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Dear Aspirants,This is the informationage and knowledge hasno limit. Gone are thedays when people usedto depend solely onlibraries and books togain knowledge. Themeans of procuringknowledge andaccessing informationhas undergone a seachange with the adventof computers, internetand smart phones. Theinternet is the biggestlibrary ever created in human history andseemingly presents itself as an unlimited and evergrowing store of knowledge and information.So when my team approached me with the ideaof a current affairs magazine of ARIFIN thefirst question I asked myself was why? Whatdifference can we make?There are the news papers, a plethora of similarnational level magazines and of course theinternet which serve the purpose already.The reason I gave my nod was simple.

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1.BANKING & FINANCE

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2.STATE AFFAIRS

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3.NATIONAL NEWS

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4.GLOBAL NEWS

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5.PEOPLE IN NEWS

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6.SPORTSPage-14

7.AWARDSPage-16

8.Know more about Kerala

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9.GK/CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

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10.FUN TIME LESSON

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NOVEMBER 2019Current Affairs Magazine

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BANKING & FINANCEPSBs introduce repo linked loan products Several public sector banks such as Canara

Bank, Union Bank of India, Corporation Bank,and Indian Overseas Bank announced repo-ratelinked lending rates for faster transmission ofinterest rate cut to borrowers.

RBI made it mandatory for banks to link interestrates for retail and micro, small and mediumenterprise loans to external benchmarks fromOctober 1. The external benchmark home loanlending rate is typically 8.25-8.30 per cent forthese banks.

SBI opens office in Melbourne State Bank of India opened its Melbourne office,

becoming the first Indian bank to have a branchin the Australian state of Victoria.

The Melbourne office will assist the growingtrade and investment relations between Victoriaand India, and is the outcome of the state’s 10-year India strategy.

Axis Bank launches Express FD Private sector lender Axis Bank announced the

launch of a digital fixed-deposit product. Called‘Express FD’. A customer can open an ExpressFD account in three minutes through the digitalmode without opening a savings account withthe bank.

WTO cuts global trade growth forecast to 1.2percent The World Trade Organisation (WTO), cut global

trade growth forecasts for 2019 to 1.2 per cent,from the earlier 2.6 per cent.

WTO cut rates mainly due to trade tensions andsluggish global economy.

Global trade growth is projected to grow at 2.7per cent in 2020, down from the previousprojection of 3 per cent.

Standard & Poor’s slashes India growthforecast for FY20 to 6.3 percent S&P Global Ratings reduced India’s growth

projection for 2019-20 from 7.1% to 3%. For 2020-21 S&P forecasted India’s growth rate

to 7%. Standard & Poor ’s Financial Services

LLC(S&P) is an American financial servicescompany.

Opening up of commercial coal mining to 100%FDI unlikely to boost sector The central government’s decision to allow up

to 100 per cent foreign direct investment for anycommercial coal mining project does not meana ready flow of such money, says a study.

As global capital flees thermal coal, the time isnot congenial to attract foreign investment.Leading global investors are moving towardsrenewable energy (RE), says the Delhi-basedCentre for Financial Accountability.

RBI reduces repo rate by 25 basis points in4th Bi-monthly Monetary Policy In its 4th Bi-monthly Monetary Policy

Committee meeting, the Reserve Bank of Indiahas reduced the policy repo rate by 25 basispoints (bps).

The MPC has also decided to maintain theaccommodative stance of monetary policy. Themain decisions taken in the 4th Bi-monthlyMonetary Policy Committee meeting are:

The repo rate under the liquidity adjustmentfacility (LAF) was reduced from 5.40% to5.15%.

The reverse repo rate under the LAF standsrevised to 4.90%.

The marginal standing facility (MSF) rate andthe Bank Rate is revised to 5.40%.

RBI has also reduced the real GDP growth for2019-20 from 6.9% to 6.1%.

Moody’s cuts India’s GDP growth forecast to5.8% for FY20 Moody, the rating agency has lowered its 2019-

20 GDP growth forecast for India to 5.8% from6.2%.

It stated that the Indian economy is experiencinga pronounced slowdown partly due to long-lasting factors.

Yes Bank Ltd appoints Anita Pai as COO Yes Bank Ltd has appointed Anita Pai as the

Chief Operating Officer and Jasneet Bachal asthe Chief Marketing Officer of the bank. Theappointments has been made to fur therstrengthen the top management at the bank.

ICICI Bank launches new FD scheme “FDhealth” ICICI Bank has launched a fixed deposit scheme

called FD Health, that comes with an in-builtcritical insurance policy. The FD Health – Criticalillness Cover will be provided to only the primaryholder of the FD account.

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this complimentary insurance cover for a yearon 33 critical illnesses. For the first year, free ofcost insurance cover will be provided which canbe renewed later.

The new FD scheme from ICICI bank offers acomplimentary critical illness cover of Rs. 1 lakhfrom ICICI Lombard General InsuranceCompany on opening an FD of Rs. 2 lakh to Rs.3 lakh for a tenure of at least two years.

IMF cuts World and India growth rates The World Bank-International Monetary Fund

(IMF) annual meetings kicked off on a sombernote, with the IMF downgrading global growthin 2019 to 3%, the slowest since the globalfinancial crisis.

India’s growth projections have also beendowngraded to 6.1% and 7.0% in 2019 and 2020respectively, down by 1.2 percentage points and0.5 percentage points relative to April projections,owing to weaker than expected domesticdemand. India’s growth rate in the April-Junequarter had hit 5%, the lowest in six years, asper government data. Consumption, investmentand exports were down.

The IMF projected the U.S. would grow at 2.4%and 2.1% in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

For China, growth was projected to grow at6.1% and 5.8% in 2019 and 2020.

Exim Bank Issues First Socially ResponsibleBond Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank),

India’s premier export finance institution, issuedits first ever USD-denominated SociallyResponsible Bond for $50 million.

The bond is significant as it marks the firstissuance by Exim Bank to tap investors seekingmore socially responsible investment options.

The three year $50m dollar SR Bond was issuedat a fixed coupon of 2.385% per annum.

e-invoicing will be a game-changer for GST The GST Council has approved the introduction

of ‘E-invoicing’ or ‘electronic invoicing’ forbusiness to business (B2B) transactions fromJanuary 1, 2020. Once implemented, it can helparrest tax evasion as it enables pre-populatingof GST returns with the e-invoice details. Returnfiling will also become simpler with reconciliationbecoming easier.

SBI Card launches contactless mobile phonepayments facility SBI Card announced the launch of ‘SBI Card

Pay’, a feature which allows contactlesspayment using mobile phones at PoS terminals.

Using SBI Card Pay, customers can makecontactless payments at near fieldcommunication (NFC) enabled point of saleterminals with just one tap of their mobiles,without using the physical credit card or enteringany PIN.

SBI Card Pay is a payment feature based onHost Card Emulation (HCE) technology forfaster, convenient and more secure cardpayments using mobile phones.

STATE AFFAIRSOdisha bans single use plastic from 2ndOctober The Odisha government has banned single use

plastic in all urban areas of the state from GandhiJayanti.

The State Forest and Environment Departmentin a notification stated the government hasprohibited manufacture, sale, trade, import,storage, transportation and distribution of singleuse plastics.

Andhra Pradesh CM launches VillageSecretariat system Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan

Mohan Reddy inaugurated the VillageSecretariat system at Karapa village nearKakinada in Andhra Pradesh.

These institutions would act as a bridge betweenthe government and the people by rendering over500 types of services at their doorstep.

The village and ward secretariats startfunctioning in a full-fledged manner from January1, 2020

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launches ‘MoSarkar’ initiative Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik rolled

out ‘Mo Sarkar’ programme which finds its rootsin the Gandhian philosophy of giving people theirvoice in daily governance.

The objective of ‘Mo Sarkar’ is to improvegovernance by collecting feedback on behaviourand professionalism displayed by theGovernment officers.


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“Mo Sarkar’ programme has been launched in21 district headquarters hospitals and medicalcolleges at Cuttack, Sambalpur and Berhampur.

Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh launches‘YSR Vahana Mitra’ Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y.S. Jagan

Mohan Reddy will launch the “YSR VahanaMitra scheme” in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh.

Under which the government will providefinancial assistance of Rs 10,000 per annum toowner-driver of an auto-rickshaw, or taxicab withthe aim to meet their insurance premium, licencefee and other recurring expenses.

India’s first e-waste clinic to be set up in Bhopal The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) and

the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)have joined hands to set up the country’s first e-waste clinic in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

This clinic would enable segregation, processingand disposal of waste from both household andcommercial units.

The electronic waste will be collected door-to-door or can be deposited directly at the clinic inexchange for a fee.

Andhra Pradesh hikes aid for farmers underRythu Bharosa scheme A day ahead of the launch of YSR Rythu

Bharosa, a financial assistance scheme forfarmers, of the Andhra Pradesh governmentdecided to increase the assistance to Rs 13,500per annum from Rs 12,500 as envisaged earlier.

Kerala extends maternity leave benefits toteachers, other staff of private educational in In a path-breaking development, Kerala is

extending maternity leave benefits to teachersand other staff of private educational institutions,including those in the unaided sector.

The Central Government has approved theKerala Government’s decision to bring theseteachers and employees under the MaternityBenefit Act.

No govt. jobs in Assam for people with more

than two children The State Cabinet of Assam has decided to make

government jobs out of bounds for people withmore than 2 children.

The policy will come into effect from January 1,2021.

The Cabinet also adopted a new land policy thatwill make the landless indigenous people eligiblefor 3 bighas (43,200 sq. ft.) of land for farmingand half a bigha for constructing a house. Thebeneficiary will be able to sell the given landonly after 15 years of use.

First-ever Ladakh Literature Festival Ladakh administration is organizing the first-ever

Ladakh Literature festival. The 3-day LiteratureFestival is being organized from 29 to 31 October2019.

The first-ever Ladakh Literature festival aimsto celebrate the uniqueness of the region in thefields of Art, Culture and Literature.

There will be screenings of Ladakhi films,discussions on Heritage and presentations onHistory and Archeology of Ladakh, during thefestival.

Manohar Lal Khattar sworn in as CM ofHaryana for a second term Senior BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar was

sworn in as the chief minister of Haryana forsecond straight time, with the support ofDushyant Chautala led Jannayak Janta Party.

Dushyant Chautala took oath as deputy chiefminister of Haryana. Governor administered himthe oath of office and secrecy at a function atRaj Bhavan in Chandigarh.

CM Patnaik launches ‘Odisha Mo Parivar’programme Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik

launched “Odisha Mo Parivar” (Odisha, MyFamily) programme.

It is a social service initiative aimed atencouraging environment protection, blooddonation and the welfare of Odias in distress.

NATIONAL NEWSKerala tops NITI Aayog’s education ranking,Uttar Pradesh placed at bottom. Kerala and Rajasthan have emerged as States

with the best quality of school education in thecountry, with scores of 76.6% and 72.9%respectively, in the NITI Aayog’s rankings ofSchool Education Quality Index (SEQI).

Uttar Pradesh scored the lowest among 20 largeStates, with just 36.4%. Among small States,

Arunachal Pradesh had lower scores. Among Union Territories, Chandigarh topped

with a score of over 80% and Lakshadweepscores lowest.

The SEQI has assessed each state on 30parameters under four domain- Learningoutcomes, Access outcomes, Infrastructure &facilities for outcomes and Equity outcomes.


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Trinmool-ruled West Bengal has boycotted theNITI Aayog’s ranking system and hence is notpart of it.

First anniversary of PM-JAY one year, 47 lakh patients have accrued benefits

from PM-JAY. Ayushman Bharat Yojana or Pradhan Mantri Jan

Arogya Yojana or National Health ProtectionScheme is a centrally sponsored scheme launchedin 2018, under the Ayushman Bharat Mission ofMoHFW in India.

AIIMS & Health ministry launches“eDantSeva” The All India Institute of Medical Sciences in

collaboration with the Union Health Ministrylaunched the 1st-ever website and mobileapplication on oral health awareness“eDantSeva”.

The digital platform contains information aboutthe National Oral Health Programme and adetailed list of all the dental facility and colleges,Information, Education and Communication(IEC) material.

India receives 1st Rafale fighter jet built forIndian Air Force India has got the 1st Rafale fighter jet “RB-001”

built for the Indian Air Force (IAF) in France.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh received the 1stRafale combat jet aircraft at Production Unit ofDassault Aviation in France.

However, the first batch of jets will arrive in Indiaonly in May 2020. Defence Minister also heldthe Annual Defence dialogue with his Frenchcounterpart Florence Parly.

India ranks 68th on WEF’s GlobalCompetitiveness Index World Economic Forum has released the Global

Competitiveness Index report. In total, there are103 indicators distributed across the 12 pillars onwhich the performance of the countries wasevaluated.

As per the WEF’s released report, India hasmoved down 10 places to rank 68th on an annualglobal competitiveness index which was toppedby Singapore.

India is among the worst-performing BRICSnations along with Brazil which is ranked 71stthis year.

Here is the detailed ranking of India in individualpillars across which the performance of thecountries was evaluated:

Government sets up high level panel to checkmoney laundering The government set up a high-level inter-

ministerial committee, chaired by the RevenueSecretary, for better coordination among variousdepartments and law enforcement agencies toprevent money laundering activities.

The 19-member Inter-Ministerial Co-ordinationCommittee (IMCC) has five secretaries, includingministries of finance and external affairs, andchiefs of various regulatory authorities, as wellas probe agencies, according to a notification.

The committee would also work on developmentand implementing policies on anti-moneylaundering and countering the financing ofterrorism.

Forbes India Rich List 2019 The business magazine Forbes has released “The

Forbes India Rich List 2019” which has beentopped by Reliance Industries chairman MukeshAmbani with net worth of $51.4 billion.

Mukesh Ambani remained the richest Indian forthe 12th year in a row.

Industrialist Gautam Adani jumped 8 spots on thelist to become the 2nd richest Indian with networth of $15.7 billion.

The magazine stated that it was ‘a challengingyear’ for the Indian economy.

5 of the Richest Indians in Forbes India Rich List2019 are:

1. Mukesh Ambani with net worth of $51.4 billion2. Gautam Adani with net worth of $15.7 billion3. Hinduja Brothers with net worth of $15.6 billion4. Pallonji Mistry with net worth of $15 billion5. Uday Kotak with net worth of $14.8 billion

Sl. No. Pillars Rank 1 Institutions 59 2 Infrastructure 70 3 ICT Adoption 120 4 Macroeconomic Stability 43 5 Health 110 6 Skills 107 7 Product Market 101 8 Labour Market 103 9 Financial System 40

10 Market Size 3 11 Business Dynamism 69 12 Innovation Capability 35


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IIT-Madras students develop drones enabledwith AI for disaster management service Indian Institute of technology Madras students

have developed an ‘Eye in the Sky DisasterManagement and Humanitarian Aid Services’.

A team from Centre For Innovation (CFI), IITMadras, is building drones enabled with ArtificialIntelligence and Computer Vision to develop anend to end solution to identify accurate and criticalinformation on people trapped in disaster hit areaand communicate them to relief task force.

Indian Railways to become net zero carbonemitter by 2030 Indian Railways (IR) has announced that it will

become a net-zero carbon emitter by 2030. Themove will be a part of India’s strategy to combatclimate change.

The announcement was made by railways andcommerce minister Piyush Goyal at the IndiaEnergy Forum by CERAWEEK in New Delhi.India is the biggest emitter of greenhouse gasesafter the US and China, and is among countriesmost vulnerable to climate change.

Indian railways is the world’s largest railwaynetwork. It has a rail network of around1,25,000km under single management. IR is togo green by setting up solar power generationcapacities in its large tracts of land along itsnetwork.

India ranked 102 in Global Hunger Index 2019 The 2019 Global Hunger Index (GHI) indicates

that the level of hunger and undernutritionworldwide falls into the serious category. As perthe index, India ranks 102nd out of 117 qualifyingcountries, with a score of 30.3.

India has slipped from 95th rank in 2010 to 102ndin 2019 on the Global Hunger Index (GHI), withthe increase in the prevalence of wasting (lowweight for height) among children with scoreunder 5 contributing the most to the country’spoor performance.

Seventeen countries, including Belarus, Ukraine,Turkey, Cuba and Kuwait, shared the top rankwith GHI scores less than 5.

There were only four countries in the alarminghunger category are Madagascar, Chad, Yemenand the Central African Republic in the extremelyalarming hunger category.

J&K’s Chenani-Nashri Tunnel to be renamedafter Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee India’s longest Tunnel Chenani- Nashri on NH

44, in Jammu and Kashmir will be named afterBhartiya Jansangh Founder Dr Shyama PrasadMukherjee.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2017 haddedicated to the nation this 9.2 km long tunnelthat reduces the distance between Jammu andSrinagar by 31 km.

India ranked 82 in the 2019 World Giving Index India ranked 82 spots among the 128 countries

surveyed in the World Giving Index (WGI). The average figures for India over the past decade

show that 34 per cent people helped a stranger,24 per cent donated money and 19 per centvolunteered or donated their time.

According to the WGI, the USA stood at the topfollowed Myanmar, New Zealand and Australia.

Karnataka tops first ever India InnovationIndex launched by NITI Aayog The first-ever India Innovation Index was

launched by NITI Aayog in New Delhi in orderto promote competitiveness among the states.

Karnataka has emerged the topper among majorstates. Tamil Nadu is second and Maharashtrais on the third position followed by Telangana,Haryana, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal,Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh.

Jharkhand finished last in the list of 17 majorstates. Among the North-Eastern states, Sikkimand among Union Territories Delhi has occupiedthe top spot.

CBIC launches programme to strengthenMake in India Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

has launched a revamped and streamlinedprogramme to attract investments into India andstrengthen Make in India through manufactureand other operations under bond scheme, ofCustoms Act, 1962. The Section enables conductof manufacture and other operations in a customsbonded warehouse.

The scheme has been modernized with clear andtransparent procedures, simplified compliancerequirements ICT-based documentation andaccount keeping, by issue of Manufacture andOther Operations in Warehouse Regulations2019.

India to host Interpol General Assembly in2022 India will host the 91st Interpol General Assembly

in 2022 after a proposal received theoverwhelming support of member countries atthis year’s congregation at Santinago in Chile.

The International Criminal Police Organisation(Interpol) had hosted the general assembly, whererepresentatives of all member countries converge,in India in 1997.

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exercise hosted by member countries. All major decisions affecting general policy, the

resources needed for international cooperation,working methods and finances are deliberatedand discussed by representatives.

Col. Chewang Rinchen Setu inaugurated inLadakh Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Col.

Chewang Rinchen Setu (Bridge) which has beenconstructed at an altitude of 14,650 feet in theforward area of Ladakh region.

It is named in honour of Colonel ChewangRinchen who was one of the highly decoratedofficers in Indian Army from Ladakh. He wasalso a Maha Vir Chakara awardee (1952).

The Bridge, which is 1400 feet span, isconstructed by the Border Road Organization.

Siachen base camp to Kumar Post opened fortourism purposes Government of India has decided to open the

entire area from Siachen base camp to KumarPost for tourism purposes. The step has beentaken to boost tourism in Ladakh.

It will also give people a window to appreciatethe tough work done by Army jawans andengineers in extreme weather and inhospitable

terrains. The Siachen Glacier at the height of around 20,000

ft in the Karakoram range is known as the highestmilitarised zone in the world where the soldiershave to battle frostbite and high winds.

The Glacier came under the strategic control ofIndia in 1984 following ‘Operation Meghdoot’.

Indian Railway launches One Touch ATVM Indian Railways has launched ‘one touch ATVM’

at 42 suburban stations of Central Railway overMumbai Suburban Network.

The machine has been launched to render fastticketing to millions of commuters. This newmachine will reduce the waiting time of thepassengers and allow passenger to avoid standingin long queues.

India ranked 63rd in World Bank’s Ease ofDoing Business Ranking World Bank has released Ease of Doing business

Rankings which includes 190 countries. As perthe rankings, India has jumped 14 places and hasbeen ranked at 63rd among 190 countries.

New Zealand and Somalia retained their 1st and190th spot respectively. The indicator measuresthe performance of countries across 10 differentdimensions in the 12-month period ending May1, 2019.

GLOBAL NEWSDefinition satellite of ChinaChina has successfully launched a high definition

microwave remote sensing satellite capable ofproviding photographs with a resolution of lessthan a metre.

The satellite was launched from the TaiyuanSatellite Launch Centre in north China’s ShanxiProvince.

The satellite, Gaofen-10, was launched aboard aLong March-4C rocket and entered the plannedorbit successfully.

It was the 314th flight mission of the Long Marchcarrier rocket series.

As part of the country’s high-definition Earthobservation project, the microwave remotesensing satellite is capable of providingphotographs with a resolution of less than a metre.

Antonio Costa re-elected as the PM ofPortugalAntonio Costa has been re-elected as the Prime

Minister of Portugal after winning the generalelections.

Antonio Costa, the Socialist leader and incumbentprime minister, got the most votes in Portugal’sgeneral election, leaving it poised to continueleading the government for another four years.

Typhoon Hagibis strikes northern JapanTyphoon Hagibis strikes Tokyo, capital of Japan

after fierce rain and wind paralysed the capital.The cyclone Hagibis which caused floods,

landslides and emergency disaster warnings, couldbe the strongest to hit Tokyo since 1958.

Authorities issued evacuation advisories andorders for more than 6 million people across thecountry as the storm unleashed the heaviest rainand winds in years. Train operators has suspendedbullet train services extensively.

“Hagibis” means “speed” in the Philippinelanguage Tagalog.

Kais Saied elected as new President of TunisiaKais Saied is elected as the new President of

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Nabil Karoui.He won Tunisia’s presidential election with 73%

of votes. The elections followed the death ofPresident Beji Caid Essebsi in July 2019.

UAE announces establishment of world’s 1stAI universityUAE announced the establishment of the

Mohamed bin Zayed University of ArtificialIntelligence( MBZUAI) in Abu Dhabi.

This is the first graduate-level, research-based AIuniversity in the world. MBZUAI will enablegraduate students, businesses and governmentsto advance the artificial intelligence field.

MBZUAI will introduce a new model of academiaand research to the field of AI, providing studentsand faculty access to some of the world’s mostadvanced AI systems to unleash its potential foreconomic and societal development.

India hands over 2nd pair of Mi-24V helicoptersto Afghan Air forces India handed over the second pair of Mi-24V

helicopters to war-torn Afghanistan, boosting thecapability of the Afghan Air forces.

The helicopters were officially handed over byIndian Ambassador Vinay Kumar toAfghanistan’s acting Defence Minister AsadullahKhalid at a ceremony held in the military airport,Kabul.

These helicopters are a replacement for the fourattack helicopters previously gifted by India toAfghanistan in 2015 and 2016.

India-Bangladesh rail links closed after 1965war with Pakistan will reopen: Sheikh HasinaPrime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina

announced that all the rail links with India closedafter the 1965 war will be reopened.

Speaking after the inauguration of the first intercitytrain between Dhaka and Kurigram she said thatthese railway lines will develop communicationbetween two countries while helping Bangladeshrailways to earn profit also.

The first rail line between India and Dhaka wasopened in 2008 when Maitree express betweenDhaka and Kolkata was started.

In 2017 Bandhan express was also startedbetween Kolkata and Khulna.

At present, there are 4 operational rail linksbetween India and Bangladesh. Two more raillinks namely Karimganj/Mahisasan in India toShahbazpur in Bangladesh and Haldibari in Indiato Chilhati in Bangladesh are being revived toconnect West Bengal and Assam withBangladesh.

Italy set to introduce web tax on digital giantsfrom 2020 Italy approved a new tax on digital companies,

including U.S. tech giants, as part of its 2020 draftbudget on October 16.

The levy, due to be introduced from next year,will oblige companies such as Facebook, Googleand Amazon, to pay a 3% levy on internettransactions, according to a text of the draft budget.

The Italian scheme is expected to yield about 600million euros ($662 million) a year.

United Nation General Assembly Elects 14Member States to Human Rights CouncilThe United Nation General Assembly has elected

14 States to the 47 member body of UN HumanRights Council(UNHRC). The UNHRC isresponsible for promoting and protecting all humanrights around the globe.

The Assembly elected Armenia, Brazil, Germany,Indonesia, Japan, Libya, Marshall Islands,Mauritania, Namibia, Netherlands, Poland,Republic of Korea, Sudan and Venezuela.

All 14 members will serve three-year termsbeginning on 1 January 2020.

The newly-elected States are replacing thefollowing outgoing members: China, Croatia, Cuba,Egypt, Hungary, Iceland, Iraq, Japan, Rwanda,Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tunisia and the UnitedKingdom.

The 14 new members were elected according tothe following pattern: 4 seats for the AfricanStates; 4 seats for the Asia-Pacific States; 2 seatsfor the Eastern European States; 2 seats for LatinAmerican and Caribbean States; and 2 seats forWestern European and other States.

Sri Lanka has removed from FATF’s Grey ListSri Lanka has been removed from the “Grey List”

of the international terror financing watchdogFATF.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), whosefive-day plenary concluded in Paris, France statedthat Sri Lanka made significant progress inaddressing the strategic AML/CFT deficienciesidentified earlier.

In October 2016, the FATF announced that SriLanka will be subjected to a review of theInternational Cooperation Review Group (ICRG)of the terror financing watchdog to assess theprogress of AML/CFT effectiveness in thecountry.

Venezuela wins seat on UN Rights CouncilVenezuela won a contested election for a seat on

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campaign by over 50 organisations and manycountries opposed to Nicolas Maduro’sgovernment and its rights record.

There was scattered applause in the GeneralAssembly chamber when its President announcedthe results of the voting for two Latin Americanseats. Brazil topped the ballot with 153 votes,followed by Venezuela with 105 votes and lateentry Costa Rica with 96 votes.

Google makes 1st drone delivery in USGoogle subsidiary, Wing, has become the first

company in the United States to deliver packagesby drone. The first drone-powered deliveries hadtaken place in Virginia town.

Wing, which is owned by Google parentAlphabet, received federal approval earlier thisyear to make commercial deliveries by drone. Itwas the first drone company to receive theapproval in the US.

Indonesia’s popular president sworn in for asecond term Indonesian President Joko Widodo, was sworn in

for his second and final five year term with apledge to take bolder actions.

World’s oldest pearl ‘Abu Dhabi Pearl’

discovered on Abu Dhabi IslandThe world’s oldest natural pearl named ‘Abu Dhabi

Pearl’ has been discovered on an island off AbuDhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

The 8,000-year-old pearl was found duringexcavations at Marawah Island which alsorevealed the earliest architecture in the UAE.

Archaeologists used radiocarbon dating todetermine that the pearl dated back to between5800 and 5600 BC, during the Neolithic period.

Bill Gates overtakes Jeff Bezos as the world’srichest personMicrosoft co-founder Bill Gates overtook Jeff

Bezos to become the world’s richest person.Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos lost the

title as the world’s richest man to Bill Gates, afterlosing nearly $7 billion in stock value leaving hisnet worth to $103.9 billion.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is currently worth$105.7 billion.

Bezos ended Gates’ 24-year run as the richestman in 2018 and became the first man on earthwith a net worth of $160 billion.

Bill Gates debuted on Forbes’ first ever billionairelist in 1987 with a net worth of $1.25 billion.

PEOPLE IN NEWSSIAM appoints Rajesh Menon as Director-General The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers

(SIAM) appointed Rajesh Menon as Director-General, succeeding Vishnu Mathur, who isretiring.

Viju Khote, who played Gabbar Singh’shenchman, passed away Actor Viju Khote, passed away due to multiple

organ failure. He became synonymous with Kaalia, the

henchman of the dreaded dacoit king GabbarSingh that he played in classic Indian movieSholay.

Centre appoints Mallikarjuna Rao as PNB chief The Centre appointed S S Mallikarjuna Rao as

the MD and CEO of Punjab National Bank fortwo years. Rao, a professional banker for over34 years, who was the MD and CEO ofAllahabad Bank, replaces Sunil Mehta who

retired recently.Govt. appoints Surjit S. Bhalla to IMF Boardas Executive Director The Centre appointed eminent economist Surjit

S. Bhalla as the Executive Director for India atthe International Monetary Fund for a period ofthree years.

Bhalla, 71, will succeed former RBI deputygovernor Subir Gokarn.

Global opera legend Jessye Norman passesaway at 74 Celebrated opera singer Jessye Norman, an

American soprano, died. She was 74 years old. She was a Grammy Award winner.RBI appoints Jai Bhagwan Bhoria asadministrator for PMC Bank The Reserve Bank of India has superseded the

Board of Punjab and Maharashtra CooperativeBank Limited, Mumbai and appointed JaiBhagwan Bhoria as the bank’s administrator


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with all powers of the board. Jai Bhagwan Bhoriareplaces S.Waryam Singh.

KS Dhatwalia appointed as PIB’s Principal DG Senior Indian Information Service officer, KS

Dhatwalia, has been appointed as the PrincipalDirector General of Press Information Bureau.

He will succeed Sitanshu Kar and will be the28th Principal Spokesperson of the government.

Legendary singer Jose Jose passes away Legendary Mexican singer Jose Jose who was

often called ‘El Principe de la Cancion’ or ‘ThePrince of Song, passes away.

In a career of more than four-decade, the singersold millions of albums and picked by 6 Grammynominations.

Tata Communications names AmurLakshminarayanan as its MD and CEO Digital infrastructure provider, Tata

Communications has named Amur SLakshminarayanan as Managing Director andGroup Chief Executive Officer designate of thecompany.

He comes with 35 years of experience in a broadrange of leadership roles across industries andregions across the world.

Prior to this appointment, Lakshminarayanan wasPresident and CEO of Tata ConsultancyServices (TCS) Japan, Ltd.

He also worked in the company as Global Headof Telecom, Media and Information Services,HiTech and Utilities, and Head of TCS UK(United Kingdom) and Europe.

Amrit Lugun appointed as the next Ambassadorof India to Greece The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of India

was appointed Amrit Lugun as the nextAmbassador of India to Greece. He is an IndianForeign Service (IFS) Officer of the 1989 batch.He will replace Shamma Jain.

Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi appointed as thenext High Commissioner of India to Niue The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of India

notified that Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi wasappointed as the next High Commissioner ofIndia to Niue, with residence in Wellington, NewZealand.

He is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Officerof the 1991 batch presently working as a HighCommissioner of India to New Zealand. He will

replace Sanjiv Kohli.Sushil Chandra appointed as MD & CEO ofOil India Limited Oil India Limited has appointed Sushil Chandra

Mishra as the new Managing Director and ChiefExecutive Officer (CEO) of the company. Hewill replace Utpal Bora.

Padma Shri awardee HL Trivedi passes away Renowned kidney transplant surgeon and Padma

Shri recipient Dr H L Trivedi passed away.President Kovind appoints Chief Justices to 7high courts President Ramnath Kovind appoints Chief

Justices to seven high courts. Those chief justices have been appointed to

Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana,Gauhati, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh andSikkim High Courts.

Name High court(i) Lingappa Narayana SwamyHimachal Pradesh

High Court(ii) Ravi ShankerJha Punjab and Haryana High

Court(iii)Indrajit Mohanty Rajasthan High Court(iv)J.K. Maheshwari Andhra Pradesh High Court(v) S. Manikumar Kerala High Court(vi)Arup K. Goswami Sikkim High Court(vii) Ajai Lamba Gauhati High CourtMexican actress Aparicio named UNESCOambassador United Nations’ cultural agency UNESCO has

appointed Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio asits goodwill ambassador for indigenous peoples.The 25-year-old actress made history as the firstindigenous performer nominated for a bestactress honor at the Academy Awards this yearfor her performance in the film Roma, in whichshe speaks in an indigenous language and inSpanish.

Justice Vinod Kumar Sharma is new Punjablokpal The Punjab government has appointed Justice

Vinod Kumar Sharma (retired) as the newLokpal. The post was lying vacant since April23, 2018, after Justice Satish Kumar Mittal (retd)had resigned.

The Lokpal holds the office for a term of 6 years.American actress, singer, and model, DiahannCarroll passes away


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US actress Diahann Carroll, who won GoldenGlobe and Tony awards and was nominated foran Oscar passed away.

A new book titled “150 Years of Celebratingthe Mahatma the South African Legacy”, byFakir Hassen launched A new book titled “150 Years of Celebrating the

Mahatma the South African Legacy”, by FakirHassen launched in Johannesburg, South Africa.This book released on the occasion of MahatmaGandhi’s 150th birth anniversary.

Legendary drummer Ginger Baker dies Drummer Ginger Baker, who founded the rock

band Cream, has died at the age of 80. Peter Edward “Ginger” Baker was an English

drummer and a co-founder of the rock bandCream. His work in the 1960s and 1970s earnedhim the reputation of “rock’s first superstardrummer”, for a style that melded jazz andAfrican rhythms and pioneered both jazz fusionand world music.

Anumula Gitesh Sarma appointed India’s HighCommissioner to Australia Senior diplomat Anumula Gitesh Sarma has been

appointed as India’s next High Commissioner toAustralia.

Sarma, a 1986 batch Indian Foreign Serviceofficer, is expected to take up the assignmentshortly.

He will replace A M Gondane as India’s envoyin Australia.

IIT-Madras students develop drones enabledwith AI for disaster management service Indian Institute of technology Madras students

have developed an ‘Eye in the Sky DisasterManagement and Humanitarian Aid Services’.

A team from Centre For Innovation (CFI), IITMadras, is building drones enabled with ArtificialIntelligence and Computer Vision to develop anend to end solution to identify accurate andcritical information on people trapped in disasterhit area and communicate them to relief taskforce.

Legendary saxophonist Kadri Gopalnathpasses away Legendary saxophonist and the Padma Shri

awardee Kadri Gopalnath passed away. TheCarnatic music maestro won multiple awards inhis illustrious career, including the KendraSangeetha Nataka Academy Award and

Karnataka Kalashree.K Satish Reddy appointed IndianPharmaceutical Alliance president K Satish Reddy, Chairman of Dr Reddy’s has

been appointed as President of the IndianPharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) for 2019-2021.

Rajesh Jain, Managing Director of PanaceaBiotec Limited, will continue as the VicePresident.

Mastercard India elevates Vikas Varma toCOO Mastercard India, payment technology major,

elevated Vikas Varma as the Chief OperatingOfficer (COO) of the firm. He will lead initiativesrelated to new partnerships and the developmentof digital payments solutions in the country.

Recently, Mastercard announced an investmentof USD 1 billion (around Rs 7,100 crore) overthe next five years in India.

Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in spacepasses away Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in space

passed away. He was the legendary Sovietcosmonaut who became the first human to walkin space 54 years ago.

During this mission, on 18 March 1965, Leonovexited the spacecraft and walked for 12 minutesand 9 seconds.

First female head of Nobel’s Literature AwardBody, Sara Danius passes away First female head of Nobel’s Literature Award

Body, Sara Danius passed away. She was a literature critic, professor and writer,

served as the first female permanent secretaryof the Swedish Academy between 2015 and2018.

Kishan Dan Dewal concurrently accredited asthe next Ambassador of India to Georgia Kishan Dan Dewal (IFS officer of 2003 batch),

has been concurrently accredited as the nextAmbassador of India to Georgia. He will replaceYogeshwar Sangwan.

Dewal is presently serving as Ambassador ofIndia to the Republic of Armenia.

J.P.S. Chawla assumes charge as newController General of Accounts Government of India has appointed J. P. S.

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General of Accounts (CGA), Ministry ofFinance, Department of Expenditure. He willreplace Girraj Prasad Gupta.

Anoop Kumar Mendiratta appointed as newLaw Secretary Anoop Kumar Mendiratta has been appointed

as the new Law Secretary (Secretary, LegalAffairs) in the Union Law Ministry. He ispresently the District and Sessions Judge, North-East District, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi. Hewill serve in the position till 30 March 2023, oruntil he attains the age of 60.

Ramesh Iyer to head FIDC Ramesh Iyer, Vice-Chairman and Managing

Director of Mahindra and Mahindra FinancialServices Ltd, has taken over as the Chairmanof Finance Industry Development Council(FIDC).

World Steel Association elected Sajjan Jindalas vice Chairman The World Steel Association (Worldsteel) has

elected Sajjan Jindal, Chairman and ManagingDirector, JSW Steel, as Vice-Chairman of theassociation for one year.

The association has also appointed Tata SteelCEO and MD T V Narendran and Arcelor MittalChief L N Mittal as its members.

The board also elected a 14-member ExecutiveCommittee.

Anup Kumar Singh appointed as Director-General of NSG A senior 1985-batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre

Anup Kumar Singh has been appointed asDirector-General of the National Security Guard(NSG).

The appointment of Mr Singh as the DG of the‘black cats commando’ force was approved bythe Appointments Committee of the Cabinet(ACC) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Sudhaker Shukla appointed as whole-timemember of IBBI The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet

(ACC) has approved the appointment ofSudhaker Shukla as Whole-Time Member,Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India(IBBI).

He is a 1985 Indian Economic Service officer.His period of service for 05 years or up to theage of 65 years.

Former IMF chief Christine Lagarde appointedhead of European Central Bank European Union leaders confirmed the

appointment of Christine Lagarde as the newchief of the European Central Bank.

She will be replacing Mario Draghi (Italy) fromNovember 1. Lagarde’s confirmation for a non-renewable term of 8-years.

She served 8-years as the head of IMF since2011.

Legendary Cuba ballet dancer Alicia Alonsopasses away Cuban ballet dancer Alicia Alonso passed away

at 98. she is considered one of the greatest 20thCentury ballerinas.

In 1948, she founded the Alicia Alonso BalletCompany in Cuba’s capital. She formed theNational Ballet of Cuba after the revolution.

Renowned painter Kalidas Karmakar passesaway in Dhaka Internationally acclaimed painter of Bangladesh

Kalidas Karmakar passed away in Dhaka. He was awarded Shilpakala Padak in 2016 and

the Ekushey Padak in 2018 by the Governmentof Bangladesh for his contribution to fine arts.

Rajnish Kumar of SBI is IBA chief for 2019-20 Rajnish Kumar, chairman, State Bank of India

is new chairman of Indian Banks’ Association(IBA), for term 2019-20. The managementcommittee of IBA elected him.

G Rajkiran Rai, MD & CEO, Union Bank, CHS S Mallikarjuna Rao, MD & CEO, PNB &Madhav Kalyan, MD & CEO, JP MorganChase Bank, were elected as Deputy Chairmenof IBA.

Upender Singh Rawat elected as the nextAmbassador of India to the Republic ofNicaragua The Ministry of External Affairs appoints

Upender Singh Rawat (IFS: 1998), Ambassadorof India designate to the Republic of Panamawill be concurrently accredited as the nextAmbassador of India to the Republic ofNicaragua. He will replace Yogeshwar Varma.

Former Tax department head K V Chowdaryjoins Reliance board Former anti-corruption body head and the first

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Reliance Industries as an independent director.Ashok Malik appointed as Policy Advisor inMEA Ashok Malik has been appointed as the Policy

Advisor in the External Affairs Ministry in therank of Additional Secretary.

The Distinguished Fellow of the prominent thinktank Observer Research Foundation (ORF) willhave a 2-year tenure.

Ashok Malik has previously served as the PressSecretary to President Ram Nath Kovind fromAugust 1, 2017 to July 31, 2019.

Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas elected as thenext Ambassador of India to the Republic ofCabo Verde The Ministry of External Affairs notified that

Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas (IFS:1993),presently Ambassador of India to the Republicof Senegal, has been concurrently accredited asthe next Ambassador of India to the Republic ofCabo Verde.

He will replace Rajeev Kumar.Pankaj Kumar appointed as new CEO ofUIDAI The Government of India appointed IAS officer

Pankaj Kumar as the new CEO of the UniqueIdentification Authority of India (UIDAI).

He is currently Additional Secretary in theMinistry Of Electronics and IT.

Sourav Ganguly take Charges as new BCCIPresident One of India’s most decorated captains Sourav

Ganguly takes over as the 39th President of theBoard of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Ganguly is the unanimous nomination for the postof BCCI President along with Union HomeMinister Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah as theSecretary.

Mahim Verma of Uttarakhand is the new VicePresident of BCCI.

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Dilip Parikhpasses away Former Gujarat Chief Minister Dilip Parikh

passed away. He served as the 13th ChiefMinister of Gujarat between October 1997 andMarch 1998.

He was an industrialist and also served aspresident of the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce

and Industry.Birender Singh Yadav to be next Ambassadorof India to the Republic of Iraq Birender Singh Yadav has been appointed as the

next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Iraq. The 1997 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS)

officer, Birender Singh replaced Pradeep SinghRajpurohit as the ambassador.

Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde Appointed as47th Chief Justice of India Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde was appointed as

the 47th Chief Justice of India. Justice Bobdewill take oath as the CJI on November 18th, aday after incumbent Ranjan Gogoi demits office.He will have a tenure of 17 months and woulddemit office on 23rd April 2021.

A judge since 2000, Justice Bobde joined theBombay High Court as an additional judge. Hewas appointed as the chief justice of the MadhyaPradesh High Court on October 2012. In April2013, he was elevated to the Supreme Court.

G C Murmu and R K Mathur appointed as newLt Governors of J&K and Ladakh respectively The Union Government has appointed former

Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officersGirish Chandra Murmu and Radha KrishnaMathur as the first Lieutenant (Lt) Governorsof Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakhrespectively.

These newly appointed governors succeed SatyaPal Malik. These Union Territories will comeinto existence on October 31, 2019.

Satya Pal Malik has been transferred andappointed as Governor of Goa, succeedingMridula Sinha. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Kerala state president P S Sreedharan Pillai wasappointed as the 15th governor of Mizoramsucceeding Jagdish Mukhi.

Padma Shri awardee & India’s oldest Yogateacher Nanammal passes away Padma Shri awardee & India’s oldest Yoga

teacher Nanammal passed away at 99. She hadbagged 150 awards, 6 national-level gold medalsand Yoga Ratna award of the Government ofKarnataka in 2014.

She was also conferred the Padma Shri inJanuary 2019 for her efforts to make people leada healthy life.


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SPORTSSumit Nagal Wins Challenger TennisTournament India’s Sumit Nagal defeated eighth seed Facundo

Bagnis of Argentina 6-4, 6-2 in the final ofChallenger tennis tournament in Buenos Aires,Argentina.

Pedersen is World cycling road race championDenmark’s Mads Pedersen won cycling’s World

road race title in UK timing six hours and 27minutes over 261.

Italian Matteo Trentin and Swiss rider StefanKung took the silver and bronze.

Wilson-Satish pair wins gold at Asian Age GroupChampionships India’s N. Wilson Singh and Satish Kumar

Prahapati won the gold medal in the 10m platformsynchronised diving event at the Asian Age GroupChampionships held in Bengaluru.

The duo of Wilson and Satish scored 290.19 scoreto beat Uzbekistan’s Zaynetdinov Marsel andKhasanov Botir, who scored 280.53 points. Thebronze medal went to Mojtaba Valipour andMasood Vakili of Iran with a score of 266.16.

Healy hits highest score in women’s T20IsAustralian Alyssa Healy set a world record for

the highest individual score in a women’sTwenty20 international with an unbeaten 148against Sri Lanka on Earlier record was in thename of Healy’s teammate Meg Lanning’s 133score against England.

Abdul Quadir Khan Wins Silver Medal in AsianBody Building & Physique SportsChampionship 2019Maj Abdul Quadir Khan of the Corps of Signals

has won the Silver medal at the 53rd Asian BodyBuilding and Physique Sports Championship heldat Batam, Indonesia.

His accomplishment in the sport has brought gloryto the Indian Army and Corps of Signals.

Vijay Patil elected President of MumbaiCricket AssociationVijay Patil has been elected the president of

Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), while SanjayNaik and Amol Kale were elected as secretaryand vice-president respectively.

Vijay Patil is the son of former Governor of BiharDr DY Patil.

India’s first floating basketball court opens inArabian Sea, MumbaiThe National Basketball Association (NBA)

brought to India the first-ever Floating BasketballCourt in the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Naomi Osaka beats Ashleigh Barty to winChina Open Japan’s Naomi Osaka has won the China Open

held in Beijing, China.She defeated world number one Ashleigh Barty

with a score of 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. This was a third titleof 2019 for Osaka and fifth in her short career.

Novak Djokovic wins Japan Open titleNovak Djokovic defeated Australia’s John

Millman in the finals to win the Japan Open title.He defeated Millman with a score of 6-3, 6-2 andsecured a 76th career singles tournament win.

Harmanpreet Kaur becomes first Indian to play100 T20IsHarmanpreet Kaur has become the 1st Indian to

play 100 T20 International matches. She has joinedthe club of 10 female players who have reachedthe three figure mark in terms of appearances.

New Zealand’s Suzie Bates and Australia”s EllysePerry are on top of the list with 111 appearances.

Harmanpreet Kaur has 2 more appearances inT20Is than MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma, whohave played the highest number of matches forIndia in men’s cricket.

German Footballer Bastian Schweinsteigerannounces his retirementGerman World Cup champion Bastian

Schweinsteiger has announced his retirement fromsoccer.

Schweinsteiger spent a major part of his careerwith European giants Bayern Munich, where hewon 8 Bundesliga titles and 7 German cups aswell as the Champions league in 2013.

He made over 300 appearances for the Bavarianside, scoring 45 goals from 2002-2015.

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athlete to run sub 2-hour marathon. He bustedthe mythical 2-hour barrier for the marathon on aspecially prepared course in a huge Vienna park.

He finished the marathon with an unofficial timeof 1 hr 59 min 40.2 sec and became the first everto run a marathon in under 2 hours.

M C Mary Kom wins bronze in World Women’sBoxing ChampionshipsM C Mary Kom has won the bronze medal in the

51kg event of World Women’s BoxingChampionships held in Ulan-Ude, Russia.

She lost in an intense semifinal bout to Turkey’sBusenaz Cakiroglu. This bronze is her first worldmedal in the 51kg category.

Manju Rani wins silver medal in WorldWomen’s Boxing C’shipsManju Rani settled for silver medal in World

Women’s Boxing Championships at Ulan-Ude inRussia. Russian Ekaterina Paltceva defeated Rani4 -1 in the 48-kilogram category in the final matchof the tournament.

Lakshya Sen wins maiden BWF World Tour title Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen clinched his maiden

BWF World Tour title by winning the Dutch Openmen’s singles at Almere in the Netherlands.

He rallied from a game deficit to defeat YusukeOnodera of Japan 15-21, 21-14, 21-15 in a final.

Priyanshu Rajawat wins men’s singles title atBahrain International Series Indian shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat wins the men’s

singles title at the Bahrain International SeriesBadminton at Isa Town, Bahrain. 17-year-oldRajawat beat top-seed Jason Anthony Ho-Shuefrom Canada in the finals 16-21, 21-7, 21-12 inthe summit clash.

Indian mixed double pair of Juhi Dewangan andVenkat Gaurav Prasad also finished at the top.

They defeated Thailand’s PannawatTheerapanitnun and Kanyanat Sudchoeichom 21-18, 21-16 in 34 minutes to bag the gold medal.

ICC changes super over rule for all its majoreventsThe International Cricket Council (ICC) has

changed the super-over rule for all its majorevents following the uproar over the outcome ofthe men’s World Cup final this year when Englandwas declared winners against New Zealand onboundary count.

As per new rule, in case of a super over tie, therewill be a repeated super over until one team hasmore runs than the other.

Zimbabwe, Nepal readmitted as ICC membersZimbabwe and Nepal were re-admitted as ICC

members in a meeting held in Dubai.Zimbabwe will now be able to take up their place

in the ICC Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup inJanuary and the ICC Super League later in 2020.

Zimbabwe Cricket had been suspended frommembership of the International Cricket Council(ICC) with immediate effect in July this year.Nepal had been banned in 2016 for “governmentalinterference” as well.

Indian Women football Team wins 3rd SAFFU-15 Women’s Championship 2019The Indian football team won the 3rd Edition of

the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championships 2019by beating Bangladesh by 5-3 in the penalty shoot-out.

The tournament was organized by the South AsianFootball Federation (SAFF) and was held atChanglimithang Stadium in Thimpu, Bhutan.

England all-rounder Jennifer Louise Gunnannounces retirement from internationalcricketEngland all-rounder Jennifer Louise Gunn has

announced her retirement from internationalcricket.

Gunn, who is England’s most capped player inT20Is, made 259 appearances for her country,winning 3 World Cups and five Ashes series.

Prithvi Sekhar claims goldUnseeded Prithvi Sekhar defeated third seed

Jaroslav Smedek of the Czech Republic in themen’s final of the World Deaf tennis championshipin Antalya, Turkey. It was a dominantperformance from the 26-yearold Prithvi.

Prithvi had also won the doubles bronze medalwith Prashanth Dasharath Harsambhavi.

Raunak Sadhwani becomes India’s 65thGrandmasterRaunak Sadhwani became the 65th Grandmaster

from India and opened a second chess board afterV Anand did it when he became the country’sfirst GM in 1987.

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Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma smashed theformer Australia cricketer Don Bradman’s recordof highest average in Test cricket on home soil.

He set the record on day two of the third Testmatch against South Africa.

He broke the 71-year-old record that waspreviously held by Bradman by scoring an averageof 99.84.

Bradman, the legendary Australia cricketer hadan average of 98.22.

Graeme Smith has been elected as MCCHonorary Life MemberFormer South Africa skipper Graeme Smith has

been elected an Honorary Life Member of theMarylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

Smith has an impressive record in One-DayInternational, scoring 6,989 runs including tencenturies and also became South Africa’s youngestever captain at 22.

Former Australian off-spinner Tim May was also

awarded Honorary Life Membership inrecognition of his outstanding achievements incricket.

The pair follows Paul Collingwood, AB de Villiers,Mitchell Johnson and Adrian Morgan in beingawarded Honorary Life Membership of MCC in2019.

Karnataka wins Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019-20Karnataka has won the 2019-20 Vijay Hazare

Trophy. Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu by 9wickets in the finals of Vijay Hazare Trophy atBengaluru.

Prithvi Sekhar wins gold in World Deaf TennisChampionship India’s unseeded Prithvi Sekhar beat 3rd seeded

Jaroslav Smedek of the Czech Republic by 6-4,6-3 points and clinched the men’s singles title inWorld Deaf Tennis Championships 2019.

The 2nd Edition of World Deaf TennisChampionships 2019 was held in Antalya, Turkey.

AWARDS

Kyrgyz lawyer AzizbekAshurov wins 2019UNHCR Nansen Refugee AwardHuman rights lawyer from Kyrgyzstan Azizbek

Ashurov was awarded the 2019 UN HighCommissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)prestigious Nansen Award.Ashurov will receive the award comprising of a

commemorative medal and a cash prize of USD150,000 prize money at a ceremony in Geneva onOctober 7, 2019.

Scientist from Andhra Pradesh wins CSIRYoung Scientist Award 201935-year-old accepted the CSIR Young Scientist

Award in Chemical Sciences 2019 from UnionMinister of Science and Technology HarshVardhan. The award recognised his “contributionsin organic chemistry, particularly in the area of

pharmaceuticals and agro-chemicals.” Dr.Sasidhar said he owed the achievement to Dr A.Ajayaghosh, director, CSIR-NIIST, and hiscolleagues.

His group is engaged in the development of drugsfor therapeutic applications — notably anticancer,antiobesity and antimicrobial agents — throughtarget-based chemical synthesis as well as naturalproduct-based approaches.

Nobel Prize 2019:The Nobel Prize 2019 were announced recently

in 6 different fields viz. Physiology or Medicine,Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, andEconomic Sciences. The Nobel Prize distributionwas first done on 1901. The winners will receivea full cash prize, valued this year at 9-million kronor($918,000), a gold medal and a diploma.


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S.No. Field Winners Description Associated With

1 Physiology or Medicine

William G. Kaelin (USA) for their discoveries of how cells

sense and adapt to oxygen availability

Harvard Medical School

Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe (United Kingdom) University of Oxford

Gregg L. Semenza (USA)

Johns Hopkins University

2 Physics

James Peebles (Canada) for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology Princeton University

Michel Mayor (Switzerland) for the discovery of an exoplanet

orbiting a solar-type star

University of Geneva

Didier Queloz (Switzerland)

University of Geneva

3 Chemistry

John B. Goodenough (Germany)

for the development of lithium-ion batteries

University of Texas

M. Stanley Whittingham (United Kingdom)

Binghamton University

Akira Yoshino (Japan) Asahi Kasei Corporation

4

Literature (2018) Olga Tokarczuk (Poland)

for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life

Literature (2019) Peter Handke (Austria)

for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience

5 Peace Abiy Ahmed Ali (Ethiopia)

for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation

Prime Minister of Ethiopia

6 Economics

Abhijit Banerjee (India)

for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Esther Duflo (France) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Michael Kremer (USA) Harvard University “Spirit Of Kerala” wins People’s Choice Award Short film from Kerala “Spirit Of Kerala” has

won the People’s Choice Award at the recentlyconcluded My Rode Reel film competition.

The film won the honour beating 1,680 entries.The short film is based on a boat race and directedby Arun Joseph.

Russia bestows medal on U.S. astronaut Russia has decorated NASA astronaut Nick

Hague, who survived an aborted space launchlast year, with one of its highest honours, the Orderof Courage.

The decree praised him for his “courage and highprofessionalism” during life threatening conditions.

Ramesh Pandey selected for AsiaEnvironmental Enforcement Award Indian Forest Service officer Ramesh Pandey has

been selected for the prestigious AsiaEnvironmental Enforcement Award by the UnitedNations Environment Programme.

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excellent work in combating trans-boundaryenvironmental crime.

Ashleigh Barty wins ‘The Don’ Award Ashleigh Barty has been awarded Australian

sport’s highest individual honour ‘The Don’ Awardat the annual Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu is conferred‘The Order of the Green Crescent’ Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu is conferred

‘The Order of the Green Crescent’, the highestcivilian honour of East African nation Comorosby the country’s president Azali Assoumani inMoroni.

Naidu was also the first Indian Vice- Presidentto address a special sitting of the ComorosParliament where he spoke about effective waysto counter terrorism and protect the environment.

Chandi Prasad Bhatt to get Indira Gandhi awardfor national integration The 31st Indira Gandhi Award for National

Integration for the years 2017 and 2018 will beawarded to the pioneer of the Chipko MovementChandi Prasad Bhatt for his services in promotingand preserving the national integration.

He is a Ramon Magsaysay award recipient forthe year 1982. He was also awarded Padma Shriin 1986, the Padma Bhushan in 2005 and theGandhi Peace prize in 2013.

India wins four UNESCO heritage awardsThe UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural

Heritage Conservation awards were announcedat a ceremony held in Penang, Malaysia. 4heritage landmarks from India were chosen forthe UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for CulturalHeritage Conservation 2019.

Heritage landmark Award category Place Flora Fountain Honourable mention Mumbai KenesethEliyahoo Synagogue Award of Merit Mumbai Our Lady of Glory Church Award of Merit Mumbai Vikram Sarabhai Library from (IIM) Award of Distinction Ahmedabad

Golden Shoe as the top scorer in the Europeanleagues.

Messi won the trophy for a 3rd straight year afterscoring 36 goals, 3 more than his closestchallenger, Kylian Mbappe of Paris Saint-Germain.

Messi now has two more Golden Shoes than hisgreat rival Cristiano Ronaldo. The award wascreated in 1967 when it was won by Eusebio.

Hong Kong’s orchestra wins “Orchestra of theyear award 2019” at Gramophone Awards Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra has been

named orchestra of the year at the 2019Gramophone Awards.

The group is the first Asian orchestra to win theaward, a fact noted by its Dutch-born conductorVan Zweden, who has been its Music Directorsince 2012.

M Venkaiah Naidu presents Most EminentSenior Citizen Award to K Parasaran Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu presented

Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award to legalluminary and former Attorney General K.Parasaran.

Vice President said that the Award is a fittingrecognition of Mr. Parasaran’s exceptionalcontribution to the field of law and justice as wellas his extraordinary personality. He said thatthroughout his distinguished career, Mr. Parasaranhad handled a wide array of cases.

Jennifer Aniston to receive People’s IconAward 2019 Jennifer Aniston to receive People’s Icon Award

2019 at the 2019 People’s Choice Awards. The actress would be the 2nd-ever recipient of

the title. 50-year-old Aniston has played the mosticonic, unforgettable characters and hasconquered comedy and drama on both the smalland big screen.

She is a 7-time People’s Choice Award winner.“Gully Boy” & “Delhi Crime” wins at Asian

Academy Creative Awards “Gully Boy” & “Delhi Crime” have won awards

at the Asian Academy Creative Awards. Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt-starrer “Gully Boy”

won the best film from India award in the regionalfinals at the Asian Academy Creative Awardsceremony.

Netflix series “Delhi Crime” has won in a numberof categories at the Asian Academy CreativeAwards. Delhi Crime won for Best Actress, BestDirection, Best Drama Series, Best Editing andBest Original Programme.

Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristojointly win Booker PrizeMargaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo have

jointly won the 2019 Booker Prize after judgesflout the rules by declaring a tie.

Lionel Messi wins 3rd straight Golden Shoeas top scorer in European Leagues Barcelona captain Leo Messi received his 6th


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Know more about Kerala

1. Capital – Thiruvananthapuram2. CM – Pinarayi Vijayan3. Governor – Arif Mohammad Khan4. Statehood – 1st Nov, 19565. Naming – “Kera” means Coconut Trees in

Malayalam , “Alam” means land.Hence, “Kerala” means “Land of Coconut”6. State Symbols: -(1) Animal – Indian Elephant(2) Bird – Great Hombill(3) Fish – Green Chromide(4) Insect – Papilo Buddha(5) Flower – Kanikonna(6) Fruit – Jackfruit(7) Tree – Coconut7. Mythology – Kerala is also called

“Parashurama Kshetra”.8. Kerala is also called ‘Spice Garden of India”.9. Cheraman Juma Masjid – (629 CE) 1st Mosque

of India.10. Vasco Da Gama Landed in Kozhikode in 1498.11. Francisco de Almeida was appointed as

Viceroy of Portuguese in 1505 had his headquarters at fort kochi.

12. Kerala – Cleanest state in India.13. 1st state in India to achieve 100% primary

education.14. It has the highest life expectancy in India (74

years)15. The only state to have hospitals and banking

facilities in every village.16. Highest sex ratio in India.

KERALA 17. Also called “Spice coast of India”.18. India’s 1st coir factory was set up in Alleppey

in 1859.19. Kerala is also called “land of Back waters”.20. 1st state in India to receive monsoon rainfall

every year.21. Padmanabhaswamy Temple – The

wealthiest Hindu Temple in the world.22. Paradise of Ayurveda23. Largest rubber producing state24. Syro – Malabar Catholic Church (Palayur)

The 1st church of India established by St.Thomas in (52 AD).

25. Paradesi Synagogue – The oldest Synagogue(1567 AD) of India.Ï% Synagogue is the prayer hall of Jews.

26. Western Ghats – One of the two hot spots inIndia. (An area with rich flora and Fauna)

27. Anaimudi – Highest peak of western Ghats“Everest of south India”

28. Lakes – Ashtamudi, Vembanad Kol,Sasthamkotta etc.

29. Kannimari – World’s oldest tree (1840).30. Only state with 4 international airports.

(Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur, Kozhikode,Cochin)Cochin Airport – World’s 1st fully solarpowered airport.

Got “Champion of the earth” award by UN.31. Kerala – 1st digital state in India.32. Muzhapilangad beach – Longest “Drive In

Beach” in Asia.33. Festivals – Thrissur PooramMakaravilakuAttukal PongalaOnam (Harvesting Festival)34. Dances: Kathakali, Mohiniyattam (classical)Ï% Kodiyattam, Thullal, Krishnanattam,

Thirayattam, Kaliyattam , Koothu, Padayani35. Sports: Nehru Trophy Snake Boat Race during

Onam on Pamba River.36. Idduki Dam: World’s 2nd and Asia’s 1st Arch

Dam.


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GK/CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

1. Dr. K Siva Reddy, who has been awarded theSaraswati Samman 2018, is associated to whichlanguage?(a) Malayalam (b) Tamil(c) Telugu (d) Odia

2. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of WorldRabies Day (WRD)?(a) End Rabies by campaigning(b) Rabies: Vaccinate to Eliminate(c) Rabies: Defeat this horrifying disease(d) Rabies- Educate, Vaccinate, Eliminate

3. Which team has clinched the 2019 SAFF U-18Championship title?(a) India (b) Bangladesh(c) Nepal (d) South Africa

4. Which Assam district has launched ‘Plants forPlastic’ campaign?(a) Karbi Anglong (b) Dhemaji(c) Bongaigaon (d) Goalpara

5. Sumit Nagal, who has become first Indian tennisplayer to win on South American clay court, isfrom which state?(a) Haryana (b) Punjab(c) UP (d) Jharkhand

6. The Bada Dashain is the biggest festival of whichcountry?(a) Bangladesh (b) Nepal(c) Sri Lanka (d) India

7. Who led Indian delegation at the 64thCommonwealth Parliamentary Conference(CPC) 2019?(a) Raj Nath Singh (b) Ram Nath Kovind(c) Narendra Modi (d) Om Birla

8. Which Indian scientist has won the M P BirlaMemorial Award 2019?(a) Jayant Narlikar (b) Thanu Padmanabhan(c) Yamuna Krishnan(d) Sulabha K. Kulkarni

9. Viju Khote, who passed away recently, was therenowned actor of which regional cinema?(a) Tamil (b) Marathi(c) Telugu (d) Malayalam

10. The floral festival ‘Bathukamma’ of which statehas started recently?(a) Telangana (b) Andhra Pradesh(c) J&K (d) Odisha

11. International opera singer Jessye Norman, whohas passed away recently, is from which country?(a) France (b) Sweden(c) United States (d) United Kingdom

12. Who has been appointed as new PrincipalDirector General of Press Information Bureau(PIB)?(a) KS Dhatwalia (b) Sitanshu Kar(c) Ira Joshi (d) Satyendra Prakash

13. N Wilson Singh is associated to which sports?(a) Chess (b) Swimming(c) Boxing (d) Wrestling

14. The 94th Raising Day of the Military NursingService (MNS) has recently celebrated onwhich date in India?(a) September 30 (b) October 1(c) October 2 (d) September 29

15. What is the theme of the 2019 edition ofInternational Translation Day (ITD)?(a) Enthusiasm in translation and interpreting(b) Translation and interpreting: connecting worlds(c) Translate with respect for everyone(d) Translation and Indigenous Languages

16. Which state has topped the NITI Aayog’s reporttitled ‘The Success of Our Schools-SchoolEducation Quality Index’ (SEQI)?(a) Puducherry (b) Kerala(c) Rajasthan (d) Karnataka

17. Who has been awarded India’s Most PowerfulWomen in Media award at British Parliament?(a) Rana Ayyub (b) Kalli Purie(c) Neha Dixit (d) Shoma Chaudhury

18. Who has been appointed Chairman ofInternational Egg Commission (IEC)?(a) Harish Khare (b) Anuranjan Jha(c) Suresh Chitturi (d) Patricia Mukhim

19. What is the theme of the 2019 edition ofInternational Day of Older Persons?(a) Longevity: Shaping the Future(b) Rights of Older Persons(c) Take A Stand Against Ageism(d) The Journey to Age Equality

20. The first-ever National Nutrition Survey havebeen conducted by the Indian government &which international organisation?(a) UNICEF (b) WHO(c) UNCTAD (d) FAO


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21. Who has become the first Indian musician tohave minor planet named after him?(a) Parveen Sultana (b) Pandit Jasraj

(c) Kumar Gandharva (d) Prabha Atre22. Who is the author of the book ‘The RSS:

Roadmaps for the 21st Century’?(a) Sunil Ambekar (b) Vivek Aggarwal(c) Yasmin Ali Haque (d) M S Golwalkar

23. Who has been appointed the new CEO ofMyGov India?(a) Mahesh Kale (b) Ajay Chakrabarty(c) Abhishek Singh (d) Arvind Gupta

24. The NITI Aayog & which internationalorganization has launched ‘The GandhianChallenge’?(a) UNESCO (b) UNICEF(c) FAO (d) WHO

25. Which Indian company has won the 2019Deming Prize for Total Quality Management(TQM)?(a) Infosys (b) Reliance(c) Elgi Equipments (d) Wipro

26. Which IIT has organized the Global StudentSolar Assembly (GSSA) in collaboration withUnion Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE)?(a) IIT Madras (b) IIT Bombay(c) IIT Delhi (d) IIT Indore

27. Which bank has become the first Indian bank tohave office in Australia’s Victoria?(a) Dena Bank (b) SBI(c) BoB (d) PNB

28. Who became the new president of MaryleboneCricket Club (MCC)?(a) Glenn McGrath (b) Kapil Dev(c) Kumar Sangakkara (d) James Anderson

29. Where is the headquarters of National BuildingsConstruction Corporation (NBCC)?(a) Pune (b) New Delhi(c) Lucknow (d) Shimla

30. Annu Rani is associated to which sports?(a) Javelin Throw (b) Cricket(c) Wrestling (d) Boxing

31. Which union ministry has instituted theVayoshreshtha Samman-2019?(a) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate

Change(b) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers\’

Welfare(c) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment(d) Ministry of Culture

32. Who has been conferred the ‘Most EffectiveSwachhata Ambassador’ award?(a) Amitabh Bachchan(b) Mary Kom(c) P V Sindhu(d) Sachin Tendulkar

33. Which station has topped the list of cleanestrailway stations in the non-suburban group ofstations, as per report ‘Swachh Rail, SwachhBharat 2019’?(a) Jaipur (b) Jodhpur(c) Durgapura (d) Jammu Tawi

34. IRCTC has decided to compensate thepassengers of which train for delays?(a) New Delhi-Jaipur Tejas Express(b) New Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express(c) New Delhi-Agra Tejas Express(d) New Delhi-Bhopal Tejas Express

35. India’s largest ‘charkha’ made of waste plasticinaugurated in which city?(a) Kolkata (b) Gandhi Nagar(c) Bikaner (d) Noida

36. Babita Tade, who won Rs 1 crore on KBC, hasbeen chosen as EC ambassador of which districtfor Maharashtra Assembly polls?(a) Nagpur (b) Amravati(c) Hingoli (d) Nanded

37. The Swachh Bharat Diwas 2019 has inauguratedfrom which city?(a) Raipur (b) Indore(c) Ahmedabad (d) Surat

38. Scientists have excavate ‘ancient river’ in whichstate that linked the Ganga and Yamuna rivers?(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Uttarakhand(c) West Bengal (d) Bihar

39. Who is the author of the book ‘India and theNetherlands – Past, Present and Future’?(a) P C Chagla (b) Navtej Sarna(c) Venu Rajamony (d) Harsh Vardhan Shringla

40. Which union ministry has organised the Fit IndiaPlog run?(a) Ministry of Youth Affairs And Sports(b) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare(c) Ministry of Human Resource Development(d) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate

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41. India’s first-ever Floating Basketball Court hasopened near which city?(a) Kolkata (b) Kochi(c) Hooghly (d) Mumbai

42. Which union ministry has launched the AudioOdigos app?(a) Ministry of Tourism(b) Ministry of AYUSH(c) Ministry of Home Affairs(d) Ministry of Jal Shakti

43. Which bank has signed MoU with Indian Armyfor customised services?(a) BoB (b) SBI(c) PNB (d) BoI

44. Which state cabinet has approved India’s firstsports university?(a) Punjab (b) UP(c) Delhi (d) MP

45. Which state has become the India’s third stateto ban certain categories of pan masala?(a) Rajasthan (b) Bihar(c) Maharashtra (d) Karnataka

46. Which union ministry has launched anAutomated Real Time Performance Smart-board?(a) Ministry of Law and Justice(b) Ministry of Human Resource Development(c) Ministry of Electronics and Information

Technology(d) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

47. What is the current repo rate as per RBI’s 4thbi – monthly Monetary Policy Statement for2019-20?(a) 5.75% (b) 5.15%(c) 5.50% (d) 5.25%

48. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of WorldSpace Week (WSW)?(a) Exploring New Worlds In Space(b) The Moon: Gateway to the Stars(c) Remote Sensing: Enabling our Future(d) Mysteries of the Cosmos

49. On which date, the 2019 edition of World AnimalDay (WAD) is observed?(a) October 3 (b) October 4(c) October 6 (d) October 5

50. Which bank has launched a short-term onlinefixed deposit product “Express FD”?(a) Axis Bank (b) ICICI bank(c) HDFC bank (d) SBI

51. Which state government has launched Urjagiricampaign to stop power theft?(a) Uttarakhand (b) Jharkhand(c) Bihar (d) Punjab

52. Buddhist leader Satyapriya Mohathero haspassed away recently. He was from whichcountry?(a) Myanmar (b) Nepal(c) Bangladesh (d) Sri Lanka

53. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of theInternational Teachers’ Day?(a) Empowering Teachers(b) Young Teachers: The Future of the Profession(c) Valuing Teachers, Improving their Status(d) A Call for Teachers

54. Dr. HL Trivedi, who passed away recently, wasthe renowned specialist in which field?(a) Nephrology (b) Endocrinology(c) Cardiology (d) Pulmonology

55. Which state government has launched a newgovernance initiative ‘Mo Sarkar’?(a) West Bengal (b) Tripura(c) Nagaland (d) Odisha

56. The Union government has launched Prakashportal to monitor _____ supply?(a) Coal (b) Petroleum(c) Electricity (d) Water

57. Which state government has launched a welfarescheme “YSR Vahana Mitra”?(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu(c) Karnataka (d) Andhra Pradesh

58. Which oil company has launched drive to turnplastic to specialized bitumen?(a) IOC (b) ONGC‘(c) Hindustan Petroleumý (d) GAIL

59. Who has been named the PCA Player of theYear 2019?(a) Virat Kohli (b) Ben Stokes(c) Rohit Sharma (d) Joe Denly

60. Which state government has launched thePragati Rath of the HDFC bank?(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Himachal Pradesh(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Arunachal Pradesh


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61. Surender Singh is associated to which sports?(a) Wrestling (b) Boxing(c) Powerlifting (d) Weightlifting

62. WTO is hosting the first-ever World Cotton Day(WCD) in which city?(a) Geneva (b) New Delhi(c) Paris (d) New York

63. Who won the 2019 Japan Open tennis title?(a) Andy Murray (b) Rafael Nadal(c) Novak Djokovic (d) Roger Federer

64. The paintings of Jodhaiya Bai Baiga of whichIndian state are being showcased at exhibitionin Italy?(a) Rajasthan (b) Gujarat(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Chhattisgarh

65. Indian Army has started its mountain combatexercise ‘Him Vijay’ in which state?(a) J&K (b) Sikkim(c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Arunachal Pradesh

66. As per latest data on the Pradhan Mantri JanArogya Yojana (PMJAY), which state’s mostcancer patients availed treatment under thescheme?(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Chhattisgarh(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Gujarat

67. Salwa Eid Naser, who became the first womanathlete from Asia to win 400m gold, is fromwhich country?(a) Lebanon (b) Bahrain(c) Mongolia (d) Oman

68. Who has become the first Indian cricketer toplay 100 T20 internationals?(a) Rohit Sharma (b) Smriti Mandhana(c) Virat Kohli (d) Harmanpreet Kaur

69. Who has become the first-ever batsman to scoretwin hundreds in his first Test as opener?(a) Shikhar Dhawan (b) Rohit Sharma(c) Virat Kohli (d) K L Rahul

70. Mohammad Hasnain, who has become theyoungest-ever cricketer to take a hat-trick inT20I, is from which country?(a) South Africa (b) Afghanistan(c) Pakistan (d) Bangladesh

71. The 2019 Nobel prize in physics has beenawarded for discovery in which field?(a) Cosmology(b) Laser(c) Gravitational waves(d) Neutrino oscillations

72. The 63rd Dhammachakra Pravartan Day 2019has recently for which noted personality?(a) Mahatma Gandhi(b) B R Ambedkar(c) Lal Bahadur Shastri(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

73. India’s first e-waste clinic is being set up in whichcity?(a) Bhopal (b) New Delhi(c) Jaipur (d) Nagpur

74. The 2019 World Parliament of Science, Religionand Philosophy was held in which city?(a) Jabalpur (b) New Delhi(c) Pune (d) Kolkata

75. NITI Aayog has launched Youth Co:Lab incollaboration with which internationalorganisation?(a) UNDP (b) WHO(c) UNESCO (d) WTO

76. Who is the author of the book ‘150 Years ofCelebrating the Mahatma the South AfricanLegacy’?(a) Tulsi Jain(b) Siddharth Kapoor(c) Prabhas Jayawardhan(d) Fakir Hassen

77. Yalitza Aparicio, who has been namedUNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, is from whichcountry?(a) Canada (b) Mexico(c) United States (d) Argentina

78. The Indo-Mongolian Joint Exercise – NomadicElephant 2019 – has started in which state?(a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Jharkhand(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Sikkim

79. Who has been selected for the UNEP’s AsiaEnvironmental Enforcement Award?(a) Vivek Kundra (b) S H Khan(c) Subodh Kumar (d) Ramesh Pandey

80. On which date, the 2019 edition of World PostDay (WPD) is observed?(a) October 8 (b) October 10(c) October 7 (d) October 9

81. Which company’s Mutual Fund has beenrenamed as Nippon India Mutual Fund (NIMF)?(a) Aditya Birla (b) Wipro(c) TATA (d) Reliance


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82. Who has become the 1st female player tocomplete 20 yrs in international cricket(a) Mithali Raj(b) Jhulan Goswami(c) Veda Krishnamurthy(d) Lisa Sthalekar

83. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of WorldMental Health Day (WMHD)?(a) Living with Schizophrenia(b) Mental health and older adults(c) Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention(d) Dignity in Mental Health

84. The 2019 Nobel prize in Chemistry has beenawarded for discovery in which field?(a) Directed evolution of enzymes(b) Cryo-electron microscopy(c) Lithium-ion batteries(d) Phage display of peptides and antibodies

85. The 2019 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicinehas been awarded for discovery in which field?(a) Cellular Respiration (b) Cancer therapy(c) Circadian rhythm (d) Autophagy

86. What is the India’s rank at the 2019 WEF GlobalCompetitiveness Index?(a) 54th (b) 66th(c) 68th (d) 75th

87. Who is the director of the award-winning shortfilm “Spirit Of Kerala”?(a) Rayka Zehtabchi (b) Sujoy Ghosh(c) Arun Joseph (d) Maitrey Bajpai

88. Nirmala Sheoran, who has been banned for 4years, is associated to which sports?(a) Sprint (b) Wrestling(c) Boxing (d) Weightlifting

89. The 1st Government-sponsored Day CareRecreation Centre for senior citizens has beeninaugurated in which city?(a) Delhi (b) Leh(c) Shimla (d) Dehradun

90. The Union Health Ministry has launched e-DantSeva in collaboration with which institute?(a) Tata Memorial (b) Apollo(c) AIIMS (d) Fortis Healthcare

91. The first-ever National Hindi Science writersconference has started in which city?(a) Jabalpur (b) New Delhi(c) Shimla (d) Lucknow

92. Olga Tokarczuk, who has been awarded theNobel Prize in Literature for 2018, is from whichcountry?(a) Poland (b) Austria(c) France (d) Britain

93. Who is the author of the book “A SorrowBeyond Dreams”?(a) Kazuo Ishiguro (b) Peter Handke(c) Olga Tokarczuk (d) Bob Dylan

94. The SUMAN initiative has been launched forwhich purpose?(a) Explore Ionosphere(b) Alert fishermen from upcoming disasters(c) Student learning Programme(d) Quality health care

95. Kadri Gopalnath, who passed away recently,was eminent personality in which musicalinstrument?(a) Ukulele (b) Violin(c) Saxophone (d) Flute

96. The first ever India International CooperativesTrade Fair (IICTF) has started in which city?(a) Chennai (b) New Delhi(c) Bangaluru (d) Pune

97. Which space agency has launched Icon satelliteto explore where air meets space?(a) ISRO (b) NASA(c) JAXA (d) Roscosmos

98. Which satellite-based advisory service has beenlaunched for deep sea fishermen?(a) Aries (b) Gemini(c) Virgo (d) Aquarius

99. The union ministry has launched which PradhanMantri Innovative Learning Programme?(a) Gemini (b) Libra(c) Pisces (d) Dhruv

100. Which union ministry has launched a monthlong exploratory open water rafting expedition“Ganga Aamantran Abhiyan”?

(a) Ministry of Environment, Forest and ClimateChange

(b) Ministry of Jal Shakti(c) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare(d) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare


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101. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has won the2019 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the20-year war between Ethiopia and which country?(a) Tanzania (b) Kenya(c) Eritrea (d) Sudan

102. Pangio bhujia, which is in news recently, isassociated to which kind of animal?(a) Fish (b) Tortoise(c) Tiger (d) Lion

103. Which union ministry has organized the 2019SARAS Aajeevika Mela?

(a) Ministry of Skill Development andEntrepreneurship

(b) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare(c) Ministry of Rural Development(d) Ministry of Textiles

104. “Ex Dharma Guardian” is the joint militaryexercise between India & which country?(a) Sri Lanka (b) Japan(c) Nepal (d) Myanmar

105. Who is the author of the book “How to Avoida Climate Disaster”?(a) Satya Nadella (b) Sundar Pichai(c) Bill Gates (d) Mark Zuckerberg

106. Who has been awarded the Indira Gandhiaward for national integration for 2018?(a) Vandana Shiva (b) Chandi Prasad Bhatt(c) Sunita Narain (d) Sugathakumari

107. Who has been bestowed with the lifetimeachievement award at the 2019 Indian SportsHonours (ISH)?(a) Kapil Dev(b) Milkha Singh(c) Pullela Gopichand(d) Karnam Malleswari

108. Which Indian personality has been conferredthe highest Civilian Honour of Comoros?(a) Rajnath SIngh(b) Narendra Modi(c) Ram Nath Kovind(d) M Venkaiah Naidu

109. Brides of which state are eligible to receiveRs. 51,000 under the “Mukhya Mantri KanyaVivah / Nikah Yojna” on proving groom’s househas toilet before marriage?(a) UP (b) MP(c) Bihar (d) Rajasthan

110. Which state government has decided to set upKanyashree University to empower girls?(a) Karnataka (b) West Bengal(c) Odisha (d) Assam

111. The 10th National Cultural Festival is being heldin which state?(a) Rajasthan(b) Himachal Pradesh(c) Madhya Pradesh(d) Uttar Pradesh

112. Which international organization has recentlyreleased its report ‘South Asia EconomicFocus, Making (De) Centralization Work’?(a) IMF (b) World Bank(c) ADB (d) United Nations

113. Simone Biles is associated to which sports?(a) Wrestling (b) Boxing(c) Weightlifting (d) Gymnastics

114. What is the theme of the 2019 edition ofInternational Girl Child Day?(a) With Her: A Skilled Girl Force(b) GirlForce: Unscripted and Unstoppable(c) Empower Girls: Before, during and after crises(d) Girls\’ Progress = Goals\’ Progress

115. Ex Vajra Prahar 2019 is the joint militaryexercise between India & which country?(a) United States (b) Japan(c) Germany (d) Sri Lanka

116. Who led Indian delegation at the 2019 BRICSCulture Ministers’ meeting in Brazil?(a) Smriti Irani(b) Amit Shah(c) Nirmala Sitharaman(d) Prahlad Singh Patel

117. Who has been conferred the National KishoreKumar Samman for 2018-19?(a) Waheeda Rehman(b) Amitabh Bachchan(c) Priyadarshan(d) Shahrukh Khan

118. ‘The Don’ award is the sports highest individualhonour of which country?(a) England (b) New Zealand(c) Australia (d) South Africa

119. On which date, the 2019 edition of International Dayfor Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDR) is observed?(a) October 14 (b) October 13(c) October 12 (d) October 11


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120. ‘Binisutoy’, which has been selected forInternational Film Festival of Kerala, isassociated to which language?(a) Bengali (b) Marathi(c) Khasi (d) Hindi

121. Who has become the first black woman to wonthe 2019 Man Booker Prize for Fiction?(a) Eleanor Catton (b) Margaret Atwood(c) Anne Enright (d) Bernardine Evaristo

122. Which airline has become the world’s firstairline to use Taxibot on A-320 aircraft?(a) Alaska Airlines (b) Air India(c) Nikko (d) Hawaiian Airlines

123. Which Indian shuttler clinched the men’ssingles title at the 2019 Bahrain InternationalSeries Badminton?(a) Lakshya Sen(b) Priyanshu Rajawat(c) Venkat Gaurav Prasad(d) Kidambi Srikanth

124. On which date, the 2019 edition of InternationalDay of Rural Women is observed?(a) October 15 (b) October 19(c) October 17 (d) October 16

125. Alexei Leonov, who passed away recently, wasthe legendary cosmonaut of which country?(a) South Korea (b) Japan(c) United States (d) Russia

126. Who is the newly appointed President of theIndian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA)?(a) Rajesh Jain (b) Venu Srinivasan(c) K Satish Reddy (d) V A Rajkishore

127. Which Indian economist has won the 2019Nobel Economics Prize for study on poverty?(a) Abhijit Banerjee (b) Arvind Subramanian(c) Pranab Bardhan (d) Srijit Mukherji

128. Who has been appointed as the new UnionLaw Secretary?(a) Suresh Chandra(b) Anoop Kumar Mendiratta(c) Alok Shrivastava(d) P S Joshi

129. Which Indian armed forced has recentlyorganized Sangam Youth Festival (SYF)?(a) Indian Coast Guard (b) Indian Air Force(c) Indian Army (d) Indian Navy

130. Who has been elected as new President ofTunisia?(a) Kais Saied (b) Nabil Karoui(c) Youssef Chahed (d) Mohamed Ennaceur

131. Who has been appointed as Secretary ofDepartment of School Education and Literacy?(a) K M Chandrasekhar (b) Amit Khare(c) Rajiv Gauba (d) N R Pillai

132. What is the India’s rank at the 2019 GlobalHunger Index (GHI)?(a) 84th (b) 112th(c) 102nd (d) 93rd

133. What is the theme of 2019 edition of WorldFood Day (WFD)?(a) #FamilyFarming(b) #ZeroHunger World(c) #FeedingWorld(d) #FoodPrices – from crisis to stability

134. Which organisation has introduced scheme ofFood Safety Mitra (FSM)?(a) FSSAI(b) Red Cross Society(c) Medical Council of India(d) NCHRH

135. Which bank has launched new fixed depositscheme ‘FD Health’?(a) SBI (b) ICICI Bank(c) HDFC (d) Axis Bank

136. Indo-Japan air drill exercise “Shinyuu Maitri”has started in which state?(a) Rajasthan (b) Jammu & Kashmir(c) Karnataka (d) West Bengal

137. Which IIT has inked pact with ExxonMobil toboost biofuel research?(a) IIT Madras (b) IIT Indore(c) IIT Bombay (d) IIT Kanpur

138. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of GlobalHandwashing Day (GHD)?(a) Clean Hands for All(b) Make handwashing a habit(c) Our hands, our future(d) Clean hands – a recipe for health

139. Which state government has decided toorganize India’s first training and performanceprogramme of world famous KHON Ramlila?(a) Rajasthan (b) Uttar Pradesh(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Chhattisgarh


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140. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who became the youngestcricketer to score 200 in ODI, is from which city?(a) Mumbai (b) Ranchi(c) Kanpur (d) Nagpur

141. Which state has highest number of livestock,as per latest 20th Livestock Census -2019?(a) Jharkhand (b) Rajasthan(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh

142. Which state is celebrating the Shirui LilyFestival?(a) Tripura (b) Arunachal Pradesh(c) Mizoram (d) Manipur

143. Ex-Eastern Bridge-V has started betweenIndia & which country?(a) Jordan (b) Oman(c) UAE (d) Kuwait

144. The 129th death anniversary of the mystic bardFakir Lalon Shah is observed in which country?(a) Bangladesh (b) Pakistan(c) India (d) Sri Lanka

145. On which date, the 2019 edition of InternationalDay for the Eradication of Poverty isobserved?(a) October 15 (b) October 18(c) October 17 (d) October 16

146. What is the India’s rank at the 2019 HurunGlobal Unicorn List?(a) 1st (b) 2nd (c) 3rd (d) 4th

147. Nashri tunnel, which is in news recently, issituated in which state?(a) Uttarakhand (b) J&K(c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Sikkim

148. The 2019 Indo-French Knowledge Summit washeld in which city?(a) Delhi (b) Paris(c) Lyon (d) Pune

149. The World Students’ Day (WSD) is celebratedto mark the birth anniversary of which notedpersonality?(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) Mother Teresa(c) APJ Abdul Kalam (d) Lala Lajpat Rai

150. Which Arab country has announcedestablishment of 1st graduate-level, research-based AI university in world?(a) Oman (b) Jordon(c) Israel (d) UAE

151. Which state has topped the NITI Aayog’s first-ever India Innovation Index (III)?(a) Maharashtra (b) Telangana(c) Karnataka (d) Tamil Nadu

152. Which state has become the first Indian stateto provide maternity benefits in the privateeducational sector?(a) Karnataka (b) Kerala(c) UP (d) Tamil Nadu

153. Tulagi Island, sometimes seen in news, is theterritory of which country?(a) Kiribati (b) Solomon(c) Tuvalu (d) Nauru

154. Which bank has recently launched contactlessmobile phone payments facility?(a) SBI (b) ICICI Bank(c) HDFC bank (d) BoB

155. Debayan Saha, who has invented PM 2.5device to curb air pollution, is graduate fromwhich IIT?(a) IIT Kharagpur (b) IIT Bombay(c) IIT Delhi (d) IIT Indore

156. What is the India’s rank in the 2019 WorldGiving Index (WGI)?(a) 112th (b) 101st(c) 82nd (d) 97th

157. Which state government has launched YSRRythu Bharosa-PM Kisan Yojana?(a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu(c) Kerala (d) Andhra Pradesh

158. Kanwar Sain Jolly, who passed away recently,was associated to which field?(a) Journalism (b) Politics(c) Arts (d) Science

159. Who is the author of the book “Dark Fear, EerieCities: New Hindi Cinema in Neo-liberalIndia”?(a) Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni(b) Chetan Bhagat(c) Sarunas Paunksnis(d) Ashwin Sanghi

160. Which Indian armed force has launchedOASIS (Officers Automated & StructuredInformation System) software?(a) Indian Army (b) Indian Air Force(c) Indian Navy (d) Indian Coast Guard


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161. Who has been appointed as Director-Generalof the National Security Guard (NSG)?(a) Anup Singh (b) K L Dhillon(c) Venkatesh Prasad (d) Pranjal Kumar

162. India will host the 91st Interpol GeneralAssembly in which year?(a) 2020 (b) 2021(c) 2022 (d) 2023

163. Kalidas Karmakar, who passed away recently,was the renowned painter of which country?(a) Sri Lanka (b) Bangladesh(c) India (d) Nepal

164. Baliyatra is one of the biggest trade fairs ofwhich state?(a) Odisha (b) Karnataka(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Jharkhand

165. Who led the Indian delegation at G20 FinanceMinisters and Central Bank Governors inWashington?(a) Narendra Modi (b) Rajnath Singh(c) Piyush Goyal (d) Nirmala Sitharaman

166. The Nuclear Energy Conclave 2019 was heldin which city?(a) Kochi (b) Laddakh(c) Bangaluru (d) New Delhi

167. Which sportsperson has written a book “MindMaster: Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life”?(a) Abhinav Bindra(b) Anju Bobby George(c) Viswanathan Anand(d) Jeev Milkha Singh

168. Who has been appointed the new chief of theEuropean Central Bank (ECB)?(a) Takehiko Nakao(b) Antonio Guterres(c) Kristalina Georgieva(d) Christine Lagarde

169. DANX -19 has been conducted under the aegisof which command of the Indian Armed Forces?(a) Andaman & Nicobar Command(b) South-Western Command(c) Army Training Command(d) Southern Command

170. The 2019 Military World Games has started inwhich city of China?(a) Hangzhou (b) Beijing(c) Wuhan (d) Shanghai

171. Chewang Rinchen Setu, which is in newsrecently, is located in which city?(a) Shillong (b) Gangtok(c) Ladakh (d) Darjeeling

172. Who has been sworn-in as the new Presidentof Indonesia?(a) Susilo Yudhoyono (b) Jusuf Kalla(c) Maruf Amin (d) Joko Widodo

173. Which state has decided to adopt NCERTcourse in Class 9th & 10th standard in all govtschools?(a) Himachal Pradesh(b) Madhya Pradesh(c) Rajasthan(d) Haryana

174. KB Siddaiah, who passed away recently, wasthe veteran personality in which field?(a) Poetry (b) Journalism(c) Politics (d) Arts

175. Who has been appointed as the new chairmanof Indian Banks’ Association (IBA)?(a) Rakesh Sharma(b) Rajnish Kumar(c) S S Mallikarjuna Rao(d) Madhav Kalyan

176. Which team clinched the 2019 title of ProKabaddi League (PKL)?(a) U Mumba (b) Patna Pirates(c) Bengal Warriors (d) Dabang Delhi

177. N Chandrasekaran, who authored the book‘Bridgital Nation’, is the chairman of whichcompany?(a) Infosys (b) Tata Sons(c) Wipro (d) Birla

178. Which Indian cyclist won gold in the men’sjunior Keirin event at the 2019 Asian TrackCycling Championships(a) James Singh (b) Ronaldo Singh(c) Rojit Singh (d) Esow Alben

179. The 18th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)summit 2019 is being held in which city?(a) Baku (b) New Delhi(c) Kuala Lumpur (d) Bangkok

180. Indo-Maldives joint military exerciseEKUVERIN – 2019 has concluded in which city?(a) Kochi (b) Visakhapatnam(c) Pune (d) Bangaluru


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181. The world’s oldest known natural pearl hasrecently discovered in which Island?(a) Ras Al Khaimah(b) Umm Al Qaiwain(c) Sharjah(d) Abu Dhabi

182. The researchers of which country havedeveloped renewable energy storage device?(a) United Kingdom (b) United States(c) France (d) Germany

183. Which state has registered highest number ofcrimes against women, as per Crime in IndiaReport 2017?(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) West Bengal(c) Maharashtra (d) Madhya Pradesh

184. On which date, the 2019 edition of World IodineDeficiency Day (WIDD) is observed?(a) October 20 (b) October 23(c) October 21 (d) October 22

185. Which Indian sportsperson has won theVogue’s Sportsperson of the Year 2019?(a) Dutee Chand (b) P V Sindhu(c) Mary Kom (d) Mithali Raj

186. India’s 1st plant to convert paddy straw intocompressed biogas (CBG) will come up inwhich city?(a) Udaipur (b) Karnal(c) Jabalpur (d) Nagpur

187. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of WorldOsteoporosis Day (WOD)?(a) Strong Women Make Stronger Women(b) Stop at One: Make your First Break your Last(c) Love your bones and Protect your future(d) Real Men Build Their Strength from Within

188. Which UN agency has launched campaign‘Feed Our Future’ against hunger andmalnutrition in India?(a) UNESCO (b) WFP(c) FAO (d) UNIDO

189. Which state government has decided no Govt.jobs for people with more than 2 children from2021?(a) Rajasthan (b) Punjab(c) Jharkhand (d) Assam

190. Which union ministry has signed pact withdefense ministry provide traditional medicine?

(a) Ministry of AYUSH(b) Ministry of Environment, Forests and

Climate Change(c) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare(d) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

191. The 2019 summit of the Global Snow Leopardand Ecosystem Protection Program (GSLEP)was held in which city?(a) Dehradun (b) Shimla(c) Darjeeling (d) Delhi

192. On which date, the 2019 edition of InternationalSnow Leopard Day (ISLD) is observed?(a) October 26 (b) October 23(c) October 25 (d) October 24

193. The Data Security Council of India (DSCI)has launched which national repository ofstartups?(a) TechBharat (b) TechWalk(c) TechSagar (d) TechTea

194. Bhashan Char Island, which is in newsrecently, is located in which country?(a) India (b) Sri Lanka(c) Bangladesh (d) Pakistan

195. Who led Indian delegation at the 18th Summitof Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)?(a) Narendra Modi (b) Raj Nath Kovind(c) Venkaiah Naidu (d) Rajnath Singh

196. Which Indian sportsperson has been namedambassador for PM Modi’s ‘Bharat Ki Laxmi’initiative?(a) Saina Nehwal (b) Mary Kom(c) PV Sindhu (d) Mithali Raj

197. Who has been appointed new CEO of UIDAI?(a) Prakash Sharma (b) Pankaj Kumar(c) Mayank Dutt (d) Vijay Kumar


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198. Who is the head of the committee to resolveMeitY and NITI fight over ArtificialIntelligence (AI)?(a) K Vijay Raghavan(b) S. K. Sinha(c) Shobhana K. Pattanayak(d) Tarun Shridhar

199. Which Indian Armed Force has decided toconduct exercise codenamed ‘SindhuSudarshan’?(a) Indian Air Force (b) Indian Navy(c) Assam Rifles (d) Indian Army

200. Which union ministry has inaugurated theInternational Workshop on Environment Flowsat Delhi?

(a) Ministry of AYUSH(b) Ministry of Electronics and Information

Technology(c) Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate

Change(d) Ministry of Jal Shakti

201. India signed the Kartarpur Sahib CorridorAgreement with which country?(a) Nepal (b) Bangladesh(c) Afghanistan (d) Pakistan

202. What is the India’s rank in the World Bank’sEase of Doing Business 2020 report?(a) 75th (b) 82nd (c) 63rd (d) 59th

203. Who became the first Indian man to win goldat Wushu World Championships?(a) Rajvir Singh (b) Santosh Kumar(c) Narender Grewal(d) Praveen Kumar

204. Who has been appointed as new Chairman ofStaff Selection Commission (SSC)?(a) Braj Raj Sharma (b) Pankaj Kumar(c) Pooja Kadian (d) Sandhyarani Devi

205. Who is the author of the book “Ten Studies inKashmir: History and Politics”?(a) Jnan Chandra Ghosh(b) Rajeshwar Acharya(c) Kashi Nath Pandit(d) Gita Mehta

206. Which institute has topped the 2020 QS IndiaUniversity Rankings?(a) IIT Bombay (b) IIT Madras(c) IIT Kharagpur (d) IIT Roorkee

207. On which date, the 2019 edition of WorldDevelopment Information Day (WDID) isobserved?(a) October 25 (b) October 26(c) October 24 (d) October 27

208. On which date, the 2019 edition of World PolioDay (WPD) is observed?(a) October 24 (b) October 26(c) October 28 (d) October 23

209. What is the India’s rank at the 2019 MelbourneMercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI)?(a) 43rd (b) 55th(c) 17th (d) 32nd

210. Which country will host the first edition ofexpanded 24-team FIFA World Cup for Clubsin 2021?(a) Qatar (b) India(c) China (d) Sri Lanka

211. What is the theme of the 2019 edition ofVigilance Awareness Week (VAW)?(a) Promote integrity and eradicate Corruption(b) My Vision-Corruption Free India(c) Eradicate Corruption-Build a New India(d) Integrity- A way of life

212. Which international organization has inkedagreement project to support smallholderfarmers in Odisha?(a) ADB (b) IMF(c) World Bank (d) AIIB

213. The 58th Raising Day of Indo-Tibetan BorderPolice (ITBP) is observed on which date?(a) October 25 (b) October 24(c) October 26 (d) October 27

214. The first-ever Global Bio-India 2019 summitis being held in which city?(a) Chennai (b) Gandhinagar(c) Agartala (d) New Delhi


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215. ABADHA scheme, which is in news recently,is associated to which state?(a) Jharkhand (b) Bihar(c) Odisha (d) West Bengal

216. Which state government has launched MukhyaMantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana onDhanteras?

(a) Punjab (b) Uttar Pradesh(c) Rajasthan (d) Madhya Pradesh

217. K R Wadhwaney, who passed away recently,is associated to which field?(a) Sports (b) Law(c) Painting (d) Music

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218. The Thotlakonda Buddhist Monastery islocated in which state?(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Karnataka(c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu

219. Who won the 2019 Sakharov human rightsprize of European Union (EU)?(a) Oleg Sentsov (b) Ilham Tohti(c) Liu Xiaobo (d) Nasrin Sotoudeh

220. Who won the Udyog Rattan Award-2019 ofInstitute of Economic Studies (IES)?(a) Kishan Kumar (b) Pradeep Jain(c) Thakur Anup Singh (d) Kuldeep Yadav


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FUN TIME LESSON

A young woman worked for a merchant wholived on top of a hill. She had to walk down the hilleveryday to collect water from a stream. She hadtwo pots to carry water, which she hung upon a poleand carried over her shoulders. One of the pots hada crack, but she still used it. The woman would fillthem to the brim, and walk back up the hill. By thetime she reached the house, the cracked pot wouldonly be half full.

When the cracked pot saw water filled to thetop in the other pot, it began to feel desolate. After afew years, the cracked pot spoke to the lady, “ Iapologise for my flaws. I spill half of the water. Iam of no good”. The lady replied, “As we return tothe master’s house, I want you to look at the pathwe traverse”. The next time, the pot carefullyobserved the path up the hill.

On his side of the trail, the pot noticed beautifulflowers growing in abundance, while the other sidewas still dry. The lady said, “I had always knownabout your cracks and I took advantage of it to waterthose beautiful flowers along the way. “Without youbeing just the way you are, the path uphill would nothave this beauty.”

LESSON: Each one of us in unique and we haveour own flaws. It is our little quirks and faultsthat make us and the world so interesting.

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