Monthly Current Affairs & Quiz June 2019

1. Volcano erupts in the Indonesian island of Bali

A volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali, Mount

Agung erupted.

• Mount Agung spewed a plume of ash and

smoke more than 2,000 metres into the sky.

• The volcano is located about 70 kilometres

from the tourist hub of Kuta. It has been

erupting periodically since it came back to

life in 2017

• Indonesia is situated on the Pacific "Ring of

Fire", where the collision of tectonic plates

causes frequent quakes and major volcanic

activity.

1. World Bicycle Day: 3 June

In April 2018, the United Nations General Assembly

declared 3 June as International World Bicycle Day.

• The day will be observed by all the bicycle

enthusiasts across the globe with great

excitement and fun.

• The aim of the event will mainly focus on

devoting particular attention to the bicycle in

the current era of automobiles.

1. ICA issues first UAE Permanent Residency

'Golden Card' in Abu Dhabi

UAE’s Federal Authority for Identity and

Citizenship (ICA) has issued the first Golden

Residence Permit in Abu Dhabi.

• It has been provided as a part of the Investors

Permanent Residence System aimed to attract

investors, entrepreneurs and qualified

individuals who meet its criteria.

• The first permit to the investor was awarded

to Yousuf Ali, Board Member of the Abu

Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry,

ADCCI, and Chairman of the Lulu

International Group.

• The Abu Dhabi-based Keralite tycoon is

worth 4.7 billion dollars and has been ranked

the richest expat in UAE according to Forbes

magazine's 2019 list of billionaires.

1. World Environment Day: 05 June 2019

World Environment Day is observed every year on

the 5th of June.

• The day is celebrated every year to raise

global awareness to take positive

environmental action to protect nature and

the planet Earth.

• This year the theme of Environment Day is

‘Air Pollution’.

• Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on

the eve of world environment day launched a

people’s campaign #SelfiewithSapling

urging all to join and plant a sapling and post

the selfie with the sapling on social media.

1. Russia launches the first Arctic train service

In Russia, the first tourist train travelling through

Russia's Arctic region and on to Norway set off from

St. Petersburg station with 91 passengers aboard for

the inaugural trial journey.

• The train, named, Zarengold, complete with

two restaurant cars will travel from Saint

Petersburg through according to the

organisers.

• The whole trip will take 11 days and allow

passengers to discover areas difficult to

access by other means.

2. Dzükou Valley, Nagaland becomes Plastic Free

Zone on World Environment Day

In Nagaland, the scenic Dzükou Valley has become

Plastic Free Zone on the occasion of World

Environment Day.

• The much-appreciated initiative on declaring

this scenic valley as a ‘plastic-free zone’ was

taken by Southern Angami Youth

Organisation (SAYO).

• SAYO had started the task of cleaning the

valley since last month, where local

volunteers had worked tirelessly to clear the

plastic debris from all the areas of the iconic

valley.

1. India, France to hold mega air exercise ‘Varun’

in July

The Indian and French air forces will carry out a two-

week-long mega air exercise beginning July 1 in

France.

• A fleet of Sukhoi 30 fighter jets of the Indian

Air Force will engage in dogfights with

France's Rafale multirole aircraft in

simulated scenarios as part of the 'Garuda'

exercise.

• The exercise will also provide an opportunity

to a sizeable number of IAF pilots to have a

close look at the Rafale jets being operated by

the French Air Force.

1. Theresa May officially steps down as leader of

Conservative Party

British Prime Minister Theresa has officially stepped

down as the leader of the Conservative Party but will

remain as Prime Minister until her successor is

chosen.

• She had announced to resign on 24th of last

month.

• May has stepped down amid mounting

pressure over her repeatedly defeated Brexit

deal.

• May has been Prime Minister for nearly three

years since she took over from David

Cameron in the wake of the June 2016 Brexit

referendum.

2. 'Gandhi Cycle Rally for Peace' organised in

Saudi Arabia

To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma

Gandhi, Indian Embassy in Saudi organized ‘Gandhi

Cycle Rally for Peace’ in association with the

Diplomatic Quarter Authority and Saudi Cycling

Federation.

• The rally was flagged off by Dr Ausaf

Sayeed, Ambassador of India to the Kingdom

of Saudi Arabia.

• The Saudi dignitaries, diplomats, members of

Indian diaspora and Saudi nationals attended

the rally.

• Seven teams were deployed along the 6 km

long route to assist the participants.

• The Cycle Rally was part of the series of

events organized globally by the Government

of India to commemorate the 150th Birth

Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

1. African bloc suspends Sudan, demanding an

end to military rule

The African Union (AU) suspended Sudan until the

establishment of civilian rule, intensifying global

pressure on its new military leaders to stand down

after the worst violence since Omar al-Bashir's fall in

April.

• Meeting in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa,

the AU's peace and security council invoked

its response to interruptions of constitutional

rule by suspending Sudan.

Points to Remember

• Sudan Capital: Khartoum

• Currency: Sudanese pound

2. SriLankan Airlines named world's most

punctual

SriLankan Airlines, the flag carrier of the island

nation, has been named the 'World's Most Punctual

Airline'.

It has been named for the second consecutive time

with over 90 per cent of its flights in May being "on

time".

• In May, it achieved a punctuality rating of

90.75 per cent.

• Global flight tracker, Flightstats analysed

data of 41 carriers from Europe, North

America, Asia, the Middle East, and South

America, including most of the world's

largest and most prestigious airlines before

drawing its conclusions.

1. UAE Cabinet adopts "National Strategy for

Wellbeing 2031"

The UAE Cabinet adopted the ‘National Strategy for

Wellbeing 2031’ during its meeting at the

Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi.

• One of the most important initiatives is the

development of the first 'National Wellbeing

Observatory' to support the policymaking

process.

• The strategy is based on a national

framework of three main levels - individuals,

society and the country.

• It includes 14 components and nine strategic

objectives, which include enhancing people's

wellbeing by promoting healthy and active

lifestyles, promoting good mental health and

adopting positive thinking.

2. Pakistan's economic growth expected to hit 3.3

%

Pakistan's economic growth in the financial year

ending in June is expected to hit 3.3 per cent, well

below the target of 6.3 per cent.

• According to the Economic Survey, the dip in

economic growth is expected as the

government failed to meet targets in nearly

all sectors.

• The manufacturing sector slid by 0.3 per cent

and the large scale manufacturing showed a

negative growth of 2 per cent against the

target 8.1 per cent.

3. Imports from Pakistan to India declined by

92% in March

Imports from Pakistan to India has declined by 92 per

cent to 2.84 million US dollars in March this year.

• The reason behind this decline is the

imposition of 200 per cent customs duties on

all products following Pulwama terror attack.

• During the January-March period of 2018-19

fiscal, the imports from Pakistan declined by

47 per cent to 53.65 million dollars.

• India's exports to Pakistan to have dipped by

about 32 per cent to over 171. million dollars

in March.

• India had revoked the MFN (Most Favoured

Nation) status to Pakistan in the aftermath of

the terror attack.

• It had granted the MFN status to Pakistan in

1996.

4. Forex reserves increase by 1.8 billion to 421.8

billion

The country's foreign exchange reserves increased by

USD 1.875 billion to USD 421.867 billion in the

week ending May 31.

• Reserve Bank weekly data released showed

that foreign currency assets, which is a major

component of the overall reserves, rose by

USD 1.946 billion to USD 394.134 billion.

• According to the RBI data, after remaining

stable for the past few weeks, gold reserves

declined by USD 62.9 million to USD 22.958

billion.

1. Canada to ban single-use plastics from 2021

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced

that single-use plastics will be banned in the country

from 2021.

• He declared it a global challenge to phase out

the plastic bags, straws and cutlery clogging

the world's oceans.

• Each year a million birds and more than

100,000 marine mammals worldwide suffer

injury or death by becoming entangled in

plastic or ingesting it through the food chain.

• Single-use items represent some 70 per cent

of the plastic waste littering the marine

environment.

1. World Day Against Child Labour: 12 June

The World Day Against Child Labour is an day

observed by International Labour Organization

(ILO) on 12 June every year.

• The day was launched in 2002.

• The day aims to raise awareness and activism

to prevent child labour.

• The theme for World Day Against Child

Labour 2019 is ‘Children shouldn’t work in

fields, but on dreams!’

2. 16th Asia media summit kicks off in Cambodia

The 16th Asia media summit kicked-off in

Cambodia.

• The conference is deliberating on many

issues pertaining to the media and

broadcasting industry.

• The Ministers from different countries

presented the digital trends in the

broadcasting sector in their respective

countries.

• Envisioning the media in the 4th Industrial

revolution, Darren ong, an industry expert

said that placing consumer interests at the

centre of decision making is crucial to the

online environment.

3. Japan to invest Rs 13,000 cr in the northeast in

infrastructure projects

Japan will invest Rs 13,000 crore in several ongoing

as well as new infrastructure projects in the northeast

region.

• Some of the important projects in which

Japan will collaborate include the Guwahati

water supply project, Guwahati sewage

project, the northeast road network

connectivity improvement project spread

over Assam and Meghalaya and northeast

network connectivity improvement project in

Meghalaya.

• The government of Japan has decided to

invest an amount of 205.784 billion yen,

equivalent to approximately Rs 13,000 crore,

in several ongoing as well as new projects in

different states of the northeastern region.

1. World Blood Donor Day: 14 June 2019

Every year on 14 June, countries around the world

celebrate World Blood Donor Day (WBDD).

• The event, established in 2004, serves to raise

awareness of the need for safe blood and

blood products and to thank blood donors for

their voluntary, life-saving gifts of blood.

• Theme: Safe blood for all

1. World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: 15 June

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is held on June

15th every year.

• The UN aims to raise awareness of elder

abuse and prevent it, and on this day.

• Elder abuse is global and comes in many

forms including physical, emotional, sexual

and financial abuse and also neglect.

1. Netanyahu renames Golan heights after Trump

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially

renamed a settlement in Golan height after United

States President Donald Trump.

• Notably, the community is now just an

isolated outpost of 10 resident.

• In April, Netanyahu had said he would name

a new community in the Golan Heights after

the US President to thank him for recognising

Israel's sovereignty over the area, which

Israel captured from Syria during the Six-Day

War in 1967 and annexed in 1981.

• The United States became the first country to

recognise the Golan Heights as part of Israel

on March 25.

1. Autistic Pride Day: 18 June

Autistic Pride Day is observed every year on 18 June.

• Autistic pride recognises the importance of

pride for autistics and understands it not as a

disease but as a difference.

• Autism or Autism Spectrum Disability is a

range of complex neurodevelopment

disorders characterized by social

impairments, communication difficulties,

restrictive and repetitive pattern of behaviour.

• It is a lifelong condition which usually occurs

in the first three years of life.

• The exact cause of autism is not known but it

is known to be associated with genetic and

environmental factors.

2. India will overtake China as the world's most

populous country in just 8 years

India projected to surpass China as the world's most

populous country around 2027, according to a UN

report.

• India is expected to add nearly 273 million

people between now and 2050 and will

remain the most populated country through

the end of the current century.

• The report titled 'The World Population

Prospects 2019: Highlights' estimated that the

world's population is expected to increase by

two million by 2050, from 7.7 billion today

to 9.7 billion.

• Moreover, Indian along with eight other

countries will constitute half of the

population.

1. World Refugee Day: 20 June

World Refugee Day is observed on the 20th of June

every year.

• The day celebrates the stories and

contributions of refugees.

• The theme this year is Step with Refugees -

Take a Step on World Refugee Day.

• According to the latest UN study, 70.8

million children women and men were

forcibly displaced at the end of last year.

• This is the highest number in the

organization’s almost 70-year history.

2. Thousands protest against the Guthi Bill in

Kathmandu

In Nepal, thousands of people came onto roads in

capital Kathmandu against controversial “Guthi

Bill”.

• The protesters are demanding the

government to scrap the controversial bill.

• Guthis are socio-economic institutions/trusts,

both public and private, that fund their

obligations from incomes from cultivated or

leased land assets.

• Depending on their obligations, Guthis fulfil

religious, public service or social roles and

could either involve members from a

common lineage, or several.

• The Government of Nepal had tabled the

Guthi Bill to amend Guthi Act and

nationalise both public and private Guthis or

trusts and regulate all religious sites under a

powerful commission.

3. Bangladesh has emerged as the fastest growing

economy among 45 countries of the Asia-Pacific

region: ADB

Bangladesh has emerged as the fastest growing

economy among the 45 countries of the Asia-Pacific

region according to the Asian Development Bank

(ADB).

• In the financial year, 2018-19 Bangladesh

attained a growth rate of 7.9 % which is its

fastest rate since 1974.

• The bank predicted that the growth will be

8% in the next financial year.

• The bank said that higher public sector

investment, stronger consumption demand,

revival in exports, improved power supply

and higher growth in private sector credit

were the key factors of the high growth

performance of Bangladesh.

1. International Day of Yoga: 21 June

International Day of Yoga is celebrated annually on

21 June since its inception in 2015.

• The idea of International Day of Yoga was

first proposed by the current Prime Minister

of India, Mr Narendra Modi.

• The International Day of Yoga aims to raise

awareness worldwide of the many benefits of

practising yoga.

• 2019 Theme: Yoga for Climate Action

2. World Music Day: 21 June

World Music Day 2019 or International Music Day

2019 is observed every year on June 21.

• It is originated in France where it is known as

‘Fête de la Musique’ meaning “festival of

music” to honour both amateur and

professional musicians.

• This move was proposed by French Politician

Jack Lang and composer Maurice Fleuret to

talk about the importance of music.

1. UAE airlines reroute flights over Strait of

Hormuz, Gulf of Oman

The Emirates Airline has taken precautionary

measures including rerouting all flights away from

areas of possible conflict in the Gulf region.

• The announcement came a day after an

unmanned US drone was reportedly shot

down by Iran in the region.

• The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration,

FAA, had issued an emergency order on

prohibiting U.S. air carriers from flying in

Iran-controlled airspace over the Strait of

Hormuz and Gulf of Oman due to heightened

tensions.

2. Saudi Arabia becomes the first Arab country to

be granted full membership of FATF

Saudi Arabia has become the first Arab country to be

granted full membership of the Financial Action

Task Force (FATF).

• It has gained this status following the group’s

Annual General Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

• The Kingdom had obtained observer status in

the Group in June 2015 and completed the

mutual evaluation process in June 2018.

• The FATF now has 39 full members,

including the permanent members of the UN

Security Council and most countries of the G-

20.

• The group is responsible for issuing

international standards, policies and best

practices to combat money laundering,

terrorist financing and proliferation.

3. First Bangladesh International Theatre

Festival being held in Dhaka

The first international theatre festival of Bangladesh

is being held at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in

Dhaka.

• The week-long festival will feature theatre

and puppet shows by eight troupes from

seven countries.

• Rabindranath Tagore’s dance-drama ‘Mayar

Khela’ was performed as the inaugural

presentation of the festival.

• Theatre troupes from India, Bangladesh,

Russia, China, France, Vietnam and Nepal

are participating in the festival.

1. International Olympic Day: 23rd June

World Olympic Day is observed on 23rd June all

around the world.

• Olympic Day was introduced in 1948 to

commemorate the birth of the modern

Olympic Games on 23 June 1894 at the

Sorbonne in Paris.

• So first Olympic Day was celebrated on 23

June 1948 by 9 National Olympic

Committees (NOC).

2. International Olympic Committee opens new

headquarters in Switzerland

The International Olympic Committee (IOC)

formally opened its new headquarters in Lausanne,

Switzerland.

• It has been opened exactly 125 years after the

Olympic Games were revived.

• The Olympic House has been built on the site

of the former headquarters, and 95 per cent of

the old materials were reused and recycled.

• Designed by architecture firm 3XN of

Denmark, the energy-efficient building has

won international awards for sustainability.

1. Awami League of Bangladesh celebrated its

70th foundation

The ruling Awami League of Bangladesh celebrated

its 70th founding day on 23rd June 2019.

• Prime Minister and President of the Awami

League of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has

greeted the countrymen on this occasion.

• Awami League was founded on June 23,

1949, in Dhaka of the then East Pakistan.

• It led a number of major movements such as

the Language Movement in 1952, anti- Ayub

movement in 1962 and mass surge in 1969.

• Finally, after the Liberation War against the

Pakistani forces actively supported by India,

Bangladesh emerged as an independent

country in 1971.

2. Ghazouani wins Mauritania presidency with 52

per cent of votes

Mauritania's government-backed candidate

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani won the presidential

election.

• The electoral commission declared

Ghazouani winner with 52% of the vote.

• His nearest rival, anti-slavery campaigner

Biram Dah Abeid, came second with 18.58%.

• The election was the first in the sparsely

populated Saharan nation's history, since

independence from France in 1960, to choose

a successor to a democratically elected

president.

Points to Remember

• Capital: Nouakchott

• Currency: Mauritanian ouguiya

1. United Nations Public Service Day: 23 June

The United Nations Public Service Day is celebrated

on June 23 of every year.

• On this day, the UN Public Service Awards

are given. The First award ceremony

occurred in 2003.

• It is known as the most esteemed global

acknowledgement of magnificence in public

service.

• The United Nations Public Service Forum

(UNPSF) 2019 will happen in the Republic of

Azerbaijan from 24 to 26 June 2019.

2. UAE launches UN-developed anti-money

laundering platform

The UAE has become the first country in the Gulf to

launch a new reporting platform developed by the

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to curb

organised crimes.

• The UAE’s Financial Intelligence Unit

launched the new anti-money laundering

platform 'goAML', which has been open for

registration since May.

• All financial entities and Designated Non-

Financial Businesses or Professions have to

register on this system.

• The platform will help the FIU prevent

money laundering, financing of terrorism and

other illicit financial activities.

1. International Day Against Drug Abuse and

Illicit Trafficking: 26 June

The International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit

Trafficking is observed annually on 26 June, since

1989.

• This day is observed by the United Nations

against drug abuse and the illegal drug trade.

• 2019 Theme: Health for Justice. Justice for

Health

1. BIMSTEC Day celebrated in Dhaka

Members of the 7 countries regional grouping

Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and

Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) celebrated the

BIMSTEC Day in Dhaka.

• Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Dr A K

Abdul Momen was the chief guest of the

event.

• Acting High Commissioner Bishwadip Dey

represented India in the event.

• Points to remember

• The BIMSTEC member states- Bangladesh,

India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal

and Bhutan.

1. G-20 summit begins in Osaka

G20 Summit begins in Osaka, Japan.

• The theme of the summit is ‘Human-centred

future society’.

• Several state heads including Prime Minister

Narendra Modi will take part in the two-day

summit.

• 19 countries, the European Union and several

special invitees are participating at the Osaka

Summit.

Points to Remember

• 2020 G20 summit: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• 2021 G20 summit: Italy

• 2022 G20 summit: India

1. PM Modi chairs RIC meet with Putin, Xi

Jinping

Prime minister Narendra Modi chaired the informal

meeting of the RIC (Russia, India and China)

framework on the sidelines of the G-20 summit.

• The meeting was attended by Russian

President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader

Xi Jinping.

• The interactions at the level of the leadership

of these countries to discuss global issues are

of immense importance.

2. Saudi Arabia raises India's Haj quota by 30,000

Saudi Arabia has increased India's Haj quota by

30,000.

• Now the quota has been raised from 170,000

to 200,000, paving the way for 30,000 more

Indians to go for the annual Islamic

pilgrimage to Mecca.

• The issue of India's Haj quota was discussed

during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's

bilateral talks with Crown Prince of Saudi

Arabia Mohammed bin Salman.

1. NASA announces 'Dragonfly' mission to

explore Saturn's moon, Titan

The US space agency NASA announced that it will

launch a spacecraft in 2026 to explore the richly

organic world of Titan.

• A rotorcraft called 'Dragonfly' will arrive at

the Saturn's moon in 2034, looking for

prebiotic chemical processes common on

both Titan and Earth.

• It may lend clues to how life may have arisen

on Earth.

• Titan is the second largest moon in the solar

system and is an icy world whose surface is

completely obscured by a nitrogen-based

golden atmosphere, four times denser than

Earth's.

2. PM Modi outlines his 5 I vision in G-20 meet at

Osaka

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has outlined his 5 I

vision to maximize digital technology for social

benefit.

• He put thrust on Inclusiveness,

Indigenization, Innovation, Investment and

Infrastructure and International Cooperation.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi also held a tri-

lateral meeting with Chinese President Xi

Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin

and discussed issues like terrorism and

climate change on the sidelines of the G-20

summit.

2. GDP growth slows to a five-year low at 5.8%

in the January-March quarter

India's economic growth rate slowed to a five-year

low of 5.8 per cent in January-March 2018-19,

• It has been recorded due to poor

performance in the agriculture and

manufacturing sectors.

• According to the Central Statistics Office

(CSO) data released, GDP growth during

2018-19 fiscal stood at 6.8 per cent, lower

than 7.2 per cent in the previous financial

year.

• The growth in the gross domestic product

(GDP) was slowest since 2014-15. The

previous low was 6.4 per cent in 2013-14.

3. Union Cabinet Ministers Portfolio 2019 Part 1

A total of 24 Cabinet Ministers took oath at the

forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, followed by

nine Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and

24 Ministers of State.

• Rajnath Singh – Defence

• Amit Shah – Home Affairs

• Nirmala Sitharaman – Finance; Corporate

Affairs

• Subrahmanyam Jaishankar – External

Affairs

• Nitin Gadkari – Road Transport and

Highways; Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises

• DV Sadananda Gowda – Chemical and

Fertilizers

• Ram Vilas Paswan – Consumer Affairs,

Food and Public Distribution

• Narendra Singh Tomar – Agriculture and

Farmers Welfare; Rural Development;

Panchayati Raj

• Ravi Shankar Prasad – Law and Justice;

Communications; Electronics and

Information Technology

• Harsimrat Kaur Badal – Food Processing

Industries

• Thawarchand Gehlot – Social Justice and

Empowerment

• Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank – Human

Resource Development

• Arjun Munda – Tribal Affairs

4. Union Cabinet Ministers Portfolio 2019 Part 2

• Smriti Irani – Women and Child

Development; Textiles

• Dr. Harsh Vardhan – Health and Family

Welfare; Science and Technology; Earth

Sciences

• Prakash Javdekar – Environment, Forest and

Climate Change; Information and

Broadcasting

• Piyush Goyal – Railways; Commerce and

Industries

• Dharmendra Pradhan – Petroleum and

Natural Gas; Steel

• Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi – Minority Affairs

• Prahlad Joshi – Parliamentary Affairs; Coal;

Mines

• Mahendra Nath Pandey – Skill Development

and Entrepreneurship

• Arvind Sawant – Heavy Industries and

Public Enterprise

• Giriraj Singh – Animal Husbandry,

Dairying, and Fisheries

• Gajendra Singh Shekhawat – Jal Shakti

5. RBI to observe financial literacy week from

June 5-9

The Reserve Bank of India will observe Financial

Literacy Week across the country from 3rd to 7th of

June.

• The theme this year is - 'Farmers and how

they benefit by being a part of the formal

banking system'.

• Posters and leaflets will be used to spread

awareness and spread the message of

financial literacy among the farming

community.

• The RBI has advised banks to display the

posters and content in their rural bank

branches, Financial Literacy Centres, ATMs

and websites.

1. Assam govt hikes parental income limit under

the fee waiver scheme

Assam government has hiked the parental income

limit to waive admission fees for students taking

admission up to Post Graduate level.

• Student’s whose parental income is less than

2 lakh rupees per year can avail the benefits.

• All provincialized government colleges and 5

universities are incorporated under the

scheme.

2. Telangana celebrates state formation day

June 2, 2019, marks the fifth Telangana State

Formation Day.

• On 2 June 2014, the area was separated from

the northwestern part of Andhra Pradesh as

the newly formed 29th state with Hyderabad

as its historic permanent capital.

• It is also known as India's youngest state.

Points to Remember

• Governor: E. S. L. Narasimhan

• Chief Minister: K. Chandrashekar Rao

• Rajya Sabha seats: 7

• Lok Sabha seats: 17

3. Elephanta festival of art and culture begins

The Elephanta Festival of art and culture kicked off

at the iconic Gateway of India in Mumbai.

• The gala event is organised on the Elephanta

Island and promoted by the Maharashtra

government.

• Elephanta Caves located on the island are a

UNESCO World Heritage Site. They are a

collection of cave temples predominantly

dedicated to Lord Shiv.

4. PM Modi approves a hike in rates of

scholarship under National Defence Fund

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated his first

decision after taking over to those who protect the

country.

• Mr Modi has approved major changes in the

Prime Minister's scholarship scheme under

the National Defence Fund.

• He has enhanced rates of scholarship from

2000 rupees per month to 2500 rupees per

month for boys and from 2250 rupees per

month to 3000 rupees per month for girls.

• The ambit of the Scholarship Scheme is also

extended to the wards of State Police officials

who are/were martyred during terror/Naxal

attacks.

5. Kasturirangan committee submits new draft

education policy to HRD Ministry

Former ISRO chief Dr Kasturirangan led Committee

submitted the draft National Educational Policy

(NEP) to HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

in New Delhi.

• The policy draft recommends incorporation

of Indian knowledge systems in the

curriculum, constituting a National

Education Commission and curbing arbitrary

fees hikes by private schools.

• The expert panel also proposed massive

transformation in Teacher Education by

moving all teacher preparation and education

programmes into large multidisciplinary

universities or colleges.

• It added that the topics will include Indian

contribution to mathematics, astronomy,

philosophy, psychology, yoga, architecture,

medicine, as well as governance, polity,

society, and conservation course on Indian

knowledge systems.

• The existing NEP was framed in 1986 and

revised in 1992.

6. PM-KISAN Scheme extension to include all

eligible farmer families irrespective of the size of

land holdings

The Union Cabinet approved the extension of the

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana to all

eligible farmer families, irrespective of the size of

their landholding.

• The scheme for farmers was launched by

Modi on February 24.

• Under the original scheme, households with

agricultural landholdings smaller than two

hectares were eligible to receive Rs 6,000

annually as direct benefit transfers from the

Centre.

• The extension of the scheme will increase its

coverage to 14.5 crore farmers, an addition of

2.5 crores, the government claimed.

• The Cabinet also cleared pension schemes for

farmers and traders.

• The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Yojana

will provide a minimum fixed pension of Rs

3,000 per month to farmers above the age of

60.

2. AYUSH Ministry launches ‘Yoga locator’ app

Ahead of International Yoga Day on June 21, the

AYUSH Ministry has launched a mobile application

to enable people to locate yoga events, centres

providing training and instructors.

• Yoga locator- a map-based location app, will

also enable yoga instructors to register

themselves and reach out to a large number

of people.

• It will be a permanent app, which will give

information about yoga activities happening

in their vicinity throughout the year.

Points to Remember

• The International Yoga Day will be

celebrated on June 21 across the globe and

the AYUSH ministry has shortlisted five

cities -- Delhi, Shimla, Mysore, Ahmedabad

and Ranchi -- for holding the main function

this year.

3. Gun license applicants in MP need to plant

trees and take a selfie

In Madhya Pradesh, in a unique kind of initiative, the

tree will now have to be planted for the license of

arms.

• It has now been started from Gwalior, but it

can be implemented in other districts as well.

• After planting the tree, the applicant of

license has to take care of it for a month and

then will take a selfie with plant and submit

along with application form for the license.

• The Gun license seekers will need to plant at

least ten saplings.

4. High Court declares all animals in Haryana to

be ‘legal persons’

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has accorded

the status of “legal person or entity” to animals in

Haryana.

• It has granted them the “corresponding rights,

duties and liabilities of a living person”.

• The verdict comes nearly a year after

Uttarakhand High Court passed a similar

order “to protect and promote greater welfare

of animals”.

• Both the orders were written by Justice Rajiv

Sharma, who was transferred from

Uttarakhand to the Punjab and Haryana High

Court at Chandigarh last year.

• Justice Sharma was also part of the bench in

Uttarakhand that had in 2017 declared rivers

Ganga and Yamuna as living entities, a

verdict that was later stayed by the Supreme

Court.

5. Sivakozhunthu to be elected as Puducherry

Assembly Speaker

Puducherry Assembly Deputy Speaker

Sivakozhunthu will be declared unanimously elected

as Speaker of the Assembly in the session.

• Sivakozhunthu was the only candidate who

filed nomination paper on behalf of the

Congress-DMK alliance.

• The Speaker's election was necessitated as

speaker V Vaithilingam resigned and

contested the April 18 Lok Sabha election

and won it.

6. ONGC topples IOC to regain the most

profitable public sector company

ONGC, India's top oil and gas producer, has toppled

Indian Oil Corp (IOC) to regain the crown of being

the country's most profitable public sector company.

• Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) reported

a 34 per cent jump in its 2018-19 fiscal net

profit to 26,716 crore rupees.

• In comparison, IOC registered a net profit of

17,274 crore rupees for the fiscal year ended

March 31, 2019.

• ONGC, in the previous two financial years,

had lost the most profitable PSU tag to IOC.

• IOC had also lost the title of being India's

largest company by turnover tag to billionaire

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries in

FY19.

2. PM Modi to pay 2-day visit to the Maldives

from June 8th

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a two-day

visit to the Maldives from 8th of June.

• This will be the first overseas visit of Prime

Minister Modi after his re-election.

• Prime Minister Modi will also visit Sri Lanka

on 9th of this month.

• The visits to the Maldives and Sri Lanka will

demonstrate the priority India attaches to its

Neighbourhood-First Policy and the SAGAR

Doctrine.

Points to Remember

• Maldives:

• Capital: Malé

• Currency: Maldivian rufiyaa

• Sri Lanka

• Capitals: Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura

Kotte

• Currency: Sri Lankan rupee

3. Food grains production for the agricultural

year 2018-19 estimated at over 283 million tonnes

Food grains production for the agricultural year

2018-19 has been estimated at over 283 million

tonnes.

• It is higher by over 17 million tonnes than the

previous five years average production of

foodgrain.

• As per the third advance estimates the rice

production is estimated at an all-time high of

over 115 million tonnes during 2018-19,

beating the previous record of over 112

million tonnes achieved in the 2017-18 crop

year.

• Production of wheat is also estimated at a

record of over 101 million tonnes, which is

higher by 1.33 million tonnes as compared to

the previous year.

4. Search operation continues to locate Indian Air

Force's missing AN-32 aircraft

The search operation continued last night to find out

the IAF's AN-32 transport aircraft missing since 03

Jue afternoon.

• The aircraft took off from Assam's Jorhat

with 13 people onboard.

• The aircraft lost contact with ground agencies

after taking off from Jorhat airbase at 12:25

PM.

• Indian Air Force has deployed Sukhoi-30

combat aircraft and C-130 Special Ops

aircraft on the search mission for locating the

missing Aircraft that last contacted ground

sources.

5. MP Cabinet passes a resolution to increase

reservation for OBCs to 27 %

Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has passed a resolution to

increase reservation quota for Other Backward

Classes (OBC) from existing 14 per cent to 27 per

cent.

• The matter will now be taken up in the

monsoon session of the state Assembly.

• The move will lead to the reservation in the

state breaching the Supreme Court-mandated

50 per cent cap to reach 63 per cent.

• If implemented, Madhya Pradesh will

become the only state in the country to have

a 27 per cent quota for OBCs.

6. Telangana enhances Rythu Bandhu scheme

The Telangana Government has issued a notification

to extend the Rythu Bandhu scheme for 2019-20 by

enhancing the amount from Rs 4000 to Rs 5000.

• The Rythu Bandhu scheme is the pet scheme

of Telangana CM K Chandrasekar Rao and

aims at providing income support to the

agriculturists directly to back their crops.

• The scheme, which provides Initial

Investment support to agriculture and

horticulture crops through a grant of Rs 4000

per acre per farmer each season towards the

purchase of inputs like seeds, fertilisers,

pesticides, labour and other filed operations,

has now been enhanced from Rs 4000 to Rs

5000 per acre per farmer per season.

7. Rajasthan government increases financial aid

given to girls under 'Aapki Beti' scheme

The Rajasthan government has increased the

financial assistance given to school girls under the

'Aapki Beti' scheme.

• The amount has been increased to 2,100 from

Rs 1,100 for the girls studying in class 1 to 8

and for the girls in class 9 to 12, the financial

aid has been increased to Rs 2,500 from Rs

1,500.

• Under the Aapki Beti scheme, girls living

under the Below Poverty Line (BPL) and

whose mother or father or both have died get

annual financial assistance in the state.

8. Nilekani panel suggests measures to encourage

digital payments

In order to encourage digital payments, the Nandan

Nilekani committee has suggested a host of

measures.

• The measures include elimination of charges,

round the clock RTGS and NEFT facility and

duty-free import of point-of-sales machines.

• The committee, which was appointed by the

RBI, had submitted its suggestions on

promoting digital payments to Governor

Shaktikanta Das last month.

• Among other things, the panel has suggested

that there should be no convenience fee on

payments made to government agencies by

customers and recommended that payment

systems use machine-driven, online dispute

resolution systems to handle complaints.

9. Ajit Doval to continue as NSA for next five

years

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has been given

Cabinet rank in the Present government.

• This is in recognition of his contribution in

the national security domain.

• His appointment will be for five years.

• Last year, the government had set up a panel,

headed by Mr Doval, to assist the National

Security Council, which advises the Prime

Minister on matters of national security and

strategic interests.

2. Army commissions air quality monitor at Fort

William

As part of it's countrywide 'Go Green' initiative, the

Indian Army commissioned a "Continuous Ambient

Air Quality Monitoring System (CAAQMS)" at Fort

William Military Station, Kolkata.

• Lt Gen M M Naravane, General Officer

Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command,

commissioned the system, which monitors air

pollution on a real-time basis.

• The CAAQMS at the Eastern Command

headquarters will measure air pollution,

including particulate matter throughout the

year.

• In addition, it also displays wind speed,

direction, ambient temperature, relative

humidity, solar radiation, barometric

pressure and rain gauge.

3. AAI in pact with Boeing for modernising

India's air traffic management

Boeing has signed a technical assistance agreement

with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to jointly

develop a comprehensive 10-year roadmap for

modernising air traffic management in India.

• The roadmap is expected to be developed

within 18 months and it will be undertaken

with a grant from the United States Trade and

Development Agency (USTDA).

• The AAI owns and manages around 125

airports across the country.

4. World Bank retains growth forecast for the

Indian economy at 7.5%

The World Bank retained its forecast of India's

growth rate at 7.5 per cent for the current financial

year.

• In its Global Economic Prospects report, the

World Bank also said growth rate is expected

to remain the same for the next two fiscals.

• According to the report, private consumption

and investment will benefit from

strengthening credit growth amid more

accommodative monetary policy, with

inflation having fallen below the Reserve

Bank of India's target.

3. Thaawarchand Gehlot leaves for Buenos Aires

to participate in 2nd Global Disability Summit

Social Justice and Empowerment minister

Thaawarchand Gehlot have left for Buenos Aires in

Argentina to participate in 2nd Global Disability

Summit.

• The objective of the summit is to deliberate

on issues across the world concerning

empowerment and inclusion of Persons with

Disabilities (PwDs) and to work out a

mechanism for enabling them to live an

independent and dignified life.

• The Union Minister had also attended the ‘1st

Global Disability Summit’ held in London in

July 2018.

4. PM Modi forms 2 cabinet panels for growth &

jobs

In a bid to spur investment and create new

employment opportunities, Prime Minister Narendra

Modi set up two Cabinet committees to deal with the

two crucial issues.

• Both the panels, respectively on Investment

and Growth and on Employment and Skill

Development, will be headed by the prime

minister.

• The Cabinet Committee on Investment and

Growth will have Union Home Minister Amit

Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sithataman,

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin

Gadkari and Railways and Commerce

Minister Piyush Goyal as its members.

5. Nirmala Sitharaman to attend G-20 Finance

Ministers’ meeting in Japan

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will attend the

two-day meeting of G-20 Finance Ministers and

Central Bank governors in Japan on June 8 and 9.

• This will be the first overseas visit of Ms

Sitharaman as Finance Minister.

• Besides Ms Sitharaman, RBI Governor

Shaktikanta Das is also likely to attend the

meeting at Fukuoka in Japan.

6. L&T Financial Services launches ‘Digital

Sakhi’ in Tamil Nadu

L&T Financial Services’ (LTFS) ‘Digital Sakhi’ was

launched in 20 villages of Villupuram district in

Tamil Nadu.

• It is an educational programme aimed at

digital financial inclusion of rural women.

• LTFS in association with Sri Aurobindo

Society will train and develop a team of 100

rural women (Digital Sakhis) as digital

enablers, who in turn, will train about 40,000

others in using digital modes of payments.

• The company has also identified 500 women

from trades such as dairy, poultry and goat-

rearing, to impart enterprise development

training and upskilling.

2. Culture Minister to inaugurate exhibition-

‘Unknown masterpieces of Himachal Folk Art’

Culture Minister Prahalad Singh Patel inaugurated

the exhibition titled ‘Unknown Masterpieces of

Himachal Folk Art’ at National Museum in New

Delhi.

• The Exhibition is being jointly organised by

the National Museum and Home of Folk Art,

Gurugram in which more than 240 artefacts

will be on display.

• The aim of the exhibition is to highlight the

Folk art tradition of Himachal Pradesh.

• It will remain open for public till 31st of next

month.

3. EAM S Jaishankar to embark on a two-day

visit to Bhutan

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will embark

on a two-day visit to Bhutan.

• This is Mr Jaishankar's first overseas visit

after assuming charge of the Ministry.

• During the visit, Mr Jaishankar will call on

Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering

and meet his counterpart Tandi Dorji.

Points to Remember

• Capital: Thimphu

• Prime minister: Lotay Tshering

• Currency: Ngultrum

4. Hardeep S Puri launches Swachh Survekshan

2020 League

Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep

Singh Puri launched Swachh Survekshan 2020

League in New Delhi.

• The league will be a quarterly cleanliness

assessment of cities and towns in India and

will be integrated with Swachh Survekshan

2020.

• In the Swachh Survekshan 2020 league,

parameters pertaining to Wastewater

treatment and reuse and faecal sludge

management have been given special focus.

• Swachh Survekshan 2020 is the 5th edition of

the annual cleanliness survey of urban India

to be conducted between January - February

2020.

5. Govt reconstitutes eight Cabinet Committees

The Government has reconstituted eight Cabinet

Committees.

• These are Appointments Committee,

Committees on Accommodation, Economic

Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs, Political

Affairs, Security, Investment and Growth and

Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill

Development.

• The Cabinet Committee on Security will have

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence

Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit

Shah, Minister of Finance and Corporate

Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman and External

Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar.

• Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has

Prime Minister Modi and Mr Shah.

• While the Cabinet Committee on Investment

and Growth will have the Prime Minister and

Ministers of Home, Road Transport and

Highways, Finance and Corporate Affairs

and Railways and Commerce and Industry.

3. CII launches new Index to measure fiscal

performance

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has launched

a Fiscal Performance Index (FPI) to assess state and

central budgets.

• The Index incorporates qualitative

assessments of revenue expenditure, capital

expenditure, revenues, fiscal prudence and

the level of public debt arrive at a more

holistic picture of fiscal performance than the

fiscal deficit to GDP ratio according to the

CII.

• As an example, the index will consider

expenditure on infrastructure, education,

healthcare and other social sectors beneficial

for economic growth compared to other

revenue expenditure.

• The CII has used this index to analyse state

and central budgets from 2004-05 to 2016-

17.

Business

4. RBI imposes Rs 2 crore penalty on Kotak

Mahindra Bank for not adhering to its directions

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a

monetary penalty of Rs 2 crore on Kotak Mahindra

Bank for non-compliance of directions.

• The Central Bank had in March directed

Kotak Mahindra Bank to furnish information

about details of the shares held by its

promoters and to submit details of the

proposed course of action/ plans/ strategy for

complying with the permitted timeline for

dilution of promoter shareholding.

• However, the bank failed to comply with the

directions and a show cause notice was issued

to the bank advising it to explain why the

penalty should not be imposed for non-

compliance.

3. Piyush Goyal leads Indian delegation to G20

Ministerial meeting in Japan

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is

leading the Indian delegation for the two-day G20

Ministerial meeting on Trade and Digital Economy

beginning at Tsukuba city in Japan.

• Mr. Goyal will discuss developments in the

global trade situation, WTO matters, and

digital trade.

• He will also hold dialogue with other

participating Trade Ministers on current

international trade and investments.

• The G-20 Trade Ministers deliberations will

form part of the G-20 Summit Leaders

agenda in the formal discussions and will also

be a part of the Summit Declaration.

4. Govt notifies extension of PM-KISAN scheme

to all farmers

The government has notified its decision to extend

the benefit of six thousand rupees per year to eligible

farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman

Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme.

• The decision will benefit all 14.5 crore

farmers, irrespective of the size of their

landholding, in the country.

• Notifying the decision, the Union Agriculture

Ministry has written to all state governments,

asking them to identify beneficiaries subject

to the existing exclusion factors.

• PM-KISAN scheme was announced in the

interim budget, under which the government

decided to provide 6,000 rupees per year to

about 12.5 crore small and marginal farmers.

5. PM Modi to lead the main event of

International Yoga Day in Ranchi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the main

event of International Day of Yoga 2019 celebrations

to be held in Ranchi, Jharkhand on 21st of this

month.

• Around 30,000 people are expected to

participate in the main event.

• Ministry of AYUSH is the nodal Ministry for

observation of the International Day of Yoga

across the country.

2. PM Modi accepts Macron's invite to attend the

outreach session of G7 Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted an

invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron

to attend the outreach session of the G7 Summit in

Biarritz as a special invitee.

• The 45th summit of the G7 group of countries

will take place from August 24 to August 26

in Biarritz, France.

• The Group of Seven (G7) is a group

consisting of Canada, France, Germany,

Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the

United States.

• These countries, with the seven largest IMF-

described advanced economies in the world.

3. BS-VI norms released for two-wheelers

Bharat Stage-VI (BS - VI) norms for two-wheelers

have been released.

• In order to curb air pollution through the

vehicular emissions, the government has

decided to implement the BS VI norms with

effect from 1st April 2020.

• This means that only those vehicles which

comply with these norms will be sold and

registered in India from 1st April 2020

onwards.

• Bharat stage norms are the automotive

emission norms which the automotive

manufacturers have to comply with if they

want to sell their vehicles in India.

4. Aditya Birla Retail acquires Jaypore for Rs 110

crore

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited have

acquired Jaypore for Rs110 crore.

• Jaypore is an ethnic apparel and accessories

retailer.

• Established in February 2012, Jaypore sells

home decor, accessories, jewellery and had

revenues of Rs39 crore in FY19.

• Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd

(ABFRL) retails brands such as Louis

Philippe, Peter England and Van Heusen.

1. Cyclone VAYU intensifies into a very severe

cyclonic storm

Cyclone VAYU over East-Central Arabian sea has

intensified into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm.

• It currently lays centred about 420 kilometres

west-northwest of Goa, 320 kilometres south-

southwest of Mumbai and 420 kilometres

south of Veraval in Gujarat.

• The Cyclone is very likely to cross the

Gujarat coast between Veraval and Diu by 13

June.

• The National Disaster Response Force

(NDRF) has mobilized 35 teams in Gujarat

and four in Diu in coordination with local

administration.

2. PM Modi’s two-day visit for SCO Summit at

Bishkek

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s is on a two-day visit

to Kyrgyzstan for SCO Summit at Bishkek.

• The visit is expected to further boost the

bilateral ties with Kyrgyzstan.

• The focus will remain on the sectors like

pharmaceuticals, textiles, manufacturing and

machinery among others.

• This will be the second visit of Prime

Minister Modi to Kyrgyzstan.

4. Uttar Pradesh govt hikes old-age pension

In Uttar Pradesh, the state government has hiked old-

age pension in the age group 60 to 79 years by rupees

100 monthly.

• Now the old-age pensioners would receive

500 rupees per month from the existing 400

rupees.

• Currently, the people who are above 80 years

are already getting 500 rupees per month

pension that are fully sponsored by the Union

Government.

• The newly hiked pension will benefit around

44.21 lakh people in the state.

5. Mela Kheer Bhawani celebrated in Jammu and

Kashmir

Mela Kheer Bhawani festival was celebrated in

Jammu & Kashmir on Zeasht Ashtami.

• Hundreds of Kashmiri Pandit devotees

prayed at the famous Ragnya Devi temple

here in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal

district.

• Bhawani Mela is one of the biggest religious

functions of the displaced community of

Kashmiri Pandits, who were forcefully

evicted from Valley in the 1990s by militants.

6. Abandoning elderly parents will now land sons,

daughters in Jail in Bihar

Bihar Cabinet-led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

has approved a proposal to punish sons and daughters

who abandon their elderly parents with a jail term.

• The proposal of Bihar social welfare

department has provisions for punishments

which could go up to imprisonment if wards

do not look after their parents properly in

their old ages.

• The cases against the wards will be registered

under the non-bail able section in Bihar after

receiving complaints from the elderly

parents.

7. Arjun Munda launches ‘E-Governance

initiatives for ST welfare wchemes’

Arjun Munda, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs

launched the “e-governance initiatives for ST

Welfare schemes” at a function organized by

Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

• Shri Munda applauded the teamwork efforts

of the Ministry of Tribal affairs for these-

governance initiatives for Scheduled Tribes

Welfare schemes and stated that as per the

“SabkaSaath, SabkaVikas and

SabkaVishwas”.

• These e-governance initiatives will serve

their purpose of the betterment of tribal

communities across the nation.

8. Amazon clinches top spot in the world’s most

valuable brand ranking

US retail giant Amazon has moved past hi-tech titans

Apple and Google to become the world's most

valuable brand.

• According to Kantar’s 2019 100 Top BrandZ

report, the brand value of Amazon surged by

52 per cent to $315 billion.

• Amazon jumped from third to first place to

eclipse Google - which slid from first to third

place with Apple holding on to the second

spot.

2. India successfully test fires hypersonic cruise

missile

India conducted a successful first test flight of the

indigenously developed Hypersonic Technology

Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) from a base off the

Odisha coast.

• The only other countries that possess this

technology are the US, Russia and China.

• The HSTDV is an unmanned scramjet

demonstration vehicle that can cruise up to a

speed of 6 Mach and rise up to an altitude of

32 km in 20 seconds.

• It has a range of uses, including missiles of

the future, and energy-efficient, low cost and

reusable satellite-launch vehicle.

3. India is home to the world's 2nd largest internet

user base

According to Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends 2019

report, India accounts for 12% of the world’s internet

users.

• Almost 3.8 billion people or more than half

of the world’s population is on the Internet.

• China continues to be on top of the list,

accounting for 21% of the total Internet users.

• The United States continues to occupy the

third position with 8%, after being toppled by

India in 2016.

4. Government reduces ESI contribution rate to 4

per cent

The government has reduced the rate of the

contribution made by employees and employers

under the Employees' State Insurance (ESI) Act from

6.5 per cent to 4 per cent.

• The government has taken a historic decision

to reduce the rate of contribution under the

ESI act.

• The new rate will be effective from the 1st of

July.

• It will benefit 3.6 crore employees and 12.85

lakh, employers.

5. HCL to roll out "Tech Bee" programme

HCL Technologies is all set to roll out "Tech Bee", a

company initiative under which it trains and hires

students who have completed Plus Two, across

several states.

• The pilot programme of "Tech Bee", which

was taken up two years ago in Uttar Pradesh

and Tamil Nadu yielded good results.

• As many as 700 students have now become

employees of the company while some of

them are pursuing higher studies as part of the

initiative.

2. India slips 5 places to 141 on Global Peace

Index 2019

India has slipped by four points in an annual global

index on peacefulness this year, finishing at 141

among 163 countries.

• Iceland remained at the top position,

according to a report by an international think

tank.

• The Global Peace Index (GPI) gauges

ongoing domestic and international conflict,

safety and security in society, and the degree

of militarisation in 163 countries and

territories by taking into account 23

indicators.

• Iceland remains the most peaceful country in

the world, a position it has held since 2008.

3. Culture Minister, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel,

inaugurates the exhibition-‘Astitva: The Essence

of Prabhakar Barwe’

Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State (I/C) of

Culture & Tourism, Government of India

inaugurated the exhibition titled "Astitva: The

Essence of Prabhakar Barwe”, at National Gallery of

Modern Art, New Delhi.

• Highlighting the significance of museums,

the Culture Minister said that museums are

required ‘to look into our past thereby

helping us to move forward in life by learning

things from the past’.

• The Minister also added the museums act as

a ‘symbol of respect for our ancestors’.

4. Prime Minister Modi, Kyrgyzstan President

Jeenbekov jointly inaugurate India-Kyrgyz

Business Forum

PM Narendra Modi and Kyrgyzstan President

Jeenbekov inaugurated Indian-Kyrgyz Business

forum.

• The two leaders also asked their business

communities to explore the untapped

potential for deepening bilateral relations

between the two countries.

• Addressing the India-Kyrgyz Business

Forum, the Prime Minister said that India and

Kyrgyzstan have given the final shape to the

Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement

(DTAA) and the bilateral investment treaty,

which would help in creating a proper

atmosphere for the bilateral trade.

• After the bilateral meetings 15 agreements

were signed for the strengthening of bilateral

cooperation in a wide range of areas

including strategic defence partnership.

5. DGT, Cisco and Accenture sign MoU to skill

youth for the digital economy through it is

Directorate General of Training under the aegis of

Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry

has joined hands with Cisco and Accenture to skill

the youth for the digital economy through its

Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).

• Nearly 15 lakh students across all the ITIs in

India can access the digital learning module

via the Bharat Skills portal.

• This programme will equip students enrolled

in ITIs across India with skills for the digital

economy over the next two years.

• The initial phase of the in-classroom training

programme is being rolled out across 227

ITIs in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Bihar and

Assam, targeting more than one lakh youth.

1. Father’s Day: 16 June 2019

Father's Day is celebrated every year on the third

Sunday of June to honour the journey of fatherhood

and the role that father's play in the family structure

and society.

• This year, it is be celebrated on June 16

(Sunday) in India.

• It complements similar celebrations

honouring family members, such as Mother's

Day, Siblings Day and Grandparents' Day.

2. World’s highest weather stations installed on

Mount Everest

A team of Tribhuvan University and National

Geographic Society scientists and researchers have

installed the world’s highest, fully automated

weather stations atop Mount Everest.

• Total five weather stations, including one at a

record height of 27,657 feet, were installed

on the Earth’s highest mountain above sea

level.

• The weather station will record data on

temperature, relative humidity, barometric

pressure, wind speed, and wind direction.

3. Central Government granted the approval to

set up of e-Foreigner Tribunal (e-FT) in Assam

Central Government has permitted to set up e-

Foreigner Tribunal (e-FT) in Assam.

• It is a quasi-judicial authority which assesses

the question of the authenticity of a person’s

citizenship.

• It should be set up by July 31, 2019, when the

final list of National Register of Citizens

(NRC) is published.

• The CEO of e-FT Mission Anand Prakash

Tiwari said that the proposed integrated e-FT

IT system will be implemented across the

state for effective monitoring and resolution

of cases registered with Foreigner Tribunal.

4. PM Kisan Pension Scheme

Farmers will have to contribute Rs 100 per month

under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Yojana that

seeks to provide a minimum fixed monthly pension

of Rs 3,000 on the attainment of 60 years.

• The central government will also contribute

an equal amount to the pension fund to be

managed by the LIC, which will be

responsible for the pension payout.

• The Modi 2.0 government in its first cabinet

meeting had approved a separate pension

scheme for farmers with an aim to cover 5

crore beneficiaries in the first three years.

5. Bharat Dynamics bags Rs 1,188 cr contract

from Indian Navy

Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) has signed a

contract worth of Rs 1,187.82 crore for supply of

Heavy Weight Torpedoes - Varunastra - to the Indian

Navy.

• The execution of the contract will be over the

next 42 months.

• The weapon will be manufactured at BDL

Visakhapatnam Unit under collaboration

with the Defence Research and Development

Organisation (DRDO).

• The Heavy Weight Torpedo or the

Varunastra is a ship launched, electrically

propelled underwater weapon equipped with

one of the most advanced automatic and

remote-controlled guidance systems.

6. Adani group gets final approval for coal mine

project in Australia

Gautam Adani on won the last two environmental

clearances to begin work on the ₹10,000 crore

Carmichael coal mine project in Australia

• Australia’s Queensland government

approved Adani’s plans to manage

groundwater and protect an endangered bird

species, clearing the way for the project in the

Galilee Basin expected to dig up 10mt of coal

every year.

• The project aims to ensure energy security for

India and create more jobs for Australia.

• Adani Group's mining project in Australia

faced various controversies for almost nine

years as the environmentalists warned it of

the severe damage it might cause to the Great

Barrier Reef.

2. Punjab to prepare water management plan

with Israel

Punjab Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria met a

team of experts from Israel in Chandigarh to prepare

a comprehensive water management master plan for

the state.

• The experts will submit their report of

recommendations within 18 months.

• Earlier, the Israeli team visited various parts

of the state to assess the present situation and

the challenges in the water sector in the State.

• The National Water company of Israel M/s

Mekorot and Punjab Government had signed

an agreement in April 2019 after the visit of

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder

Singh to Israel in October 2018.

3. Assam govt to set up Skill University at

Darrang district

Assam government will set up a Skill University at

the cost of 850 crore rupees at Darrang district.

• This will be perhaps the first skill university

of the country with a capacity of 10 thousand

seats.

• The admission test for the first batch of the

North East Skill Centre will be held on 30th

of this month.

• He said 80 per cent seats will be reserved for

Assam and rest 20 per cent for other North

Eastern states.

4. Assam Transport Minister launches State

Transport Corporation's ‘Chalo’ app

Assam Transport Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary

launched the State Transport Corporation's ‘Chalo’

app for Guwahati.

• The app will help commuters to know about

the live arrival time of their bus so they can

plan their travel accordingly.

• People can also track the live GPS position of

their bus on a map.

• It will also ensure safe travel with features

such as Emergency SOS.

• Mr Patowary also unveiled a one-of-a-kind

transport map for the State Transport bus

network in Guwahati that has been developed

by Chalo.

5. ADB approves Rs 1,650 cr infra projects in

Tripura

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved

projects for infrastructure development worth Rs

1,650 crore ($235 million) in seven of the eight

districts in Tripura.

• The ADB would give 80 per cent of the

amount as grant-in-aid and the Tripura

Government would have to repay back only

20 per cent loan in due course of time.

• The release said that the Urban Development

Department of the Tripura government would

start preparing a detailed project report with

the support of the ADB for speedy execution

of the projects.

3. Amazon India is the country's most attractive

employer brand

E-commerce giant Amazon India is the country’s

most attractive employer brand, according to the

findings of the Randstad Employer Brand Research

(REBR) 2019.

• The company, which has more than 50,000

direct and indirect employees in India, has

been steadily been expanding operations over

the past five years.

• According to the REBR 2019, released

Amazon scored high on financial health,

utilisation of latest technologies and a strong

reputation.

• Microsoft India emerged as the runner-up,

followed by Sony India.

4. Power Minister Shri RK Singh attends G20

Ministerial Summit in Japan

Union Power Minister Shri RK Singh addressed the

'G20 Ministerial Meeting' on Energy & Environment

in Japan.

• In his address, Shri Singh highlighted the

pathbreaking efforts made in the last 5 years

in providing energy access to all in India.

• He said that India is implementing one of the

largest Renewable Energy expansion

programs and Energy Efficiency programs in

the world.

• Power & Energy ministers of the G20

countries gathered in Japan for the first time

in the group's history.

5. ‘World Food India’ to be held in New Delhi

from Nov 1

Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur

Badal said World Food India will be held in New

Delhi from 1st of November 2019.

• She said, the event which will continue till

4th November, will position India as Food

Processing Destination of the World.

• Indian Food Processing Industry has grown

tremendously recording 11 per cent growth

rate, which is twice the pace of Global

Industry.

6. India accounts for 6.3% of global fish

production

India is the second largest fish producing country in

the world as it accounts for 6.3 per cent of the global

fish production, a release by the Fisheries

Department.

• The fisheries sector in the country is growing

at a rate of 7 per cent, sustaining 14.5 million

fishermen.

• Rajni Sekhri Sibal, Secretary, Department of

Fisheries, also said that there is a huge

potential in harnessing tuna and tuna-like

species in the Indian Exclusive Economic

Zone (EEZ).

1. Facebook unveils Libra cryptocurrency

Facebook revealed plans to launch a cryptocurrency

called Libra.

• It is the latest development in its effort to

expand beyond social networking and move

into e-commerce and global payments.

• Facebook has linked with 28 partners in a

Geneva-based entity called the Libra

Association, which will govern its new

digital coin set to launch in the first half of

2020.

• Facebook has also created a subsidiary called

Calibra, which will offer digital wallets to

save, send and spend Libras.

2. Lander and rover meant for Chandrayaan-2

reaches ISRO’s launch pad at Sriharikota

The lander and rover meant for India’s second lunar

mission Chandrayaan-2 reached the ISRO’s launch

pad at Sriharikota.

• The rover called Pragyan is installed within

the lander known as Vikram.

• Chandrayaan-2 will be launched aboard

India’s most powerful booster GSLV-Mark-

3 tentatively early in the morning on July

15th with the aim of making the lander to

soft-land on the South Pole of the moon by

September 6th.

• India would be the fourth country to have its

probe soft-land on the moon.

3. India, Myanmar conduct a joint operation to

destroy militant camps in Northeast

The armies of India and Myanmar carried out a three-

week-long coordinated operation in their respective

border areas, targeting several militant groups

operating in Manipur, Nagaland and Assam.

• The first phase of "Operation Sunrise" was

conducted three months ago along the Indo-

Myanmar border, during which a number of

camps of north-east-based militant groups

were busted.

• In the second phase of Operation Sunrise

both the armies busted camps of Kamtapur

Liberation Organisation (KLO), the NSCN

(Khaplang), the United Liberation Front of

Assam (I) and the National Democratic Front

of Boroland (NDFB).

• Four Northeast Indian states share the border

with Myanmar: Arunachal Pradesh,

Nagaland, Mizoram, and Manipur.

4. CRPF to launch 'save environment' campaign

during Amarnath Yatra

In Jammu and Kashmir, apart from performing its

primary duty of providing security, the CRPF will

launch a 'save environment' campaign during the up-

coming Shri Amarnathji Yatra in the South Kashmir

Himalayas which is starting from Jammu on June 30.

• CRPF has made an appeal to the visiting

pilgrims as well as the public, in general, to

play their vital role in preserving the fragile

environment especially along the yatra area

in Kashmir.

• CRPF has prepared hoardings and banners

and will display these on prominent places

along the yatra route, including the railway

station, airport, bus stands etc.

5. Government to remove the minimum education

requirement for commercial driving licence

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has

decided to remove the requirement of minimum

educational qualification for driving a transport

vehicle.

• Under Rule 8 of the Central Motor Vehicle

Rules, 1989, a transport vehicle driver needs

to have passed class 8 to obtain a commercial

driving licence.

• The decision comes after a recent meeting at

the Transport ministry where the Haryana

government requested for waiver of the

educational qualification condition for

drivers from the economically backward

Mewat region.

• The decision will also help meet the shortage

of nearly 22 lakh drivers in the transport and

logistics sector, which is hindering its

growth.

6. ICG co-hosts 12th ReCAAP ISC capacity

building workshop

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) will be co-hosting 12th

Capacity Building workshop with Regional

Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and

Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP)

Information Sharing Centre (ISC) in New Delhi.

• The ReCAAP is the first regional

Government-to-Government agreement to

deal with piracy and armed robbery at sea in

Asia.

• Presently 20 countries are members of

ReCAAP.

• India played an active role in the setting up

and functioning of ReCAAPISC along with

Japan and Singapore

• India has hosted this workshop earlier in

November 2011 at Goa and December 2017

at New Delhi.1

. India extends $15 mn assistance to Niger for

holding AU summit

India has extended USD 15 million assistance to

Niger for organising the African Union (AU)

summit.

• The summit is scheduled to be held in

Niamey from July 7-8.

• It will also be the first time that Niger is

scheduled to host an AU summit.

• The support of grant assistance was in

response to a specific request made by the

Niger government.

5. PM Modi to set up a committee to examine the

issue of one nation one election

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of

Presidents of all political parties having

representation in Parliament on the issue of One

Nation One Election.

• Prime Minister will form a committee to look

into the various aspects of One Nation One

Election in the country.

Points to Remember

• “One Nation, One Election” envisages a

system where elections to all states and the

Lok Sabha will have to be held

simultaneously.

• This would mean that the voters will cast

their vote for electing members of the LS and

the state assemblies on a single day, at the

same time.

6. 23 Indian Institutions ranked among best

global universities in QS World University

ranking

IIT-Bombay has been ranked India’s best university

for the second year in a row, gaining a global ranking

of 152 in the QS World University Rankings for

2020.

• Two other Indian universities, IIT Delhi

(182) and the Indian Institute of Science,

Bengaluru (184), have also cracked the top

200.

• There are a total of 23 Indian institutions in

the top 1,000.

7. Himachal Pradesh makes GPS device must for

trekkers

The Himachal Pradesh government make it

mandatory for trekkers to carry a GPS device to

tackle any exigency.

• The decision has come out to secure trekkers

so that they can be provided with all possible

help in case of an emergency.

• Being a disaster-prone state, it is essential to

pay special attention to disseminating

weather advisories and installing early

warning systems in Himachal Pradesh.

• Kullu and Dalhousie have been identified for

installation of early warning systems.

8. J&K Govt to open 18 AMRIT stores

Jammu and Kashmir Government is planning to open

18 AMRIT (Affordable Medicines and Reliable

Implants for Treatment) stores in all the Medical

colleges' Hospitals and prominently associated

hospitals of the State.

• The purpose of the initiative is to provide

quality and affordable medicines to the end

users.

• AMRIT pharmacies, operating under the

aegis of Ministry of Health and Family

Welfare, Government of India.

• They offer more than 5200 drugs, implants,

surgical disposables and other consumables

at average discounts up to 60% of the

maximum retail price.

9. Unemployed graduates in Rajasthan will get up

to Rs 3,500 per month

Unemployed youth having graduation or equivalent

degree will be given unemployment allowance up to

Rs 3,500 by the Rajasthan government.

• They will get the benefit of the Chief Minister

Yuva Sambal Yojana from February this

year.

• To be eligible for the scheme, applicants

should be natives of Rajasthan.

• The amount will be given for two years or

until they get employed.

10. Archery Association of India de-listed by the

world body

Archery's world body has de-listed the Archery

Association of India (AAI) as a member and given it

a month's time to either get its house in order or face

suspension.

• World Archery (WA) will wait till 31st of

next month before deciding on AAI's

suspension.

• The WA will wait for the Supreme Court's

verdict on the controversial elections of the

AAI.

• The decision to de-list AAI will not prevent

Indian archers from taking part in

international events under the national flag in

competitions for which entries have already

been made.

3. Navy launches operation in the Gulf for Indian

vessels' security

Indian Navy has deployed Ships INS Chennai and

INS Sunayna in the Gulf of Oman.

• It has deployed to re-assure Indian Flagged

Vessels operating or transiting through the

Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman following the

maritime security incidents in the region.

• In addition, aerial surveillance by Indian

Navy aircraft is also being undertaken in the

area.

• The Information Fusion Centre - Indian

Ocean Region which was launched by the

India Navy in December last year at

Gurugram is also keeping a close watch on

the movement of ships in the Gulf region.

4. Govt to widen the spectrum of Khelo India

Programme

President Ram Nath Kovind has highlighted the

importance of the government's flagship 'Khelo India

Programme'.

• Addressing the joint sitting of the two Houses

of Parliament, the President said the new

government has decided to widen the

spectrum of the 'Khelo India Programme' to

cover the entire country.

• Under this programme, 2,500 talented

players have been selected and are being

trained.

• The President said this facility will now be

provided to 2,500 new players every year.

5. Integrated Grievance Cell, Call Centre

inaugurated for Pensioners

Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances

and Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the

Integrated Grievance Cell and Call Center for

Pensioners.

• The Centre has been launched for Central

Government pensioners at Janpath Bhawan

in New Delhi.

• This centre will also act as a pressure on the

departments to resolve the problems of the

elderly pensioners.

6. Walmart to pay over 282 mn for violating anti-

corruption regulations in 4 countries

International retail giant Walmart agreed to pay

over 282 US Dollar to various US bodies to settle

charges of violating anti-corruption regulations

while conducting its business in India, China, Brazil

and Mexico.

• According to the US Security and Exchange

Commission (SEC), these violations were

conducted by Walmart's third-party

intermediaries who made payments to

foreign government officials without

reasonable assurances that they complied

with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or

FCPA.

• SEC has charged Walmart with violating

FCPA by failing to operate a sufficient anti-

corruption compliance programme for more

than a decade as the retailer experienced

rapid international growth.

7. PM’s Awards for Outstanding Contribution for

Promotion & Development of Yoga 2019

announced

Prime Minister’s Awards for outstanding

contribution for Promotion and Development of

Yoga - 2019 has been announced.

• Swami Rajarshi Muni of Life Mission,

Gujarat, Ms. Antonietta Rozzi of Italy, Bihar

School of Yoga, Munger and Japan Yoga

Niketan, Japan are the recipients of the

Award.

• The award is given for outstanding

contribution for promotion and development

of Yoga.

• On the occasion of the 2nd International Day

of Yoga celebrations at Chandigarh, the

Prime Minister had announced the institution

of awards for the promotion and development

of Yoga.

• The winners will be felicitated with of a

Trophy, Certificate and a Cash Award of 25

lakh rupees each.

4. Triple Talaq Bill tabled in the Lok Sabha

The Muslim Women Bill 2019 (Protection of Rights

on Marriage) to ban the practice of instant triple talaq

was introduced in the Lok Sabha.

• The bill was tabled by Law Minister Ravi

Shankar Prasad.

• The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on

Marriage) Bill, 2019, will replace an

ordinance issued in February by the previous

NDA government.

• With the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha

last month, the bill lapsed, as it was pending

in the Rajya Sabha, where the opposition is in

a majority.

5. PM Modi to attend G20 summit in Japan's

Osaka

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will attend the 14th

G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan from 28th to 29th June.

• Former Union Minister Suresh Prabhu will be

India's sherpa at the G20 meet.

• Energy security and financial stability issues

will be discussed during the meet.

• The Summit under the Japanese Presidency is

centred around the theme "Human-centred

future society".

• India will host the G20 summit in 2022 for

the first time.

6. GST Council simplifies rules for registration

The GST Council has simplified rules for registration

and Aadhaar will now be used by businesses for

registration under GST.

• In the earlier system, people had to give

various documents and now, several

advantages will occur to the business by

using Aadhaar.

• GST Council approved imposing a penalty of

up to 10 per cent on entities not passing on

benefits of GST rate cuts to consumers.

• Also, The proposal to reduce GST rate on

electric vehicles to 5 per cent from the current

12 per cent and the GST rate on the electric

charger to 12 per cent from 18 per cent has

been sent to fitment committee.

3. Govt develops a National Strategic Plan to end

TB by 2025

The government has developed a National Strategic

Plan with the goal of ending Tuberculosis (TB) by

2025.

• Minister of State for Health and Family

Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey said India

accounts for 27.4 lakh estimated new TB

cases annually, which is the highest in terms

of absolute numbers.

• He said the estimated cases of TB in the

country is 204 per lakh population for the

year 2017 as per last year's Global TB report.

• However, India ranks 35th in the world in

terms of TB cases per lakh population.

4. Civil Aviation Minister inaugurates Air Traffic

Flow Management - Central Command Centre

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri

inaugurated Air Traffic Flow Management, ATFM -

Central Command Centre at Vasant Kunj in New

Delhi.

• The system is primarily meant to address the

balancing of capacity against the demand to

achieve optimum utilization of the major

resources like airport, airspace and aircraft at

every Indian airport where there is a capacity

constraint.

• It integrates flight data from various

subsystems like Air Traffic Control ATC

Automation System, flight s and flight

messages.

• The system also displays weather

information along with static information

about airports, airspaces and air routes.

5. Namma Kolhapuri chappal gets GI boost

The Controller General of Patents, Designs and

Trade Marks has granted the iconic Kolhapuri

chappals a Geographic Indication (GI) tag.

• It got GI tag across four districts each in

Maharashtra and Karnataka.

• The GI tag brands the footwear made from

these select eight districts as 'Kolhapuris' and

prohibits usage of the term for similar

products made in other parts of the country.

3. Dr Reddy''s launches the therapeutic

equivalent of Vitamin K1

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has launched

Phytonadione injectable emulsion USP, 10 mg/ml

single dose ampules, a therapeutic equivalent generic

version of Vitamin K1 (Phytonadione) in the U.S.A.

• The company said the audit of its

Formulations Manufacturing Plants (Vizag

SEZ Plant 1 and Vizag SEZ Plant 2) at

Duvvada, Visakhapatnam by the USFDA,

has been completed on June 21 and it has

been issued a Form 483 with 2 observations.

• As per the USFDA, Form 483 is issued to a

firm's management at the conclusion of an

inspection when the investigator has

observed any conditions that in its judgement

may constitute violations of the Food Drug

and Cosmetic Act and related Acts.

4. Foodgrains production estimated at 283.37

million tonnes during 2018-19

The foodgrains production in the country is

estimated at 283.37 million tonnes during 2018-19.

• This is 17.63 million tonnes higher than the

average production of the last three years.

• Official sources in the Agriculture Ministry

said the Centre is implementing several Crop

Development Schemes and Programs

through the States.

• The Indian Council of Agricultural Research

is conducting basic and strategic research

relating to crop improvement, production and

protection technologies suitable to different

situations.

3. Government to launch Universal Smart Card

Driving License

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has

decided to modify the format of driving licenses to

smart card type driving licences.

• Ministry has prescribed a common standard

format and design of the Driving Licence for

the whole of the country.

• This Ministry, through its flagship

application called SARATHI developed by

NIC, has a common countrywide database of

all driving license holders.

• The SARATHI application has the feature to

identify duplicate records online in real time

and access information about the challans if

any.

4. The code name of Balakot strike: Operation

Bandar

The air strike by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on a

terrorist training camp in Balakot, Pakistan, was

code-named ‘Operation Bandar’.

• It was IAF’s first strike inside Pakistan since

the 1971 Indo-Pak war.

• The airstrikes were conducted 12 days after

the terror outfit claimed responsibility for a

suicide attack on a Central Reserve Police

Force (CRPF) convoy in Kashmir.

• IAF had deployed 12 Mirage 2000 fighter jets

for the attack.

• The two pilots launched Israeli-made Spice

2000 satellite-guided bombs at the target.

5. Maharashtra to get floating solar power

generation plants on four dams

Maharashtra is all set to get floating solar power

generation plants on four dams.

• The backwater of Wardha, Bebala,

Khadakpurna and Pentakli dams has been

selected for setting up the floating solar

panels as per the Swiss Challenge method.

• The estimated investment per megawatt is

4.45 crore rupees, with a total installed

capacity of 500 MW.

• A committee headed by the executive

director of the Vidarbha Irrigation

Development Corporation (VIDC) is

currently scrutinising the detailed project

report and drafting the tenders.

6. World Bank approves $147 Million Loan to the

Government of Jharkhand

The Government of India, the Government of

Jharkhand and the World Bank, signed a $147

Million Loan Agreement.

• The agreement has been signed to provide

basic urban services to the people of

Jharkhand and help improve the management

capacity of the urban local bodies (ULBs) in

the State.

• The Jharkhand Municipal Development

Project will focus on improving the

municipal sector’s capacity to provide basic

urban services.

• It will invest in urban services such as water

supply, sewerage, drainage, and urban roads;

and strengthen the capacity of the Jharkhand

Urban Infrastructure Development Company

(JUIDCO) as well as that of the ULBs to

carry out reforms in the areas of urban

finance and governance.

2. Vaishno Devi shrine to have own disaster

response force by Sept 2020

The Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, a religious

pilgrimage will get a dedicated in-house disaster

response force by September next year.

• Training of the board staff who will be the

first respondents in case of any eventuality

has already begun at the headquarters of 7th

battalion of National Disaster Response

Force (NDRF) in Punjab.

• Nearly 86 lakh pilgrims visited the shrine,

atop the Trikuta hills in Reasi district of

Jammu region, last year, highest in the last

five years.

3. Kerala tops health rankings in NITI Aayog

report

For the second year in a row, Kerala has retained its

top rank in the national health index.

• The report analyses the overall performance

and incremental improvement in all the

states.

• According to the Health Index 2019 released

by NITI Aayog, Kerala is the top performer

with a score of 74.01 out of 100, followed by

Andhra Pradesh with 65.13 and Maharashtra

with 63.99.

• Uttar Pradesh was the worst-performing state

with a score of 28.61, followed by Bihar and

Odisha.

4. IAF team to participate in 'Garuda' in France

An Indian Air Force (IAF) contingent, including

Sukhoi fighter jets, will participate in a joint air

exercise 'Garuda' with the French Air Force.

• The Garuda contingent will depart on June 25

and the exercise will take place between July

1 and July 14 in France.

• This is the sixth edition of the exercise which

is intended for both the air forces to exercise

together and learn best practices each one has

to offer.

• Earlier, India and France had recently held

naval drills in the Arabian Sea under the

Varuna series war games in which Indian

naval fighters along with the Rafale-M of the

French Air Force took part.

2. PM Modi reaches Osaka for G20 Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached the Japanese

city of Osaka to attend the G20 Summit.

• This summit will be an important stepping

stone for India towards hosting the G-20

Summit in 2022 when the country will usher

in a New India in the 75th Anniversary of the

Independence.

• The theme of the Osaka summit is 'Human-

centred future society'.

• Issues related to artificial intelligence,

common efforts to address major global

challenges such as terrorism and climate

change form the reach agenda of the summit.

3. Beekeeping Development Committee released

its report

The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime

Minister set up a Beekeeping Development

Committee under the Chairmanship of Professor

Bibek Debroy.

• The Beekeeping Development Committee

(BDC) has released its report.

• BDC was constituted with the objective of

identifying ways of advancing beekeeping in

India, that can help in improving agricultural

productivity, enhancing employment

generation, augmenting nutritional security

and sustaining biodiversity.

4. MoA signed to set up Centre for Inland &

Coastal Maritime Technology at IIT Kharagpur

A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed

between the Ministry of Shipping and IIT, Kharagpur

for setting up the Centre for Inland and Coastal

Maritime Technology.

• The Centre will focus on indigenisation of

ship designing, building and testing.

• The MoA will further the dream of Make in

India and reduce the recurring cost incurred

in the import of technology.

• Presently, only Germany, the Netherlands,

Russia and Belgium have model testing

facilities for ships.

5. Amitabh Kant gets a two-year extension as Niti

Aayog CEO

Amitabh Kant was given a two-year extension as

Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog.

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet

has approved the extension of Mr Kant's

tenure for a further period of two years

beyond June 30, 2019, i.e. up to June 30,

2021, on the same terms and conditions.

Points to Remember

• The NITI Aayog (National Institution for

Transforming India) is a policy think tank of

the Government of India.

• Chairman: Narendra Modi

• Vice Chairman: Rajiv Kumar

2. Indigenously developed nuclear-capable missile

Prithvi-II test fired successfully

India successfully test-fired indigenously developed

nuclear-capable missile Prithvi-II as part of a user

trial by the Army from a test range off the Odisha

coast.

• The trial of the surface-to-surface missile,

which has a strike range of 350 km, was

carried out from a mobile launcher from

Launch Complex-III of the Integrated Test

Range, ITR at Chandipur.

• The missile is capable of carrying 500 to

1000 kg of warheads and is powered by liquid

propulsion twin engines.

• Prithvi-II was also successfully test-fired on

21st February, last year from the ITR at

Chandipur.

3. ISRO forms new PSU to commercially exploit

technology, launch satellites

The ISRO has formed a public sector undertaking

(PSU) named as the NewSpace India Limited

(NSIL).

• It will commercially exploit the research and

development work of the space agency, co-

produce PSLV and launch satellites through

SSLVs.

• The functions of NSIL will involve small

satellite technology transfer to industry,

manufacture of Small Satellite Launch

Vehicle (SSLV).

• The new company will also look after the

production and marketing of space-based

products and services, including launch an

application, developed by ISRO Centres.

Points to remember

• Antrix Corporation Ltd is another PSU under

the Department of Space that acts as a

commercial arm of the ISRO.

4. Sindhu Festivals being celebrated in Leh

In the Ladakh Region of Jammu and Kashmir,

Sindhu Festivals is being celebrated on the bank of

Indus River in Leh.

• Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal

Malik inaugurated the festival.

• The festival is celebrated every year to attract

tourists to Ladakh by presenting the Indus

River as a symbol of the multi-dimensional

cultural identity of India.

• The main attraction of the festival is local

Folk songs and dances, exhibitions of

handicrafts, and ethnic food items.

5. India signs USD 400M loan agreement with

World Bank to eliminate TB

World Bank India has signed a loan agreement worth

400 million dollars with the World Bank to help treat

and eliminate Tuberculosis from the country.

• In India, around five lakh people died every

year due to Tuberculosis.

• The World Bank supported program will

cover nine States and it will support the

government's National Strategic Plan to end

TB in India by 2025.

• The Program will provide financial

incentives to private sector care providers for

reporting cases of TB and ensuring that their

patients complete the treatment regimen.

6. Govt sets up a working group to revise the

current series of WPI

The Government has constituted a Working Group

for the revision of the current series of Wholesale

Price Index.

• Prof. Ramesh Chand, Member, Niti Aayog

will be the chairman of the 18-member

committee.

• The Office of Economic Adviser,

Department for Promotion of Industry and

Internal Trade will be the nodal office for the

Working Group.

• The current series of Wholesale Price Index

with 2011-12 as the base year was introduced

in May 2017.

• Since 2011-12, significant structural changes

have taken place in the economy. Therefore,

it has become necessary to examine the index

numbers of the Wholesale Price Index.

3. A life-size sculpture of Maharaja Ranjit Singh

unveiled at historic Lahore Fort

A life-size sculpture of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was

unveiled at the historic Lahore Fort in Pakistan to

mark his 180th death anniversary.

• He ruled over Punjab for close to 40 years in

the early 19th century.

• It took eight months to complete the eight-

feet tall statue of the Sikh ruler sitting on his

favourite horse named Kahar Bahar.

• The horse was a gift from Dost Muhammad

Khan, the founder of the Barazkai dynasty.

4. India signs loan agreement of USD 328M with

World Bank for Andhra Pradesh

India has signed a loan agreement of 328 million

dollars with the World Bank for improved health

services in Andhra Pradesh.

• The agreement will help to improve the

quality and responsiveness of public health

services in Andhra Pradesh.

• The World Bank loan will support the

Andhra Pradesh government to scales-up its

efforts to bring better health care to all its

citizens, especially pregnant women and

those at risk of non-communicable diseases,

like hypertension, diabetes and cervical

cancer.

5. Conclave on ‘Transforming North East India

through Science and Technology' beings in

Meghalaya

In Meghalaya, a two-day North East Conclave 2019

on ‘Transforming North East India through Science

and Technology’ began at Shillong.

• It has been organised by the Institute of Bio-

resources and Sustainable Development

(IBSD).

• In this conclave leading experts and

policymakers from different parts of the

country along with local stakeholders will

come together to discuss transforming North

East India through Science and Technology.

6. FSSAI calls for visible labelling of packaged

foods

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

(FSSAI) has issued draft regulations aiming to

mandate packaged food companies to label high fat,

sugar and salt contents in the front of the package

itself in red colour.

• Alarmed by rising rates of obesity and

diabetes, India has been planning rules from

as early as two years ago.

• The food labels will also declare, per serve

percentage contribution to RDA

(recommended dietary allowance) on the

front of the pack.

7. Mumbai named India’s most expensive city

Mumbai is India’s most expensive city and among

the top 20 costliest cities surveyed in Asia for

expatriates.

• According to Mercer’s 25th Annual Cost of

Living Survey, Mumbai fell 12 spots and was

ranked at the 67th position out of 209 cities

surveyed.

• The costliest city in the world for the second

consecutive year is Hong Kong followed by

Tokyo, Singapore and Seoul.

8. Zojila tunnel's project cost surges to Rs 8,400

crore

The project cost for the 14.2 km Zojila tunnel

connecting Srinagar to Leh has surged by Rs 1,600

crore to Rs 8,400 crore.

• Construction work on the 14.2 km long Zojila

tunnel project has been stuck since May

2018.

• Asia's longest and strategic bi-directional

tunnel, the Zojila project will provide all-

weather connectivity between J&K's

Srinagar, Kargil and Leh.

• It will cut down the time taken to cross Zojila

pass from the present three and a half hours

to just 15 minutes.

• Zojila pass, situated at an altitude of 11,578

feet on Srinagar-Kargil-Leh National

Highway.

3. Go Tribal campaign launched

Tribal Affairs Ministry and TRIFED launched go

tribal campaign in association with Amazon Global

in New Delhi.

• The collaboration aims to create awareness

and promote tribal arts and crafts as well as

aid in socio-economic welfare of over 700

Indian tribes.

• Through this initiative the government want

to promote the tribal communities and their

art while helping them to go global and

providing them opportunities to attain a

sustainable livelihood.

Points to remember

• Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Renuka

Singh Saruta

4. HRD ministry releases EQUIP vision plan

In a bid to transform the higher education sector in

the country, the Ministry of Human Resource

Development released an ambitious five-year vision

plan.

• The report has been termed as Education

Quality Upgradation and Inclusion

Programme (EQUIP), which will be taken to

the Cabinet for approval after inter-

departmental consultations.

• The groups of ten experts drawn from senior

academicians, administrators and

industrialists have suggested more than 50

initiatives that would transform the higher

education sector completely.

Points to remember

• Minister of Human Resource Development:

Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'

5. IIT Kanpur honours Gopichand with an

honorary doctorate

India's chief national badminton coach Pullela

Gopichand was bestowed upon an honorary

doctorate by IIT Kanpur on the occasion of their

52nd convocation.

• The received the honour from former ISRO

chairman and Chairman of Board of

Governors of IIT Kanpur, Prof K

Radhakrishnan.

• Former President APJ Abdul Kalam and

former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are

past recipients of the honour.

6. Indian Naval Ship Tarkash reaches Alexandria

Indian Naval Ship Tarkash reached Alexandria on a

three-day visit to Egypt, as a part of Western Fleet

Overseas Deployment programme.

• During the visit of Tarkash professional

interactions are planned with the Egyptian

Navy towards further enhancing co-operation

between the two forces.

• The geostrategic location of Egypt provides

this visit with the unique advantage of being

at the crossroads of Africa, Asia and Europe.

7. Statistics Day: 29 June 2019

The Government of India celebrated Statistics Day

on 29 June 2019.

• The aim of this day is to popularize the use of

Statistics in everyday life and sensitize the

public as to how Statistics helps in shaping

and framing policies.

• It has been designated as one of the Special

Days to be celebrated at the national level and

is celebrated on the birth anniversary of Prof.

P C Mahalanobis, on 29th June, in

recognition of his invaluable contribution in

establishing the National Statistical System.

• The theme of Statistics Day, 2019 is

“Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”.

6. RBI reduces repo rate by 25 basis points

The Reserve bank of India in its bi-monthly

monetary policy review today reduced the repo rate

by 25 basis points to 5.75 per cent from 6.0 per cent

with immediate effect.

• Consequently, the reverse repo rate stands

adjusted to 5.50 per cent, and the marginal

standing facility rate and the Bank Rate to 6.0

per cent.

• The six-member Monetary Policy Committee

headed by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

also unanimously decided to change the

stance of monetary policy from neutral to

accommodative.

3. RBI waives off charges for transactions using

NEFT, RTGS

With an aim to encourage the digital transfer of

funds, the Reserve Bank has waived off all charges

for transactions using National Electronic Funds

Transfer - NEFT and Real Time Gross Settlement -

RTGS systems.

• RBI has advised banks to pass on the benefits

to their customers with effect from 1st July

2019.

• While announcing the Second Bi-monthly

Monetary Policy last week, RBI has issued a

Statement on Developmental and Regulatory

Policies, mentioning that it was planning to

waive off these charges.

• The Reserve Bank levies minimum charges

on banks for transactions routed through its

RTGS and NEFT System.

• RTGS is meant for large-value instantaneous

fund transfers while NEFT System is used for

fund transfers up to 2 lakh rupees.

4. RBI constitutes a committee to review ATM

pricing

The Reserve Bank of India has constituted a six-

member committee to review the entire gamut of

ATM charges and fees.

• Chief Executive of Indian Banks’

Association VG Kannan will chair the

committee consisting of senior officers from

National Payments Corporation of India,

SBI, HDFC Bank, Confederation of ATM

Industry and Tata Communications Payment

Solutions Limited.

• The committee will review existing patterns

of costs, charges and interchange fees for

ATM transactions.

• It is to submit its report within two months

from the date of its first meeting.

6. FDI flows to India grew 6% in 2018 to 42 billion

Foreign Direct Investment to India grew by 6 per cent

to 42 billion dollars in 2018.

• It grew with strong inflows in the

manufacturing, communication and financial

services sectors, and cross-border merger and

acquisition activities.

• The report ranked India among the top 20

host economies for FDI inflows in 2017-18.

• The World Investment Report 2019, released

by the UN Conference on Trade and

Development (UNCTAD) said, Foreign

Direct Investment inflows to South Asia

increased 3.5 per cent to 54 billion dollars.

7. RBI penalises HDFC Bank for non-compliance

of KYC norms

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a penalty

of Rs 1 crore on HDFC Bank for non-compliance of

Know Your Customer (KYC) norms and anti-money

laundering norms, and for failure to report frauds.

• The regulator said that it received a reference

from customs authorities regarding

submission of forged bill of entries (BoEs) by

certain importers to the bank for remittance

of foreign currency.

7. Tech Mahindra inks deal with Airbus

Information technology firm Tech Mahindra has

signed a multi-year contract with Airbus for cabin

and cargo design engineering.

• Airbus is a strategic customer and partner of

Tech Mahindra.

• The partnership will strengthen the

company’s aerospace engineering portfolio,

especially in areas like cabin engineering and

customer services.

• As part of its TechMNxt charter, Tech

Mahindra is betting on artificial intelligence,

machine learning, IoT, cybersecurity,

robotics, automation, blockchain and 5G.

7. SBI plans to tap Singapore SME businesses

The State Bank of India is planning to expand its

market in Singapore by enhancing its relationship

across small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

• The SBI has served the Singapore retail and

corporate sectors as a qualified full bank

since 2008.

• It has six branches and offering ATM

services under ATM5 network across the

island state and two remittance centres.

• The SBI plans to offer its YONO app, an

omnichannel service at the fingertip, to

manage a wide range of financial services

here.

• During his visit to Singapore on May 31,

2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had

launched three Indian apps - BHIM, Rupay

and SBI app - at a 'Business, Innovation and

Community Event'.

8. RBI launches CMS for filing online complaints

against banks, NBFCs

The Reserve Bank of India has launched an

application on its website for lodging complaints

against banks and NBFCs.

• RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das launched the

Complaint Management System (CMS), a

software application.

• The application system improves

transparency by keeping the complainants

informed through auto-generated

acknowledgements and enabling them to

track the status of their complaints and file

appeals online against the decisions of the

Ombudsmen, where applicable.

• He informed that the RBI also plans to

introduce a dedicated Interactive Voice

Response (IVR) system for tracking the

status of complaints.

6. Admiral Karambir Singh takes over as Chief

of Naval Staff

Admiral Karambir Singh took over as the Chief of

Naval Staff.

• Karambir Singh served as the Vice Chief of

Naval Staff at the headquarters in New

Delhi before moving to Vishakhapatnam last

year as the Eastern Naval Commander.

• Admiral Sunil Lanba relinquished his

command of the Indian Navy on completion

of his tenure and retirement from service

after over four decades of distinguished

service.

7. Indian-origin Anita Bhatia appointed UN

Deputy Executive Director

Indian-origin Anita Bhatia has been the Deputy

Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for

Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

(UN-Women) for Resource Management,

Sustainability and Partnerships.

• A veteran in strategic partnerships, resource

mobilisation and management, she was

appointed by UN Secretary-General Antonio

Guterres in the global body's agency.

• She has had a distinguished career at the

World Bank Group, serving in various

senior leadership and management positions,

both at the headquarters and in the field.

7. Nayib Bukele sworn in as president of El

Salvador

In the Central American country of El Salvador,

Nayib Bukele has been sworn-in as the nation's

President.

• Bukele was sworn-in by the Speaker of the

National Assembly in downtown San

Salvador.

• Delegations from 83 countries attended the

ceremony.

Points to Remember

• Capital: San Salvador

• Currency: United States Dollar

7. Phosum Khimhun sworn-in as Pro-tem speaker

of Arunachal Legislative Assembly

MLA Phosum Khimhun has been sworn-in as the

Pro-tem speaker of the 7th Arunachal Pradesh

Legislative Assembly.

• Governor Dr BD Mishra administered the

oath to Phosum Khimhun in an official

ceremony at Raj Bhawan in Itanagar.

• Mr Khimhun will perform the duties of the

office of the Pro-tem Speaker in the house

until another Speaker is chosen by the

Assembly.

Points to Remember

• The operative person on the chair of the

speaker of the Lok Sabha on State Legislative

Assemblies, temporarily holding the post is

called the Pro-tem speaker.

5. CAG Rajiv Mehrishi electedExternal Auditor

for WHO

Comptroller and Auditor General of India Rajiv

Mehrishi has been elected as external auditor of the

World Health Organization (WHO) for four years

from 2020 to 2023.

• Mehrishi was elected at the 72nd World

Health Assembly in Geneva last month with

a majority

• The CAG of India is currently also on the

Board of Auditors of the United Nations and

Vice Chair of the UN Panel of External

Auditors.

6. RBI approves the appointment of Rakesh

Makhija as Chairman of Axis Bank

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the

appointment of Rakesh Makhija as chairman of the

Axis Bank.

• The board of the bank in March had approved

the appointment of Makhija as chairman

subject to RBI clearance.

• He will serve as the chairman of the bank, for

a period of 3 years, with effect from July 18,

2019, up to July 17, 2022.

• He has held a number of top management

positions within the SKF Group.

7. Thai parliament elects Prayuth Chan-ocha as

prime minister

The Thailand Parliament has elected 2014 coup

leader Prayuth Chan-ocha as Prime Minister.

• The military-backed party that nominated

Prayuth won the second-highest number of

seats in the House of Representatives in a

general election in March.

• Prayuth was elected to serve a second term by

a vote of 500 to 244 for his opponent, Future

Forward party leader Thanathorn

Juangroongruangkit.

• His appointment becomes official when it is

endorsed by King Maha Vajiralongkorn.

8. Azim Premji to retire as Executive Chairman

of Wipro in July

IT Industry icon Azim Premji will retire as Executive

Chairman of Wipro with effect from 30th July this

year. He led the company for 53 years.

• The company said in a statement that he will

continue to serve on the board as Non-

Executive Director and founder Chairman.

• His son Rishad Premji, Chief Strategy

Officer and a board member, will take over as

the Executive Chairman of the company.

• The board announced that Chief Executive

and Executive Director Abidali Z

Neemuchwala will be re-designated as CEO

and Managing Director of Wipro.

9. UK Foreign Office Board gets first Indian-

origin member

Kumar Iyer has been appointed by the UK

government as the Chief Economist of the Foreign

and Commonwealth Office (FCO).

• He is the first Indian-origin member of the

department's management board.

• Kumar Iyer, who was born in London and

spent his early years in India, has previously

been based in Mumbai as Britain's Deputy

High Commissioner.

• In this new role as the Chief Economist,

which commences in July, he will lead the

FCO's Economics Unit.

10. 'Cyclone man' Mrutyunjay Mohapatra new

IMD chief

Renowned scientist and cyclone warning specialist

Mrutyunjay Mohapatra have been appointed as the

chief of India Meteorological Department (IMD).

• Mohapatra and his team at the Cyclone

Warning Division of the IMD have earned

praise for their accurate forecasts on

cyclones, its wind-speed and likely impact on

life and property including during the recent

cyclone 'Fani'.

5. Former CEC Gopalaswami named BCCI's

electoral officer for AGM

Former Chief Election Commissioner N.

Gopalaswami has been appointed as an electoral

officer for the BCCI's Annual General Meeting.

• The Committee of Administrators (CoA) had

last month announced that the long-awaited

elections of the BCCI will be held on 22nd

October.

• The CoA was appointed by the Supreme

Court in January 2017 to oversee the

sweeping reforms recommended by the

Lodha panel.

6. Justice DN Patel takes over as Delhi HC Chief

Justice

Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel was sworn in as

Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.

• Lt Governor Anil Baijal administered the

oath of office to Justice Patel at a function

held at Raj Niwas.

• Earlier, Justice Patel was posted at the

Jharkhand High Court.

• The Supreme Court Collegium had

recommended his name for the appointment

as Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.

6. Justice Prashant Kumar appointed as acting CJ

of Jharkhand HC

Justice Prashant Kumar was appointed as the acting

chief justice of the Jharkhand High Court as the

incumbent Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel has been

appointed as the chief justice of the Delhi High

Court.

• Justice Patel took charge in the Delhi HC on

June 7.

• Patel was appointed as the acting chief justice

of the Jharkhand HC last month following the

elevation of the chief justice Aniruddha Bose

to the Supreme Court.

5. Thawarchand Gehlot appointed leader of

Rajya Sabha

Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

Thawarchand Gehlot has been appointed as the

leader of Rajya Sabha.

• He will replace senior BJP leader Arun

Jaitley who opted out of the government

citing health reasons.

• Gehlot is a Rajya Sabha member representing

Madhya Pradesh.

6. Nripendra Misra re-appointed as Principal

Secretary to PM Modi

Nripendra Misra has been re-appointed as Principal

Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

• PK Mishra has also been re-appointed as

Additional Principal Secretary to Mr Modi.

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet

approved both the appointments with effect

from 31st May.

• The appointments will be co-terminus with

the term of the Prime Minister.

• During the term of their office, they will be

assigned the rank of Cabinet Minister.

7. China appoints veteran diplomat Sun Weidong

as new envoy to India

China has appointed veteran diplomat Sun Weidong

as its new envoy to India.

• Sun also served as the ambassador to

Pakistan and is currently the Director General

of the Policy and Planning Department of the

Foreign Ministry.

• He will succeed Luo Zhaohui, who has been

appointed as Vice Minister of Foreign

Affairs.

9. Reckitt Benckiser names PepsiCo executive

Laxman Narasimhan its new CEO

British consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser

named PepsiCo executive Laxman Narasimhan as its

Chief Executive Officer.

• Narasimhan was serving as PepsiCo's global

Chief Commercial Officer.

• He will be joining the company as CEO and

will be appointed to the board on July 16.

7. Kassyam-Jomart Tokayev takes oath as the

new president of Kazakhstan

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev took oath as the new

president of Kazakhstan.

• He was acting president following the

surprise resignation of Nursultan Nazarbayev

in March this year.

• The career diplomat became the country’s

second elected president after succeeding 78-

year-old Nursultan Nazarbayev.

• Mr Toqaev took the oath of office during a

ceremony at the Palace of Independence in

the capital, Nur-Sultan.

Points to Remember

• Capital: Nur-Sultan

• Currency: Kazakhstani tenge

6. Zuzana Caputova was sworn in as Slovakia´s

first female president

Anti-corruption campaigner Zuzana Caputova was

sworn in as Slovakia's first female president.

• Caputova scored a convincing victory against

Smer-SD candidate Maros Sefcovic.

• Known as the “Erin Brockovich of Slovakia”

Caputova is a lawyer and an environmental

activist, who came out of left field in the

recent elections.

Points to Remember

• Capital: Bratislava

• Currency: Euro

7. BJP MP Dr Virendra Kumar sworn in as

Protem Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha

President Ram Nath Kovind swore in the seven-term

member of Parliament Virendra Kumar as the

Protem Speaker of Lok Sabha.

• As soon as a new speaker of the 17th Lok

Sabha is elected, his role will cease to exist.

• As pro-tem speaker, Virendra Kumar will

preside over the first sitting of the Lok Sabha

and administer the oath to the newly elected

MPs.

• The first session of the newly constituted Lok

Sabha will be held from June 17 to July 26.

8. Om Birla takes charge as speaker of 17th Lok

Sabha

Om Birla, a two-time Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Member of Parliament from Rajasthan, was elected

Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha.

• Birla, 56, will take over from eight-term MP

Sumitra Mahajan, who did not contest the

Lok Sabha elections.

• Birla, who represents the Kota-Bundi

constituency in Lok Sabha, had previously

served for three terms in the Rajasthan

Assembly.

8. Abhinav Bindra appointed by World Archery

to sort out mess between warring factions of AAI

India’s only individual Olympic gold medallist

Abhinav Bindra was appointed in an independent

capacity by the World Archery to sort out the

ongoing mess in the national federation.

• The development comes a day after the world

body de-listed the Archery Association of

India for violating the constitution by

unanimously electing two parallel bodies in

Chandigarh and New Delhi.

• The WA has stated that if the Supreme Court

does not give a verdict on the controversial

elections by July 31, the world body would

go ahead with suspension.

5. Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan sworn-in

as Chief Justice of Telangana High Court

Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan was sworn-in as

Chief Justice of Telangana High Court in Hyderabad.

• Governor ESL Narasimhan administered the

oath of office to Justice Chauhan at Raj

Bhavan.

• Justice Chauhan is the second Chief Justice

of the Telangana High Court after the

bifurcation of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh

High Court last year.

6. RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya resigns 6

months before term ends

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor Viral

Acharya resigned six months before the scheduled

end of his term.

• Acharya took up his post on January 20,

2017, for a term of three years.

• He is the central bank's youngest deputy

governor post-economic liberalisation. His

tenure was to end on January 20, 2020.

• In December last year, Urjit Patel had stepped

down from the post of RBI governor

following differences with the government.

5. K Natarajan appointed as new Director

General of Indian Coast Guard

Krishnaswamy Natarajan was appointed as the next

Director General of the Indian Coast Guard replacing

Rajendra Singh.

• K. Natarajan, the second Coast Guard officer

to lead the force, would take over on June 30.

• He joined the force on January 18, 1984, and

holds a Masters Degree in Defence and

Strategic Studies from Madras University.

• K. Natarajan has held various important

Command and Staff appointments.

6. Ann Sarnoff becomes the first woman to run

Warner Bros

WarnerMedia has chosen its head of Warner Bros

and named Ann Sarnoff as its CEO.

• Ann is the first woman to run the studio in its

96-year history.

• She currently serves as president of BBC

Studios Americas.

• Founded in 1923, Warner Bros is one of

Hollywood's "Big Five," which also includes

Paramount, Universal, Columbia and Disney.

6. Samant Goel appointed as new RAW chief

Punjab cadre IPS officer Samant Goel has been

appointed as the new chief of Research & Analysis

Wing.

• Mr Goel played a key role in planning the

February 2019 Balakot airstrikes and the

2016 surgical strikes.

• Also, Assam Cadre IPS officer Arvind

Kumar will be the new Director of

Intelligence Bureau.

• Arvind Kumar is known as the government's

Kashmir expert.

7. IOA and FIH chief Batra elected IOC member

Indian Olympic Association president Narinder

Batra was elected as a member of the International

Olympic Committee.

• He secured 58 votes out of 62 while four

voted against him.

• His election is linked to his function in a

National Olympic Committee - that is

president of IOA.

• Batra now has a rare distinction of becoming

a member of the IOC, while heading a

National Olympic Committee as well as an

international federation. He is the first Indian

to have this distinction.

7. Prasanta Kumar Saikia sworn in as

Chairperson of Lokayukta in Arunachal Pradesh

In Arunachal Pradesh, Justice Prasanta Kumar Saikia

(Retired) has been sworn in as the Chairperson of the

Lokayukta in the state.

• The oath was administered by Governor Dr.

B D Mishra at Raj Bhawan in Itanagar.

• Mr. Yeshi Tsering was also sworn in as

Member of the Lokayukta.

8. 6 Indian-origin students win US National

Spelling Bee

Six Indian-origin students are among the eight

participants who won the prestigious Scripps

National Spelling Bee after defeating over 550 other

contestants in an unprecedented competition in the

US.

• It is the first time in the 94-year history of

the competition that more than two co-

champions have been named.

• Rishik Gandhasri, Saketh Sundar, Shruthika

Padhy, Sohum Sukhatankar, Abhijay

Kodali, Rohan Raja, Christopher Serrao and

Erin Howard were named as co-champions.

• Each will receive the full winner's prize of

50,000 US Dollar in cash.

• The six boys and two girls combined to spell

the final 47 words correctly over five

consecutive perfect rounds.

7. Sunder Pichai, Nasdaq's Friedman to receive

2019 Global Leadership Award

Google's India-born CEO Sundar Pichai and Nasdaq

president Adena Friedman have been chosen for the

prestigious Global Leadership Awards 2019.

• The award is given by business advocacy

group USIBC in recognition of the two

companies' contribution as the leading

technology-driven platforms.

• The award by Washington-based US-India

Business Council (USIBC) would be

conferred upon Indian-American Pichai, and

Friedman, during the next week's 'India Ideas

Summit'.

• Given annually since 2007, the USIBC

Global Leadership Awards recognise top

corporate executives from the United States

and India whose companies play a major role

in catalysing growth in the US-India

commercial corridor.

7. Actress Sheela wins prestigious J C Daniel

Award

Veteran actress Sheela was chosen for the prestigious

J C Daniel Award.

• It is the Kerala government's highest honour

for outstanding contribution to Malayalam

cinema.

• The annual honour is named after J C Daniel,

who made the first silent movie in

Mollywood.

• The award comprises Rs 5 lakh, a citation and

a plaque.

• Iconic director Adoor Gopalakrishnan and

veteran lyricist Sreekumaran Thampi were

the recipients of the honour in the previous

years.

7. Maldives confers its highest civilian award on

PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with

the Maldives' highest civilian award, the ‘Order of

the Distinguished Rule of Izzudeen’, by the President

of the host country, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.

• The award is in recognition of the many

services Prime Minister Modi has offered to

cement the longstanding and amicable ties

between the two countries.

• Also for the magnanimous assistance that the

Indian government continues to provide to

the Maldives under his stewardship.

8. Equator Prize 2019 winners announced for

local innovative climate solutions

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and

partners announced the winners of the 10th Equator

Prize, recognizing 22 local and indigenous

communities from across the world.

• The winning organizations, which showcase

innovative, nature-based solutions for

tackling climate change, environment, and

poverty challenges.

• Equator Prize winners will each receive

US$10,000 and the opportunity for two

community representatives to join a week-

long summit in New York during the 74th

United Nations General Assembly.

• The women groups of the Deccan

Development Society, Telangana also have

bagged the prize.

5. India's automobile major Mahindra wins Gold

Award in South Africa

India's automobile major Mahindra won the Gold

Award for fairing on various indicators, including the

level of satisfaction among its network of dealers and

the manner of allocation of vehicles to them.

• Mahindra has been in South Africa for the

past 16 years and received the award from the

country's National Automobile Dealers'

Association (NADA).

• NADA tests dealers' satisfaction with the

way a brand supports and communicates with

them.

8. Amitav Ghosh to be honoured with Jnanpith

Award 2018

The Jnanpith award for the year 2018 will be given

to the noted English writer Amitav Ghosh.

• Former Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi will

present the award to him at a function in New

Delhi.

• The award is given for outstanding

contribution in literature.

8. Priyanka Chopra to receive UNICEF’s

humanitarian award

Actress Priyanka Chopra will be awarded the Danny

Kaye Humanitarian Award by UNICEF’s American

chapter at their Snowflake Ball in December.

• The award is named after actor-philanthropist

Danny Kaye, who was UNICEF’s first

Goodwill Ambassador.

• The actor is a UNICEF Goodwill

Ambassador, as a part of which she visited

Ethiopia last month.

• Priyanka Chopra is known for her

contribution to social causes and for being a

voice for children’s education.

• She has been a part of United Nation’s global

“Girl Up” Campaign and is associated with

several NGOs in India to raise awareness

about ways to improve the education, health

and safety of girl child in India.

6. Sahitya Akademi announces Bal Sahitya

Puraskar and Yuva Puraskar 2019

Sahitya Akademi has selected 22 writers for the

Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2019 and 23

writers for Yuva Puraskar 2019.

• The awardees have been selected on the basis

of recommendations made by the Jury

comprising of three members each in the

concerned language, in accordance with the

rules and procedure laid down for the

purpose.

• The Award in the form of a casket containing

an engraved copper-plaque and a cheque of

Rs.50,000/- will be presented to the awardees

at a special function.

7. Suman Rao from Rajasthan Crowned Miss

India 2019

Suman Rao from Rajasthan has won the Femina Miss

India World 2019 beauty pageant.

• 20-year-old Suman, a college student, will

represent India at Miss World 2019 in

Thailand.

• Shivani Jadhav from Chhattisgarh clinched

Femina Miss Grand India 2019 title.

• Shreya Shanker from Bihar won Miss India

United Continents 2019 title during the grand

finale.

8. 29 journalists conferred with Matri Shree

Media Awards

Twenty-nine journalists from print and electronic

media were felicitated with Matri Shree Media

Awards for their contribution towards journalism.

• Apart from media personalities, a social

activist has also presented the Bharat Mata

shield at the 44th Matri Shree media award

ceremony

• The Matri Shree Media Awards was

constituted during the Emergency.

• The first award was presented to journalist

Lala Jagat Narayan.

8. Liverpool wins UEFA Champions League

Trophy

Liverpool FC has crowned the Champions League

champions as it defeated Tottenham Hotspurs 2-0 in

the finals.

• As a result of this win, the club won its sixth

champions league title and the first

Champions League win since 2005.

• Earlier, the Liverpool FC finished at the

second place in the Premier League standings

with 97 points.

• Manchester City won the Premier League

title by just one point as they had a total of 98

points.

8. Indian Jr. women's hockey team clinch Cantor

Fitzgerald U21

The Indian junior women's hockey team clinched the

Cantor Fitzgerald U21 International 4-Nations title

after beating Ireland 1-0 in the final at Dublin,

Ireland.

• The win meant India ended the tournament

with an unblemished record.

• With three goals in four games, Mumtaz

Khan finished as the highest goal scorer of

the tournament.

9. China will host the 2023 Asian Cup

China will stage the 2023 Asian Cup football after

South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia dropped their

bids.

• This was confirmed by the Asian Football

Confederation in Paris.

• It will mark the second time for China to host

the quadrennial continental tournament.

• In the 2004 edition, China had finished

runners-up to Japan.

8. Sunil Chhetri becomes most capped India

player

Talismanic striker and captain Sunil Chhetri with

108 matches have played the most number of

international football matches for Indian national

football team.

• He took the field in India’s opening King’s

Cup tie against Curacao at the Chang Arena

in Buriram, Thailand.

• Earlier, he was tied with legendary footballer

Bhaichung Bhutia with 107 matches each.

• The Secunderabad-born is also the highest

goal scorer for the ‘Blue Tigers’ with a total

of 68 strikes to his name.

• He recently led India to the 2019 AFC Asian

Cup, but unfortunately, India failed to get

past the group stage.

7. Indian archers bag four berths for Tokyo

Paralympics

Indian archers secured two quota places each in the

recurve and compound sections for next year's Tokyo

Paralympics after dishing out superb performances at

the World Para Championships in the Netherlands.

• Punjabi University's Harvinder Singh and

Uttar Pradesh's Vivek Chhikara finished joint

ninth to bag the two available berths in the

recurve men's open section.

• In the compound men's open category,

Jammu's Rakesh Kumar was first to qualify

after making the bronze play-off

• He was later joined by Rajasthan's Shyam

Sundar Swami after his joint ninth finish.

8. FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off in France

The FIFA Women's World Cup will kickstart with a

match between France and South Korea in France.

• The eighth edition of the Women's World

Cup will be contested by 24 teams in nine

cities across France.

• It is also the first Women's World Cup to use

the video assistant referee (VAR) system.

Points to remember

• Fifa women's world cup Current champions:

United States

• Most successful team: United States (3 titles)

5. Hamilton wins 7th Canadian GP after Vettel

penalty

Lewis Hamilton secured a record-breaking seventh

win at the 2019 Canadian Grand Prix after Sebastian

Vettel was penalised for dangerous driving.

• During the race, both Vettel and Hamilton

were engaged in a head-to-head battle when

the former ran across the grass accidentally.

• The incident led to the awarding a five-

second race time penalty to the German

driver.

6. French Open: Rafael Nadal lifts Men's Singles

title for the 12th time

In Tennis, world number two Rafael Nadal has lifted

the French Open Men's Singles title for the 12th time.

• In the summit clash played at Paris, the

Spaniard defeated Austrian fourth seed

Dominic Thiem, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 to win at

the Roland Garros for the third straight year.

• The 33-year-old became the first player to

win 12 Singles titles at the same Grand Slam

and has now won 18 majors overall.

7. French Open 2019 Concludes

The 2019 French Open is a Grand Slam tennis

tournament played on outdoor clay courts.

• The 123rd edition of the French Open took

place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris,

France.

• The winners of the various categories are as

follows:

• Men’s Singles: Rafael Nadal (Spain)

• Women’s Singles: Ashleigh Barty

(Australia)

• Men’s Doubles: Kevin Krawietz (Germany)

and Andreas Mies (Germany)

• Women’s Doubles: Tímea Babos (Hungary)

and Kristina Mladenovic (France)

• Mixed Doubles: Latisha Chan (Chinese

Taipei) and Ivan Dodig (Croatia)

6. Novak Djokovic tops ATP rankings

Rafael Nadal might have won a 12th Roland Garros

title on the weekend, but he remains well behind

Novak Djokovic, a semi-finalist in Paris, in ATP

rankings released.

• Top four in the ATP rankings remained the

same after French Open.

• Austrian Dominic Thiem, whom Nadal beat

in French Open final keeps his fourth place

behind Switzerland's Roger Federer.

7. Yuvraj Singh announces retirement from

international cricket

Yuvraj Singh announced retirement from

international cricket, ending a roller-coaster career.

• Yuvraj played 40 Tests, 304 ODIs and 58

T20Is for India.

• He put together 1900 runs in the longest

format, and 8701 in the one-dayers, the

format in which he enjoyed the most success.

• Yuvraj Singh autobiography: The Test Of My

Life

9. The United States claims biggest ever Women's

Fifa World Cup win

In Football, the United States recorded the biggest-

ever victory in the Fifa Women's World Cup when

they crushed Thailand, 13-nil.

• Alex Morgan scored a maximum of five

goals.

• Rose Lavelle and Samantha Mewis netted

two goals each.

• The US broke Germany's record of an 11-nil

win over Argentina in 2007.

7. IAAF to rebrand as World Athletics

World athletics’ governing body, the IAAF will be

rebrandede as World Athletics.

• The International Association of Athletics

Federations (IAAF) was initially founded in

1912 as the International Amateur Athletic

Federation.

• The body, currently presided over by

Britain’s two-time Olympic 1500m gold

medallist Sebastian Coe, took its present

name in 2001.

• World Athletics should be operational from

October.

8. India static at 101st in FIFA rankings

The Indian football team remained static at 101st

place in the latest FIFA rankings issued.

• India had finished third in the King's Cup in

Thailand, which the organizers had said was

a FIFA-sanctioned tournament.

• India's ranking points remained the same as

1219, like that of the previous list, issued on

4th April this year.

• The Indian team is at 18th spot among the

Asian countries led by Iran (20th), Japan

(28), Korea (37), Australia (43) and Qatar

(55) form the top five in Asia.

• Belgium continued to top overall world

rankings, followed by France, Brazil,

England and Portugal.

7. Indian compound women's team win bronze at

Archery World Championships

Jyothi Surekha Vennam produced a stellar show to

help India clinch two bronze medals in the compound

women's section of Archery World Championships

in the Netherlands.

• The Asian Games silver medalist first led the

fight back in the team event by shooting six

perfect 10s out of eight arrows.

• Jyothi then clinched another bronze in the

evening session when she pipped world

number two Yesim Boston of Turkey 10-9 in

the shoot-off.

8. India beat South Africa 5-1 to win FIH Series

Finals

India thrashed South Africa 5-1 in the summit clash

to win the FIH Series Finals hockey tournament.

• India and South Africa have already qualified

for the final round of the Olympic qualifiers

before summit clash.

• Earlier in the day, Asian Games champion

Japan defeated USA 4-2 to finish third in the

competition.

9. Kohli becomes the fastest batsmen to reach

11,000 runs

Indian skipper Virat Kohli became the fastest

batsman to reach the 11,000 run mark in the ODI

cricket.

• He achieved the feat in the match between

India and Pakistan in the ICC Men's Cricket

World Cup.

• The Indian skipper has just taken 230 ODIs

to complete 11,000 runs.

• Kohli needed 57 runs before this match to

reach 11000 run mark in ODI cricket.

• The 30-year-old Kohli broke Tendulkar's

record. Tendulkar had achieved the 11000

run mark against England in 2002 in his

284th ODI.

9. Naomi Osaka, Novak Djokovic continue as

World No. 1 in latest WTA, ATP rankings

Japan's Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic of Serbia

continue as World Number ones in the latest WTA

and ATP rankings.

• The rankings were announced ahead of

Wimbledon which is just two weeks away.

• Naomi Osaka is just 252 points ahead of

world No.2 Ashleigh Barty of Australia.

• Novak Djokovic leads the men's ATP tennis

rankings ahead of French Open champion

Rafael Nadal and former world number one

Roger Federer.

• The top of the ATP rankings remains

unchanged a week after Nadal claimed the

Roland Garros title with victory over

Dominic Thiem in the final.

10. Indian men's recurve team bags Silver Medal

at Archery World Championships

The Indian men's recurve team bagged a silver medal

in the Archery World Championships at Den Bosch

in The Netherlands.

• Indian trio of Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das and

Pravin lost to a Chinese team of Ding

Yiliang, Wei Shaoxuan and Feng Hao 6-2 in

the summit clash.

• India thus ended their campaign with one

silver and two bronze medals won in the

women's compound team and individual

events.

• The men's recurve team was playing in the

final of World Championships after a gap of

14 years.

. Pranati Nayak wins bronze at Asian Artistic

Gymnastic Championship

In Gymnastics, India's Pranati Nayak clinched a

bronze medal in the vault event at the Senior Asian

Artistic Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

• The 23-year-old from West Bengal, who had

qualified for vault finals with a sixth place,

came up with a score of 13.384 to claim the

bronze medal.

• China's Yu Linmin and Japan's Ayaka

Sakaguchi won the gold and silver medal at

the event.

6. Indian women's rugby team claims 1st-ever

international Rugby 15s victory

The Indian women's rugby team claimed a historic

first-ever international Rugby 15s victory with a 21-

19 win over Singapore to finish third in the Asia

Women's - Division 1 Rugby XVs Championship in

Manila.

• The tournament was one of the qualifying

rounds for the 2021 Women's Rugby World

Cup to be held in New Zealand.

• China won the tournament with a 68-0

victory over hosts Philippines in a one-sided

final.

• The Asian tournament was being held from

June 19 to 22.

7. Pankaj Advani clinches men's Asian Snooker

Championship

India's ace Pankaj Advani has clinched the 35th

men's Asian Snooker Championship in Doha to

complete a career grand slam in cue sports.

• Advani defeated Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon

6-3 in the final to become the only one to win

the Asian and World championships in all

formats.

• He conquered the ACBS Asian Snooker

events - 6-red (short format) and 15-red (long

format) - along with the IBSF World

Championships in both formats too.

• Having already accomplished it in Billiards,

Pankaj had this elusive 15-red Asian Snooker

title missing from his silverware collection.

8. Former Liverpool and Chelsea striker

Fernando Torres announces retirement

Former Liverpool and Chelsea football striker

Fernando Torres has announced his retirement from

football.

• The 35-year-old Spaniard scored 81 goals

across four seasons with Liverpool and won

the Champions League, Europa League and

FA Cup with Chelsea.

• A World Cup winner with Spain in 2010,

Torres announced his retirement through

social media.

7. Indian women's hockey team clinches FIH

Series finals

Indian women's hockey team beat Asian Games

champions and hosts Japan 3-1 in the summit clash

of the FIH Series Finals in Hiroshima.

• Indian men had won the FIH Series Finals in

Bhubaneswar recently.

• For India, Gurjit Kaur scored two goals while

captain Rani Rampal gave India early lead.

• Gurjit was adjudged the highest scorer of the

tournament with 11 strikes to her name while

captain Rani Rampal was declared player of

the tournament.

8. Hamilton wins French Grand Prix

The reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton

continued his run of form as he won the 2019 French

Grand Prix at Circuit Paul Ricard.

• The win also marked Hamilton's sixth

triumph in eight races this season.

• The Mercedes driver Hamilton defeated his

teammate Valtteri Bottas.

9. India's junior women's team adjudged best in

Black Forest Cup

In Boxing, India's junior women pugilists clinched

seven medals, including five gold, while the team

was adjudged the best of the tournament in the Black

Forest Cup in Villingen, Schwenningen, Germany.

• Haryana's Neha (54kg) and Karnataka's Anju

Devi (50kg) claimed the honours of best

boxer and promising player of the

tournament.

• Ten countries including India, Ukraine,

Germany, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Hungary,

Lithuania, Mongolia, Greece, and Poland

took part in this tournament.

8. IOC strips world boxing body AIBA of

Olympic status

The International Olympic Committee (IOC)

stripped Olympic status from the troubled world

boxing body AIBA (International Boxing

Association).

• As a result, the IOC will now organize

qualifying and final tournaments for the 2020

Tokyo Games.

• Lausanne-based AIBA has said it is near

bankruptcy with debts of about 17 million US

Dollars.

8. Virat Kohli becomes the fastest batsman to

score 20,000 runs

India captain Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman

to reach 20,000 international runs.

• Virat Kohli took just 417 innings to reach the

milestone and bettered the time taken by

legends such as Tendulkar and Lara.

• Prior to India vs West Indies match, Kohli

was 37 runs short of the milestone and

reached in the 25th over of the India innings.

• Kohli, thus, became the 12th batsman and

third Indian after Tendulkar and Rahul

Dravid to reach 20,000 international runs.

9. Marcus Trescothick announces retirement

from professional cricket

Former England star Marcus Trescothick announced

he would retire at the end of the season, bringing

down the curtain on a 27-season career.

• The 43-year-old opening batsman, who

played 76 Tests and 123 one-day

internationals, has scored a total of 26,234

first-class runs since making his debut for

Somerset in 1993.

10. Actress Ruma Guha Thakurta passes away

Bengali actress and singer Ruma Guha Thakurta

passed away following old age-related problems.

• She featured in films such as Jwar Bhata,

Ganga and 36 Chowringhee Lane.

• She was the founder of the Calcutta Youth

Choir (CYC), which played a role in

popularising 'Gana Sangeet' or mass songs in

Bengal,

• She was the first wife of actor-singer Kishore

Kumar.

9. Uttarakhand finance minister Prakash Pant

passes away

The Finance Minister of Uttarakhand, Prakash Pant

passed away in the US where he was undergoing

treatment for a lung ailment.

• In February this year, Prakash Pant almost

fainted twice while reading his budget speech

in the state assembly.

• Governor Baby Rani Maurya, Chief Minister

Trivendra Singh Rawat and Speaker

Premchand Aggarwal have condoled the

death of Prakash Pant.

8. Noted actor, dramatist Girish Karnad passed

away

Noted actor, dramatist and Jnanpith awardee Girish

Karnad passed away in Bengaluru due to multi-organ

failure.

• Coming to fame as Kannada playwright in

the 1960s, he went on to become a critically

acclaimed actor and filmmaker during the

later years.

• Besides the Jnanpith award, Karnad was also

conferred the Padma Shri and Padma

Bhushan.

• Vamsha Vruksha, Ek Tha Tiger,

Nagamandala and Malgudi Days are some of

the movies and TV serials in which he played

a role.

8. Iconic playwright and comedian Crazy Mohan

dies at 67

Crazy Mohan, a renowned dialogue writer in Tamil

film industry, passed away.

• The veteran playwright passed away due to a

cardiac arrest at a private hospital.

• His real name is Mohan Rangachari and he

was fondly known as Crazy Mohan because

of his hit skit called Crazy Thieves In

Paalavakkam.

• Chocolate Krishna, Maadhu +2 and Madhil

Mel Maadhu were popular comedy plays,

written by Crazy Mohan.

9. Veteran journalist Rajanath Singh 'Surya'

died in Lucknow

In Uttar Pradesh, veteran journalist and former Rajya

Sabha Member Rajanath Singh 'Surya' died in

Lucknow.

• Mr Surya had worked in various newspapers

and he was a well-known columnist.

• Surya was a colossus figure in the area of

journalism and it is a great loss for the state

and country.

8. Poet and lyricist Pazhavila Ramesan passed

away

Poet and lyricist Pazhavila Ramesan passed away in

Thiruvananthapuram.

• Ramesan had received the 2017 Kerala

Sahithya Akademi award for overall

contributions.

• He wrote lyrics for Malayalam movies such

as Njattadi, Aashamsakalode, Uncle Bun,

Malootty, and Vasudha.

11. Egypt′s former President Mohammed Morsi

dies in court

Egypt’s former president Mohammed Morsi died

after collapsing during a session in court.

• Morsi, who was 67, was on trial for espionage

and had just addressed the court when he

blacked out.

• He was country's first democratically elected

president and a member of Egypt's most

powerful Islamist group, Muslim

Brotherhood.

• Morsi had been in custody since his removal

by the military after mass protests in 2013.

Points to remember

• Capital: Cairo

• Currency: Egyptian pound

9. Former Pak Foreign Minister passes away

Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar

passed away.

• Sattar served as the Foreign minister under

then-president Pervez Musharraf government

from 1999 to 2002.

• He was the part of Mussaraf delegation who

visited India for the historic Agra Summit in

2001.

• Sattar also served as the foreign secretary

from 1986-88.

10. Rajasthan BJP chief Madan Lal Saini dies

Rajasthan BJP president Madan Lal Saini passed

away while undergoing treatment at AIIMS in Delhi.

• He was appointed BJP state president last

year.

• He was a former MLA and RSS volunteer

who held various posts in the Bhartiya Kisan

Morcha as well.

7. Freedom fighter Mohan Ranade dies at 90

Freedom fighter Mohan Ranade, who participated in

Goa’s liberation movement, passed away.

• During Goa’s liberation movement, Ranade

was active in attacking police stations at

Betim, Banastarim and other outposts.

• He was arrested by Portuguese police in 1955

and was imprisoned at the Fort of Caxias near

Lisbon in Portugal. He was kept in solitary

confinement for six years.

• Ranade was awarded Padmashri in 2001 and

Sangli Bhushan in 2006.

• He received the Goa Puraskar in 1986 for

social work.

9. Swami Satyamitranand Giri Maharaj passes

away

Swami Satyamitranand Giri Maharaj, a renowned

seer, passed away at Dehradun in Uttarakhand after

a prolonged illness.

• The 87-year-old head of Bharat Mata Janhit

Trust was undergoing treatment for some

time at a hospital.

• He was a recipient of Padma Bhushan that

has contributed immensely to society and

dedicated his entire life for the welfare of

underprivileged people.

9. Freedom fighter Mohammed Baji passes away

Eminent freedom fighter Mohammed Baji died at his

residence in Nabarangpur District of Odisha.

• He was a close associate of tribal civil rights

activist Laxman Nayak.

• Baji was injured in police firing during the

1942 movement when 29 tribals were killed

while protesting before the Mathili police

station in Malkangiri district.

• He had joined the Indian National Congress

in 1936, the year Odisha became a separate

province on the basis of language.

• He also joined the Quit India Movement and

was held on August 19, 1942.

10. Eminent Gandhian Jharna Dhara

Chowdhury passes away in Dhaka

Eminent Social Activist and secretary of the Gandhi

Ashram Trust in Jayag, Noakhali, Bangladesh Jharna

Dhara Chowdhury passed away in Dhaka.

• She devoted her whole life to promoting

peace, communal harmony and social justice.

• She was deeply influenced by the Gandhian

principles of non-violence and communal

harmony.

• In recognition of her work, Jharna Dhara

Chowdhury was honoured with Padma Shri

in 2013.

• She was also awarded Jamnalal Bajaj award

in 1998.

8. Anupam Kher Unveils His Auto-Biography

Bollywood actor Anupam Kher is coming out with

his autobiography, Lessons Life Taught Me

Unknowingly that is set to hit stands on 5 August.

• Kher, one of the most prolific actors in the

Indian film industry, has over 530 films in

several languages, both in India and the West,

100 plays and numerous TV shows to his

credit.

• He is a winner of two National awards, eight

Filmfare awards and a BAFTA nomination.

• He is also a recipient of the Padma Shree and

Padma Bhushan awards.

9. Meenakshi Lekhi pens debut novel

BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi has written her debut

novel, which talks of undercurrents of Delhi's

political landscape.

• ‘The New Delhi Conspiracy’, co-authored

with Krishna Kumar and published by

HarperCollins India, is slated for release on

July 8.

• Lekhi is a Lok Sabha member from Delhi and

is a Supreme Court lawyer.

Q. How many Indian origin students won US National

Spelling Bee?

3

6

7

5

2

Q. Mount Agung is located in which of the following

country?

China

Japan

Chile

Indonesia

Vietnam

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as the

Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Entity

for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

(UN-Women)?

Sakshi Singh

Anita Bhatia

Pratibha Pal

Ankita Mishra

None of these

Q. According to the recent CSO report GDP growth

slows to a five-year low at ________ in the January-

March quarter

5.8%

5.2%

5.6%

6.2%

6.0%

Q. Who among the following takes over as Chief of

Naval Staff?

Girish Luthra

Bimal Verma

G. Ashok Kumar

Robin K. Dhowan

Karambir Singh

Q. According to a recent announcement who among the

following holds the charge of Ministry of Defence?

Rajnath Singh

Amit Shah

Nirmala Sitharaman

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Nitin Gadkari

Q. According to a recent announcement who among the

following holds the charge of Ministry of Home Affairs?

Rajnath Singh

Amit Shah

Nirmala Sitharaman

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Nitin Gadkari

Q. According to a recent announcement who among the

following holds the charge of Ministry of Minority

Affairs?

Piyush Goyal

Dharmendra Pradhan

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Prahlad Joshi

Mahendra Nath Pandey

Q. The Reserve Bank of India will observe Financial

Literacy Week across the country from ________?

7th to 12th of June

3rd to 7th of June

14th to 17th of June

25th to 30th of June

7th to 11th of July

Q. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat holds the charge of which

of the following ministry?

Railways; Commerce and Industries

Petroleum and Natural Gas; Steel

Minority Affairs

Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries

Jal Shakti

Q. Recently, Which of the following Indian state hikes

parental income limit under the fee waiver scheme to 2

Lakhs?

Jharkhand

Assam

Gujarat

Maharashtra

Nagaland

Q. Telangana celebrates state formation day on

_________.

31 May

1 June

2 June

3 June

4 June

Q. What is the number of Rajya Sabha seats in

Telangana?

4

5

7

9

12

Q. Elephanta festival of art and culture begins in which

of the following city?

Nagpur

Aurangabad

Pune

Mumbai

Nashik

Q. Elephanta Caves that are UNESCO World Heritage

Site is dedicated mainly to ________.

Lord Krishna

Gautam Buddha

Lord Shiva

Mahavira

Sun

Q. PM Modi approves a hike in rates of scholarship

under National Defence Fund. He has increased monthly

scholarship for boys to _________.

Rs 1800

Rs 2000

Rs 2200

Rs 2500

Rs 3000

Q. Who among the following heads the committee that

submits new draft education policy to HRD Ministry?

Dr Kasturirangan

Madhav Gadgil

Madhavan Nair

Ramachandra Rao

Yash Pal

Q. According to recent changes, Farmers to avail

benefits of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana

must have land holdings of _________.

1 Hectare

2 Hectare

4 Hectare

5 Hectare

No limit

Q. Who among the following has been sworn in as the

president of El Salvador?

Michelle Sol

Antonio Saca

Mauricio Funes

Nayib Bukele

None of these

Q. What is the capital of El Salvador?

Santa Tecla

San Miguel

Santa Ana

San Salvador

San Vicente

Q. World Bicycle Day is observed every year on

_________.

01 June

02 June

03 June

04 June

05 June

Q. Which of the following team won UEFA

Champions League Trophy?

FC Barcelona

Chelsea F.C

Liverpool F.C

Tottenham Hotspurs

Arsenal

Q. Recently, AYUSH Ministry has launched a

mobile application to enable people to locate yoga

events named as ________.

Yoga locator

My Yoga

Find Yoga

Yoga Finder

None of these

Q. International Yoga Day is celebrated every year

on ________.

5 June

11 June

21 June

25 June

27 June

Q. Which of the following state has launched a

unique initiative to plant trees for the license of

arms?

Uttar Pradesh

Bihar

Madhya Pradesh

Karnataka

Andhra Pradesh

Q. Who among the following administers the oath

to the Pro-tem speaker of a State Legislative

Assembly?

Chief Minister

President

Governor

Chief Justice of State High Court

Prime Minister of India

Q. Phosum Khimhun has been sworn-in as Pro-tem

speaker of ________ Legislative Assembly.

Sikkim

Andhra Pradesh

Odisha

Arunachal Pradesh

Jharkhand

Q. Who among the following will be elected as

Puducherry Assembly Speaker?

Sivakozhunthu

Charan Das Mahant

Rajeev Bindal

C. P. Joshi

Premchand Aggarwal

Q. In June 2019, Which of the following company

gained the title of most profitable public sector

company?

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

NTPC Limited

Indian Oil Corporation

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

Hindustan Petroleum

Q. Which of the following High Court declares all

animals to be ‘legal persons’?

Bombay High Court

Punjab and Haryana High Court

Delhi High Court

Madras High Court

Karnataka High Court

Q. Who among the following got first UAE’s Permanent

Residency 'Golden Card' in Abu Dhabi?

Rahat Khan

Yousuf Ali

Sanjay Singh

Arman Nair

Asif Khan

Q. Which of the following country will be the part of

Prime Minister Narendra Modi first overseas visit?

Bangladesh

Maldives

Myanmar

Indonesia

Laos

Q. Food grains production for the agricultural year 2018-

19 is estimated around _________.

173 million tonnes

443 million tonnes

868 million tonnes

283 million tonnes

345 million tonnes

Q. Search operation continues to locate Indian Air

Force's missing AN-32 aircraft which took off from

Jorhat airbase. Jorhat airbase is located in which of the

following Indian state?

Assam

Nagaland

Arunachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Andhra Pradesh

Q. Madhya Pradesh cabinet has passed a resolution to

increase reservation for OBCs to ________.

17%

19%

22%

27%

31%

Q. Rythu Bandhu scheme is a welfare program started

by the state government of which of the following state?

Jharkhand

Odisha

Telangana

Madhya Pradesh

None of these

Q. According to the latest notification, The amount paid

to the farmers under the Rythu Bandhu scheme for 2019-

20 has been enhanced to ________ per acre per farmer

per season.

Rs 5000

Rs 6000

Rs 7000

Rs 8000

Rs 9000

Q. What is the new financial aid given to girls under

'Aapki Beti' scheme for the girls studying in class 9 to 12

by the Rajasthan government?

Rs 1,500

Rs 2,000

Rs 2,200

Rs 2,500

Rs 2,750

Q. Which of the following committee has suggested

measures to encourage digital payments to RBI?

Abhijit Sen Committee

Ajit Kumar Committee

Nandan Nilekani committee

Bhurelal Committee

Dhanuka Committee

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as the

National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister?

Nirmala Sitharaman

Rajnath Singh

Ajit Doval

Arun Jaitley

Amit Shah

Q. World Environment Day is celebrated every year on

_________.

02 June

03 June

04 June

05 June

06 June

Q. Recently, the Indian Army commissioned

‘Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring System

(CAAQMS)’ at which of the following location?

Fort William Military Station

Clement Town Military Station

Kamptee Military Station

St. Thomas Military Station

Wellington Military Station

Q. Who among the following is the General Officer

Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command of Indian

army?

Abhay Krishna

Ranbir Singh

Satinder Kumar Saini

Gurpal Singh Sangha

M M Naravane

Q. With which of the following company Airports

Authority of India has signed an MoU to jointly develop

a roadmap for modernising air traffic management in

India?

Airbus

Lockheed Martin

Boeing

SpaceX

United Airlines

Q. World Bank retains growth forecast for the Indian

economy at _________ for the current financial year.

7.2%

7.3%

7.4%

7.5%

7.6%

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as the

chairman of the Axis Bank?

Aditya Puri

Shyam Srinivasan

Rakesh Makhija

Deepak Parekh

Nikesh Arora

Q. Who among the following will receive 2019 Global

Leadership Award?

Sundar Pichai

Adena Friedman

Ajaypal Singh Banga

A and B

A, B and C

Q. Which of the following country hosted Cantor

Fitzgerald U21 football tournament?

Ireland

China

France

Denmark

Canada

Q. Which of the following country will host the 2023

Asian football Cup?

India

China

South Korea

Indonesia

Bangladesh

Q. Recently, Ruma Guha Thakurta passed away. She

was a famous ________.

Poet

Hockey Player

Actress

Journalist

Classical dancer

Q. What is the name given to the first Arctic train

service launched by Russia?

Oriental Express

Zarengold

Golden Eagle

Rovos Rail

Belmond Royal

Q. Which of the following country will host the 2nd

Global Disability Summit?

Argentina

Laos

Vietnam

Belgium

Singapore

Q. Recently, Dzükou Valley became the Plastic

Free Zone. It is located in which of the following

Indian state?

Assam

Manipur

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Nagaland

Q. Who among the following will head the cabinet

panels formed on Investment and Growth and on

Employment?

Nirmala Sithataman

Nitin Gadkari

Piyush Goyal

Narendra Modi

Amit Shah

Q. Who among the following will attend the G-20

Finance Ministers’ meeting in Japan?

Nirmala Sithataman

Amit Shah

Piyush Goyal

Rajnath Singh

S. Jaishankar

Q. L&T Financial Services has launched ‘Digital

Sakhi’ mission in which of the following Indian

state?

Andhra Pradesh

Tamil Nadu

Jharkhand

Uttar Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Q. Who among the following won J C Daniel

Award?

Madhu

Seema Kaur

Sheela

Jayabharathi

Prem Nazir

Q. Which of the following state government

presents Prestigious J C Daniel Award, the highest

honour given for his/her contribution to cinema?

Bihar

Andhra Pradesh

Kerala

Maharashtra

Gujarat

Q. Which of the following player has played the

most number of international football matches for

Indian national football team?

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

Bhaichung Bhutia

Sunil Chhetri

Sandesh Jhingan

Udanta Singh

Q. Recently, Prakash Pant passed away. He was

serving as the ________ minister in the

Uttarakhand government.

Forests and Wildlife

Irrigation

Finance

Home

Minority Welfare

Q. Who among the following has inaugurated the

exhibition ‘Unknown masterpieces of Himachal Folk

Art’?

Prahalad Singh Patel

Babul Supriyo

Rakesh Singh

Rajnat Singh

Amit Shah

Q. What is the currency of Bhutan?

Kyat

Taka

Ringgit

Ngultrum

Rufiyaa

Q. Who among the following holds the portfolio of

Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister?

Piyush Goyal

Hardeep Singh Puri

Prakash Javadekar

Manoj Sinha

Nitin Gadkari

Q. In the month of June 2019, The Government has

reconstituted ________ Cabinet Committees.

3

5

8

11

13

Q. Prayuth Chan-ocha has been elected as the Prime

Minister of ________.

Vietnam

Thailand

Laos

Indonesia

Cambodia

Q. According to the new RBI monetary policy, What is

the current reverse repo rate?

5.75%

5.50%

5.25%

5.00%

6.00%

Q. Who among the following will take over as the

Executive Chairman of Wipro?

Tariq Premji

Yasmeen Premji

Rishad Premji

Hasham Premji

None of these

Q. Who among the following has been appointed by the

UK government as the Chief Economist of the Foreign

and Commonwealth Office (FCO)?

Sanjay Singh

Kumar Iye

Arun Negi

Prabhat Ranjan

Nakul Kumar

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as the

chief of India Meteorological Department (IMD)?

Rajul Jaikar

Mrutyunjay Mohapatra

Ajay Pratap

Sunil Jha

Ajay Bisht

Q. Varun is a joint military exercise between India and

________.

Russia

Indonesia

France

USA

Japan

Q. Theresa May has stepped down as the Prime Minister

of which of the following country?

France

Italy

Germany

Britain

Italy

Q. In June 2019, 'Gandhi Cycle Rally for Peace’ has

been organised in which of the following country?

UAE

Saudi Arabia

Oman

Indonesia

Vietnam

Q. Who among the following is the ambassador of India

to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia?

Harsh Vardhan Shringla

Dr Ausaf Sayeed

Pankaj Saran

Vikas Swarup

Shamma Jain

Q. Recently, CII has launched a Fiscal Performance

Index (FPI) to assess state and central budgets. CII

stands for ________.

Community of Indian Industry

Confederation of Indian Industry

Chamber of Indian Industry

Community of International Industry

Nine of these

Q. In June 2019, RBI imposes Rs 2 crore penalty on

_________ for not adhering to its directions.

Axis Bank

Kotak Mahindra Bank

ICICI Bank

Dena Bank

Indian Bank

Q. Who among the following has been named as the

BCCI's electoral officer for Annual General Meeting?

Navin Chawla

T. N. Seshan

T. S. Krishnamurthy

N. Gopalaswami

V. S. Ramadevi

Q. Justice DN Patel takes over as Chief Justice of which

of the following High Court?

Bombay High Court

Delhi High Court

Madras High Court

Calcutta High Court

High Court Of Karnataka

Q. Which of the following country hosted World Para-

archery Championships?

Italy

Egypt

Netherlands

Denmark

Russia

Q. Which of the following country is the host for 2019

FIFA Women's World Cup?

USA

France

China

Italy

Germany

Q. Which of the following Most successful team at the

FIFA Women's World Cup?

USA

China

France

Russia

Italy

Q. Who among the following leads Indian delegation to

G20 Ministerial meeting in Japan?

Amit Shah

Nirmala Sitharaman

Rajnath Singh

Piyush Goyal

Arun Jaitley

Q. Which of the following country has conferred its

highest civilian award Order of the Distinguished Rule

of Izzudeen on PM Modi?

Laos

Vietnam

Cambodia

Maldives

Cambodia

Q. What is the approximate number of beneficiaries

under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-

KISAN) scheme?

10.5 crore farmers

19.5 crore farmers

14.5 crore farmers

31.5 crore farmers

7 crore farmers

Q. Which among the following is the is the nodal

Ministry for observation of the International Day of

Yoga across the country?

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Ministry of AYUSH

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Ministry of Home Affairs

Ministry of Women and Child Development

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as the

acting Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court?

Radha Mohan

Prashant Kumar

Sanju Bisht

Prashant Gangwar

Ajay Singh

Q. PM Modi will lead the main event of International

Yoga Day at ________.

Gandhinagar

Agra

Varanasi

Ranchi

Bhopal

Q. What is the prize money given to the winner of the

Equator Prize?

US$10,000

US$5,000

US$100,000

US$1,000

US$2,000

Q. This year Equator Prize has been announced to a total

________ winners.

25

45

13

22

32

Q. What is the capital of Sudan?

Cairo

Juba

Khartoum

Mogadishu

None of these

Q. Which of the following airline has been named the

'World's Most Punctual Airline' by Flightstats?

SriLankan Airlines

Air India Express

Emirates

Singapore Airlines

Malindo Air

Q. In June 2019, which of the following country has

adopted the ‘National Strategy for Wellbeing 2031’?

India

UAE

China

Saudi Arabia

France

Q. According to a recent report, Pakistan's economy is

expected to grow at ________ in the current financial

year.

2.3%

3.3%

4.6%

4.9%

5.8%

Q. In March 2019, Imports from Pakistan to India

declined by _________.

63%

45%

89%

92%

78%

Q. By the end of May 2019, India’s Forex reserves

increase to ________.

983.2 billion

343.9 billion

1122.5 billion

837.3 billion

421.8 billion

Q. Who among the following won the 2019 Canadian

Grand Prix?

Lewis Hamilton

Valtteri Bottas

Sebastian Vettel

Max Verstappen

Nico Rosberg

Q. Who among the following won men’s singles title at

2019 French Open?

Roger Federer

Rafael Nadal

Dominic Thiem

Andy Murray

Novak Djokovic

Q. Who among the following won women’s singles title

at 2019 French Open?

Serena Williams

Simona Halep

Ashleigh Barty

Maria Sharapova

Naomi Osaka

Q. French open is played on ________.

Grass court

Clay court

Hard court

Concrete court

None of these

Q. Recently, Girish Karnad passed away. He was a

famous ________.

Golf Player

Flute player

Actor

Politician

Scientist

Q. India gave the title of Most Favoured Nation to

Pakistan in ________.

1992

1995

1996

2001

2005

Q. The 45th G7 summit will take place in ________.

USA

Japan

Canada

France

Italy

Q. Which of the following country is not a part of the G7

group?

Canada

France

China

Germany

Italy

Q. BS-VI automotive emission norms will be

implemented in India from ________.

1 April 2020

1 January 2020

1 August 2019

1 June 2020

None of these

Q. In June 2019, Which of the following country has

announced the ban on single-use plastics from 2021?

China

India

Canada

Japan

Germany

Q. Who among the following tops Association of Tennis

Professionals (ATP) rankings?

Rafael Nadal

Novak Djokovic

Dominic Thiem

Roger Federer

None of these

Q. Which of the following is the autobiography of

Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh?

The Test Of My Life

Playing It My Way

Sunny Days

Ace Against Odds

Playing To Win

Q. BS is an automotive emission norm. B in BS stands

for _______.

Biochemical

Biodegradable

Bharat

Butane

None of These

Q. Recently, Mohan Rangachari who was popularly

known as Crazy Mohan passed away. He was a famous

________.

Politician

Film director

Cricketer

Musician

Playwright

Q. Which of the following Indian automobile company

won Gold Award in South Africa?

Mahindra

Bajaj

Tata Motors

Maruti Suzuki

Ashok Leyland

Q. Which of the following fashion retail has acquired

Jaypore, an ethnic apparel and accessories retailer?

Reliance Retail

Fabindia

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited

Raymond Ltd

None of these

Q. In June 2019, a severe cyclonic storm named as

________ is about to hit Gujarat coast.

Fani

Gaja

Hudhud

Vayu

Vardah

Q. 2019 SCO Summit will take place in which of the

following city?

Bishkek

Kathmandu

Shanghai

Beijing

Tokyo

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as the

leader of Rajya Sabha?

Maneka Gandhi

Thawarchand Gehlot

Amit Shah

Sudarshan Bhagat

Narendra Singh Tomar

Q. Who among the following has been re-appointed as

Principal Secretary to PM Modi?

Pradeep Kumar Sinha

Nripendra Misra

Pramod Kumar Misra

Ajit Seth

Brajesh Mishra

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as

China’s new envoy to India?

Wang Yi

Sun Weidong

Lu Kang

Zhai Jun

Zhang Lu

Q. Who among the following has been honoured with

Jnanpith Award 2018?

Vikram Seth

Amitav Ghosh

Anita Desai

Arundhati Roy

Salman Rushdie

Q. Jnanpith Award is given in the field of _________.

Music

Dance

Art

Literature

Journalism

Q. In June 2019, RBI waives off charges for transactions

using ________.

NEFT

RTGS

USSD

Both A and B

None of these

Q. Who among the following will head a six-member

committee to review the entire gamut of ATM charges

and fees?

Vishal Sikka

N. S. Raghavan

VG Kannan

Nandan Nilekani

Amitabh Chaudhry

Q. Which of the following country claims biggest ever

Women's Fifa World Cup win by defeating Thailand by

13-0?

Russia

USA

France

Germany

Spain

Q. World Day Against Child Labour is celebrated every

year on ________.

8 June

10 June

11 June

12 June

13 June

Q. What is the theme of 2019 World Day Against Child

Labour?

Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams!

Generation Safe & Healthy

Child Labour

End child labour in supply chains – It's everyone's

business!

None of these

Q. 16th Asia media summit started in which of the

following country?

China

India

Indonesia

Cambodia

Vietnam

Q. In June 2019, Which of the following country has

announced to invest Rs 13,000 cr in the northeast in

infrastructure projects?

Russia

UAE

Saudi Arabia

Japan

France

Q. Uttar Pradesh government has announced an increase

in old-age pension in the age group 60 to 79 years to

________.

Rs 500

Rs 600

Rs 700

Rs 800

Rs 1000

Q. Mela Kheer Bhawani festival is celebrated in which

of the following Indian state?

Uttarakhand

Jammu and Kashmir

Himachal Pradesh

Assam

Sikkim

Q. Which of the following Indian state has passed a law

that leads to imprisonment to son and daughter for

abandoning their elderly parents?

Uttar Pradesh

Bihar

Madhya Pradesh

Jharkhand

Andhra Pradesh

Q. According to Kantar’s 2019 100 Top BrandZ report,

Which of the following clinches top spot in the world’s

most valuable brand ranking?

Google

Apple

Microsoft

IBM

Amazon

Q. Who among the following has been named as the

CEO of Reckitt Benckiser?

Ajay Bisht

Rahul Srivastav

Laxman Narasimhan

Anuj Tripathi

Sachin Jaiswal

Q. Who among the following is the Union Minister for

Tribal Affairs?

Babulal Marandi

Arjun Munda

Raghubar Das

Jayant Sinha

Narendra Singh Tomar

Q. World Blood Donor Day is observed every year on

________.

11 June

12 June

13 June

14 June

15 June

Q. What is the theme of 2019 World Blood Donor Day?

Share Life, Give Blood

Give blood. Give now

Blood connects us all

Safe blood for all

None of these

Q. India conducted a successful first test flight of the

indigenously developed HSTDV from a base off the

Odisha coast. HSTDV stands for ________.

Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle

Hyperloop Technology Demanding Vehicle

Higher Transmitted Damped Vehicle

Hypersonic Transmitted Developed Vehicle

None of these

Q. According to Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends 2019,

India ranks on ________ position in terms of the internet

user base?

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

Q. The government has reduced Employees' State

Insurance (ESI) from 6.5 per cent to _________.

6%

2%

4%

5.5%

3.5%

Q. ‘Tech Bee’ is an initiative to hire and train 12th

passed students by which of the following company?

TCS

HCL

Wipro

Amazon

Google

Q. According to World Investment Report 2019,

Foreign Direct Investment to India grew to ________in

2018.

29 billion dollars

42 billion dollars

63 billion dollars

92 billion dollars

11 billion dollars

Q. Recently, Kassyam-Jomart Tokayev takes oath as the

new president of which of the following country?

Laos

Mongolia

Uganda

Kazakhstan

Turkmenistan

Q. Who among the following Indian actress will receive

UNICEF’s Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award?

Deepika Padukone

Alia Bhatt

Priyanka Chopra

Aishwarya Rai

Anushka Sharma

Q. Recently, Rajanath Singh Surya passed away. He was

a famous ________.

Actor

Journalist

Musician

Film Director

Singer

Q. World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is observed

every year on ________.

12 June

13 June

14 June

15 June

16 June

Q. What is India’s rank on Global Peace Index

2019?

105

118

122

141

149

Q. Which of the following country tops Global

Peace Index 2019?

Norway

Denmark

Sweden

Iceland

Italy

Q. Which of the following city is the host for

‘Astitva: The Essence of Prabhakar Barwe’

exhibition?

Jaipur

New Delhi

Agra

Pune

Mumbai

Q. In June 2019, India and Kyrgyzstan have given

the final shape to the DTAA. DTAA stands for

________.

Data Technology Avoidance Agreement

Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement

Dynamic Taxation Available Agreement

Dynamic Technology Available Agreement

None of These

Q. Directorate General of Training has joined hands

with which of the following companies to skill the

youth for the digital economy through its Industrial

Training Institutes (ITIs)?

Cisco

Accenture

Wipro

A and B

A, B and C

Q. Sahitya Akademi has selected ________ writers

for the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2019

and ________ writers for Yuva Puraskar 2019.

10, 11

41, 21

22, 23

7, 8

13,19

Q. What is the prize money given to the recipients

of Bal Sahitya Puraskar and Yuva Puraskar 2019?

Rs 10,000

Rs 20,000

Rs 50,000

Rs 70,000

Rs 1,00,000

Q. International Association of Athletics

Federations will be renamed as ________.

International Athletics

Athletics Governing Committee

World Athletics

International Athletics Federations

World Athletics Federation

Q. What is India’s rank in the latest released FIFA

rankings?

91

101

110

121

132

Q. Which of the following country tops the latest

FIFA rankings?

Belgium

France

Brazil

England

Portugal

Q. Father's Day is celebrated every year on the

__________.

Third Sunday of June

First Monday of June

Second Saturday of June

Third Tuesday of June

None of these

Q. A team of researchers have installed the world’s

highest, fully automated weather stations atop which of

the following mountain peak?

Makalu

K2

Mount Everest

Kanchenjunga

Nanga Parbat

Q. Who among the following is the CEO of e-Foreigner

Tribunal (e-FT)?

Ajay Rai

Anand Prakash Tiwari

Sumit Jaiswal

Kamal Singh

Sachin Saini

Q. Central Government granted the approval to set up of

e-Foreigner Tribunal (e-FT) in which of the following

Indian state?

Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand

Madhya Pradesh

Jharkhand

Assam

Q. Under PM Kisan Pension Scheme, Farmers will have

to contribute ________per month.

Rs 10

Rs 50

Rs 100

Rs 200

Rs 250

Q. Which of the following company signed a Rs 1,188

cr contract with Indian Navy for supply of Heavy

Weight Torpedoes - Varunastra?

Electronics Corporation of India Limited

Bharat Electronics Limited

Bharat Earth Movers Limited

Bharat Dynamics Limited

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers

Q. Adani group gets final approval Carmichael coal

mine project in which of the following country?

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka

Australia

Vietnam

Cambodia

Q. Jyothi Surekha Vennam is associated with which of

the following sports?

Boxing

Archery

Cricket

Hockey

Football

Q. Which of the following country is the host for 2019

Archery World Championships?

Denmark

Italy

UAE

Netherlands

France

Q. Recently, Pazhavila Ramesan passed away. He was a

famous ________.

Journalist

Poet

Singer

Football player

Economist

Q. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu renamed a

settlement in Golan height after the name of who among

the following?

Barack Obama

Vladimir Putin

Donald Trump

Elizabeth II

Emmanuel Macron

Q. Israel annexed Golan Heights from which of the

following country in 1981?

Iran

Syria

Libya

Turkey

Ukraine

Q. Punjab will prepare water management plan with

which of the following country?

France

Russia

China

Israel

Australia

Q. Assam government will set up a Skill University in

which of the following district?

Udalguri

Nagaon

Darrang

Dhemaji

Dibrugarh

Q. What is the name given to State Transport

Corporation's app launched for bus tracking in Guwahati?

Chalo

My Bus

Bus Live

Mera Guwahati

None of these

Q. In June 2019, The Asian Development Bank has

approved projects for infrastructure development worth

Rs 1,650 crore for which of the following Indian state?

Jharkhand

Andhra Pradesh

Punjab

Uttar Pradesh

Tripura

Q. Who among the following has been sworn in as the

first female president of Slovakia

Iveta Radičová

Zuzana Caputova

Martina Lubyová

Denisa Saková

Gabriela Matečná

Q. Who among the following has won the Femina Miss

India World 2019?

Anjana Tiwari

Shikha Sharma

Ankita Singh

Suman Rao

Prachi Jain

Q. Which of the following country has won Men's FIH

Series Finals?

Japan

India

Australia

China

Malaysia

Q. Who among the following has become the fastest

batsmen to reach 11,000 runs in the ODI cricket?

Rohit Sharma

Virat Kohli

David Warner

Aaron Finch

Joe Root

Q. Autistic Pride Day is observed every year on

_______.

13 June

15 June

18 June

19 June

20 June

Q. According to ‘The World Population Prospects

2019: Highlights’ India will become the world’s

most populous country around ________.

2021

2027

2042

2030

2051

Q. Who among the following holds the portfolio of

Power Minister in the current cabinet?

Satya Pal Singh

Piyush Goyal

R. K. Singh

Hardeep Singh Puri

Jitendra Singh

Q. Which of the following city will host World

Food India from 1st of November 2019?

Pune

Patna

Gwalior

New Delhi

Mumbai

Q. According to a recent Fisheries Department,

India ranks _______ in global fish production?

1

2

3

4

5

Q. Who among the following administers the oath

of Protem Speaker of Lok Sabha?

Chief Justice of India

President of India

Former Speaker of Lok Sabha

Prime Minister

Speaker of Rajya Sabha

Q. Matri Shree awards are conferred in the field of

________.

Literature

Journalism

Music

Art

None of these

Q. Who among the following retains top spot of the

women’s category in the latest WTA and ATP

rankings?

Serena Williams

Naomi Osaka

Simona Halep

Maria Sharapova

None of these

Q. Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das and Pravin, who won

silver medals in The Netherlands are associated

with which of the following sports?

Badminton

Basketball

Archery

Football

Shooting

Q. Recently, Mohammed Morsi died, He was the

president of which of the following country?

Egypt

Indonesia

Italy

Turkey

Sudan

Q. What is the name given to cryptocurrency

launched by Facebook?

Digipay

Libra

Bitpay

Exodus

Nitro

Q. What is the name given to lander of the

Chandrayaan-2 by the ISRO?

Vikas

Pragyan

Ajay

Agraj

Neel

Q. Chandrayaan-2 will be launched from which of

the following launch vehicle?

GSLV-F11

LVM3-X

GSLV-Mark-3

GSLV Mk-II

PSLV-C44

Q. Operation Sunrise is a joint operation between

India and ________ to destroy militant camps?

Bangladesh

Myanmar

China

Nepal

Pakistan

Q. Myanmar does not share its land boundary with

which of the following Indian State?

Arunachal Pradesh

Tripura

Nagaland

Mizoram

Manipur

Q. Which of the following paramilitary force has

launched ‘save environment' campaign during

Amarnath Yatra?

Border Security Force

Central Reserve Police Force

Central Industrial Security Force

Indo-Tibetan Border Police

Sashastra Seema Bal

Q. According to the recent release by the Ministry

of Road Transport and Highways, What is the

minimum education requirement for commercial

driving licence?

5th Pass

8th Pass

10th Pass

12th Pass

No minimum educational qualification

Q. Indian Coast Guard will co-host 12th ReCAAP

ISC capacity building workshop in which of the

following city?

Pune

Mumbai

Chennai

New Delhi

Kolkata

Q. In June 2019, RBI ha imposed a penalty of

________ onHDFC Bank for non-compliance of

KYC norms.

Rs 1 crore

Rs 2 crore

Rs 5 crore

Rs 10 crore

Rs 2.5 crore

Q. Who among the following took charge as the

Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha?

Dushyant Singh

Om Birla

Manoj Rajoria

C. P. Joshi

Arjunlal Meena

Q. What is the theme of the 2019 World Refugee Day?

Now More Than Ever, We Need to Stand with Refugees

Take a Step on World Refugee Day

With Refugees

We stand together with refugees

None of these

Q. Guthi Bill is associated with which of the following

country?

Sri Lanka

Bangladesh

Pakistan

Nepal

Bhutan

Q. According to, Asian Development Bank, Which of

the following country has emerged as the fastest growing

economy of the Asia-Pacific region?

China

India

Bangladesh

Indonesia

Vietnam

Q. Which of the following country will host the 2019

African Union (AU) summit July 7-8?

Kenya

Ghana

Morocco

Niger

Sudan

Q. Who among the following chaired a meeting of

presidents of all political parties on the issue of One

Nation One Election?

President of India

Prime Minister of India

Chief Justice of India

Speaker of Lok Sabha

Chief Election Commissioner of India

Q. Which of the following has been ranked India’s best

university in QS World University ranking/

IIT Bombay

IIT Kharagpur

IIT Kanpur

Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Q. Which of the following state government has made it

mandatory for trekkers to carry a GPS device?

Jammu and Kashmir

Sikkim

Uttarakhand

Himachal Pradesh

Assam

Q. J&K government is planning to open 18 AMRIT

stores. AMRIT stands for ________.

Affordable Machines and Reliable Implants for

Technology

Acceptable Medicines and Reusable Implants for

Treatment

Affordable Medicines and Remedies Implants for

Treatment

Affordable Machines and Recycled Imports for

Technology

None of these

Q. With reference to Chief Minister Yuva Sambal

Yojana, Unemployed graduates in Rajasthan will get up

to ________ per month

Rs 1,500

Rs 2,000

Rs 3,000

Rs 3,500

Rs 4,000

Q. In June 2019, Which of the following Archery

Association has been de-listed as its member by ‘World

Archery’?

Archery Association of India

World Archery Denmark

Libyan Archery Federation

Sri Lanka Archery Association

Nepal Archery Association

Q. First Yoga Day was celebrated in the year

________.

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Q. What is the theme of the 2019 International Day

of Yoga?

Yoga for Healthy living

Yoga for Health

Yoga for Climate Action

Yoga for Peace

None of these

Q. World Music Day is celebrated every year on

________.

19 June

20 June

21 June

22 June

23 June

Q. India Navy has deployed which of the following

ship/ships in the Gulf of Oman for the maritime

security?

INS Chennai

INS Sunayna

INS Saryu

Both 1 and 2

1, 2 and 3

Q. Who among the following is not a recipient of

Promotion and Development of Yoga - 2019

award?

Swami Rajarshi Muni of Life Mission, Gujarat

Ms Antonietta Rozzi of Italy

The Yoga Institute, Mumbai

Bihar School of Yoga, Munger

Japan Yoga Niketan

Q. What is the prize money given to the recipient of

Promotion and Development of Yoga - 2019

award?

Rs 5 lakh

Rs 10 lakh

Rs 15 lakh

Rs 20 lakh

Rs 25 lakh

Q. Integrated Grievance Cell and Call Center for

Pensioners has been inaugurated in which of the

following city?

Mumbai

New Delhi

Chennai

Pune

Ranchi

Q. Walmart will pay over 282 mn for violating anti-

corruption regulations in 4 countries. Which among

the following is not one of them?

India

China

Brazil

Mexico

Vietnam

Q. Under Khelo India program, Now India

government will now add _______ players every

year.

500

1000

2000

2500

3000

Q. Who among the following has been appointed by

World Archery to sort out mess between warring

factions of AAI?

Gagan Narang

Abhinav Bindra

Mary Kom

Heena Sidhu

Sushil Kumar

Q. Who among the following has introduced a triple

talaq bill in the Lok Sabha?

Prakash Javadekar

Ravi Shankar Prasad

Subramanian Swamy

Ram Vilas Paswan

Smriti Irani

Q. What s the theme of 14th G20 Summit to be held

in Osaka, Japan?

Connect 20

Shaping an Inter-connected World

Human-centred future society

Building Consensus for Fair and Sustainable

Development

None of these

Q. India will host the first G20 summit in the year

________.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Q. Which of the following country has shot down an

unmanned US drone in Strait of Hormuz region?

Iraq

UAE

Iran

Kuwait

Oman

Q. Which of the following country has become the

first Arab country to be granted full membership of

FATF?

Oman

Saudi Arabia

UAE

Qatar

Bahrain

Q. Who among the following has won the bronze

medal at Asian Artistic Gymnastic Championship in

Mongolia?

V. S. Surekha

Pranati Nayak

Vijay Pal Singh

Dipa Karmakar

None of These

Q. Mayar Khela is a musical drama given by

________.

Jibanananda Das

Kazi Nazrul Islam

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Rabindranath Tagore

Humayun Ahmed

Q. The first Bangladesh International Theatre

Festival is being held in _______.

Comilla

Dhaka

Kolkata

Banjul

Gazipur

Q. Which of the following single document can now

be used by businesses for registration under GST?

Aadhaar

PAN

Voter ID

Bank Passbook

Passport

Q. Tech Mahindra has signed a multi-year contract

with which of the following company for cabin and

cargo design engineering?

Boeing

Embraer

Airbus

Lockheed Martin

Dassault Aviation

Q. International Olympic Day is observed every

year on ________.

21 June

22 June

23 June

24 June

25 June

Q. India government develops a National Strategic

Plan to end Tuberculosis by _________.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Q. What is India’s ranks in the world in terms of TB

cases per lakh population?

22th

111th

35th

93th

75th

Q. Civil Aviation Minister inaugurated Air Traffic

Flow Management - Central Command Centre in

which of the following city?

Kanpur

Agra

New Delhi

Bhopal

Varanasi

Q. International Olympic Committee opens new

headquarters in which of the following country?

Austria

Canada

UAE

Switzerland

Denmark

Q. Who among the following won Asia Women's -

Division 1 Rugby XVs Championship in Manila?

China

Indonesia

Vietnam

India

Bangladesh

Q. Which of the following country will host the

2021 Women's Rugby World Cup?

New Zealand

Italy

UAE

Russia

France

Q. Who among the following won men's Asian

Snooker Championship?

Geet Sethi

Pankaj Advani

Manan Chandra

Aditya Mehta

None of these

Q. Recently, Fernando Torres announced his

retirement. He is associated with which of the

following sports?

Basketball

Golf

Chess

Cricket

Football

Q. Namma Kolhapuri gets GI tag for which of the

following Indian state?

Maharashtra

Karnataka

Andhra Pradesh

1 and 2

1, 2 and 3

Q. Awami League is the political party of which of the

following country?

Pakistan

Bhutan

Bangladesh

Indonesia

Sri Lanka

Q. Mohamed Ould Ghazouani won the presidential

election of which of the following country?

Mali

Morocco

Mauritania

Libya

Niger

Q. Recently, Dr Reddy''s launches the therapeutic

equivalent of Vitamin K1 in which of the following

country?

U.S.A

China

France

Germany

Italy

Q. What is the estimated foodgrains production during

2018-19?

513.73 million tonnes

283.37 million tonnes

162.65 million tonnes

834.32 million tonnes

663.47 million tonnes

Q. Who among the following has been sworn-in as

Chief Justice of Telangana High Court?

Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale

Manmohan Singh Liberhan

Raghvendra Singh Chauhan

Madan Lokur

Hemant Gupta

Q. In June 2019, Viral Acharya resigned from the post

of _______.

Chief Justice of Delhi High court

RBI Deputy Governor

CEO of Allahabad Bank

CEO of BHEL

None of these

Q. Which of the following team has won 2019 women's

hockey FIH series finals?

Japan

China

Russia

Afghanistan

India

Q. Who among the following has been declared as the

player of the tournament in women’s FIH Series 2019?

Sunita Lakra

Hilary Knight

Rani Rampal

Gurjit Kaur

Sena Suzuki

Q. Lewis Hamilton, is the Formula One racing driver of

which of the following team?

Red Bull

Ferrari

Mercedes

McLaren

Renault

Q. Recently, Abdul Sattar passed away. He served as the

Foreign minister of which of the following country?

Indonesia

Afghanistan

Pakistan

Turkey

UAE

Q. United Nations Public Service Day is observed every

year on which of the following day?

22 June

23 June

24 June

25 June

26 June

Q. UAE has launched a UN-developed anti-money

laundering platform named as ________.

goAML

myML

againstML

UNAML

None of these

Q. What is the name of flagship application of Ministry

of Road Transport and Highways that has a common

countrywide database of all driving license holders?

SARAS

SARATHI

SAATHI

SADAK

None of these

Q. What was the code name of Balakot airstrikes?

Operation Vijay

Operation Prahar

Operation Fateh

Operation Bandar

Operation Cheetah

Q. Maharashtra is all set to get floating solar power

generation plants on four dams. Which of the following

is not one of them?

Wardha

Bebala

Khadakpurna

Jaikwadi

Pentakli

Q. In June 2019, World Bank has approved a $147

Million Loan to improve the management capacity of

the urban local bodies in which of the following Indian

state?

Madhya Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Uttarakhand

Q. State Bank of India is planning to expand its market

in which of the following country by enhancing its

relationship across small and medium enterprises

(SMEs)?

Indonesia

Cambodia

Singapore

Vietnam

Laos

Q. RBI has launched CMS for filing online complaints

against banks, NBFCs. CMS stands for _________.

Common Management System

Complaint Management System

Content Management System

Central Management System

Cases Management System

Q. Who among the following claimed the honours of

the best boxer at Black Forest Cup in Germany?

Shakshi Pal

Seema

Neha

Ankita Tiwari

Rashmi Singh

Q. Recently, Madan Lal Saini passed away. He was a

________.

Football coach

Politician

Singer

Scientist

Journalist

Q. International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit

Trafficking is observed every year on ________.

22 June

23 June

24 June

25 June

26 June

Q. What is the theme of International Day Against Drug

Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2019?

No to Drugs. Yes to Health

Health for Justice. Justice for Health

Towards a Healthy World

Fight For Health

None of these

Q. Which of the following shrine will have its own

disaster response force by Sept 2020?

Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board

Shri Badari Nath Shri Kedar Nath Mandir Committee

Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board

None of these

Q. Which of the following state is the worst performing

state in Health Index 2019 released by NITI Aayog?

Jammu and Kashmir

Nagaland

Gujarat

Uttar Pradesh

Punjab

Q. ‘Garuda’ is a joint air exercise between India and

________.

USA

China

Russia

France

Indonesia

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as new

Director General of Indian Coast Guard?

M D Hari

K Natarajan

Ajay Singh

J Kumar

Prabhat R Chaudhary

Q. Ann Sarnoff became the first woman CEO of which

of the following organisation?

Instagram

Warner Bros

Boeing

SnapChat

Lexus

Q. Recently, Mohan Ranade passed away. He was a

_______.

Cricketer

Journalist

Freedom fighter

Actor

Poet

Q. ‘Lessons Life Taught Me Unknowingly’ is the

autobiography of _______.

Piyush Mishra

Rishi Kapoor

Paresh Rawal

Anupam Kher

Nana Patekar

Q. Recently, Meenakshi Lekhi pens her debut novel

named as _______.

In Heart of Delhi

My Delhi

The New Delhi Conspiracy

Down the Raisina Hills

In Lutyens' Delhi

Q. Which of the following country is not a member of

BIMSTEC?

India

China

Myanmar

Sri Lanka

Nepal

Q. What is the theme of G20 Osaka summit?

Human-centred future society

Issues of global significance

Toward an Innovative, Invigorated, Interconnected and

Inclusive World Economy

Building consensus for fair and sustainable development

None of these

Q. Who among the following heads the Beekeeping

Development Committee?

V. K. Saraswat

Bibek Debroy

Amir Ullah Khan

Ashima Goyal

Sanjeev Sanyal

Q. A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed

with which of the following institute for setting up the

Centre for Inland and Coastal Maritime Technology?

IIT Delhi

IIT Mumbai

IIT Roorkee

IIT Kharagpur

IISC Bengaluru

Q. In NITI Aayog, NITI stands for ________.

National Index for Transforming India

National Index for Technological India

National Institution for Transforming India

National Implementation of Transforming India

None of these

Q. Who among the following is the Vice Chairman of

NITI Aayog?

Amitabh Kant

Rajiv Kumar

Ajit Seth

Shashi Kant Sharma

Arvind Panagariya

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as the

new Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) chief?

Manish Shanker Sharma

Ajit Seth

Samant Goel

Asra Garg

Arif Sheikh

Q. Who among the following has been appointed as the

new Director of Intelligence Bureau?

Arvind Kumar

Shrestha Thakur

Vinod Kumar Chaubey

Mohan Chand Sharma

Vijay Salaskar

Q. In June 2019, the International Olympic Committee

(IOC) stripped Olympic status from _______.

International Judo Federation

International Boxing Association

International Gymnastics Federation

International Association of Athletics Federations

International Hockey Federation

Q. Recently, Swami Satyamitranand Giri Maharaj

passed away. He was the head of which of the following

trust?

Bharat Swabhiman Trust

Narayan Seva Sansthan

Pratham Education Foundation

Bharat Mata Janhit Trust

None of these

Q. Which of the following is not correct?

2019 G20 summit: Japan

2020 G20 summit: Saudi Arabia

2021 G20 summit: Canada

2022 G20 summit: India

All are correct

Q. Which of the following statement is not true in

reference to Prithvi-II missile?

It is a nuclear-capable missile

It has a strike range of 1000 km

It is an indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile

It is capable of carrying 500 to 1000 kg of warheads

All are correct

Q. What is the name of the new Public Sector

Undertaking (PSU) of ISRO?

Space India

New Space India Limited

New India Limited

Space Technology India Limited

None of these

Q. Sindhu Festival is being celebrated in ________.

Leh

Manali

Jammu

Thakot

Chandigarh

Q. World Bank has signed an 400m loan agreement with

India to eliminate which of the following disease?

Pneumonia

Malaria

Tuberculosis

AIDS

Hepatitis B

Q. Prasanta Kumar Saikia has been sworn in as the

chairperson of Lokayukta of which of the following

Indian state?

Punjab

Jharkhand

Arunachal Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Q. Who among the following will head the committee

constituted for the revision of the current series of

Wholesale Price Index?

Ajay Singh

Ramesh Chand

Prashant Mishra

RP Chaudhary

Madan Mishra

Q. Who among the following became the fastest batsman

to score 20,000 runs?

MS Dhoni

Virat Kohli

Steve Smith

Rohit Sharma

David Warner

Q. Recently, Mohammed Baji passed away. He was a

_______.

Freedom fighter

Actor

Badminton coach

Politician

Journalist

Q. Odisha became a separate province on the basis of

language in which of the following year?

1942

1936

1949

1922

1951

Q. Who among the following chaired the informal

meeting of the RIC (Russia, India and China)

framework on the sidelines of the G-20 summit?

Vladimir Putin

Narendra Modi

Xi Jinping

Donald Trump

Shinzō Abe

Q. Saudi Arabia has raised India's Haj quota by

_______ persons.

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

Q. A life-size sculpture of Maharaja Ranjit Singh has

been unveiled in which of the following city?

Amritsar

Lahore

Islamabad

Gurdaspur

Patiala

Q. In June 2019, India signed a loan agreement of

328 million with World Bank to improve health

services in which of the following Indian state?

Uttar Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Jharkhand

Tamil Nadu

Karnataka

Q. A conclave on ‘Transforming North East India

through Science and Technology’ has been started in

which of the following state?

Assam

Meghalaya

Manipur

Arunachal Pradesh

Tripura

Q. According to Mercer’s 25th Annual Cost of

Living Survey which of the following city has been

named as India’s most expensive city?

New Delhi

Kolkata

Mumbai

Bengaluru

Agra

Q. Zojila tunnel will be Asia's longest tunnel with an

approximate length of_________.

10.4 km

8.8 km

11.9 km

14.2 km

18.6 km

Q. Recently, Marcus Trescothick announces his

retirement. He is associated with which of the

following sports?

Football

Badminton

Hockey

Cricket

Basketball

Q. Recently, Jharna Dhara Chowdhury passed away.

He was a famous _______.

Journalist

Social activist

Singer

Film director

Wrestler

Q. Recently, FSSAI has directed food companies to

label high fat, sugar and salt contents in the front of

the package itself in which of the following colour?

Blue

Black

White

Green

Red

Q. NASA has announces 'Dragonfly' mission to explore

_______.

Jupiter

Mars

Uranus

Titan

Venus

Q. Who among the following has outlined his 5 I vision

in G-20 meet at Osaka?

Donald Trump

Narendra Modi

Vladimir Putin

Xi Jinping

Theresa May

Q. Which of the following company has partnered in the

launching of ‘Go Tribal campaign?

Amazon Global

HCl

TCS

Wipro

Walmart

Q. Who among the following is the current Minister of

State for Tribal Affairs?

Smriti Irani

Sharad Pawar

Renuka Singh Saruta

Sachin Pilot

Jyotiraditya Scindia

Q. Recently, the HRD ministry released an ambitious

five-year vision plan to transform higher education. The

plan is named as _______.

TEACH

EQUIP

SHIKSHA

PHADAI

LEARN

Q. Who among the following is the current Human

Resource Development?

Harish Rawat

Arjun Munda

Rajnath Singh

Pradeep Tamta

Ramesh Pokhriyal

Q. Pullela Gopichand is associated with which of the

following sports?

Chess

Tennis

Badminton

Football

Cricket

Q. Indian Naval Ship Tarkash has reached Alexandria as

a part of Western Fleet Overseas Deployment

programme. Alexandria is located in which of the

following country?

Oman

South Africa

France

Italy

Egypt

Q. Statistics Day 2019 was observed on ________.

30 June

29 June

28 June

27 June

26 June

Q. What was the theme of 2019 Statistics Day?

Count for Air Pollution

Sustainable Development Goals

Every person counts

Count yourself

None of these