Thursday, 6 February 2020

One Liner Current Affairs (Jan to Dec, 2019) - 285 Most Expected Current Affairs Notes

JANUARY, 2019 TO JUNE 2019 IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS NOTES


  1. Sudhir Bhargava took oath as the chief information commissioner in the Central Information Commission (CIC)

  1. The National Health Agency has been restructured as National Health Authority for better implementation of Pradhan Mantri-Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY).

  1. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the merger of state-run Vijaya Bank, Bank of Baroda and Dena Bank.

  1. Virat Kohli became the first Indian as well as the first Asian captain to win a Test series in Australia.

  1. In the updated rankings put out by AIBA, Mary Kom is placed at the top of the charts in the 48 kg weight division.

  1. India celebrated its 70th Republic Day with the theme: “Life of Gandhi”and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was the chief guest.

  1. Manu Sawhney to replace David Richardson as the new chief executive officer of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

  1. The 2018 Gandhi Peace Prize award has been given to the Japanese Yohei Sasakawa, the WHO Global Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination.

  1. India’s longest single-lane steel cable suspension bridge inaugurated in Arunachal Pradesh. The 300-metre-long bridge is also known as Burung Bridge.

  1. Pakistan declared Panj Teerath, an ancient Hindu religious site in Peshawar as national heritage.

  1. The RBI has constituted a five-member committee under the chairmanship of Nandan Nilekani to boost Digital Payments.

  1. France, Germany & the UK announced the creation Instrument for Supporting Trade Exchange (INSTEX) to support trade with Iran.

  1. Vinesh Poghat became the first Indian to be nominated in “Laureus World Sporting Comeback” category for the year 2019.

  1. 8th Battalion of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) located at Ghaziabad has been selected for Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar, 2019.

  1. The UNESCO has announced that the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro will be the World Capital of Architecture for 2020.

  1. The theme for this year's 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas which was held in Varanasi, is "Role of Indian Diaspora in building New India". Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth was the chief guest.

  1. Maharashtra government launched Atal Solar Krushi Pump Yojana.

  1. Indian Railways announces creation of a new zone named ”South Coast Railway (SCoR)” with headquarters at Visakhapatnam.

  1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, AIIMS at Madurai in Tamil Nadu.

  1. World No.1 Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal to clinch the Australian Open title for a record seventh time.

  1. Saina Nehwal clinched the Indonesia Masters title as Carolina Marin retired hurt during the first game of the final.

  1. Japan's Naomi Osaka defeated eighth placed Czech Petra Kvitova to win the Australian Open Women's final. Osaka has become the first tennis player from Japan to reach No. 1 in the rankings.

  1. Chris Gayle became the first batsman to hit 500 sixes in international cricket.

  1. The 91st Academy Awards concluded in Los Angeles. Alfonso Cuaron won Best Director for Roma, which also won Best Foreign Film and Best Cinematography. Green Book wins the Best Picture award.

  1. Indian Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta wins the Cannes International Open Chess trophy.

  1. Saurabh Chaudhary smashed new World record to win Gold in 10m Air Pistol event at ISSF World Cup 2019 at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi.

  1. Apurvi Chandela set a new world record in the women's 10-metre Air Rifle final to win Gold medal at the ISSF World Cup 2019 event.

  1. Sri Lanka becomes the first team from Asia to win a Test series in South Africa.

  1. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has declared a year-long state of emergency, dissolving his cabinet and local governments.

  1. EPFO or Employees' Provident Fund Organisation has increased the interest rate on employees' provident fund (EPF) to 8.65 per cent for the current financial year (2018-19).

  1. Kerala police has become the first police department in the country to inducts robot (KP-Bot) in its Police Headquarters with Sub Inspector rank.

  1. Ranji Trophy champions Vidarbha won the Irani Cup against Rest of India becoming the 3rd team after Mumbai & Karnataka to clinch 2 Irani Cup titles in a row.

  1. Sourabh Verma completed a hat-trick of titles at the Senior Badminton Nationals Men's Single after defeating Lakshya Sen in Guwahati.

  1. Saina Nehwal wins the 83rd Senior Badminton Nationals Women's Single after defeating P.V. Sindhu in Guwahati.

  1. Indian historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam has won prestigious Dan David Prize of Israel for the year 2019.

  1. Abu Dhabi has included Hindi as the third official language used in its courts, alongside Arabic and English.

  1. Indian batsman Rohit Sharma becomes the highest run-getter in T20 internationals. The 31-year-old went past New Zealand's Martin Guptill.

  1. Former Madhya Pradesh Director General of Police Rishi Kumar Shukla, a 1983-batch officer, has been appointed the new CBI Director.

  1. India’s communication satellite GSAT-31 has been launched successfully from French Guiana.

  1. Viktor Axelsen clinched the India Open 2019 men's singles title in New Delhi after he defeated Kidambi Srikanth. In the women's singles final Ratchanok Intanon won the title.

  1. The first ever black hole image was named as Powehi. The image was obtained by using Event Horizon Telescope (EHT).

  1. South Korea defeated India 4-2 in the penalty shootout to lift the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey title.

  1. Nasa's Transiting Exoplanets Survey Satellites (TESS), discovered the first Earth-sized planet named as HD 21749 c, which takes 8 days to orbit the host star.

  1. In Slovakia, Zuzana Caputova is set to become the first female President.

  1. DRDO successfully conducted an Anti-Satellite (A-SAT) missile test, under Mission Shakti from Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha. India is the fourth country to have tested an anti-satellite weapon after the US, Russia and China.

  1. NATO States have signed an agreement with the Balkan nation, Macedonia clearing its way to become NATO’s 30th member.

  1. In the 64th Filmfare Awards, Raazi won the Best Film award, while Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor won Best Actor in a Leading Role award.

  1. Former Supreme Court judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose appointed as India's first Lokpal.

  1. India returned with 368 medals, including 85 gold, 154 silver and 129 bronze medals, at the Special Olympics World Summer Games, held at Abu Dhabi, UAE.

  1. Kazakhstan's parliament voted to rename the country's capital Astana as Nursultan in honour of long time ruler Nursultan Nazarbayev.

  1. Indian-origin Jagmeet Singh has created history in Canada when he made his debut in the House of Commons as the first non-white leader of a major opposition party in the country.

  1. BJP's Pramod Sawant elected as the new Chief Minister of Goa.

  1. Bengaluru FC wins the Indian Super League (ISL) 2019 after defeating Goa by 1-0 in the final.

  1. India will host the Under-17 Women's Football World Cup in 2020.

  1. The Supreme Court revoked the life ban on former Indian cricketer S. Sreesanth in a case of spot-fixing.

  1. Former IAS officer C Lalsawta sworn-in as Mizoram's first Lokayukta chairman.

  1. Kavinder Singh Bisht in the 56kg-category struck gold at the 38th Gee Bee Boxing Tournament in Helsinki, Finland.

  1. Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj attends the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation or OIC meeting. India for the first time addressed the OIC meeting in Abu Dhabi.

  1. DRDO Chairman G Satheesh Reddy has been honoured with the prestigious Missile Systems Award by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

  1. Indore has bagged the cleanest city award for third straight year under Swachh Survekshan, 2019.

  1. India’s Bajrang Punia is first Indian wrestler to be invited by American wrestling body for a special fight at iconic Madison Square Garden in New York.

  1. Australia’s Claire Polosak created history by becoming the first woman umpire ever to stand in a men’s One-Day International.

  1. India ends with 13 medals, including 2 gold, 4 silver and 7 bronze at the Asian Boxing Championships in Bangkok.

  1. The Services lifted the Santosh Trophy after beating Punjab 1-0 in the final at Ludhiana.

  1. Mohammed Ishtaye was sworn in as the new Palestinian Prime Minister.

  1. Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London after 7 years of refuge in the embassy.

  1. Sudan's armed forces have overthrown and arrested President Omar al-Bashir after months of protests against his nearly 30-year rule.

  1. IIT Madras tops the list of higher education institutes. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, is at the second spot; while IIT Delhi is at the third spot.

  1. Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) wins the parliamentary election in Maldives.

  1. China shuttler and two-time Olympic winner Lin Dan wins the men's singles final in Malaysian Open by defeating Chen Long.

  1. Senior US Treasury official David Malpass has been selected as the 13th President of the World Bank.

  1. All India Football Federation President Praful Patel has become the first Indian to be elected as a member of the FIFA Executive Council.

  1. South Korea launched the world’s first nationwide 5G mobile networks in the World.

  1. The hump-backed mahseer, found in the waters of the Cauvery, has been added to the Red List as Critically Endangered.

  1. India has won the ICC Test championship race for the third successive year.

  1. Nirmala Sitharaman will be India's first woman Finance Minister. Rajnath Singh appointed as the new Defence Minister, while BJP chief Amit Shah will be the new Home Minister.

  1. Indian-origin Anita Bhatia has been appointed by the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres as the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nation.

  1. Senegalese president Macky Sall promulgated the constitutional law abolishing the post of Prime Minister.

  1. The US Treasury Department has removed India from its currency monitoring list of major trading partners.

  1. Scott Morrison has been sworn in as Australia's new Prime Minister.

  1. India's Mahesh Mangaonkar wins the Sekisui Open in Kriens, Switzerland for the second time.

  1. Barcelona's superstar Lionel Messi has created history by becoming the first player to win three consecutive European Golden Shoe awards.

  1. A 25-year-old engineering graduate Chandrani Murmu from Odisha became the youngest Member of Parliament to the 17th Lok Sabha.

  1. India bags a total of 57 medals including 12 Gold, 18 Silver and 27 Bronze at India Open International Boxing Tournament in Guwahati.

  1. China unveils 600 kmph magnetic levitation train prototype.

  1. Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai and NASDAQ president Adena Friedman have been chosen for the prestigious Global Leadership Awards 2019.

  1. South African lawmakers have re-elected Cyril Ramaphosa as the president of the country.

  1. ISRO successfully launched earth observation satellite RISAT-2B that would enhance the country's surveillance capabilities among others.

  1. Oman author Jokha Alharthi wins Booker International Prize for her book "Celestial Bodies".

  1. Aarohi Pandit becoming the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean flying solo in an ultra-light aircraft.

  1. Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board has become the first state-level firm in India to be listed on the London Stock Exchange.

  1. “Cry1AC”, which was recently in the news is an Insecticidal protein.

  1. Irfan Pathan became the only Indian cricketer to enrol himself in the players draft for upcoming Carribean Premier League by signing up for the players draft.

  1. The Retired judge of Indian Supreme Court Justice Madan B Lokur has been appointed to the Supreme Court of Fiji.

  1. China is elected to host 2023 Asian Cup after South Korea withdraw bid.

  1. The Geological Survey of India, has revealed that 35% of the country's Graphite deposits of the country is found in Arunachal Pradesh.

  1. Nepal's Kami Rita Sherpa has become the first person to climb to the top of Mouth Everest for the most number of times (23 times).

  1. Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq broke Kapil Dev's record as he became the youngest-ever batsman to score a 150-plus knock in One-Day International (ODI) cricket in England.

  1. India's G.S. Lakshmi has become the first woman to be appointed to ICC's international panel of match referees.

  1. Mumbai Indians wins the IPL 2019. Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super Kings by 1 run in the final at Hyderabad.

  1. Ireland has declared climate emergency in their country, to be the second country after Britain to do so.

  1. Former Croatia international Igor Stimac appointed as Indian men’s football team coach

  1. India's Jagjit Pavadia was re-elected to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) for another term.

  1. Japan welcomes new emperor Naruhito as Reiwa era begins.

  1. Windies openers John Campbell and Shai Hope shattered the record for the highest first-wicket partnership in one-day internationals (ODIs) with a stand of 365 against Ireland in Dublin.

  1. Bangladesh has emerged as the fastest growing economy among the 45 countries of the Asia-Pacific region according to Asian Development Bank (ADB).

  1. The BJP's senior lawmaker Om Birla (2 time MP from Kota, Rajasthan) was unanimously elected the new Lok Sabha Speaker after opposition parties supported his candidature.

  1. Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Bombay has become India's best institute, securing 152nd rank in QS World University Ranking.

  1. In the FIH (International Hockey Federation) Men's Series Finals, India defeated South Africa by 5-1 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

  1. United States of America (USA) decided to withdraw India’s GSP benefits with effect from 5th June 2019.

  1. The Reserve Bank of India will observe Financial Literacy Week across the country from 3rd to 7th of this month.

  1. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Rajiv Mehrishi has been elected as external auditor of the World Health Organization (WHO).

  1. The 14th summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

  1. The Indian junior women's hockey team wins the Cantor Fitzgerald U21 International 4-Nations title after beating Ireland 1-0 in the final in Dublin, Ireland.

  1. India ranked 95th out of a total of 129 countries in the first-ever SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Gender Index.

  1. The World Bank retained its forecast of India's growth rate at 7.5 per cent for the current financial year.

  1. Ashleigh Barty of Australia defeat Marketa Vondrousova 6-1, 6-3 to wins the French Open Women's Single Final.

  1. Rafael Nadal wins the French Open Men's Single after beating Dominic Thiem.

  1. India & Portugal will cooperate in the setting up of a National Maritime Heritage Museum at Lothal in Gujarat.

  1. Indian cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues has been named in the Yorkshire Diamonds squad for the 4th & final edition of the Kia Super League (KSL). She became the 3rd Indian to sign KSL after Smriti Mandhana & Harmanpreet Kaur.

  1. The first Sikh museum in Central India is inaugurated in Raipur.

  1. Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawarchand Gehlot have been appointed as the leader of Rajya Sabha.

  1. The Jnanpith award for the year 2018 will be given to the noted English writer Amitav Ghosh.

  1. Actor Priyanka Chopra will be awarded with Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award by United Nations International Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF).

  1. Peter Gilchrist defeated India’s Sourav Kothari in final to win the 2019 Pacific International Billiards Championship played in Melbourne, Australia.

  1. Indian women's compound archery team wins a bronze medal in the World Championships in the Netherlands.

  1. India's forest cover has increased by 1% in the last one year period and now over 24.39% of India's geographical area now constitutes of green area.

  1. India's ace cueist Pankaj Advani has clinched the 35th men's Asian Snooker Championship in Doha.

  1. Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg and her Fridays for Future protest movement won an Amnesty International Human Rights award for their "unique leadership and courage in standing up for human rights."

  1. Saudi Arabia became the 1st Arab country to be granted full membership of Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

  1. According to the Health Index report published by NITI Aayog, Kerala has topped on overall health performance followed by Andhra Pradesh & Maharashtra. However, in terms of incremental performance, Haryana has topped, who performed well in comparison to the last health index.

  1. Punjab cadre IPS officer Samant Goel has been appointed new chief of RAW (Research and Analysis Wing).

  1. The Government has appointed senior Assam Cadre IPS officer Arvind Kumar as the director of the IB (Intelligence Bureau).

  1. India's chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand was bestowed upon an honorary doctorate by IIT Kanpur.

JULY, 2019 TO DECEMBER 2019 IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS NOTES

...Jul, 2019 Current Affairs
  1. The entire state of Nagaland has been declared a "disturbed area" for six more months, till December-end, under the AFSPA.

  1. Indian boxer Vaibhav Yadav became the WBC Asia Silver Welterweight Champion after defeating Thailand's Fahpetch Singmanassak.

  1. Henley Passport Index 2019 shows Japan & Singapore at first position collectively. India stands at 86th position in this index along with Mauritiana & Sao Tome & Principe.

  1. Odisha government a MoU with state’s table tennis body and TTFI to host the 21st Commonwealth Championship in Cuttack from July 17-22.

  1. Former world champion Mirabai Chanu wins gold on the opening day of the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship.

  1. The United States of America (USA) won the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 title after beating Netherlands by 2-0 in the final at Lyon, France.

  1. Rohit Sharma becomes the only batsman to score five centuries in a single edition of the ICC World Cup.

  1. Meghalaya became the first state in India to ensure the conservation of water and have own water policy following a nod given by the State Cabinet.

  1. Managing Director of State Bank of India, Anshula Kant has been appointed as MD & Chief Financial Officer of the World Bank.

  1. India wrestler Vinesh Phogat has won gold in the 53kg category at Yasar Dogu International in Istanbul.

  1. England lifted their maiden ICC World Cup cricket trophy beating New Zealand in the final that was decided via a Super Over in London.

  1. England's Ben Stokes is named player of the match in the final, while New Zealand's skipper Kane Williamson was adjudged player of the tournament.

  1. In Tennis, Serbian Novak Djokovic won his fifth Wimbledon title after defeating Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer in a match that lasted for more than four hours.

  1. Lewis Hamilton made a thrilling victory in the Silverstone circuit to win his sixth British Grand Prix, his seventh victory in ten races in 2019.

  1. Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has been inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame.

  1. National Medical Commission Bill, 2019 has been approved. The bill provides for setting up of a National Medical Commission in place of Medical Council of India and repeal the Indian Medical Council Act 1956.

  1. According to the All India Tiger Estimation 2018, India has 2,967 tigers, a third more than in 2014

  1. MC Mary Kom, the six-time world champion, defeated Australia's April Franks 5-0 in the 23rd President's Cup to clinch the gold medal in 51kg category final in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.

  1. The GST Council has decided to reduce GST Rate on Electrical Vehicles from 12 per cent to 5 per cent.

  1. India has improved its rank in the Global Innovation Index to 52nd, in 2019, making a significant jump of 5 places in a year.

  1. Boris Johnson elected as the new Prime Minister of England. He will replace Theresa May as prime minister.

  1. Sathyamangalam tiger reserve in Tamil Nadu received the best managed tiger reserve award from the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change.
…Aug, 2019 Current Affairs
  1. Indian journalist Ravish Kumar of NDTV news channel was chosen for 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award.

  1. Article 370 of the Constitution, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, has been abolished by a presidential order.

  1. The government has cleared a proposal that bifurcates the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories which are effectively semi-states. Jammu and Kashmir would be one union territory with its own legislature, while Ladakh would be the other but without its own assembly.

  1. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty today became the first Indian pair to win a BWF Super 500 badminton tournament.

  1. The One Nation-One Ration Card scheme starts on a pilot basis in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

  1. International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples observed on August 9 with its theme as ‘Indigenous Languages’

  1. In a first-of-its-kind initiative in the country, Mohali traffic police have launched 3-D Smart Traffic Signal device.

  1. President Ram Nath Kovind conferred Bharat Ratna on former President Pranab Mukherjee and posthumously on social activist Nanaji Deshmukh and singer Bhupen Hazarika.

  1. The ICC and Commonwealth Games Federation confirmed the inclusion of women's T20 cricket team in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

  1. The World Archery (WA) suspended the Archery Association of India (AAI) for defying its guidelines by electing two parallel bodies.

  1. Bollywood stars Ayushmann Khurrana and Vicky Kaushal have jointly bagged the National Film Award for best actor for their roles in Andhadhun and Uri. The Best Feature Film award went to Gujarati film Hellaro.

  1. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to come under the ambit of National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).

  1. Reigning national champion, Sourabh Verma clinched the Men's Singles title in the Hyderabad Open. He beat Singapore's Loh Kean Yew.

  1. President Ram Nath Kovind has approved 132 Awards to Armed Forces Personnel and members of Paramilitary Forces.

  1. Ravi Shastri has been retained as the Head Coach of the Indian men's cricket team for a two-year period, ending with the 2021 T20 World Cup in India.

  1. Bajrang Punia has been nominated for the country's highest sporting honour - the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.

  1. PM Modi and his Bhutanese counterpart Dr. Lotay Tshering jointly inaugurated the 720 Megawatt Mangdechhu hydroelectric plant in Thimphu.

  1. Nine-day national tribal festival Adi Mahotsav begins in Leh with the theme “A celebration of the spirit of Tribal Craft, Culture and Commerce”.

  1. Legendary music composer Khayyam died in Mumbai at the age of 92.

  1. Pakistan has been put in an "enhanced blacklist" by Financial Action Task Force's Asia-Pacific division for its failure to meet global standards.

  1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi honoured with the "Order of Zayed", the UAE's highest civilian award.

  1. Gokulam Kerala FC won Durand Cup 2019 football tournament by beating Mohun Bagan 2-1 in final.

  1. PV Sindhu becomes the first Indian shuttler to win a gold at BWF World Championships after defeated third seeded Nozomi Okuhara in the World Championships 2019.

  1. The Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) announced that the Feroz Shah Kotla cricket stadium will be renamed after Arun Jaitley.

  1. India has become the first country in the world to issue Biometric Seafarer Identity Document, BSID, capturing the facial biometric data of seafarers.

  1. The government announced the merger of ten public sector banks into four banks. It announced the merger of Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank with Punjab National Bank as well as the merger of Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank.
… Sep, 2019 Current Affairs
  1. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the country’s longest electrified rail tunnel between Cherlopalli and Rapuru and the electrified railway line between Venkatachalam and Obulavaripalli.

  1. Indian Air Force formally inducted the AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopter into its inventory at Air Force Station Pathankot.

  1. Steve Smith beat Indian captain Virat Kohli to reclaim the top spot in ICC Test rankings.

  1. The HRD Ministry awarded the Institution of Eminence (IoE) status to the Delhi University, Banaras Hindu University, University of Hyderabad, IIT-Madras and IIT-Kharagpur.

  1. Sri Lankan bowler Lasith Malinga became the first bowler to take 100 wickets in T20I format. He also became the first-ever bowler to pick up 2 hat-trick in T20I cricket.

  1. Vaishno Devi Shrine Board in Jammu and Kashmir received the Best Swachh Iconic Place award.

  1. India Red beat India Green by an innings and 38 runs to clinch the Duleep Trophy title at Bengaluru.

  1. Bianca Andreescu became Canada's first Grand Slam singles champion after she defeated Serena Williams in the US Open final to win the Women's single title.

  1. Rafael Nadal defeated Russia's Daniil Medvedev in the US Open final to capture his 19th Grand Slam title.

  1. Australia retained the Ashes series as they won the fourth Test by 185 runs on the last day at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, UK.

  1. India clinched the Under-19 Asia Cup title, with a five-run win over Bangladesh at Colombo.

  1. Australia retain the Ashes after ending the five match series 2-2 draw against England.

  1. Pankaj Advani wins his 22nd World Billiards Title. This is Pankaj Advani's fourth consecutive year being victorious at the world level.

  1. In Badminton, Sourabh Verma clinched the Vietnam Open Super 100 title, defeating China’s Sun Fei Xiang.

  1. Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg was named as one of four winners of the 2019 Right Livelihood Award, known as Sweden's alternative Nobel Prize.

  1. Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan, 76, will receive India's highest film honour the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

  1. Bollywood movie "Gully Boy" is India's official entry for the Oscars. The movie is directed by Zoya Akhtar.

  1. Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria will be the next chief of Indian Air force.

  1. FM Nirmala Sitaraman announced that corporate tax rates have been slashed to 22% for domestic companies and 15% for new domestic manufacturing companies.

  1. Amit Panghal becomes first Indian male pugilist to win a silver at World Boxing Championships after his bout with Uzbekistan's Shakhobidin Zoirov in 52kg category final.

  1. Alia Bhatt won Best Actress for her role in the film, while Ranveer Singh won Best Actor award for Padmaavat at IIFA Awards 2019.

  1. Wrestler Deepak Punia named world No.1 in 86 kg category in the latest rankings issued by the International Wrestling Federation.

  1. Bulgaria's Kristalina Georgieva has been selected as the new head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

  1. Rupa Gurunath elected unopposed as president of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA), making her the first woman to head a state unit of the Indian Board.

  1. Sumit Nagal has won the men's singles title of ATP Challenger Tournament at Buenos Aires in Argentina. He defeated Facundo Bognis.

  1. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named an asteroid, discovered in 2006, after Indian classical singer Pandit Jasraj.
… Oct, 2019 Current Affairs
  1. The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) have joined hands to set up the country’s first e-waste clinic in Bhopal.

  1. India women T20I captain Harmanpreet Kaur became the most capped Indian in the shortest format of the game with 100th T20I match.

  1. Rohit Sharma became the first batsman in Test history to score 2 hundreds on debut as an opener.

  1. Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer will share the Economics Nobel prize for their "experimental approach to alleviating global poverty".

  1. The 2019 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to scientists William G Kaelin, Jr, Peter J Ratcliffe and Gregg L Semenza for their discoveries of "how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability”.

  1. Nobel Prize 2019 for Physics has been awarded to James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz for their contribution to the understanding of the evolution of the universe and earth's place in the cosmos.

  1. The Nobel Prize 2019 for Chemistry has been awarded to John B Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino for developing the lithium-ion batteries.

  1. The 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature has been announced along with the 2018 Prize. Austrian author Peter Handke has won the 2019 Prize while Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk has received the 2018 Prize.

  1. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to resolve his country's conflict with Eritrea.

  1. India has moved down 10 places to rank 68th on an annual Global Competitiveness Index.

  1. Indian women's cricket captain Mithali Raj became the first female player to last more than 20 years in international cricket.

  1. Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge made athletics history when he became the first person to run a marathon in under two hours.

  1. Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen clinched his maiden BWF World Tour title by winning the Dutch Open men's singles title after beating Japan's Yusuke Onodera.

  1. Manju Rani took wins the silver medal at the Women's World Boxing Championships after losing to Ekaterina Paltceva of Russia in the 48kg category final.

  1. The 2019 Booker Prize was jointly won by Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo after judges defied the rules by declaring a tie.

  1. Former Indian Cricket captain Sourav Ganguly will be the new President of Board of Control for Cricket in India, BCCI.

  1. Air India has become the first airline in the world to use a Taxibot on an A-320 aircraft with passengers on board.

  1. The world’s first female spacewalking team comprising of NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, made history high above Earth, floating out of the International Space Station.

  1. UAE announced the establishment of Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence( MBZUAI), the first graduate-level, research-based AI university in the world.

  1. Barcelona captain Lionel Messi received his sixth Golden Shoe as the top scorer in the European leagues.

  1. According to the 20th Livestock Census, total Livestock population in India has increased by 4.6% as compared to the previous census which was conducted in 2014.

  1. Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde was today appointed as the 47th Chief Justice of India (CJI).

  1. Tamil Nadu has become the first State in the country to enact a law on contract farming.

  1. IAS officers Girish Chandra Murmu has been appointed as Lt. Governor of Jammu-Kashmir and R K Mathur as Lt. Governor of Ladakh.

  1. Karnataka was crowned the 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Champions as they beat Tamil Nadu by nine wickets.

  1. India ranked 63rd in World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking.

  1. The highest bridge in India named after the “Lion of Ladakh” Col Chewang Rinchen was inaugurated. It stands at 14,650 feet across the Shyok river.

  1. Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has been sworn into office for his second and final five-year term.
...Nov, 2019 Current Affairs
  1. India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed to 4.5% in the second quarter (July-September) of the year 2019-20.

  1. Eminent Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri has been chosen for the 55th Jnanpith Award.

  1. Former Maldives president Abdulla Yameen was convicted and sentenced to 5 years in prison for money laundering.

  1. India’s PSLV-C47 successfully launched Cartosat-3 and 13 commercial nanosatellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota.

  1. World No. 1 Rafael Nadal has clinched sixth Davis Cup title for Spain after beating Denis Shapovalov of Canada.

  1. India beat Bangladesh by an innings and 46 runs in the first ever Day and Night Pink ball Test to win the series 2-0 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

  1. India's Manu Bhaker, Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Panwar clinching gold medals in their events in the ISSF World Cup Finals in Putian, China.

  1. Lieutenant Shivangi becomes first woman pilot of Indian Navy.

  1. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa named his elder brother Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new Prime Minister.

  1. Microsoft's India-born Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella has occupied the top spot in Fortune's Businessperson of the Year 2019 list.

  1. Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde took oath as the 47th CJI (Chief Justice of India).

  1. Pakistan becomes the first country to introduce WHO approved typhoid vaccine. The Vaccine is to be used in southern Sindh province.

  1. India has successfully conducted the first night trial of Agni-II, surface-to-surface medium-range nuclear-capable missile.

  1. Acclaimed Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik becomes first Indian to be conferred with the Italian Golden Sand Art Award, 2019.

  1. Mumbai is the only city whose tap water meets piped drinking water quality standards set by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

  1. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day 2020 celebrations in India.

  1. Indian ace sprinter Dutee Chand figures in the Time magazine's list of 'Time 100 Next' - first such list brought out by the magazine.

  1. Pravind Jugnauth sworn in as Prime Minister of Mauritius for five-year term.

  1. Gujarat government has given its approval to a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) terminal facility at Bhavnagar port. This would be the world’s first CNG port terminal.

  1. Shubman Gill became the youngest-known captain to lead a side in the finals of Deodhar Trophy. Shubman Gill, who is captaining India C in the Deodhar Trophy, broke Virat Kohli's 10-year old record.

  1. The Executive Board of the International Hockey Federation today announced that India would be hosting the Men's Hockey World Cup in 2023.
...Dec, 2019 Current Affairs
  1. Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi won the prestigious award Ballon D'Or for a record-breaking 6th time.

  1. Climate change activist Greta Thunberg has been selected as 'Person of the Year' by Time Magazine for the Year 2019.

  1. In South Asian Games, Indian men's volleyball team has clinched gold defeating Pakistan in the final at Kathmandu.

  1. Nirmala Sitharaman ranks 34th in “100 World’s Most Powerful Women”. Angela Merkel topped the list for the 9th consecutive year.

  1. Peshawar High Court handed former military ruler Pervez Musharraf death sentence in the long-drawn high treason case.

  1. Parliament passed a bill which seeks to merge two Union Territories - Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli - into one unit

  1. Sahitya Akademi Award, 2019: In Hindi, Nand Kishore for his Poetry ‘Chilte Hue Apne Ko’ and in English Dr Shashi Tharoor for his Non-Fiction ‘An Era of Darkness’

  1. The Cabinet approved a proposal to extend reservation for SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies for another 10 years.

  1. India's left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav has created history by becoming the 1st Indian bowler to pick up more than 1 hat-trick in international cricket.

  1. Australian Pacer Pat Cummins became the most expensive overseas buy as he was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for a 15.50 Cr rupees.

  1. Veteran opener Wasim Jaffer became the first player in Indian cricket to feature in 150 Ranji matches.

  1. Former world champion, weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won the women's 49kg category Gold medal at the 6th Qatar International Cup in Doha.

  1. South Africa's Zozibini Tunzi has been crowned Miss Universe for the year 2019.

  1. Portugal Prime Minister Antonio Costa has announced the Gandhi Citizenship Education Award each year.

  1. In Cuba, Manuel Marrero Cruz has been appointed as the country's first prime minister in more than 40 years.

  1. The world’s top anti doping authority banned Russia from international competition - including next summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo - for four years.

  1. Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan unveiled India's 1st long distance CNG bus. It can travel around 1000 km in a single fill.

  1. India, for the first time, ranks among the top 10 in this year's Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) released at the COP25 climate summit in Madrid, Spain.

  1. Rohtang passageway in Himachal Pradesh has been renamed as Atal Tunnel to mark the 95th birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

  1. NASA Astronaut Christina Koch creates a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman.

  1. 13th South Asian Games concluded in Nepal. India finished on top with 312 medals comprising 174 gold, 93 silver and 45 bronze.

  1. Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy claimed the World Women's Rapid Chess Championship title in Moscow, Russia.

  1. The South Pacific archipelago of Bougainville voted to become independent of Papua New Guinea.

  1. Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan conferred with Dadasaheb Phalke Award - India's highest film honour.

  1. As per the State of the Forests Report, 2019, the total forest cover of the country is 7,12,249 sq km which is 21.67% of the geographical area of the country.

  1. Kerala achieved the first rank in the composite SDG Index with a score of 70, followed by Himachal Pradesh at 69.

  1. General Manoj Mukund Naravane took charge as the 28th Chief of Army Staff as General Bipin Rawat retired after serving three years as the Army Chief.

  1. Former Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat has been named India's first Chief of Defence Staff.
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