Weekly Current
Affairs [4th-week-Jan]
1. The central banks of the UAE and Saudi Arabia have
launched a common digital currency called ____Aber.
2. As per International Monetary Fund (IMF) report, India
will grow this year at ______7.5%.
3. The Reserve Bank Of India has approved the appointment
of V Vaidyanathan as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
of_____ IDFC First Bank.
4. According to Nepal’s central bank circular, Indian
currency of denominations cannot be carried and used for trading_____ Rs. 200,
Rs.500 and Rs. 2,000.
5. The Union Cabinet approved the creation of a national
bench of the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) located in_____
New Delhi.
6. Agyey Kumar Azad joins Punjab National Bank (PNB) as a
new_____ Executive Director.
7. RBI has decided to conduct purchase of government
securities under Open Market Operations (OMOs) in February for an aggregate
amount of___ Rs 375 billion.
8. India’s rank on the Global Talent Competitive Index
(GTCI) 2019______80th positions.
9. Who has appointed as the MD & CEO of private
sector lender Yes Bank___Ravneet Gill.
10.According to the UN's World Economic Situation and
Prospects (WESP) 2019, India's GDP growth is expected to accelerate in
2019-20____ 7.6 %.
11.According to the Crisil Ratings, India's growth rate
is likely to inch up in 2019-20_____ 7.3 %.
12.Private sector Lakshmi Vilas Bank has reappointed
managing director_____ Parthasarathi Mukherjee.
13.Goods and Services Tax (GST) on Haj has been reduced
from 18% to____ 5%.
14.The National girl child day is celebrated every year
on ______24th January.
15.The ‘Anti-Leprosy Day’ observed every year on the
Martyrdom Day of_____ Mahatma Gandhi.
16.Uttar Pradesh is celebrating its 69th foundation day
_____24th January.
17.Himachal Pradesh is celebrating its 49th Statehood
Day_____25th Jan,
18.India is celebrating National Voters Day across the
country___ 25th January.
19.Former India hockey player passed away recently____
Raghbir Singh Bhola.
20.Former Defence Minister passed away in New Delhi___
George Fernandes.
21.Who has been appointed as the interim finance
minister, with Arun Jaitley undergoing surgery in the US______ Piyush Goyal.
22.Who has been named as the Malaysia’s new king___
Sultan Abdullah.
23.Who has been appointed as the Regional Director of
World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia___ Poonam Khetrapal Singh.
24.The largest defence exercise coordinated by Indian
Navy ____'Sea Vigil'.
25.India Steel 2019 Exhibition and Conference held in
_______Mumbai.
26.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose museum at Red Fort (in Delhi) to mark the leader's
_______122nd birth anniversary.
27.AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik has inaugurated the 2nd
World Integrated Medicine Forum 2019 in_____ Goa.
28.As per Crisil report, state has been ranked the top
state in terms of GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product) growth in financial year
2017-18___Bihar.
29.The Centre is looking at allowing non-resident Indians
to subscribe to municipal bonds issued by various urban local bodies,
especially for _____‘Swachh Bharat’ projects.
30.15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas concludes in
____Varanasi.
31.Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba today commissioned the
new Naval Air Base ‘INS Kohassa’ at _____Diglipur.
32.South Africa President was the Chief Guest at the
Republic Day Parade 2019___ Cyril Ramaphosa.
33.Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a ‘Yojana’ under
which a group of Indian diaspora will be taken on a government-sponsored tour
of religious places in India twice a year______ Pravasi Teerth Darshan Yojana’.
34.'Beating Retreat ceremony' held at the historic place
______Vijay Chowk,New Delhi.
35.Who has partnered with French company Be-Bound to
offer data connectivity through SMS in areas where there is no Internet
connectivity or signal breaks___ BSNL.
36.Director General of Ministry of Tourism Shri Satyajeet
Rajan has inaugurated the six-day cultural extravaganza Bharat Parv (4th
edition) in ______Delhi.
37.Ministry of Defence has launched a mobile app with the
intent of making available the highlights of the Republic Day event New Delhi__
RDP India 2019’.
38.The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar has
developed an Android app_____ Roshni(It would help the Visually Impaired to
recognise currency notes in Chandigarh)
39.India's fastest indigenous train which will run from
Delhi to Varanasi has been named as______ 'Vande Bharat Express'.
40.The HRD Ministry has signed an agreement with
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for India’s
Participation in ________ Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
2021.
41.The state Government has announced a hike of Rs 200
per month in the social security pension under Madhu Babu Pension Yojana (MBPY)
_____ Odisha.(MBPY is a pension scheme under the Department of Social Security
and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities for the disabled, old age persons
in the state of Odisha.)
42.In Assam, Railway Protection Force (RPF) Women Squad
launched in Guwahati ____JOYMATI BAHINI.(The Objective of the Joymati Bahini is
to strengthen women security around Guwahati region within railway premises and
trains.)
43.The Union Minister Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation
stones of 6 Namami Gange projects in _____Agra and Mathura.
44.Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister ‘Pema Khandu’ has
declared Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival (PPHF) as the ‘State Festival’ at____
Seijosa, East Kameng.
45.Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin
Gadkari dedicated to the nation Kerrian Gandyal bridge in ___Jammu and
Kashmir.(The 1.2 km long bridge has been constructed over river Ravi in Kathua
district,This will reduce the distance between the two cities [Kathua (Jammu)
and Pathankot (Punjab)] from 45 kms to 8.6 kms.)
46.The state Government has announced “Jiban Sampark”
project for the welfare of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups at the
annual Adivasi Mela-2019____ Odisha.(The Jiban Sampark Project undertaken in
association with UNICEF to generate awareness among Particularly Vulnerable
Tribal Groups (PVTG) in Odisha; The focus areas of Jiban Sampark Project are
skill development, empowering communities, cooperation and innovation among the
groups.)
47.The state govt. has partnered with private sector
lender YES Bank to onboard fair price shops (FPS) as Business Correspondent
Agents___ Maharashtra.
48.Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone
for All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, (AIIMS) at _____Madurai.
49.Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated four-lane
setu in Panaji, Goa __Atal Setu.(This is the third bridge across Mandovi River)
50.The state Government has obtained the permission to
develop the Tulip garden____ Uttarakhand(It will be the second Tulip garden
(first in Srinagar, J&K) in the country)
51.The state government has decided to form a 'State
Tiger Protection Force' to save the Big Cat population in the State___
Telangana.
52.Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced that the
country has cut off diplomatic relations with the_____ United States.
53.The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched
a students' satellite Kalamsat and an imaging satellite Microsat-R from the
Satish Dhawan Space Centre in______ Sriharikota.(Kalamsat is a payload
developed by students and Chennai based Space Kidz India for the first time;The
Microsat-R satellite is meant for the Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) purposes)
54.Indian Africa Field Training Exercise (IAFTX)-2019 is
scheduled to be conducted at Aundh Military Station and College of Military
Engineering _____Pune.(The joint training exercise is being conducted with more
than a dozen African countries & India. It aims at synergizing humanitarian
mine action and joint peace operations.)
55.The Union Cabinet has approved the signing Memorandum
of Understanding between India and Kuwait for cooperation on the Recruitment of
_____Domestic Workers.
56.The Oxford Dictionaries has announced the Hindi Word
of the Year 2018_____Nari Shakti
57.Pakistan Govt. has declared the “national drink” of
the country__ sugarcane juice.
58.US based Indian poet has been awarded the “Woman’s
Voice Award” at the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (AKLF)____ Ranjani
Murali.(The Objective of the award is to recognize and encourage creative
writing by women in India.)
59.Member of Parliament (MP) Lok Sabha has been bestowed
with Sansad Ratna Award for his distinguished performance as a parliamentarian
under Jury Committee Special Award category ______Anurag Thakur (He has become
the first BJP MP to receive the Jury Committee award; In 2010, the Sansad Ratna
Awards were set up after a suggestion from former President Dr A. P. J Abdul
Kalam; The idea was to honour parliamentarians who perform.)
60.Noted Gujarati poet Sitanshu Yashashchandra has been
awarded Saraswati Samman,2017, for his poetry collection in Gujarati named
_______Vakhar.
61.India-set short film gets Oscars nomination____
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62.Who conferred with Ashok Chakra ___ Lance Naik Nazir
Ahmad Wani.(Lance Naik Wani (38-years) laid down his life during an anti-terror
operation at Shopian in Kashmir in November last year, will be conferred with
the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award; Ashok Chakra is
the highest peacetime military decoration for valour, courageous action or
self-sacrifice away from the battlefield.)
63.Who has become India's only port to get listed among
the top 30 global container ports___ Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT).(It is
located Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra.)
64.Pranab Mukherjee (Former president), Nanaji
Deshmukh(Bharatiya Jana Sangh leader) and Bhupen Hazarika (singer) were
conferred the country's highest civilian award _____Bharat Ratna.
65.The Union government has instituted an annual award
titled ______Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar.(It will be
announced every year on 23rd January, the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash
Chandra Bose; The Award carries a certificate and a cash prize of 51 lakh rupees.)
66.Who has been awarded the best Miniratna PSU (public
sector undertaking) in strategic performance (Financial Category) __ Numaligarh
Refinery Limited’ (NRL).
67.Assam Government has given the Republic Day Journalism
Award 2019 to Veteran journalist) _____ Dhirendra Nath Chakraborty.
68.Railway zone has bagged the number one position for
cleanliness in all the 17 railway zones in the country ___Southern Railway
zone.
69.French sailor has won the round-the-world yacht race
after 212 days alone at sea without modern instruments____ Jean-Luc Van Den
Heede.
70.The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced
the men’s Test and ODI teams of the year_____ Virat Kohli.
71.Who has announced a bonus of 20 lakh rupees each for
the senior selection committee members following India's maiden Test series win
in Australia ____Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
72.Who has become the fastest Indian bowler to claim 100
ODI wickets_____ Mohammed Shami.
73.The ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2020 event will take place
later in the year from ____18 October to 15th November.(The International
Cricket Council (ICC) has announced fixtures for the ICC T20 World Cup 2020
(Australia) in 2020.)
74.The ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2020 women's event will
take place from ____21st February to 8 March.(This edition marks the first
occasion when the men and women tournaments will be held as standalone events
in the same year and in the same country.)
75.Former South Africa all-rounder has announced his
immediate retirement from all forms of cricket__ Johan Botha.
76.India’s Ace shuttler won the Indonesia Masters women’s
singles title ___ Saina Nehwal.
77.India's Kartik Sharma(from Gurgaon) has won the New
South Wales men's Amateur Golf Championship in ____Australia.
78.Indian cricketer has been suspended from bowling in International
Cricket by the International Cricket Council (ICC)__ Ambati Rayudu.
79.Serbian professional tennis player has won the 7th
Australian Open Men's Singles title at Melbourne____ Novak Djokovic (The 2019
Australian Open (107th edition) was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took
place at Melbourne Park (Australia) from 14th to 27th January 2019.)