Current Affairs Express

COVID-2019
The name COVID has been taken from the words
"corona", "virus" & "disease"
with 2019 representing the year in which it emerged.
COVID-19 is the name given by the World Health
Organization (WHO) on February 11, 2020 for the disease
caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

Nasa astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir

made history by completing the first ever all-female
spacewalk. They spent seven hours outside the International
Space Station (ISS) replacing a failed power control unit.

World Gold Reserves

India has 10th largest gold reserves in the worldtotaling
approx. 635 tons.India recently surpassed Netherlands to
move into the list of top 10 countries.
USA has the largest Gold reserves in the world followed by
Germany at number 2.

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Oscar Awards 2020 winners (92nd Academy Awards)

Best Picture - Parasite

Best Director - Bong Joon-ho (Movie - Parasite)

Best Actor - Joaquin Phoenix (Movie - Joker)

Best Actress - Renée Zellweger (Movie - Judy)

Best Supporting Actor - Brad Pitt (Movie - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
Best Supporting Actress - Laura Dern (Movie - Marriage Story)

Best Original Screenplay - Parasite

Best Animated Feature Film - Toy Story 4

Best International Feature Film - Parasite (South Korea)

Ballon d'Or Award 2019

Lionel Messi won the France Football men’s award for the sixth time.
Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk was second in the polling, followed by
Cristiano Ronaldo

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Padma Vibhushan Awardees 2020

Name - Field - State/Country

1. George Fernandes (Posthumous) - Public Affairs - Bihar

2. Arun Jaitley (Posthumous) - Public Affairs

3. Sir Anerood Jugnauth - Public Affairs - Mauritius (former Mauritius PM)

4. M. C. Mary Kom- Sports- Manipur (Olympian boxer)

5. Chhannulal Mishra- Art - Uttar Pradesh

6. Sushma Swaraj (Posthumous) - Public Affairs - Delhi

7. Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha Udupi

(Posthumous) - Others-Spiritualism -Karnataka

Greta Thunberg

The Swedish schoolgirl who inspired a global movement to fight climate

change, has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2019.
The 16-year-old is the youngest person to be chosen by the magazine in a
tradition that started in 1927.

Reserve Bank of India – Governor - Shaktikanta Das

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Padma Bhushan Awardees 2020

Name - Field - State/Country

1. M. Mumtaz Ali (Sri M) - Others-Spiritualism - Kerala

2. Syed Muazzem Ali (Posthumous) - Public Affairs - Bangladesh
3. Muzaffar Hussain Baig - Public Affairs - Jammu and Kashmir (PDP leader)
4. Ajoy Chakravorty - Art - West Bengal
5. Manoj Das - Literature and Education - Puducherry
6. Balkrishna Doshi - Others-Architecture - Gujarat
7. Krishnammal Jagannathan - Social Work - Tamil Nadu
8. S. C. Jamir - Public Affairs - Nagaland
9. Anil Prakash Joshi - Social Work - Uttarakhand
10. Dr. Tsering Landol - Medicine - Ladakh
11. Anand Mahindra - Trade and Industry - Maharashtra (Industrialist)
12. Neelakanta Ramakrishna Madhava Menon (Posthumous) - Public
Affairs - Kerala
13. Manohar Parrikar (Posthumous) - Public Affairs - Goa (Former defence
minister)
14. Jagdish Sheth - Literature and Education - USA
15. P. V. Sindhu - Sports - Telangana (Olympian badminton player)
16. Venu Srinivasan - Trade and Industry - Tamil Nadu (Industrialist)

National Sports Award 2019 - Dhyanchand Award

1. Manuel Fredricks (Hockey)
2. Arup Basak (Table Tennis)
3. Manoj Kumar (Wrestling)
4. Nitten Kirrtane (Tennis)
5. C. Lalremsanga (Archery)

National Sports Awards 2019

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

1. Bajrang Punia(Wrestling)
2. Deepa Malik(Para Athletics)

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National Sports Awards 2019

Arjuna Award

1. Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Athletics)

2. Mohammed Anas Yahiya (Athletics)
3. S Bhaskaran (Body- Building)
4. Sonia Lather (Boxing)
5. Ravindra Jadeja (Cricket)
6. Chinglensana Singh Kangujam (Hockey)
7. Ajay Thakur (Kabaddi)
8. Gaurav Singh Gill (Motor Sports)
9. Pramod Bhagat (Para Sports - Badminton)
10. Anjum Moudgil (Shooting)
11. Harmeet Rajul Desai (Table Tennis)
12. Pooja Dhanda (Wrestling)
13. Fouaad Mirza (Equestrian)
14. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Football)
15. Poonam Yadav (Cricket)
16. Swapna Barman (Athletics)
17. Sundar Singh Gurjar (Para Sports-Athletics)
18. Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth (Badminton)
19. Simran Singh Shergill (Polo)

FIFA World Cup 2022 Logo

FIFA has officially unveiled the logo for the 2022 World Cup which is to be
held in Qatar, it is in the shape of the number eight - the number of new
stadiums which have been built for the tournament - but more specifically is
actually designed on the World Cup trophy.

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World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2019-2020

Rank of India - 112 out of 153 countries

Rank 1 - Iceland followed by Norway (2), Finland (3), Sweden (4), &
Nicaragua (5)

Giriraj Prasad Gupta - Controller General of Accounts (CGA) India

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Secretary General - Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo

“150 Years of celebrating the Mahatama the South African Legacy”

A Book written by author and journalist “Fakir Hassen”.

The book was launched on Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary.

Global Goalkeeper Award

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred this award for the
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by the government.
An award given by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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2019 French Open was the 123rd edition of the French Open
(Also known as Roland Garros)

French Open 2019 Men's Singles

Winner - Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Runner Up - Dominic Thiem (Austria)

French Open 2019 Women's Singles

Winner - Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
Runner Up - Vondrousova(Czech Republic)

French Open 2019 Men's Doubles

Winner - Kevin Krawietz (Germany) & Andreas Mies (Germany)

French Open 2019 Women's Doubles

Winner - Timea Babos (Hungary) & Mladenovic (France)

Greece – President - Katerina Sakellaropoulou

29th Saraswati Samman

Noted writer Vasdev Mohi will be awarded the award for his short
stories collection Chequebook.

33rd African Union (AU) summit

Venue - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Theme - "Silencing the Guns: Creating conducive conditions for Africa's
development"

Priti Patel

Appointed Britain’s first Indian-origin Home Secretary in the newly

unveiled Boris Johnson Cabinet Secretary

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Professor Ayushman

A new comic book drafted by National Medicinal Plants Board and

unveiled by AYUSH Ministry to spread the common uses of medicinal
plants among Children.

Qu Dongyu

First Chinese national to head UN's Food and Agriculture

organization

“How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have

and the Breakthroughs We Need”

A book written by founder of Microsoft Corporation and American

philanthropist “Bill Gates”

66th National Film Awards - Golden Lotus Award

Best Director - Aditya Dhar (Movie-Uri: The Surgical Strike)

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment –

Badhaai Ho

Best Feature Film – Hellaro (Gujarati Film)

Best non feature film - Son Rise by Vibha Bakshi and

The Secret Life of Frogs by Ajay & Vijay Bedi

Best Children's Film - Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge

(Kannada)

Best Debut Film of a Director – Naal (Marathi)

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66th National Film Awards - Silver Lotus Award

Best Actor - Ayushman Khurrana (Movie-Andhadhun)

Vicky Kaushal (MovieUri: The Surgical Strike)
Best Actress - Keerthy Suresh (Mahanati)
Best Actress - Keerthy Suresh (Movie-Mahanati)
Best Child Artist - P V Rohith (Movie-Ondalla Eralla)
Shrinivas Pokale (Naal)
Sameep Ranaut (Harjeeta)
Talha Arshad Reshi (Hamid)
Best Choreography - Padmaavat for Ghoomar
Best Cinematography - MJ Radhakrishnan (Movie-Olu)
Best Feature Film on National Integration - Ondalla Eradalla
(Kannada)
Best Film on Environment issues – Paani (Marathi)
Best Film on Other Social Issues - Pad Man (Hindi)
Best Male Playback Singer - Arijit Singh (Padmaavat)
Best Music Direction(Songs) - Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Padmaavat)
Best Screenplay -Andhadun (Hindi)
Best Special Effects - K.G.F: Chapter 1
Best Supporting Actor - Swanand Kirkire (Movie-Chumbak)
Best Supporting Actress - Surekha Sikri (Movie-Badhaai Ho)
Most Film Friendly State – Uttarakhand

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“Samvidhan”

Became the Oxford Hindi Word of the Year 2019.

Samvidhan is the Hindi translation for the word 'Constitution'.

Indonesia's president Joko Widoho announced that country's capital

Jakarta is to be relocated to "East Kalimantan"
on the island of Borneo which means that soon "East Kalimantan"
will be the new capital of Indonesia.

The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and

Development 2019 will be awarded to Sir David Attenborough,
a renowned naturalist and broadcaster.

Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0

Aims to immunize children under 2 years of age and pregnant

women against eight vaccine-preventable diseases.

The immunization drive covers vaccines for tuberculosis, meningitis,

measles, Hepatitis B, tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, and
diphtheria.

Rafael Grossi

Director-General - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

International Day of Persons with Disabilities - 3 December

Theme 2019 – “Promoting the Participation of Persons with

Disabilities and their leadership: Taking Action on the 2030
Development Agenda”.

Sri Lanka – President - Gotabaya Rajapaksa

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2020 Australian Open Winners

Australia Open 2020 Men's Singles

Winner - Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Runner Up - Dominic Thiem (Austia)

Australia Open 2020 Women's Singles

Winner - Sofia Kenin (USA)

Runner Up - Garbine Muguruza (Spain)

Australia Open 2020 Men's Doubles

Winner - Rajeev Ram (USA) &

Joe Salisbury (United Kingdom)

Australia Open 2020 Women's Doubles

Winner - Timea Babos (Hungary) &

Kristina Mladenovic (France)

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Secretary-General - Lim Jock Hoi

Suranga Bawadi

Situated in Bijapur, Karnataka, Surang Bawadi has entered the

World Monuments Watch List for 2020 under
“Ancient Water System of the Deccan Plateau” of the
World Monument Funds.
Suranga Bawadi, an integral part of the ancient Karez system of
supplying water through subterranean tunnels was built during Adil
Shahi era in Vijayapura.

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Tableaux of Assam

Won the 1st Prize at the Republic Day Parade, 2020 among the
States/Union Territories. “The tableau of Assam” was based on the
theme ‘Land of Unique Craftsmanship and Culture’.

Justice AK Sikri - Former Supreme Court judge

Appointed as an international judge of the Singapore International

Commercial Court(SICC).

Kaamya Karthikeyan

Youngest girl in the world from India to summit Mt.Aconcagua

which is the highest peak in South America.

Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) India

39th President - Sourav Ganguly

Ladakhi Shondol dance enters Guinness book of world record

Also known as royal dance of Ladakh, it was performed by about 408

women on the occasion of the Annual Naropa Festival.

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Nobel Prize Winners 2019

Nobel Peace Prize - Abiy Ahmed Ali (Ethiopia)

Nobel Prize in Chemistry - John B. Goodenough (Germany)

M. Stanley Whittingham (UK)
Akira Yoshino (Japan)

Nobel Prize in Economics - Abhijit Banerjee (India)

Esther Duflo (France)
Michael Kremer (USA)

Nobel Prize in Physics - James Peebles (Canada)

Michel Mayor (Switzerland)
Didier Queloz (Switzerland)

Nobel Prize in Medicine - William G. Kaelin Jr (USA)

Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe (UK)
Gregg L. Semenza (USA)

Nobel Prize in Literature - Peter Handke (Austria)

Nobel Prize in Literature 2018 - Olga Tokarczuk (Poland)

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Global Social Mobility Report 2020

Rank of India - 76
Rank 1 - Denmark followed by Norway (2) & Finland (3).
Report released by "World Economic Forum"

112 - India's single emergency helpline number

Indian Home Ministry in collaboration with UN Women launched a

campaign ‘UNiTE’ to End Violence Against Women’.
As part of campaign, people would be made aware about India’s
emergency helpline 112.

11th BRICS Summit

Venue - Brasilia, Brazil
Theme – “Economic Growth for an Innovative Future”

14 Member States have been elected by United Nation General

Assembly (UNGA) to the 47 member body of UN Human Rights
Council (UNHRC).
By secret ballot, the Assembly elected -
“Armenia, Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Libya, Marshall
Islands, Mauritania, Namibia, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of
Korea, Sudan and Venezuela”.

“16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence”

It is an annual international campaign that starts on 25 Nov,

the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against
Women, and runs until 10 Dec, Human Rights Day.
Theme 2019 - “Orange the World: Generation Equality Stands against
Rape!”

India's Census 2021 will be conducted in 16 languages.

17th Lok Sabha Speaker - Om Birla (Madhya Pradesh)

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18th Non-Aligned Movement(NAM) Summit

Host country - Baku, Azerbaijan

2019 Global Hunger Index(GHI)

Rank of India - 102 out of 117 qualifying countries

India is now ranked below Pakistan (94), Bangladesh (88) and Sri
Lanka (66) among South Asian nations.

2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index(MPI)

India lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and
2016, recording the fastest reductions in the multidimensional poverty
index values. India’s MPI value reduced from 0.283 in 2005-06 to
0.123 in 2015-16. India and Cambodia reduced their MPI values the
fastest. The index is released by UNDP.

2023 Cricket World Cup – 13th Edition

Host country - India

2023 Men's Hockey World Cup

Host country - India

45th G7 summit 2019

Venue - Biarritz, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

47th Chief Justice of India

SA Bobde

50th Annual Meeting - World Economic Forum

Venue - Davos, Switzerland

Theme - "Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World"

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Abhedya
Name of the Bulletproof Helmet developed by Indian Army Major
Anoop Mishra

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Chairman - Public Accounts Committee (PAC)

Global Competitiveness Index report

Rank of India - 68
Released by World Economic Forum
Singapore topped the list followed by USA & Hong Kong

On 550th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, Nepal Rastra Bank

issues commemorative coins of 100, 1000 & 2500 Nepali rupees
bearing the Sikh symbol.

One Nation One Ration Card

Will ensure all beneficiaries especially migrants can access PDS across
the nation from any PDS shop of their own choice.

One Nation One Tag - FASTag

A unified electronic system which enables automatic deduction of
toll charges and lets you pass through the toll plaza without stopping
for the cash transaction.

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Padma Shri Awardees 2020

Karan Johar – Art
Ekta Kapoor – Art

Kangana Ranaut – Art

Zaheer Khan – Sports

Sanjeev Bikhchandani – Trade & Industry - Naukri.com founder

Rani Rampal – Sports - Indian women's hockey captain

MP Ganesh – Sports - Indian men's hockey player

Jitu Rai – Sports – Shooter

Oinam Bembem Devi – Sports – Former Indian women’s football

team captain
Adnan Sami – Art – Singer

Sarita Joshi – Art – Veteran TV Actor

Jagdish Lal Ahuja – Social Work - who serves free food to patients
and attendants

Mohammed Sharif – Social Work - performed last rites of over

25,000 unclaimed bodies
Kushal Konwar Sarma – Medicine – Also known as 'Elephant
Doctor'

Javed Ahmad Tak – Social Work - a differently-abled social worker

from J&K
Tulasi Gowda – Social Work – nicknamed "encyclopedia of forests"

Sathyanarayan Mundayoor – Social Work - known as ‘Uncle Moosa’

of Arunachal Pradesh
Abdul Jabbar (Posthumous) – Social Work – Also known as 'voice of
Bhopal'

Usha Chaumar – Social Work - working in the field of sanitation in

Rajasthan Cont’d

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Pawar Popatrao – Social Work - known for reviving groundwater in

drought-prone Hiware area
Harekala Hazabba – Social Work - providing affordable education to
poor children

Arunoday Mondal – Medicine – a doctor who treats patients in

remote Sunderbans
Radha Mohan and his daughter Sabarmatee(duo) – Others-
Agriculture - both Gandhians who have converted a piece of degraded
land into a vast food forest in Odisha by using only organic farming

Trinity Saioo - Others-Agriculture - who is spearheading a turmeric

farming movement
Ravi Kannan – Medicine - treating cancer patients in Assam's Barak
Valley

S Ramakrishnan – Social work - a differently-abled social worker who

has rehabilitated more than 14,000 differently-abled people in over
four decades
Sundaram Verma – Social Work - who planted 50,000 trees in
Rajasthan

Munna Master – Art - Muslim bhajan singer

Yogi Aeron – Medicine - treating burn and bite victims for free for last
35-years
Rahibai Soma Popere – Others-Agriculture - famous globally for her
work in agro-biodiversity conservation

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Giorgi Gakharia – Prime Minister - Georgia

Organization of Islamic Cooperation - 14th Summit

Venue - Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Global Happiness Survey

Rank of India - "9" among 28 global markets

Findings of Ipsos survey conducted via Ipsos’s Global Advisor online
survey platform.

Orissa High Court - Chief Justice - Mohammad Rafiq

Global Intellectual Property Index 2020

Rank of India - 40 out of 53 countries

Rank 1 - USA followed by UK(2), Sweden(3), France(4) & Germany(5)

Cabinet Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal & Mines

Pralhad Joshi

Global Peace Index 2019

Rank of India - 141 out of 163 countries

Rank 1 – Iceland

Patna High Court - Chief Justice - Sanjay Karol

Harish Salve

India’s former solicitor general, he has been appointed as

Queen’s Elizabeth Counsel (QC) for the
courts of England and Wales.

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ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup

Winner - Bangladesh
Runner Up – India

Minister of State - Road Transport and Highways

General (Retd.) V.K. Singh

ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 - 12th Edition

England won the World cup trophy by defeating New Zealand

with more number of boundaries in the Super Over thriller at the
Lord's cricket Stadium in London.

Human Rights Day - 10 December

Theme 2019 – “Youth Standing Up for Human Rights”

Google India - Country Manager - Sanjay Gupta

Politics of Opportunism: Regional Parties, Coalitions,

Centre-State Relations in India

A Book authored by “R P N Singh”

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Good Governance Index(GGI)

Rank 1 - Tamil Nadu followed by Maharashtra (2), Karnataka (3).

It is released by Government of India on the occasion of Good

Governance Day which is observed on 25th December to mark the
birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

“Hemant Karkare - A Daughter's Memoir”

Book written by Jui Karkare Navare, Hemant Karkare's daughter

Henley Passport Index 2019

Rank of India – 86
And with a mobility score of 58 which means that Indian passport
holders can access 58 countries around the world without a prior
visa.
The Henley Passport Index measures the strength of all the
passports around the world, based on how many destinations can be
accessed by the passport-holders of a specific country, without pre-
departure visa application.

Henley Passport Index 2020

Rank of India - 84
The top 10 most powerful passports for 2020 are Japan (1),
Singapore (2), South Korea (3) followed by Germany, Italy, Finland,
Spain, USA and UK, Luxembourg, Denmark.

Michael Debabrata Patra

Deputy Governor - Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

Gujarat - Chief Minister - Vijaybhai R. Rupani

Goa – Governor - Satya Pal Malik

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Pulitzer Prize 2019 Winners

Category – Books, Drama and Music

1. Fiction: "The Overstory" by Richard Powers

2. Nonfiction: " Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing
of America" by Eliza Griswold
3. Drama: "Fairview" by Jackie Sibblies Drury
4. History: "Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom" by David W.
Blight
5. Autobiography or Biography: "The New Negro: The Life of Alain
Locke" by Jeffrey C. Stewart
6. Poetry: " Be With" by Forrest Gandepr
7. Music: "Prism" by Ellen Reid

Pulitzer Prize 2019 Winners

Category - Journalism

1. Public service: Staff of the South Florida Sun Sentinel

2. International reporting: Maggie Michael, Maad al-Zikry and
Nariman El-Mofty of the Associated Press, and the staff of Reuters
3. Feature writing: Hannah Dreier of ProPublica
4. Criticism: Carlos Lozada of the Washington Post
5. Editorial writing: Brent Staples of the New York Times
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ICC Hall of Fame

Sachin Tendulkar became the sixth Indian to be inducted in ICC

Hall of Fame. South African pace legend Allan Donald & 2-times
World Cup winning Australian woman cricketer Cathryn Fitzpatrick
were also inducted into the ICC's Hall of Fame.
The other five Indian cricketers to be inducted in ICC Hall of Fame
were Bishan Singh Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble &
Rahul Dravid.

“Reset: Regaining India's Economic Legacy”

Book written by Subramanian Swamy and released by Former
President of India Pranab Mukherjee

Rishad Premji - Executive Chairman – WIPRO

Human Development Index 2019

Rank of India - 129 out of 189 countries

Rank 1 - Norway followed by Switzerland (2), Ireland(3)
It is released by United Nations

Housing & Urban Affairs and Civil Aviation

Minister of State (Independent Charge) - Hardeep Singh Puri

Hirdesh Kumar
Appointed as CEO of the Union Territory Jammu & Kashmir by
Election Commission of India.

Peru - Prime Minister - Vicente Zeballos

Goa - Chief Minister - Pramod Sawant

Guatemala – President -Alejandro Giammattei

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Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019

Eminent Indian journalist Ravish Kumar won Magsaysay

Award for 2019. Ravish Kumar has been awarded for "harnessing
journalism to give voice to the voiceless".

Other Awardees are:

Ko Swe Win (Myanmar) - A human rights defender
Angkhana Neelapajit (Thailand) - A human rights activist
Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab (Philippines) - Musician
Kim Jong-Ki (South Korea) - An activist

Railway Board - Chairman - Vinod Kumar Yadav

Himachal Pradesh - Chief Minister - Jairam Thakur

GS Lakshmi
India’s GS Lakshmi will create history by becoming the first female
match referee to oversee a men's One-Day International.

Gujarat – Governor - Acharya Dev Vrat

Gujarat High Court - Chief Justice Vikram Nath

Puducherry - Lieutenant Governor - Dr. Kiran Bedi

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ICC Women's T20 World Cup

Winner - Australia
Runner up - India
Player of the Tournament - Beth Mooney

Amitabh Bachchan has been selected for the Dada Saheb

Phalke award for his contribution to the Indian film industry.

Human Resource Development - Cabinet Minister

Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'

Russia - Prime Minister - Mikhail Mishustin

Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) - Director - Samant Goel

Raunak Sadhwani

He became India's 65th Grandmaster after defeating Russian

Grand Master Alexander Motylev at the age of 13 years, 9 months
& 28 days

Rajastha High court - Chief Justice - Indrajit Mohanty

Pulitzer Prize 2020

Indian journalists Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan and Channi

Anand have been honoured with the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in the field
of Feature Photography. They belong to Associated Press.

Haiti - Prime Minister - Joseph Jouthe

Railways and Commerce & Industry - Cabinet Minister

Piyush Goyal

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Sahitya Akademi award 2019

1. Shashi Tharor - "An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in

India” (Non-Fiction) - English
2. Nand Kishore Acharya - "Cheelate Hue Apne Ko"(Poetry) -
Hindi
3. Penna Madhusudan - "Prajnachakshusham"(Poetry) -
Sanskrit
4. Chanakya (Novel)-Joysree Goswami Mahanta-Assamese
5. Ghumer Darja Thele (Essays)-Chinmoy Guha - Bengali
6. Akhai Athumniphrai (Poetry) - Phukan Ch. Basumatary - Bodo
7. Bandralta Darpan (Essays) - Om Sharma Jandriar - Dogri
8. Mojma Revu Re (Essays) - Ratilal Borisagar - Gujarati
9. Kudi Esaru (Autobiography) - Vijaya - Kannada
10. Akh Yaad Akh Qayamat (Short Stories) - Abdul Ahad Hajini - Kashmiri
11. The Words (Poetry) - Nilba A. Khandekar - Konkani
12. Jingik Oriaon Karait (Poetry) - Kumar Manish - Arvind Maithili
13. Achan Piranna Veedu (Poetry) - V. Madhusoodanan Nair - Malayalam
14. Ei Amadi Adungeigi Eethat (Novel) - L. Birmangol Singh (Beryl
Thanga) - Manipuri
15. Kadachit Ajoonahi (Poetry) - Anuradha Patil - Marathi
16. Bhaswati (Short Stories) - Tarun Kanti Mishra - Odia
17. Antheen (Short Stories) - Kirpal Kazak - Punjabi
18. Bareek Baat (Short Stories) - Ramsawroop Kisan - Rajasthani
19. Sisirjali (Short Stories) - Kali Charan Hembram - Santali
20. Jeejal (Short Stories) - Ishwar Moorjani - Sindhi
21. Sool (Novel) - Cho. Dharman - Tamil
22. Septabhoomi (Novel) - Bandi Narayana Swamy - Telugu
23. Sawaneh-E-Sir Syed: Ek Bazdeed (Biography) - Shafey Kidwai - Urdu

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Ravi Prakash
Won the BRICS-Young Innovator Prize for inventing an
affordable indigenous milk chilling unit for rural dairy farmers

Cabinet Minister - Petroleum and Natural Gas

Dharmendra Pradhan

Qatar - Prime Minister

Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani

IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2019

Rank of India - "44"
Released by IMD World Competitiveness Center

Rajasthan - Chief Minister - Ashok Gehlot

Airports Authority of India (AAI) - Chairman - Arvind Singh

Sangita Reddy – President

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry
(FICCI) for 2019-20

Chief Justice - Himachal Pradesh High court

Lingappa Narayana Swamy

Chief Minister – Haryana - Manohar Lal

Chief Minister - Puducherry - V. Narayanasamy

Governor – Himachal Pradesh - Bandaru Dattatraya

Algeria – President - Abdelmadjid Tebboune

Algeria - Prime Minister - Abdelaziz Djerad

Alphabet Inc. - CEO - Sundar Pichai

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Sarah Thomas - A breast cancer survivor

First person to swim across the English Channel four times

non-stop. Sarah Thomas swam from England to France and back -
twice - in just over 54 hours

India Innovation Index 2019

Karnataka is the most innovative major state in India &

Delhi tops among Union Territories.
Launched by NITI Aayog along with Institute for Competitiveness

Cabinet Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Rural

Development & Panchayati Raj - Narendra Singh Tomar

Indian Banks’ Association (IBA)

Chairman - Rajnish kumar
Chief Executive Officer - Sunil Mehta

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Shaktikanta Das - RBI Governor

Named Central Banker of the Year 2020 for the Asia-Pacific

region by financial intelligence magazine The Banker.

Punjab
Chief Minister - Capt. Amarinder Singh
Governor - V.P. Singh Badnore

Chief Justice - Punjab & Haryana High court

Ravi ShankerJha

India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2019

Key findings -
1. Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover in the country
2. Total forest & tree cover of the country is 80.73 million hectare
which is 24.56% of the total geographical area of the country
3. In terms of forest cover as percentage of total geographical
area, the top 5 States are :
Mizoram (85.41%), Arunachal Pradesh (79.63%), Meghalaya
(76.33%), Manipur (75.46%), Nagaland (731%)

Published by Union Ministry for Environment, Forest and Climate

Change.

Cabinet Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science and

Technology & Earth Sciences
Dr. Harsh Vardhan

Haryana – Governor - Satyadeo Narayan Arya

PNB, Oriental Bank of Commerce & United Bank have been

merged into one single bank PNB to become India's 2nd largest
public sector bank.

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Indian bank & Allahabad Bank have been merged into one
single bank to become India's 7th largest Public sector bank.

Saturn Surpasses Jupiter after The Discovery Of 20 New

Moons. So, the Saturn's total number of moons are 82 now,
surpassing Jupiter, which has 79.

Cabinet Minister - Home Affairs - Amit Shah

Governor – Rajasthan - Kalraj Mishra

Cabinet Minister - Road Transport and Highways & MSME

Nitin Jairam Gadkari

India's Statue of Unity

Became the part of Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s

8 Wonders of SCO' list.

Cabinet Minister - Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Arvind Ganpat Sawant

Indian Coast Guard - Director General - K.Natarajan

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Amitav Ghosh

Was awarded the 54th Jnanpith Award for his contribution to

the enrichment of Indian Literature in English

Ajay Tyagi
Chairman - Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

Anand Prakash Maheshwari

Director General - Central Reserve Police Force

Admiral D K Joshi
Lieutenant Governor - Andaman and Nicobar Island

Balram Bhargava
Director-General - Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Aparna Kumar

Became first IPS officer to complete Seven Summit challenge by

scaling Mt Denali which is the tallest mountain in North America

International Anti-Corruption Day - 9 December

Theme 2019 – “United Against Corruption”

Archery Association of India

President - Arjun Munda

Argentine – President - Alberto Fernández

Shefali Juneja
Appointed as India's representative in the council of
International Civil Aviation Organisation(ICAO) - A UN body

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Article 370 & Article-35-A of Indian Constitution revoked

J&K Reorganization Bill 2019 introduced

The Reorganization of Jammu and Kashmir Bill reorganizes the

state of Jammu and Kashmir into:
(i) the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir with a
legislature
(ii) the Union Territory of Ladakh without a legislature.

The Union Territory of Ladakh will comprise Kargil and Leh

districts, and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will
comprise the remaining territories of the existing state of Jammu
and Kashmir. The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be
administered by the President, through an administrator
appointed by him known as the Lieutenant Governor.
The Union Territory of Ladakh will be administered by the
President, through a Lieutenant Governor appointed by him.

Article 370 was providing special autonomous status to the Indian

state "Jammu & Kashmir" so revoking of Article 370 will revoke
the special provision which grants power to J&K to have its own
constitution.
Article 35A, which is based on Article 370, empowered the J&K
legislature to define the state's 'permanent residents' and grant
them special rights and privileges.
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International Court of Justice (ICJ)

President - Abdulqawi Ahmad Yusuf

Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries

Sanjeev Kumar Balyan

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

Secretary-General - Amjad Hussain B Sial

Shipping Corporation of India

Chairman and Managing Director - Harjeet Kaur Joshi

International Cricket Council Women's Cricket Awards 2019

ICC Women's Cricketer of the year - Ellyse Perry (Australia)

ODI Player of the Year - Ellyse Perry (Australia)
T20I Player of the Year - Alyssa Healy (Australia)
Emerging Player of the Year - Chanida Sutthiruang (Thailand)

Cabinet Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey

Andhra Pradesh
Chief Minister - YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
Governor - Biswa Bhusan Harichandan
Chief Justice High Court - J.K.Maheshwari

International Day of Education - 24 January

Theme 2019 - "Learning for People, Planet, Prosperity and Peace"

International Day of Forests - 21 March

Theme 2020 – “Forests and Biodiversity”

Prime Minister - Sri Lanka - Mahinda Rajapaksa

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International Tennis Federation's (ITF)

World Champions 2019

Men Singles - Rafael Nadal (Spain)

Women Singles - Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
Women Doubles - Timea Babos (Hungary) and
Kristina Mladenovic (France)
Men Doubles - Juan Sebastian Cabal and
Robert Farah (Colombia)
Men’s Wheelchair - Gustavo Fernandez (Argentina)
Women’s Wheelchair - Diede de Groot (Netherland)
Quad - Dylan Alcott (Australia)

Brand Ambassador - National Anti-Doping Agency(NADA)

Suniel Shetty

International Women's Day - 8 March

Theme 2020 - “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women's
Rights”

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Prime Minister – South Korea

Chung Sye-kyun

Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB)

Chairman - Sunil Arora (Chief Election Commissioner India)

Governor - Assam
Jagdish Mukhi

International Day of Peace - 21 September

Theme for 2019 - "Climat Action for Peace"

Chairman - Staff Selection Commission

Braj Raj Sharma

Attorney General of India - K K Venugopal

Managing Director - State Bank of India

Dinesh Kumar Khara

Director - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy

Atul Karwal

Governor-General of Australia
David Hurley

International Day of the Girl Child - 11 October

Theme 2019 – “Girl Force: Unscripted and Unstoppable”

Managing Director - International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Kristalina Georgieva

President - International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Thomas Bach
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International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards 2019

Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for Best Cricketer of the Year

Ben Stokes (England)

ODI Cricketer of the Year – Rohit Sharma (India)

Test Cricketer of the Year – Pat Cummins (Australia)

T20I Performance of the Year – Deepak Chahar (India)

Emerging Cricketer of the Year–Marnus Labuschagne (Australia)

Associate Cricketer of the Year – Kyle Coetzer (Scotland)

Spirit of Cricket Award – Virat Kohli stopping the fans booing
Steve Smith at the Oval
David Shepherd Trophy for Umpire of the Year - Richard
Illingworth

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AWaRe
A tool launched by WHO which classifies antibiotics into 3 groups
-
1. Access — antibiotics used to treat the most common and
serious infections.
2. Watch — antibiotics available at all times in the healthcare
system.
3. Reserve — antibiotics to be used sparingly or preserved and
used only as a last resort.

International Literacy Day - 8th September

Theme of 2019 - "Literacy and Multilingualism"

President - Sudan
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan

Chancellor - Austria
Sebastian Kurz

Jair Bolsonaro - President Brazil

Chief Guest at India's Republic Day celebrations 2020

Managing Director - State Bank of India

Challa Sreenivasulu Setty

International Youth Day 2019 - 12 August

Theme 2019 – “Transforming Education”

Minister of State (Independent Charge)

Statistics and Program Implementation Planning
Rao Inderjit Singh

President - Switzerland
Simonetta Sommaruga
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Minister of State (Independent Charge)

Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homoeopathy (AYUSH)
Santosh Kumar Gangwar

Booker Prize 2019

Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo have been

named the joint winners of the 2019 Booker Prize after the
judges broke their rules by declaring a tie.
"The Testaments" was written by Margaret Atwood &
"Girl,Women,Other" was written by Bernardine Evaristo.
The Booker rules say the prize must not be divided, but the judges
insisted they "couldn't separate" the two works.

Emperor of Japan - Naruhito

Governor – Tamil Nadu - Banwarilal Purohit

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BBC’s 100 ‘Novels That Shaped Our World’ list

Indian Authors like Arundhati Roy (The God of small things),

R K Narayan (Swami and Friends), Salman Rushdie
(The Moor's Last sigh), Vikram Seth (A Suitable Boy) &
S.Naipaul ( A House for Mr Biswas) are among 100 writers who
have featured in this list.

Lieutenant Governor - Jammu and Kashmir (UT)

Girish Chandra Murmu

State Bank of India has become the first Indian Bank to open
a branch in Melbourne (Australia)

“Being Gandhi”
A Book written by award winning author Paro Anand.

Prime Minister – Belgium

Sophie Wilmès

Sunil Kumar
Chairman & Managing Director – MTNL

Cabinet Minister - Jal Shakti

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

“Big Billion Startup: The untold Flipkart Story”

Written by Mihir Dalal

Bharatiya POSHAN anthem

The aim of the POSHAN Anthem is to inspire people to join the
movement to fight the issue of malnutrition and make India
malnutrition free.

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Tejas Express

Operated by Indian Railway Catering and Tourism

Corporation (IRCTC)
Indian Railways’ first private semi-high speed train
Has become the first of its kind to announce compensation in
case of any delays in running.

Chief Justice of Bombay High court

(with Jurisdiction over Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman
and Diu, Maharashtra)
Dipankar Datta

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

Chairman & Managing Director - Nalin Shinghal

Jharkhand
Chief Minister - Hemant Soren
Governor - Droupadi Murmu
Chief Justice - High Court - Ravi Ranjan

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The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2019

The Bill increases the number of Judges in the Supreme

Court from 30 to 33 (excluding the Chief Justice of India).
This Bill amends the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act,
1956.

Time magazine's Businessperson of the Year for 2019

Bob Iger - Chairman of The Walt Disney Company

Jasprit Bumrah
joins Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan as the 3rd Indian
bowler to register a hat-trick in the test cricket format
(against West Indies, held in Kingston jamaica)

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Karnataka
Chief Minister - B. S. Yediyurappa
Governor - Vajubhai Vala
Chief Justice – High Court - Abhay Shreeniwas Oka

Jyoti Sharma

Lt Col Jyoti Sharma appointed as Army's first female Judge

Advocate General Officer to be deployed on a foreign
mission. She will be appointed as the military legal expert with
the government of seychelles.

Telangana

Chief Minister - K Chandrasekhar Rao

Governor - Tamilisai Soundararajan
Chief Justice – High Court - Raghvendra Singh Chauhan

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd

Chairman & Managing Director - Pravin Kumar Purwar

Bolivia – President - Jeanine Áñez

“Bridgital Nation”
A book authored by Chairman of Tata Sons, N Chandrasekaran
and an eminent industralist Roopa Purushothaman

Kerala

Chief Minister - Pinarayi Vijayan

Governor - Arif Mohammed Khan
Chief Justice – High Court - S.Manikumar

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The Best FIFA Football Awards 2019

The Best FIFA Men's Player - Lionel Messi (Argentina)

The Best FIFA Women's Player - Megan Rapinoe (USA)

The Best FIFA Men's Coach - Jurgen Klopp

The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper – Alisson (Brazil)

The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper - Sari van

Veenendaal (Netherlands)

Director-General - Border Security Force (BSF)

V K Johri

Brazil – President - Jair Bolsonaro

The International Day of Yoga - 21 June

Theme 2019 – “Yoga for Climate Action”

Cabinet Secretary of India - Rajiv Gauba

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The Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment)

Bill, 2019

It amends the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act, 1951.

It provides for the construction of a National Memorial in
memory of those killed on April 13, 1919 in Jallianwala
Bagh

Kazakhstan
President - Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Prime Minister - Askar Mamin

91st Interpol General Assembly 2022

Host Country - India

Khelo India Youth Games 2020 - 3rd Season

Winner – Maharashtra
Followed by Haryana (2) and Delhi (3)

CAG Rajiv Mehrishi

Elected external auditor of WHO.

Rajiv Mehrishi was elected at the 72nd World Health
Assembly in Geneva last month with a majority.

Bihar
Chief Minister - Nitish Kumar
Governor - Phagu Chauhan

Lieutenant Governor - Ladakh - Radha Krishna Mathur

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The Global Risks Report 2020 – 15th Edition

Released by World Economic Forum

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The Pink City - World Heritage Site

Jaipur has been certified by the United Nations

Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) as the World Heritage Site.

Kosovo - Prime Minister - Albin Kurti

Cameroon - Prime Minister - Joseph Ngute

Minister of State (Independent Charge)

Labour and Employment
Santosh Kumar Gangwar

CARTOSAT-3 Launch

ISRO launched advanced earth imaging and mapping

satellite CARTOSAT-3 and 13 other nano-satellites from
Sriharikota.
The PSLV-C47 carried the CARTOSAT-3 satellite along with
the other commercial nano-satellites for US.

Canara Bank
Canara Bank & Syndicate Bank have been merged into
one single bank – Canara Bank to become India's 4th
largest public sector bank.

Prime Minister - Kuwait

Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

Director - Rishi Kumar Shukla
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British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)

2020 Winners

Best Film - 1917

Best Director - Sam Mendes (Movie - 1917)

Best Actress in a Leading Role - Renee Zellweger (Movie-Judy)

Best Actor in a Leading Role - Joaquin Phoenix (Movie-Joker)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Brad Pitt

(Movie-Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Laura Dern

(Movie-Marriage Story)

Best Original Screenplay - Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won

(Movie-Parasite)

Outstanding British Film - 1917

Best Animated Film - Klaus

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Central Board of Film Certification

New logo and Certificate design were unveiled by Union

Minister for Information & Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar

Minister of State (Independent Charge)

Labour and Employment
Shripad Naik

Time magazine's Guardians of the Year for 2019

“The Public Servants - Federal workers of the US”

For the first time, Time magazine has chosen the most
influential person in a range of fields.

Administrator – Lakshadweep - Dineshwar Sharma

Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)

Director-General - Rajesh Ranjan

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

Director-General - Prakash Maheshwari

President - Latvia - Egils Levits

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The World's 100 Most Powerful Women - Forbes

Four Indian women feature in the list

Rank 34 - India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Rank 54 - Roshni Nadar Malhotra, CEO, HCL
Rank 65 - Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Head, Biocon
Rank 96 - Renuka Jagtiani, Chairman, Landmark Group

Rank 1 - Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany

Rank 2 - Christine Lagarde, President, European Central Bank
Rank 3 - Nancy Pelosi, Speaker, United States

“they”

Neutral pronoun 'they' has been voted as word of the

decade by the US language experts.

Chairman - Rajya Sabha

Shri Venkaiah Naidu

Cabinet Minister
Law and Justice, Communications,
Electronics and Information Technology
Ravi Shankar Prasad

Thomas Dennerby
Indian head coach - Women's U-17 football team

Chandrayaan-2
Launched by GSLV MkIII-M1 vehicle from Satish Dhawan
Space Center at Sriharikota

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Lalit Kala Akademi Awards

President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the 61st annual

awards of the National Lalit Kala Akademi for their
outstanding work in the field of art. The awardees are –

1. Anoop Kumar Manzukhi Gopi from Thrissur, Kerala

2. David Malakar Kolkata from West Bengal
3. Devendra Kumar Khare from Vadodara, Gujarat
4. Dinesh Pandya Mumbai from Maharashtra
5. Faruque Ahmed Halder from West Bengal, Kolkata
6. Hari Ram Kumbhawat from Jaipur, Rajasthan
7. Keshari Nandan Prasad from Jaipur, Rajasthan
8. Mohan Kumar T Bengaluru from Karnataka
9. Ratan Krishna Saha Mumbai from Maharashtra
10. Sagar Vasant Kamble Mumbai from Maharashtra
11. Satwinder Kaur from New Delhi
12. Sunil Thiruvayur Ernakulam from Kerala
13. Yashpal Singh from Delhi
14. Tejaswi Narayan Sonawane Solapur from Maharashtra
15. Yashwant Singh from Delhi

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Lessons Life Taught Me, Unknowingly: An Autobiography

Written by Bollywood Actor Anupam Kher

Prime Minister - Lebanon - Hassan Diab

Chandigarh – Administrator - V.P. Singh Badnore

Time magazine's Entertainer of the Year for 2019

Lizzo - Singer

“Listening, Learning and Leading: The Impact of Catholic

Identity and Mission”
A book based on M. Venkaiah Naidu’s two years in office
as Vice President of India.

Chandrima Shaha
1st woman president of Indian National Science
Academy

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Top 10 Risks of the year 2020

A report by Eurasia Group
1. RIGGED! WHO GOVERNS THE US?
2. THE GREAT DECOUPLING
3. US/CHINA
4. MNCS NOT TO THE RESCUE
5. INDIA GETS MODI-FIED
6. GEOPOLITICAL EUROPE
7. POLITICS VS. ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
8. SHIA CRESCENDO
9. DISCONTENT IN LATIN AMERICA
10. TURKEY

Eurasia Group places India as

5th highest geopolitical risk in 2020 list.
It said that in its second term, the Narendra Modi-led NDA
government’s “social” policies were affecting India’s
economic agenda and foreign policy image.

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Lokpal Logo & Motto introduced

The Chairman of Lokpal, Justice (retired) Pinaki Chandra

Ghose launched the new logo and motto.
The logo contains ombudsman(Judges’ Bench), people
(three human figures), vigilance(Ashoka Chakra forming
an eye), law(a shape of book) &
judicial(two tri-color hands placed below in a unique
balance).

The motto of Lokpal is “मा गृधः कस्यस्विद्धनम्” (Do not be

greedy for anyone’s wealth) taken from one portion of the
1st sloka of ‘Ishabasoupanishad’.

Tripura
Chief Minister - Biplab Kumar Deb
Governor - Ramesh Bais
Chief Justice High Court - Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi

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M.C.Mary Kom
Included in a 10-member athlete ambassadors group by
International Olympic Committee(IOC) to represent
boxers in the next year’s Tokyo Olympics.

Chhattisgarh
Chief Minister - Bhupesh Baghel
Governor - Anusuiya Uikey
Chief Justice High Court - P. R. Ramachandra Menon

President – Lithuania - Gitanas Nausėda

Cabinet Minister - Chemicals and Fertilizers

D.V. Sadananda Gowda

Director General of Military Operations (DGMO)

Lt Gen Paramjit Singh

Tunisia
President - Kais Saied
Prime Minister - Elyes Fakhfakh

Cabinet Minister - Tribal Affairs

Arjun Munda

Krishnamurthy Subramanian
Chief Economic Adviser - India

Lt Col Yuvraj Malik

Director - National Book Trust

President – Uruguay - Luis Lacalle Pou

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Chief of the Naval Staff

Admiral Karambir Singh

Chief of the Army Staff

General Manoj Mukund Naravane

Chief of the Air Staff

Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria

“Turbulence and Triumph: The Modi Years”

Book authored by Rahul Agarwal and Bharathi S Pradhan

Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister - Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Governor - Lal Ji Tandon
Chief Justice High Court - Ajay Kumar Mittal

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Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) India

Sanjay Kothari

Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) India

Bimal Julka

Chief Election Commissioner - India

Sunil Arora

Ukraine
President - Volodymyr Zelensky
Prime Minister - Denys Shmyhal
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UNICEF-2019 Award for Swachh Bharat Implementation

Winner - Kamareddy district - Telangana for effective

implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission in water
sanitation and hygiene sectors.

Union Bank of India

Union Bank of India, Andhra Bank & Corporation Bank
have been merged into one single bank Union Bank to
become India's 5th largest public sector bank.

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Executive Director - Henrietta H. Fore

United Nations Organisation (UNO)

Secretary-General - Antonio Guterres

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Organization (UNESCO)
Director General - Audrey Azoulay

Maha Vikas Aghadi

Name given to alliance of Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress

Cipla chairman Yusuf Hamied has been elected an

Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society, U.K. for his service
to the cause of science

Malta
President - George Vella
Prime Minister - Robert Abela

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Malala Yousafzai

Declared as "Most Famous teenager of The Decade"

by the United Nations in its "Decade in Review" report.

Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) - India

Rajiv Mehrishi

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)

Chairman - Arvind Saxena

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

CEO - Pankaj Kumar

Climate Change Performance Index 2020 (CCPI)

Rank of India - 9
India, for the first time, ranks among the top 10 in the
Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) at the COP25
climate summit at Madrid, Spain.

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Chinese Mascot of 2022 Winter Olympics

"Bing Dwen Dwen" - a cute chubby panda wearing a
space suit

Chinese Mascot of 2022 Winter Paralympic

"Shuey Rhon Rhon" - a red Chinese lantern

Prime Minister – United Kingdom

Boris Johnson

Prime Minister - Malaysia

Muhyiddin Yassin

Coal India Ltd.

Chairman and Managing Director - Pramod Agrawal

Maharashtra
Chief Minister - Uddhav Thackeray
Governor - Bhagat Singh Koshyari

Chief Justice – Madras high Court

Amreshwar Pratap Sahi
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Time magazine's Athlete of the Year for 2019

“United States women's national soccer team”
For the first time, Time magazine has chosen the most
influential person in a range of fields.

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United Nations honoured Five Indian women police

officers for their commendable services in the world
body's mission in South Sudan.

They are Reena Yadav(Chandigarh), Gopika

Jahagirdar(Maharashtra), Bharati Samantray(MHA),
Ragini Kumari(MHA) and Kamal Shekhawat(Rajasthan)

Manipur
Chief Minister - N. Biren Singh
Governor - Dr. Najma Heptulla

Controller General of Accounts (CGA) India

Soma Roy Burman

Constitution Day - 26 November

Also known as National Law Day or Samvidhan Divas

Celebrated to commemorate the adoption of the
Constitution of India. In 2019, it marks the 70th
anniversary of the adoption of the constitution.

Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution

Cabinet Minister - Ramvilas Paswan

Brand Ambassador - Tribes India

MC Mary Kom

President – Mauritius - Pritvirajsing Roopun

President – Croatia - Zoran Milanović

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US Open 2019 Men's Singles

Winner - Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Runner Up - Daniil Medvedev (Russia)

US Open 2019 Women's Singles

Winner - Bianca Andreescu (Canada)
Runner Up - Serena Williams (USA)

US Open 2019 Men's Doubles

Winner - Juan Sebastián Cabal (Colombia) &
Robert Farah (Colombia)

US Open 2019 Women's Doubles

Winner - Elise Mertens (Belgium) &
Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)

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Utkarsh 2022

Launched by RBI, a three- year roadmap, Utkarsh 2022 is

a medium-term strategy in line with the global central banks’
plan to strengthen the regulatory and supervisory
mechanism. It has been launched to achieve excellence in
the performance of RBI's mandates and strengthening the
trust of citizens and other institutions.

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Administrator - Praful Khoda Patel

Cricket Advisory Committee - BCCI

New Chairman - National Selection Panel - Sunil Joshi

Meghalaya
Chief Minister - Conrad Kongkal Sangma
Governor - Tathagata Roy
Chief Justice High Court - Biswanath Somadder

Prime Minister – Cuba - Manuel Marrero Cruz

Damini
A helpline service launched by Uttar Pradesh State Road
Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) for the safety of the
women passengers.

Minister of State (Independent Charge)

Culture & Tourism - Prahalad Singh Patel

Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister - Yogi Aditya Nath
Governor - Anandiben Patel

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Vande Bharat Express

Also known as Train 18
Flagged off by Home Minister Amit Shah, it will operate
between New Delhi and Katra

Michael Debaprata Patra

Appointed Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India

“Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion's Life”

Viswanathan Anand launches his autobiography 'Mind

Master',co-authored by sports journalist Susan Ninan.

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Deepa Malik

President - Paralympic committee of India

Vidisha Baliyan

Won the Miss Deaf World Contest 2019 and

became the first ever Indian to be crowned as a Miss Deaf
World.

Uttarakhand
Chief Minister - Trivendra Singh Rawat
Governor - Baby Rani Maurya

Defence Minister - Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh became the first Indian defence Minister to
fly in the indigenously built light combat aircraft (LCA)
Tejas. He flew in the Tejas fighter aircraft from HAL airport
in Bengaluru.

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Miami Open 2019 Men's Singles

Winner - Roger Federer (Switzerland)
Runner Up - John Isner (USA)

Miami Open 2019 Women's Singles

Winner - Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
Runner Up - Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic)

Miami Open 2019 Men's Doubles

Winner - Bob Bryan (USA) &
Mike Bryan (USA)

Miami Open 2019 Women's Doubles

Winner - Elise Mertens (Belgium) &
Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)

Vice-President of India - M. Venkaiah Naidu

Cabinet Minister - Minority Affairs

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Delhi
Chief Minister - Arvind Kejriwal
Lieutenant Governor - Anil Baijal
Chief Justice High Court - Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel

India's batting coach - Vikram Rathour

Virat Kohli

Named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

(PETA) India's Person of the Year 2019

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Moti Bagh - Nominated for Oscars

A documentary film based on the struggle of a farmer in

a remote Uttarakhand village

Democracy Index 2019 released by

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

Rank of India - 51 out of 167 countries

Rank 1 - Norway
The index is based on five categories - electoral process and
pluralism; the functioning of government; political
participation; political culture; and civil liberties.

Mizoram
Chief Minister - Pu Zoramthanga
Governor - P.S. Sreedharan Pillai

Prime Minister – Denmark - Mette Frederiksen

National Cricket Academy – Head - Rahul Dravid

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Miss India 2019

Suman Rao from Rajasthan won the Femina Miss India

World 2019 beauty pageant.

Walmart India CEO - Sameer Aggarwal

West Bengal
Chief Minister - Mamata Banerjee
Governor - Jagdeep Dhankhar

Minister of State (Independent Charge)

Development of North Eastern Region
Dr. Jitendra Singh

Vivekadeepini
Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu released a
book titled Vivekadeepini. It was initially written by Adi
Shankaracharya who is one of Indias greatest spiritual and
literary geniuses.

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Wimbledon 2019
133rd edition of the tournament

Wimbledon 2019 Men's Singles

Winner - Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Runner Up - Roger Federer (Switzerland)

Wimbledon 2019 Women's Singles

Winner - Simona Halep (Romania)
Runner Up - Serena Williams (USA)

Wimbledon 2019 Men's Doubles

Winner - Juan Sebastian Cabal (Colombia) &
Robert Farah (Colombia)

Wimbledon 2019 Women's Doubles

Winner - Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic) &
Hsieh Su-Wei (Taiwan)

Devesh Srivastava
Chairman & MD - General Insurance Corporation

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Mo O'brien
Became the First deaf person to row across the Atlantic
Ocean.

Nagaland
Chief Minister - Neiphiu Rio
Governor - R. N. Ravi

Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan

U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated Indian-

American computer scientist Sethuraman Panchanathan
to the prestigious National Science Foundation.
lead

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)

Arun Kumar

“Dreams of a Billion: India and the Olympic Games”

Book authored by Boria Majumdar

Dr. Tessy Thomas a.k.a. Missile Woman of India

Inaugurated the Women Science Congress at the Indian
Science Congress in Bengaluru.

Narinder Batra
President - Indian Olympic Association

Has been elected as a member of the

International Olympic Committee.

President – World Bank - David Malpass

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Namaste Trump
An event organized by India to welcome United States of
America President Donald Trump at world’s biggest
cricket stadium in Gujarat.

Namma Kolhapuri Chappal

The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade

Marks (CGPDTM) has granted
Geographical Indication (GI) tag
for Kolhapuri Chappal.
The approval for GI tag was jointly received by Karnataka
and Maharashtra.

Cabinet Minister - Women and Child Development

Smriti Zubin Irani

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)

Chairperson - H L Dattu

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Women on Board 2020 Rankings

Rank of India - 12
Rank 1 - Norway
The study is based on the presence of women in companies
board globally.

Wisden Cricketers of the Decade

Virat Kohli - India

Dale Steyn - South Africa
AB de Villiers - South Africa
Steve Smith - Australia
Ellyse Perry - The only female cricketer in the list –
Australia

World AIDS Day - 1 December

Theme 2019 – “Communities make the difference”

e-MASIHA
India became the first country to make Haj digital through
Haj mobile app 'e-MASIHA'.

National Security Adviser India - Ajit Doval

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ESPN India Awards 2019

Sportsperson of the Year (Male) - Neeraj Chopra

(athletics)
Sportsperson of the Year (Female) - P V Sindhu
(badminton)

Comeback of the Year - Saina Nehwal (badminton)

Coach of the Year - Jaspal Rana (shooting)

Emerging Sportsperson of the Year - Saurabh Chaudhary

(shooting)
Team of the Year - Women’s team (table tennis)
Match of the Year - Amit Panghal vs Hasanboy Dusmatov
(boxing)
Differently abled athlete of the Year - Ekta Bhyan
(para-athletics)
Moment of the Year - Women’s 4x400m relay
Lifetime Achievement Award - Pradip Kumar Banerjee
(football)

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The International Association of Athletics Federations

(IAAF)
Has changed its name and will now called as
World Athletics.

World Bank
Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer
Anshula Kant (Former MD SBI)

England cricket greats Geoffrey Boycott and Andrew

Strauss have been given "Knighthoods" by British
Prime Minister Theresa May in her resignation honours
list. They both received the honour for their services to sport
after outstanding careers for England.

National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog

Chairperson – Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Vice Chairperson - Rajiv Kumar

Cabinet Minister – External Affairs - S.Jaishankar

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National Investigation Agency (NIA)

Director-General - Y C Modi

Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Minister of State - Babul Supriyo

European Central Bank - President

Christine Lagarde (Former Managing Director IMF)

National Register of Citizens(NRC)

A register of all Indian citizens.

Purpose is to document all the legal citizens of India so that
the illegal migrants can be identified and deported.

National Science Day - 28 February

Theme 2020 - "Women in Science"

World Bank's Ease of Doing Business 2020 report

Rank of India - 63 out of 190 countries

New Zealand has topped the Ease of Doing Business rankings

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World Breastfeeding Week (WBW)

Was observed from 1st to 7th August 2019
Theme 2019 – “Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding”

European Commission
President - Ursula von der Leyen

National Security Guard (NSG)

Director-General - Anup Kumar Singh

FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019

United States won the FIFA World Cup by defeating
Netherlands. It was held in Lyon, France

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World Diabetes Day - 14 November

Theme 2019 – “Family and Diabetes”

FIFA world Rankings 2020

Rank of India - 108
Rank 1 retained by Belgium followed by France, Brazil,
England & Uruguay.

Cabinet Minister - Finance & Corporate Affairs

Nirmala Sitharaman

National Sports Awards 2019

Dronacharya Award (Regular Category)
1. Vimal Kumar (Badminton)
2. Sandeep Gupta (Table Tennis)
3. Mohinder Singh Dhillon (Athletics)

United Kingdom
Finance Minister - Rishi Sunak

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National Sports Awards 2019-Head of selection committee

Justice Mukundakam Sharma

World Cancer Day - 10 February

Theme 2020 - "I Am and I Will"

World day against Child Labour - 12 June

Theme 2019 – “Children shouldn't work in fields, but on

dreams”

Prime Minister - Finland

Sanna Marin - Finland's youngest-ever prime minister

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World Games Athlete of the Year award

Indian Women's team captain Rani Rampal became the

1st-ever hockey player worldwide to win this prestigious
award.

World Consumer Rights Day - 15 March

Theme 2020 – “Sustainable Consumer”

Cabinet Minister India

Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Information and Broadcasting
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Prakash Javadekar

Minister of State – Finance & Corporate Affairs

Anurag Thakur

National Voters' Day - 25 January

Theme 2019 - "Electoral Literacy for Stronger Democracy"

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Forbes Highest paid Actors list 2019

Bollywood Actor Akshay Kumar has made it to the

4th position on the Forbes magazine's worlds Highest-
Paid Actors 2019 list.

Hollywood star Dwayne Johnson tops the Forbes list of

10 highest paid actors. The list is as follows –
1. Dwayne Johnson
2. Chris Hemsworth
3. Robert Downey Jr.
4. Akshay Kumar
5. Jackie Chan
6. Bradley Cooper (tie)
6. Adam Sandler (tie)
8. Chris Evans
9. Paul Rudd
10. Will Smith

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

Director General - Jose Graziano da Silva

New Chief Executive Officer & President of Nokia

Pekka Lundmark

Solicitor General of India - Tushar Mehta

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