Suyash Mumbai
Gruh Finance Ltd - Ahmedabad
EXIM bank of India CEO - David Rasquinha Mumbai
ASSOCHAM President - BalKrishan Goenka New Delhi
Bharat Earth Movers Limited
(BEML) Chairman & MD - Shri D. K. Hota Bengaluru
Employees' Provident Fund
Organisation (EPFO) - New Delhi
Mobikwik CEO - Bipin Preet Singh Gurugram
National Hydroelectric Power
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 Corporation Limited (NHPC) Chairman & MD - Balraj joshi Faridabad
CEO - Amitabh Kant
NITI Aayog Vice Chairman - Rajiv Kumar New Delhi

List of States Involved in April Month Current Affairs

State Capital CM Governor

Jharkhand Ranchi Raghubar Das Draupadi Murmu
Odisha Bhubaneswar Naveen Patnaik Ganeshi Lal
Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Pema Khandu B. D. Mishra
Telangana Hyderabad Chandrasekhar Rao ESL Narashiman
Manipur Imphal N Biren Singh Najma Heptulla
Nagaland Kohima Neiphiu Rio Padmanabha Acharya
Assam Dispur Sarbananda Sonowal Jagdish Mukhi
West Bengal Kolkata Mamata Banerjee Keshari Nath Tripathi
Haryana Chandigarh Manohar lal Kathar Satyadev Narayan Arya
Maharashtra Mumbai Devendra Fadnavis Vidyasagar Rao
Tamil Nadu Chennai Edappadi K. Palaniswami Banwarilal Purohit

Banks Involved in April Month Current Affairs

Bank Tagline Headquarter CEO/Chairman

Governor - Shaktikant Das
RBI Mumbai Deputy Governor
BP Kanungo,
N S Vishwanathan,
Viral Acharya
Mahesh Kumar Jain
Bank of Baroda India's International Bank Vadodara P. S. Jayakumar
State Bank of India The Banker to every Indian Mumbai Rajnish Kumar
Kotak Mahindra
Bank Lets make money simple Mumbai CEO - Uday Kotak
Bank of MD & CEO -
Maharashtra One Family One Bank Pune, Maharashtra A. S. Rajeev
Karnataka Bank Your Family Bank, Across India Mangalore CEO-Mahabaleshwara M S
Lakshmi Vilas Parthasarathi Mukherjee
Bank (LVB) The changing face of prosperity Chennai (MD&CEO)

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Emirates Islamic
Bank - Dubai CEO - Salah Amin
MD & CEO - R. A.
Canara Bank Together we can Bengaluru Shankara Narayan
CEO - Dinabandhu
Bank of India Relationships beyond Banking Mumbai Mohapatra
HDFC Bank We understand your world Mumbai CEO - Aditya Puri
RBL Bank Apno ka Bank Mumbai CEO - Vishwavir Ahuja
Kumbakonam, Tamil
City Union Bank Trust and Excellence since 1904 Nadu CEO - Dr. N. Kamakodi
Banking For All, MD & CEO - Rakesh
IDBI Bank Aao Sochein Bada Mumbai Sharma
Punjab National
Bank The name you can bank upon New Delhi CEO - Sunil Mehta
Canara Bank Together We Can Bengaluru CEO - Sankara Narayanan
CEO - Chandra Shekhar
Bandhan Bank Aapka Bhala, Sabki Bhalai" Kolkata Ghosh
Fincare small MD & CEO -
finance bank Banking On More Bengaluru,Karnataka Rajeev Yadav
Paytm Payments
Bank - Noida Satish Kumar Gupta
Deutsche Bank - Frankfurt, Germany CEO - Christian Sewing
Airtel Payments CEO -
Bank - New Delhi Anubrata Biswas
Allahabad Bank A Tradition of Trust Kolkata CEO -SS Mallikarjuna Rao
MD & CEO - Mrutyunjay
Syndicate Bank Faithful. Friendly Manipal, Karnataka Mahapatra
IndusInd Bank We make you feel richer Mumbai CEO - Romesh Sobti

Important Countries Involved in April Month Current Affairs

Country Capital Currency Prime Minister President

Bolivia Sucre Bolivian boliviano - Evo Morales
Chile Santiago Chilean peso - Sebastián Piñera
Japan Tokyo Japanese yen Shinzo Abe -
Noureddine
Algeria Algiers Dinar Bedoui Abdelkader Bensalah

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 Malawi Lilongwe Malawian kwacha - Peter Mutharika
South Korea Seoul South Korean won - Moon Jae-in
CFA Franc, Central
Cameroon Yaounde African CFA franc - Paul Biya
Colombo,
Sri Lanka Jayawardenepura Sri Lankan rupee Ranil Maithripala Sirisena
Kotte Wickremesinghe
Italy Rome Euro - Sergio Mattarella
Khalifa bin Zayed Al
UAE Abu Dhabi Dirham - Nahyan
Singapore Singapore City Dollar - Halima Yacob
Salman of Saudi
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal - Arabia (King)
Iraq Baghdad Dinar - Barham Salih
Morocco Rabat Moroccan dirham - Saadeddine Othmani
UK London Pound Sterling Theresa May -
Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee - Bidya Devi Bhandari
Israel Jerusalem Israeli new shekel - BenjaminNetanyahu
Haiti Port-au-Prince Haitian gourde - Jovenel Moise
Sweden Stockholm Swedish Krona - Stefen Lofven
Serbia Belgrade Dinar Ana Brnabic -
China Beijing Renminbi Li Keqiang Xi Jinping
Russia Moscow Russian Rouble Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin
Israeli new shekel,
Palestine Ramallah, East Jordanian dinar, Mohammad
Jerusalem Egyptian pound Shtayyeh Mahmoud Abbas
Ghana Accra Cedi - Nana Akufo-Addo
Ibrahim Boubacar
Mali Bamako CFA Franc - Keita
Cape Town,
South Africa Pretoria, South African rand - Cyril Ramaphosa
Bloemfontein
Vietnam Hanoi Dong - Nguyen Phu Trong
Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee - Bidya Devi Bhandari
Pakistan Islamabad Rupee Imran Khan Arif Alvi
Rwanda Kigali Rwandan franc - Paul Kagame

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 Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound - Michel Aoun
Ukraine Kyiv Ukrainian hryvnia - Volodymyr Zelensky
Afghan Kabul Afghani - Ashraf Ghani
Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah - Joko Widodo
Iran Tehran Iranian rial - Hassan Rouhani
Seychelles Victoria Seychellois rupee - Danny Faure

Sports Person in News

Athlete
1. Manpreet Kaur - Shot putter
2. Gelete Burka – Ethiopia - Runner
3. Abrha Milaw - Ethiopia - Runner
4. Asbel Kiprop – Kenya – Runner
5. Tejinder Pal Singh Toor - Men’s Shot put
6. Gomathi Marimuthu - Women’s 800 m
7. P. U. Chitra - Women’s 1500 m

Badminton
1. Harsheel Dani
2. HS Prannoy
3. Kidambi Srikanth
4. Sameer Verma
5. Saina Nehwal

Boxing
1. Meena Kumari Maisnam
2. Sakshi
3. Pwilao Basumatary
4. Pinki Rani
5. Parveen

Cricket
1. Rashid Khan - Afghanistan
2. Jos Buttler - England
3. Sam Curran - England
4. Rory Burns - England
5. Tammy Beaumont - England
6. Smriti Mandhana

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 7. Mithali Raj
8. Jhulan Goswami

Snooker
1. Pankaj Advani

Shooting
1. Manu Bhaker
2. Saurabh Chaudhary
3. Anjum Moudgil
4. Divyansh Singh Panwar
5. Abhishek Verma
6. Apurvi Chandela

Golf
1. Gaganjeet Bhullar

Table Tennis
1. Ananya Chande
2. Diya Chitale

Tennis
1. Christian Garin – Chile
2. Fabio Fognini – Italy
3. Dominic Thiem – Austria
4. Petra Kvitová - Czech

Wrestling
1. Bajrang Punia

Squash
1. Saurav Ghosal

ABREVATION
1. IFMC - In-Flight and Maritime Connectivity
2. NASSCOM - National Association of Software and Services Companies
3. PSLCs - The priority sector lending certificates
4. LCR - Liquidity Coverage Ratio
5. ULEZ - Ultra Low Emission Zone
6. SMART - Surface Modification and Additive Research Technologies
7. UPI - Unified Payment Interface
8. TReDS - Trade Receivables Discounting System
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 9. MSME - Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
10. NCLT - National Company Law Tribunal
11. MERA - Malaria Elimination Research Alliance
12. ICMR - Indian Council of Medical Research
13. SWIFT - Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
14. AEPS - Aadhaar Enabled Payment Services
15. LEI - Legal Entity Identifier
16. NBFC - Non-Banking Financial Company
17. IFSC - International Financial Services Centre

Others
1. Aoling Festival (Mini Hornbill festival) – Nagaland
2. (Bohag Bihu) Rongali Bihu festival - Assam
3. Navy chief - Admiral Sunil Lanba
4. Chief of the Air Staff - Birender Singh Dhanoa
5. Chief of the Army Staff - Bipin Rawat

Organization Director General Headquarters Border

Kumar Rajesh
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Chandra New Delhi Nepal and Bhutan
Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF) Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar New Delhi -
Border Security Force (BSF) Rajni Kant Misra New Delhi Pakistan and Bangladesh
Indo-Tibetan Border Police
(ITBP) S S Deswal New Delhi China
Lt Gen Sukhdeep Shillong,
Assam Rifles Sangwan Meghalaya Myanmar
Central Industrial Security
Force (CISF) Rajesh Ranjan New Delhi -

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