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Pritzker Award 2019 ♦♦♦♦♦ Japanese architect Arata Isozaki won the Pritzker Award2019.

♦♦♦♦♦ Arata is a prestigious Architect, City Planner and Theorist.Isozaki won the RIBA Gold Medal for the year 1986.

♦♦♦♦♦ He is the 46th person and the eighth Japanese architectto win this award.

♦♦♦♦♦ Prize amount of One Million Dollars and a Bronze medalwill also be awarded to him. This honor will be given tohim in May at Chateau de Versailles, France.

Pritzker Award ♦♦♦♦♦ It is an annual award, this award is given to the architectfor his extraordinary work. The award was establishedby the Pritzker family of Chicago in 1979 by the HyattFoundation.

♦♦♦♦♦ Kirti Chakra:

Kirti Chakra is the medal of gallantry at the time of India'sPeace. This honor is given to Soldiers and Civilians forshowing extraordinary heroism or valor or sacrifice. Itcan also be given posthumously. In rank, it comes afterMahavir Chakra.

General Bipin Rawat and 13 ♦♦♦♦♦ Param Vishisht Seva Medal:

others received the Honor Param Vishisht Seva Medal is a military award inIndia.It was formed in the year 1960 and since then tillnow, it has been honored for peace and the mostextraordinary work (even posthumously) in the service.For all ranks including the Indian Armed Forces,the Territorial Army, Assistant and Reserve Forces,Nursing Officers and other Nursing Services and otherduly formed Armed Forces are eligible for this medal.

Received by Lieutenant ♦♦♦♦♦ Uttam Yudh Seva Medal:General Saranjit Singh Uttam Yudh Seva Medal is one of the military honors

given by the Government of India for remarkable servicein the times of war. It is given for high operational levels.This war-time honor is equivalent to the Ati Vishisht SevaMedal, which is a peace-oriented special service honor.Uttam Yudh Seva Medal can be provided posthumously.

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Padma Awards♦♦♦♦♦ Padma Award is the country's highest civilian honors

and are given in three categories- Padma Vibhushan,Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.

1- Padma VibhushanPadma Vibhushan Samman

♦♦♦♦♦ The second highest civilian honor given by the IndianGovernment, which is given for valuable contribution inthe civilian areas for the country.

♦♦♦♦♦ This honor is given by the President of India.

♦♦♦♦♦ This honor was established on 2 January 1954.♦♦♦♦♦ This is the second highest honor after Bharat Ratna.

♦♦♦♦♦ In 2019, Padma Vibhushan was received by 4 people.

Winner's name - Area - State / Country 1- Teejan Bai - Folk Song - Chhattisgarh

2- Isma'il Umar Guleh - General Public - President of Djibouti

3- Anilkumar Manibhai Naik - Trade and Industry -Maharashtra (Chairman of Larsen and Toubro)

4- Balwant Moreshwar Purandare - Acting(Theater) -Maharashtra

2. Padma Bhushan♦♦♦♦♦ After Padma Vibhushan, It ia the third civilian honor.

This award is provided for specific and remarkableservice in any field. It also includes services bygovernment employees.

♦♦♦♦♦ In 2019 Padma Bhushan was received by a total of 8people.

Winner - State / Country 1- Kuldeep Nayar - Literary Writing - (Posthumous)(Senior and Famous Journalist)

2- Darshan Lal Jain - Social work - Haryana (RSS leaderengaged in the search of the ancient Saraswati river)

3- Budhaditya Mukherjee - Music - West Bengal

(Sitar Player)

4- S. Nambi Narayan - Science and Engineering - Kerala(NASA scientist who was implicated in false charges)

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5- Bachendri Pal - Sports (Mountaineering) - Uttarakhand

6- V.K. Shunglu - Civil Services - Delhi

3- Padma ShreeThis is the fourth prize in the hierarchy of Civil Awardsof India.

♦♦♦♦♦ Generally, the Government of India honors those Indiannationals which contribute in various fields of life suchas arts, education, industry, literature, science, sports,medicine, social service and to the general public.

♦♦♦♦♦ A total of 94 Padma Shri Awards were given in 2019.

Name of the Winner - Area - State / Country

1. Manoj Bajpayee - Art (Acting) - Maharashtra

2. Sunil Chhetri - Sports (Football) - Telangana3. Prabhu Deva - Art (Dance) - Karnataka4. Gautam Gambhir - Sports (Cricket) - Delhi5. Kader Khan - Art (Acting & Film) - Canada6. Anup Ranjan Pandey - Art (Music) - Chhattisgarh

7. Bajrang Poonia - Sports (Wrestling) - Haryana

Missile System Award ♦♦♦♦♦ Indian Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)has been elected as the co-winner of 2019 missilesystem award by Secretary of Defense Research andDevelopment Department of India and Chairman ofDefence Research and Development Organization(DRDO), Mr. Satish Reddy.

♦♦♦♦♦ Other Co-winner are Rondell J. Wilson, who is a formerPrincipal Engineering Member of the Raytheon MissileSystem.

Vyas Samman ♦♦♦♦♦ Famous Hindi writer Liladhar Jagudi will be given theVyas Award for his poetic collection, 'Jitne Log Utne Prem’.Vyas Samman%

♦♦♦♦♦ Vyas Samman is the second highest literary honor after theGyanpith Award given to the contributions made in Indian literature.

♦♦♦♦♦ This award was started in the year 1991 by the BirlaFoundation.

♦♦♦♦♦ First Vyas Award was given in the year 1991, to RamvilasSharma for his work in 'Bharat ke Prachin Bhasa Parivaraur Hindi'.

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♦♦♦♦♦ Vyas Award is given to the author on the work publishedin the last ten years.

Abel Award 2019 ♦♦♦♦♦ Professor Karen Uhlenbek of the University of Texashas become the first woman to win the Abel Prize.What is the Abel Award?Class of the Prize MathematicsEstablishment Year 23 August 2001Prize Money 6 million Norwegian kroner

(7 Lakh 76 thousand dollars)♦♦♦♦♦ It is also known as the Nobel Prize in Mathematics.

India in Oscars 2019 ♦♦♦♦♦ India 's film' Period. End of Sentence' also got BestDocumentary Short Subject Award.

Web Wonder Woman' Award 2019 ♦♦♦♦♦ Ministry of Women and Child Development onMarch 06, 2019, Organized a program to celebratethe extraordinary achievements of women whopromote social reforms through social media.

Chris Gayle ♦♦♦♦♦ West Indies' Opener Chris Gayle has announcedhis retirement from International One-Day Cricket.

♦♦♦♦♦ The ICC World Cup 2019, which will be playedin England hosted from May 30, will be the last tournamentof his career.

♦♦♦♦♦ Chris Gayle has scored 23 centuries in ODIs forthe West Indies. The only batsman who has scoreddouble century on behalf of the West Indies.

Manu Bhakar and Saurabh Chaudhary ♦♦♦♦♦ Indian Shooter, on February 27, 2019, have participatedin Internationational Shooting Sport Federation WorldCup (New Delhi).

♦♦♦♦♦ Manu Bhakar and Saurabh’s Pair have won gold medalby defeating Ranxin Xiang and Bowen Zhang ofChinain the 10 meter pistol doubles match.

♦♦♦♦♦ Manu Bhakar and Sourav Chaudhary achieved majorachievements on March 27, 2019, in 12th Asian AirgunsChampionship held at Taoyuan and Taipei.

♦♦♦♦♦ Manu Bhakar and Sourav Chaudhary achieved worldrecord in qualification round of ten-meter air pistol inthe mixed team and won the gold medal.

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♦♦♦♦♦ Manu Bhakar and Sourav Chaudharytogether made784 points in the qualification round and broke the recordset five days before the European Championships inRussia by Vitalina Batsraskina and Artm Chernosov.

Diksha Dagar ♦♦♦♦♦ Indian woman Golfer, Diksha Dagar created history bywinning the Investec South Africa Open title on March 16,2019.

♦♦♦♦♦ The Second Indian Golfer to win the Ladies European Tour.

♦♦♦♦♦ Before Her, Aditi Ashok won the Ladies European Tour(LET) title in 2016.

♦♦♦♦♦ Diksha was jointly at 5th Place in NSW Open Last Week.Vipin & Thabitha ♦♦♦♦♦ Youth Athletics Championship: Vipin-Thabitha won

gold on the first day of the Asian Tournament.♦♦♦♦♦ India gets two gold, one silver and three bronze med-

als on the first day of the event that started in HongKong.

♦♦♦♦♦ In Men's Hammer throw, Vipin Kumar secured firstposition with the distance of 69.63 meters.

♦♦♦♦♦ The 100 meter Hurdles race in Women’s category,Thabitha Maheshwaran won gold by completing in13.86 seconds.

Ami Kamani ♦♦♦♦♦ Ami Kamani of Indore won the silver medal for the firsttime at the 15 Red Individual Event of IBSF Women'sWorld Snooker Championships held in Doha (Qatar).

ICC Test Championship Mace ♦♦♦♦♦ The Indian cricket team has kept the ICC TestChampionship mace for the third year in a row.

♦♦♦♦♦ This mace is given to the team who remains number-one in the Test Ranking (ICC Ranking) till the cut-off date of 1 April.

♦♦♦♦♦ In the ICC Test rankings, the Indian team is currently at number one.

♦♦♦♦♦ India will be given a prize money of $ 1 million tostayat the top in the rankings.

♦♦♦♦♦ New Zealand will be given the amount of five milliondollars (about 3.46 crore rupees).

♦♦♦♦♦ South Africa third and Australia's team are at number four.

♦♦♦♦♦ South Africa received 2 million dollars and Australia1 million dollars worth prize money.

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‘Khelo India’ App& ♦♦♦♦♦ Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches the Khelo India App by Sports Authority of India.

♦♦♦♦♦ This is the first app in the country that will help in makingpeople aware about sports and fitness in the country.

Under-17 Women's World Cup in 2020 • In 2017, the Under-17 Male Football World Cupwas hosted.

• India will host FIFA Under-17 Women's FootballWorld Cup in 2020.

• FIFA started Under-17 Women's Football WorldCup from 2008. It is organized every two years.

• For the first time, North Korea won the title ofthe tournament India will participate in this tour-nament for the first time.

First Indian Army Mountaineering Campaign♦♦♦♦♦ The first Indian Army mountaineering expedition wasflagged off on March 26, 2019 for Mount Makalu(8485 meters).

♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Mount Makalu is the world's fifth highest peak, 19 kmeast-southeast of Mount Everest, located in the Hima-layan range on the border of Nepal-Tibet (China).

Successful Test of Pinaka ♦♦♦♦♦ Indian Defense Research Organization (DRDO) hasMulti Barrel Rocket System successfully tested the indigenous Multibarrel Pinaka

Rocket System on March 11, 2019.♦♦♦♦♦ It is able to demolish enemy targets from long distance.♦♦♦♦♦ Pinaka has teamed up with Pune's Defense Research

and Development Establishment, RCI and DefenseResearch and Development Laboratory of Hyderabad.

♦♦♦♦♦ This rocket is equipped with advance navigation tech-nology.

♦♦♦♦♦ This rocket can hit its small targets.Smart Fencing launched on ♦♦♦♦♦ This has been started on the Indo-Bangla border inIndia- Bangladesh Border Dhubri district of Assam.

♦♦♦♦♦ After the introduction of the 'Border Electronicly Domi-nated Q-iT System' (BOLD-QIT) under the compre-hensive integrated border management systemon Indo-Bangladesh border area, approximately 61 kilometerslong, India can monitor and control several types of crimeson the Bangladesh border.

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Smart Fencing System& ♦♦♦♦♦ Smart fencing systems are equipped with sensors, whichcan effectively monitor the boundaries.

♦♦♦♦♦ This entire area of Dhubri district is covered with datacommunication on the data network, O.F.C. Cables,DMR communication, day and night monitoring cameras and intrusion detection system.

Chakra III Submarine Deal& ♦♦♦♦♦ India signed Rs 21,000 crore worth submarine deal withRussia.

♦♦♦♦♦ Under this agreement, By 2025, Russia will provide a nuclearpowered submarine.

♦♦♦♦♦ The name of the submarine on the 10-year lease hasbeen named as 'INS Chakra'.

♦♦♦♦♦ Prior to this, Russia provided INS Chakra Submarineto India in 2012, whose lease will end by 2022.

♦♦♦♦♦ The Akula class submarine will be known in the countryas the INS Chakra III.

♦♦♦♦♦ Under this deal between the two countries, Russia willalso train Indians for the submarine operation, by 2025

♦♦♦♦♦ It will be equipped with indigenous communicationsystems and sensors.

♦♦♦♦♦ Akula class submarines are considered best after thatof the American submarines.

Joint Military Exercise ♦♦♦♦♦ The joint military practice of India and Bangladesh was(SAMPRITI)&2019 concluded on March 14, 2019 in Tangel, Bangladesh.

♦♦♦♦♦ This military exercise takes place one year in Bangladeshand the next in India, Alternately.

AFINDEX-19 ♦♦♦♦♦ The inauguration ceremony was held on 18 March 2019at Aundh Military Station, Pune.

List of 17 African Countries& ♦♦♦♦♦ 17 African countries are Benin, Botswana, Egypt, Ghana,Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger,Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania,Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

INS Kadmat ♦♦♦♦♦ ASW Corvette INS Kadmat, the front line of the In-dian Navy, reached Langkawi, Malaysia on March 25,2019, on a seven-day official tour.

♦♦♦♦♦ This vessel will participate in Langkawi InternationalShipping and Aerospace Exhibition 'Lima -19' duringthis time.

♦♦♦♦♦ INS Kadmat (P-29) is an indigenous anti-submarinewar corvette, which is capable of escaping from theradar itself.

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♦♦♦♦♦ This vessel is equipped with state-of-the-art weapons,sensors and machinery and it has been designed in sucha way that it can also be placed on anti-submarinehelicopter.

Chinook helicopter included ♦♦♦♦♦ Indian Air Force formally included CH 47 F (I)Chinookin Indian Air Force & helicopter on Chandigarh Air Force Station on March

25, 2019, in its fleet.Specialty of Chinook Helicopter:

♦♦♦♦♦ The specialty of this helicopter is that it can also land intosmall helipads and dense valleys.

♦♦♦♦♦ This helicopter can face any kind of weather.♦♦♦♦♦ Chinook helicopter can bear up to 11 tons.♦♦♦♦♦ Chinook helicopter is playing an active role in the armies

of many countries in addition to the US military.♦♦♦♦♦ Army of about 25 countries use them.♦♦♦♦♦ Indian Air Force had signed an agreement with M/S

Boing Limited for 15 Chinook helicopters in September` 2015.Mission Shakti ♦♦♦♦♦ Under Mission Shakti, India has successfully tested the

missile which targets the live satellite.♦♦♦♦♦ Through this mission, India has killed a satellite located

in the Low Earth Orbit i.e. LEO.♦♦♦♦♦ DRDO has tested this on behalf of India.♦♦♦♦♦ Before the US, Russia and China have achieved this

ability and now India has emerged as the fourth superpower to do so.

♦♦♦♦♦ This missile can be used to eliminate any country'scommunication system.

Dr A. K. Mohanty ♦♦♦♦♦ Became the new director of Bhabha Atomic ReaserchCenter; BARK.

Ajay Data ♦♦♦♦♦ Ajay Data is the chairman of the Universal EsptenceSteering group.

♦♦♦♦♦ First Asian person to become Chairman of UASG.♦♦♦♦♦ India's IT firm ‘Data X Gen’ chief Ajay Data has been

made Chairman of UASG.Nirav Modi ♦♦♦♦♦ British Government has given Golden Visa to Nirav Modi.

This is the Tier-1 issued by the government, which is thehighest office visa, It is given only to the investors.

Azim Premji ♦♦♦♦♦ IT veteran and Wipro chairman Azim Premji hasdo nated shares worth Rs 52,750 crore ($ 7.5 billion).

♦♦♦♦♦ The money that Premji donated is 34 % stake of theWipro Limited.

♦♦♦♦♦ Their Foundation has issued a statement saying that in

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this initiative, the total amount donated by charity forphilanthropy has gone upto 145,000 crores ($ 21billion).

♦♦♦♦♦ which is 67 % of Wipro Limited's economic ownership.

♦♦♦♦♦ According to Britain's website Compare the Market,thedonation’s rank of Michael Bloomberg ($ 6 billion), afterthat Bill Gates ($ 41 billion) and thenWarren Buffett ($46.6 billion) in donations(in terms of Rank).

♦♦♦♦♦ With 21 billion dollars now, Premji he has reached thethird rank. This reduced their 80% of the money, buthe became the world's third largest donor.

S. Nambi Narayanan ♦♦♦♦♦ Space scientist Nambi Narayan has been decorated withthe honor of Padmabhushan.

Pramod Sawant ♦♦♦♦♦ After Manohar Parrikar's demise, Pramod Sawant hasbeen made the Chief Minister of Goa.

Nirav Modi ♦♦♦♦♦ Nirav Modi, accused of Punjab National Bank (PNB)scam, has been arrested in London.

♦♦♦♦♦ On March 18, the Westminster Court of Britain issuedan arrest warrant against Nirav Modi on the request ofthe ED.

Haku Shah ♦♦♦♦♦ Indian painter Haku Shah died on March 21, 2019. Hewas 85 years old.

♦♦♦♦♦ Haku Shah was known for his paintings based on thesubjects of tribal and folk arts.

♦♦♦♦♦ Haku Shah received Padma Shri Award in 1989 for hiscontributions to art.

♦♦♦♦♦ He was also honored with the Jawaharlal NehruFellowship Award and the Kala Ratna Award.

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Google launched 'BOLO' App& ♦♦♦♦♦ The world's largest search engine company Google haslaunched the 'BOLO' app to teach children English and Hindi

♦♦♦♦♦ This app is based on voice recognition technology andtext-to-speech technology.

Astrosat finds New Group ♦♦♦♦♦ Indian astronomers have discovered a new range ofof Stars ultraviolet strings in NGC-2808 in globular clusters of

stars.♦♦♦♦♦ Indian multi-wavelength space observatory launched in

September 2015 'Astrosat' giving continuous insights.

SPARC: Government approves What is SPARC scheme?

7 research proposals for IIT ♦♦♦♦♦ Under this scheme, 600 joint research proposals will be

Mandi given for two years so that strong research related to

those areas is possible between the Indian researchgroups, which are considered best in class and eminentresearch groups of major universities of the world.

♦♦♦♦♦ Based on the relevance and importance of emerging forthe country, under the 'SPARC', five important sectors(fundamental research, emerging areas related to impact,co-ordination, proactive research and innovation driven),as well as in each important area. The areas related tointernal sub-topics have also been identified.

Combat Casualty Drugs ♦♦♦♦♦ Developed Combat Casualty Drugs by the DefenceResearch and Development Organization (DRDO) 'smedical laboratory.

♦♦♦♦♦ These medicines will be able to increase the extremelydelicate period of time till the injured javans are takento the hospitals.

♦♦♦♦♦ It has been said by DRDO that the purpose of thesedrugs is to protect the lives of the soldiers and reducethe number of deaths by giving proper treatment to thoseseriously injured in attacks or war.

♦♦♦♦♦ The benefit of these medicines will be that they can begiven the necessary treatment during casualty to savethe lives of injured Persons. Usually, before reaching thehospital, seriously injured soldiers die due to lack of treatment.

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♦♦♦♦♦ These drugs are made by scientists of DRDO includebleeding wounds absorbent, dressing and glyceratedsaline.

♦♦♦♦♦ All these things can save lives in the forest, extremehighlands, in the event of war and terrorist attacks.

West Nile Virus (WNV) ♦♦♦♦♦ The symptoms of West Nile Virus (WNV) have beenobserved in a seven-year-old child in Malapuram,Kerala.

♦♦♦♦♦ This disease is found mostly in the United States of America.West Nile Virus

♦♦♦♦♦ West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne disease.♦♦♦♦♦ West Nile virus can cause a fatal neurological illness in

humans.♦♦♦♦♦ However, about 80% of people infected with it do not

show any symptoms.♦♦♦♦♦ This virus can cause serious illness and death in horses.♦♦♦♦♦ Vaccines used to protect horses from diseases are

available, but are not yet available for humans.♦♦♦♦♦ Birds are the natural hosts of West Nile virus.

Ivermectin (Anti-Malarial Drug) ♦♦♦♦♦ Successful testing of anti-malarial drug in Burkina Faso.

♦♦♦♦♦ In the test, it is revealed that after taking Ivermectinmedicine the blood of people becomes deadly formosquitoes, which reduces their ability to re-cut andinfect others.

Fastest supercomputer 'Aurora' ♦♦♦♦♦ America announced the creation of the fastestsupercomputer 'Aurora'.

♦♦♦♦♦ Aurora's speed is seven times higher than the mostpowerful computer ever built, while it will be 1000 timesmore powerful than that of the Petascale created in 2008.

♦♦♦♦♦ IBM's OLCF-4 is the world's fastest supercomputer.Its speed is 143.5 petaflops.

Defence satellite 'EMISAT' ♦♦♦♦♦ ISRO successfully launches defense satellite 'EMISAT'

♦♦♦♦♦ Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). ISRO hassuccessfully launched satellites on April 01, 2019 inspace by Indian Rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle(PSLV) C-45.

♦♦♦♦♦ The launch of the electronic intelligence satellite, EMISATwas completed successfully.

♦♦♦♦♦ This mission was launched from Satish Dhawan Space

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Center located in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.♦♦♦♦♦ The launch of EMISAT has been done for Defence

Research Development Organization (DRDO).♦♦♦♦♦ Rocket with EMISAT has taken 28 other foreign Nano

satellites too.

Creating Braille Laptops ♦♦♦♦♦ IIT has built a Braille laptop for visually impaired people

for the Visually Impaired in Delhi.

♦♦♦♦♦ This braille laptop has been named the dot book.

India is the world’s second ♦ India becomes the second largest importer of majorlargest Arms Importer. weapons in the world.

♦ India is the second place after Saudi Arabia in termsof buying arms.

♦ America, Russia, France, Germany and China areamong the world’s largest arms exporters, while thelargest importers are Saudi Arabia, India, Egypt,Australia and Algeria.

India’s I.C.F (Integral Coach Factory), ♦ The Chennai-based Integral Coach Factory has be the world’s largest rail factory come the world’s largest coach maker.President Approves 4 Ordinance ♦ President Ramnath Kovind sanctioned 4 Ordinances.

These are: ♦ Muslim marriage (Muslim woman marriage rights

protection) Second Ordinance 2019♦ Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Second Ordinance

2019♦ Company (Amendment) Second Ordinance 2019.

Miscellaneous (National) March 2019

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♦ Ordinance regarding the restriction on irregular depositschemes 2019

1. Muslim women marriage ordinance has been clearedfor second time, through this law, threedivorces areconsidered illegal and there is a provision of 3 yearssentence and fine.

2. The objective of the Indian Medical Council AmendmentOrdinance is to make medical education moretransparent, quality and accountable in the country.

3. Company Amendment Ordinance 2019 Companieshave been brought to provide easy,and reasonableenvironment for doing business.

4. The main purpose of the Ordinance relating to restrictionon unregistered deposit scheme has been brought in tocontrol the schemes of filing of funds illegally in thecountry.

E-Cigarette Restrictions in 12 states ♦ On the advice of the Health Family Welfare Ministryissued last year electronic nicotine delivery systems isbanned in 12 states.

♦ Ban of e-cigarette in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala,Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh,Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Jharkhand.

National Youth Festival 2019 ♦ The National Youth Parliament was organized from12 January to 24 February 2019, by the Ministryof Youth Affairs and Sports.

♦ It was organized at district, state and national level.The subject of this Parliament Festival was the voice ofnew India

♦ Apart from this, the main objective of the event was toencourage the youth to participate in public issues,understand the views of common man, make theiropinions and express it intensely.

♦ The youth from the age group of 18 to 25 years hadjoined this festival.

Prime Minister Modi launches Rs. 20 coin ♦ Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a new coinof Rs 20. This coin is made in Braille script patternkeeping in mind the disabled people, especially thevisually impaired.

Ordinance on 200 Point Roster for ♦ The Central Government has approved the Ordinance Universities enforcing the 200 Point Roster system by terminating

the 13 Point Roster system employed in universities.♦ Earlier, the Supreme Court upheld the Allahabad High

Court’s decision in which the 13-point roster was to beapplied for appointment in universities.

♦ According to the 13 Point Roster system, the appointment

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to the post of associate professor of universities wasthe rule of preparation of reservation list on the basis ofdepartment and there was a provision of appointmentin the department under it.

♦ The government re-enacted the old 200-point rostersystem in view of the widespread opposition ofthe 13-point roster system, according to which all theappointments were not departable and taken together.

Approval of the voluntary use of ♦ President Ramnath Kovind approved the Ordinance ofthe Aadhar (Aadhar Ordinance) voluntary use of the Aadhar as an identity card for taking

mobile SIM card and opening a bank account.♦ In this Ordinance, the biological identity information

given by a person for proof and the number of Aadhaarnumbers has been restricted to save the biological databy the governemnt to the service providers.

♦ It states that the bank account is to be opened or themobile phone SIM card is to be taken, then the situationcan not be denied to the consumer at any point.

♦ There is a provision of fine of ‘10 lakh per day in caseof not complying with the rules violating the provisionsFine upto amount of 10,00,000.

♦ There is a provision of 3 years imprisonment on theillegal use of the Aadhar and Rs. 10 thousand in penalties.

♦ An important change has been made through ordinancethat any child can opt to exit the Aadhar programafter completion of 18 years.

Supreme Court stops removal ♦ The Supreme Court banned its order of eviction of 11.8of Forest Dwellers lakh tribals and residents living in the forest areas.

♦ The Supreme Court has ordered forest dwellers livingillegally in forest land in 21 states to vacate the forest.

♦ It were such people that the claims made under theForest Rights Act 2006 were rejected by the StateGovernments.

Rail Dristi Dashboard ♦ Using this, the passengers can keep an eye in the railwaykitchen, the cooking and packaging of the food can beviewed live by the user.

♦ Train information on trains, stations, tickets and railwayson train bristles board will provide complete informationabout the charges for travel and luggage transport.

♦ Information available on this portal can be found ondesktop, laptop or mobile.

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Approval of PM-JIVAN Yojana ♦ Prime Minister JI-VAN scheme approved by CabinetCommittee on Economic Affairs.

♦ Under the scheme integrated bioethanol projects willbe supported.

HR Ministry launches ‘STARS’ scheme ♦ Project STARS is launched by the Ministry of HumanResource and Development.

♦ STARS- Scheme for Translation and Advanced Researchin science.

♦ The main purpose of this scheme is to provide funds forscientific research projects, which will be benefitted byscience students. The students will be selected throughcompetition and this will be done by the Indian Instituteof Science, Bengaluru.

‘SHREYAS’ scheme launched by Human ♦ SHREYAS - Scheme for Higher Education Youth Resource Development Ministry for Apprenticeship and Skill

♦ The aim of this scheme is to improve the employabilityof the students by introducing employment relevance inthe learning process of the higher education system.

♦ Students are required to develop the potential of incomeby providing skill education according to the currenttime.

♦ Shreyas program’s focus is on students of Non-Technical subjects.

Second edition of Indian Sign Language ♦ This dictionary was prepared by the Indian SignDictionary (Silent-Deaf) released Language Research and Training Center.

♦ There are 6000 words for Educational, Medical,Technical, and daily used terms.

♦ The first version of the first dictionary had only 3000words.

Union Cabinet approves agreement with ♦ The Union Cabinet has cleared the Memorandum ofUS regarding missing, exploited children. Understanding between India and the United States to

reach online news about missing and exploited children.♦ On behalf of the National Memorandum of

Understanding, the National Crime Records Bureau(NCRB) and the National Center for Missing andExploited Children (NCMEEC) signed by India.

National Common Mobility Card ♦ Prime Minister Modi released the One Nation, OneCard scheme.

♦ “One Nation One Card” used in different transportservices, the holders will be able to buy bus fare, tolltax, parking fees, retail and even make money.

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4,500 crores sanction for UDAN Yojana ♦ UDAN means : “Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik.”♦ The main goal of the scheme is to provide cheap air

travel to the common citizens of the country.Approval of continuation the Atal ♦ Under this, atal tinkering labs equipped with state-of-Innovation Mission the-art facilities are being set up in thousands of schools.

Atal Incubation Center (AIC) and Atal CommunityInnovation Center (ACICs) are being set up for universitiesand industries.· Under this, it is to promote productdevelopment in areas of national relevance and socialimportance through the Atal New India Challenge(ANIC).

Government reduced the cost of 390 ♦ The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)non-scheduled Medicines for is a government regulatory agency that regulates thetreatment of Cancer. prices of medicines in India.Special Cadre will be made for Permanent ♦ In the army, a special cadre for women is being finalizedCommission of Women in the Army in a number of areas to give permanent commissioning.

♦ Women will be given a permanent commission in theremaining roles except for the role of fighters.

Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan ♦ Prime Minister Shram Yogi Mannadhan Yojana wasYojana launched in Gandhinagar, Gujarat by Prime Minister

Narendra Modi on March 05, 2019.Details Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched ‘Prime

Minister Shram Yogi Mannhan Yojana’ from Gandhinagarin Gujarat on 05 March 2019.

Beneficiaries of the Scheme: Under the scheme, an assured monthly pension ofRs 3,000 per month will be provided to workers inthe unorganised sector after 60 years of age.

Age Limit for Registration ♦ Workers from 18 years to 40 years.Benefit ♦ After completion of age 60.Eligibility ♦ The laborers whose monthly income is less than Rs. 15

thousand will be given this benefit.Premium Rate ♦ If joined at the age of 18, it is only 55 rupees per month.

♦ Rs. 100 / - per month to join the scheme upto the age of29 years.

♦ 40 years old person - Rs 200 per month.How long is the premium to be paid ♦ This amount is to be paid till the age of 60 years.Subsidy on Premium ♦ They will have to pay a fixed amount of money every

month to the laborers. The amount of premium, thesubsidy of the same amount will also be given by thegovernment.

Required Document ♦ Any person who joins this scheme must have Aadharcard and Bank Account.

Ineligibility ♦ Those who come in the National Pension Scheme,Employees State Insurance Corporation Schemeor Employees Provident Fund Scheme, will not beeligible for it. Income tax filling holders will alsobe ineligible.

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Where premium amount will be kept ? ♦ Government will create a pension fund for this scheme.All these will be distributed through this fund.

Upon Death ♦ If a person dies during the scheme, then his wife cancontribute to the scheme and continue it.

♦ If the wife or husband wants to leave the Scheme on thedemise of the person, then they can withdraw it withinterest on the total amount is given to him.

♦ If the person has started receiving pension and aftersome duration he dies, then his/her spouse/husband willget 50% of the pension.

Poverty Rate in India reached 28%: ♦ Multidimensional Poverty Index - 2018 was released bythe United Nations Development Program and OxfordPoverty Alleviation and Human Development Initiative.

♦ It has been stated in this index that in the last ten yearsin India, the poverty rate has decreased from 55 percent to 28 percent.

West Bengal ranked First in ♦ According to a recent study by Oxford University, inthe cases of Child Marriage the case of child marriage, West Bengal is First in the

country and Tripura is in second in the cases of childmarriage.

TATA announced as Best Brand of India ♦ The world’s leading brand consultancy firm Inter Brandhas released the list of Indian brands for the year 2019.

♦ The highest position in the list is Tata Company.♦ Reliance is in the second and Airtel is in the third number.

State Bank of India (S.B.I.) started ♦ State Bank of India, has introduced new service YONO

the ‘YONO’ Cash Service Cash. with this feature, The debit card will not berequired to withdraw the amount from ATM instead theamount can be withdrawn using the help of mobile.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has ♦ After 51% acquisition of the paid-up share capital ofplaced IDBI Bank in the category IDBI Bank by LIC, the bank has been included inof private sector banks. the private category.Two government banks-Dena Bank ♦ After the merger of the three banks, all the branches of and Vijaya Bank merged in Bank of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank will start working as the Baroda effective from April 1, 2019. branches of Bank of Baroda (BOB).RBI imposed fine of Rs 2 crore on PNB What’s the Matter?

♦ Swift is global messaging software, used by financial unitsfor global transactions.

♦ This messaging software was misused in connection withthe Rs 14,000 crore scam involving jewelery traderNirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi in PNB.

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What is Swift?♦ SWIFT provides a network that enables financial

institutions to send and receive information about financialtransactions in a secure, standardized and reliableenvironment.

♦ Swift offers each financial organization a unique code,which has eight letters or 11 characters.

♦ Code is called alternately Bank Identifier Code (BIC),Swift Code, Swift ID or ISO 9362 code.

‘Black Hole’ Coin in honor of Stephen ♦ In UK, a new coin was introduced by inspiration from Hawking Hawking’s research done on black hole in honor of

famous scientist Stephen Hawking.♦ This coin has been named - Black Hole

Russia, China Veto in Venezuela on ♦ Russia and China have vetoed the resolution brought byVenezuela proposal the United States to United Nations Security Council to

deal with the Venezuelan crisis.Venezuela Crisis ♦ Venezuela Crisis occured when, it was suffering with

economic crisis and the opposition leader Juan Guaidódeclared himself as the Interim President.

♦ Nearly 50 countries, including the US, supported them.♦ But many other countries, including Russia,China supported

President Nicolas Maduro.Fourth session of the United Nations ♦ Fourth session of UN Environmental Assembly (UNEA)Environment Conference concludes Finished in Nairobi, Kenyain Nairobi ♦ The main theme of this session is the challenges of the

environment and innovation solutions for continuousproduction and consumption and its purpose was todiscuss the diagnostic measures of the global environment-al issues.

Donald Trump approves the Israeli ♦ In the year 1967, during the war with Syria, Israel hadTerritory of Syria’s ‘Golan’ Heights taken possession of the Golan heights.

♦ And from then on there was a dispute between the twocountries regarding this area.

♦ But on March 22, 2019, US President Donald Trumpassumed the Golan Heights as the territory of Israel.

♦ Earlier, recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, it wasrecognized to open the US Embassy there.

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UK claims over Chagos Islands Dismissed ♦ The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has orderedBritain to evacuate Chagos soon after rejecting Britain’sclaims on the Chagos group of Islands.

♦ There is a dispute between Mauritius and Britain regardingclaims on the Chagos Islands.

♦ India has supported the Mauritious claim on this island.♦ Mauritius got independence from Britain in the year 1968,

but before that in 1965, Britain separated the ChagosIslands from Mauritius

Venezuela Electricity Crisis ♦ 15 people died from kidney disease due to the stagnationof electricity supply in Venezuela.

♦ Due to the disruption of power supply, their dialysis couldnot be done which led to their death.

♦ A problem arose in Venezuela due to the ‘Cybernetics’issue, restoring the power supply by the authoritiescouldn’t be completed.

Pakistan in Gray List by Financial ♦ It has been done by Pakistan because of failing to stopAction Task Force terrorist funding. India was pressured to keep Pakistan

in blacklist♦ FATF - This is an inter-governmental organization in Paris,

whose work is to create rules to prevent illegal financialhelp.

♦ It was formed in the year 1989.♦ whose work is to prevent terror financing around the world.♦ BLACK LIST - The country in blacklist is completely

closed off financially.♦ GRAY LIST- The country is warned while providing

financial help.♦ WHITE LIST- Such a country is considered worthy of

financial help.Name of the Capital of Kazakhstan changed ♦ To honor the NurSultan Nazarbayev, leader of Kazakh-

stan, the name of Astana was changed to Nursultan.♦ Nursultan Nazarbayev has served as President of

Kazakhstan for almost 30 years.♦ Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is currently the President of

Kazakhstan, after the swearing in his capital, the nameof the capital has been changed, the new president willwork till April 2020.

US, Canada and EU bans sanction on Russia ♦ This restriction has been imposed on Ukraine conflict.♦ Russia has been accused of not respecting sovereignty

and territorial integrity of Ukraine by violating internationalnorms.

♦ There was a revolution in Ukraine in 2014 and Russia’spresident Victor Yankovic had to resign.

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♦ Russia intervened and sent an army to Crimea in Ukraineand captured Crimea.

Hurricane in the US ‘Bomb Cyclone’ ♦ A snow storm of 100 kilometers per hour in the Denvercity of Colorado, USA.

♦ Its name was kept by the weather department in 1940.♦ According to the scientists, it is built for about 30 to 40

years.46th IOC(Organization of Islamic Cooperation) ♦ Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj attended the

meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperationorganized in Abu Dhabi.

♦ India is not a member of this organization, but in the 2019meeting this year, India has been given the status of Guestof Honor.

♦ Pakistan has boycott the meeting due to the status of theGuest of Honor status to India in the meeting.

♦ For the first time in 50 years, India became a special guestin the conference of Islamic countries.

♦ About OIC: 57 members, the population of these countriesis 2 billion.

♦ Established-1969♦ 24 Muslim countries had established the OIC.♦ The first meeting of their heads was held in Rabat, Morocco,

in 1969.♦ Headquarter is in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. Foreign Ministers

held the first meeting in 1970.♦ In 2011, the organization’s name was changed from the

Organization of the Islamic Conference to Organizationsof Islamic Co-operation (OIC).

♦ There are currently 57 country members.♦ The population of member countries is about two billion.♦ After UN, the world’s second largest organization is

OIC.Why India is not a member?

♦ India’s invitation was canceled 50 years ago.♦ One-third of the Indian population in the UAE population.♦ Relationships made better with Islamic countries.

Visa Exemption for PhD degree holders ♦ In the UK, Ph.D. applicants are eliminated all types ofin the UK blockages to visas.

♦ Under which, the high-skilled visa applicants will beallowed to work in any sector in UK.

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♦ There will be no limit to the number of such issuingvisas and where as many requirements are felt, thenumber of visas will be issued.

♦ The decision by UK government to take advantage ofthe techno-revolution and to accelerate the economy.

♦ The decision taken by the UK government is beingexpected to be the most beneficial because most Indiansare in the category of skilled professionals in the UK.

Afghanistan opens new route for India ♦ Open a new route from Chabahar port of Iran to exportin Chabahar Port from India to Afghanistan.

♦ The main reason for this is that the war-torn countriesfrom all over the world have access to foreign marketsto improve their economy.

♦ After the opening of this new route, 23 trucks carrying57 tonnes of dry fruit, textiles, carpets and mineralswere sent to the Chabahar port of Iran from the westernAfghan city of Jaraj.

♦ This baggage will reach Mumbai via ship.Generalized System of Preferences ♦ US President Donald Trump has announced the end

of the Generalized System of Preferences with India.♦ As per the announcement, the name of India will now

be taken out of the list of countries which are availingthe benefits under provisions.

♦ Generally, the main provisions are leveraged onproducts that are exported to the US.

♦ Donald Trump says that he did not get the assurancefrom India that he would give equal discount toAmerican products in his market.

♦ He has also said that due to restrictions in India, he islosing business, so he can deprive India of this benefit.

♦ After 2 months of change in law by the US, this notifi-cation will be implemented.

♦ It is known that general tax-free provision was broughtwith the purpose of promoting economic developmentby allowing thousands of products to be tax exempt inthe US.

America will build 6 Civilian Nuclear ♦ There has been an agreement between India andPlants in India America in the field of Civil Nuclear Cooperation.

♦ Six nuclear plants will be created by the United Statesto promote civil nuclear energy cooperation.

♦ Apart from this, America will support membership inIndia’s NSG.

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♦ Along with this, the US will strengthen the bilateralsecurity and civil nuclear program with India.

♦ N.D.G. Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is a group ofcountries which are endeavoring for nuclear disarm-ament.

♦ Its real goal is that countries with no nuclear powercan not earn it.

♦ This group bans the export of nuclear equipment,materials and technology which is to be used in makingnuclear weapons and thus it prevents nuclear proliferation

♦ After the Pulwama attack, China has vetoed againstthe proposal taken by the United Nations SecurityCouncil against Masood Azhar by three super powers,France, America and Britain.

♦ With this, the proposal was canceled.♦ This is the fourth chance in the last ten years, when

China has saved Masood Azhar from being declaredas a global terrorist.

What is Veto Power? ♦ If there is a proposal in the Security Council and if apermanent member country does not agree with thisthen the proposal will not pass or will not be implemented.

16th Meeting of Foreign Ministers ♦ RIC meeting is considered to be important because of Russia, India and China (RIC) Russia, India and China hold important positions inconcluded in Zhejiang Province International Politics and have the potential to influence

the events of the world.♦ At the meeting, the three countries expressed their

commitment to the principles of multilateralism and theCharter of the United Nations.

♦ This meeting was also important as it was discussed inthe meeting including strengthening of representatives,strengthening of the representation of the developingcountries, and further improvement in the SecurityCouncil including the United Nations.

♦ The conference reiterated the importance of variousregional forums and organizations such as East AsiaSummit, ASEAN Regional Forum, ASEAN DefenseMinisters Meeting, Asia-Europe Meeting, TheConference on Interaction and Confidence BuildingMasons in Asia and Asia Cooperation Dialogue.

Padma Lakshmi became Goodwill ♦ UNDP works in about 170 countries and areas. ThisAmbassador organization helps achieve the goal of elimination of

poverty and reduction in inequality and exclusion.

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♦ American TV personality food expert & writer PadmaLakshmi of Indian origin has been made GoodwillAmbassador of UNDP.

♦ She will support the organization’s fight againstinequality and discrimination across the world.

♦ UNDP announces the appointment of Lakshmi on theoccasion of International Women’s Day.

Special Honor to the King of Bhutan on UN ♦ UNDP has given special honor to Bhutan King JigmeNamgyel Wangchuk for development based on thegoodness and happiness of his people.

♦ According to Bhutan Foreign Ministry, this honor hasbeen received for the success of Gross NationalHappiness, special measures of environmentalprotection and the success of democratic efforts.

World Happiness Report, 2019Most Happy Nations Less Happy NationsFinland South SudanDenmark African RepublicNorway AfghanistanIceland TanzaniaNetherland RwandaSwitzerland YemenSweden MalawiNewzealand Syria

♦ Finland is the world’s happiest nation for the secondtime; India dropped from 7 places to 140th in 156countries.

♦ To list the happiest countries in the world, Bhutanhad proposed a proposal in the United Nations in2011. Since its approval, ‘World Happiness Day’is celebrated every year on 20th March. For thefirst time in the list announced in 2012, Bhutan wasin the first place. This year, it is on the 95th rank.

6 Standards for measuring Happiness ♦ There are 6 standards for measuring the happinessof a country.

♦ These include-1. The per capita GDP of the country,2. Social cooperation,3. Liberalization4. Corruption,5. Social Freedom,

6. Healthy life♦ Status of India and its neighboring countries in the

World Happiness Report

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Country RankPakistan 67China 93Bhutan 95Nepal 100Sri Lanka 130Myanmar 131Afghanistan 154

Disabled World Cup 2019 ♦ It is being held in England from 2 August to 16 August inwhich the Indian team will participate.

♦ In this Indian team, Chhattisgarh players will get chance.Paralympic Archery Championship ♦ Organized in Rohtak.

♦ Girvar belongs to Shiv Tarai of Chhattisgarh♦ Has won the honor of winning three medals including

a gold medal including two bronze medals.♦ 70% disabled Girwar Singh won three medals in Indian

rounds.♦ Including the first two personal events and♦ Made a medal in his team event.♦ Girwar has achieved this by overcoming many senior

players.♦ Girwar Singh is still 15 years old.

National Senior Canoe Sprint Competition ♦ Organised in Sonia Vihar, Yamuna River of New Delhi♦ Only four out of the 24 players from Chhattisgarh who

participated in it won medals.♦ It consist of two silver and two bronze medals.♦ Kaushal Nandini Thakur won bronze in 1000m event

of women class of the Championship♦ And in the two events Kaushal Nandini won a bronze

medal in the event of 1000m in collaboration withMansi Swan.

♦ At the same time, Mama Pradhan and Dev KumariSahu won the silver medal in the 500 meters class ofthe two events.

♦ Silver medal by Kaushal Nandini in the 5000 meterevent of the subsequent sport.

International Wushu Cup ♦ In Iran, from May 1 to 4, in March, in the InternationalPeace World Cup 2019, 17-year-old D. Parth of

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Rajnandgaon won a bronze medal with 53 points atthe Gian Shu event.♦ D. Partha won the bronze medal in 2014 and 2015and won the silver medal in 2016, 2017 and 2018 inthe National Jury.

♦ D. Parth won a bronze medal in Iran and confirmedhis place in National Games .

National Yog Competetion ♦ Organized in Mumbai♦ 11-year-old Muskan Verma of Chhattisgarh was the

winner. ♦ Muskan has been selected for the World Yoga Champ-

ionships in China in December.♦ From the age of 5 years she has been doing Yoga and

have won 15 prizes in Yoga.Master Games: Archery ♦ Master Games that is being played in Dehradun, is a

tournament of 13 different sports, in which Chhatt-isgarh has won 6 Golds with Over All Championship Title.

♦ In the case of Recur and Compound from the previousday, the players of the state have got three gold medalsin the three compounds and three in the recurve.

Nritya Ratna Srijan Shikhar Samman ♦ International Kathak dancer Dr. Anuradha Dubey wasawarded the Nritya Ratna Srijan Shikhar Samman2019 in New Delhi.

♦ Dr. Anuradha presented Kathak on Sufi positions ofAmir Khusro on this occasion.

♦ Dr. Anuradha was given the award on behalf of PanditTilak Raj Sharma Memorial Trust at a ceremonyorganized in Delhi.

♦ Trust President NRI Inderjit Sharma honors the roleof literature, music, art, education and social servicein the field of his father.

‘The Phenomenal She’ Award ♦ Harshita Pandey was awarded ‘The Phenomenal She’Award.

♦ Harshita Pandey, former chairman of the ChhattisgarhState Women’s Commission, has been conferred with‘The Phenomenal She Award’.

♦ This honor was given by the Indian National BarAssociation (INBA) on Thursday in the ConstitutionalClub of Delhi.

♦ Harshita Pandey received this honor for the work doneon Gender Discrimination.

♦ INBA gives this respect to 100 leading women of thecountry for their extraordinary work in various fieldseach year.

Padma Vibhushan Award ♦ The Central Government has announced the award

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of Padma Vibhushan to the famous Pandavani (classicalstyle) singer Dr. Teejan Bai.

♦ These honors have been received by Teejan Bai.1. Sangeet Kala Akademi Award in 19952. Padma Shri Award in 19983. Padma Bhushan Award in 2003

First doctorate degree in 20034. Dance Shiromani Award for 20075. Subbalakshmi Shatabdi Award6. Asian Culture Award (Japan) in 2018

And The Fukuoka Prize7. Padma Vibhushan Award in 20198. 03 Degree of Doctorate from University.

Padma Shri Award ♦ Anoop Ranjan Pandey of Chhattisgarh received PadmaShri Award.

♦ Anoop Ranjan Pandey operates Bastar Band underwhich he is promoting the primitive culture of Bastar in

the country and the world.

♦ Anoop Ranjan Pandey and Habib Tanveer’s group hasbeen active in the new theater and has acted in manyplays like Agra Bazar, Charandas Chor, Protonakshas,and Rajatarak etc.

♦ The Bastar band is trying to save the primitive casteinstruments that reached the verge of extinction and bepresented to the world.

Rukmani Nashinen ♦ At the age of 74, after the retirement of her husbandfrom Bhilai Steel Plant and seeing 82-year-old BhuvanlalNasinen, inspired from him, has won 8 gold and 1 silvermedal in the state (in the 15 meter race) in just 4 years.

♦ Chhattisgarh’s oldest golden woman, RukminaniNasinen.

♦ 77 year old Rukamani runs 4 kilometers daily.Ashish Karma ♦ The state government has given them compassionate job.

♦ Ashish Karma, son of Mahendra Karma, famouslyknown as Bastar Tiger.

♦ Mahendra Karma was martyred in the Zihar attack

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Disabled will be nominated in ♦ Disabled People will now be nominated in the urban bodies ofUrban Bodies the state. It will be in addition to the other nominated

nominees in the bodies, the Chhattisgarh MunicipalityAmendment Bill was passed unanimously in theAssembly.

♦ Urban Administration Minister Dr. Shiv Dehariya saidthat there is a provision to nominate one Disabled inUrban Bodies.

Landless Families in Urban Areas ♦ People in the urban areas of Chhattisgarh will getwill get Ownership Rights with Lease ownership rights with the 30-year lease of the

government-owned land or urban bodies.♦ Nearly 139730 families who have been encroaching in

the state before 19th November 2018 will bebenefitted.

♦ The Chhattisgarh Lease Duty Act Amendment Bill 2019was passed in the assembly.

♦ Urban Administration Minister Dr. Shiv Dehariya saidthat it was time to fulfill the promise of leasing landlessfamilies to urban areas in the public declaration.

♦ Under the provisions of the bill, the plates which weredistributed by different governments from 1984 to 2003have been expired and such leases will also be renewedand new leases will be distributed.

Monitor Elephants with Drone Cameras ♦ Drone cameras will be purchased to monitor elephants’activities in Elephant Reserve (Tamor Pingla SanctuarySurajpur, Semersot Sanctuary Balrampur and BadalKhol Sanctuary, Jashpur).

♦ Far from the drone camera, elephants can be monitoredand they can be tracked about where they are moving.

PM Kisan Nidhi Yojana ♦· The Centre will transfer Rs 6,000 every year to smalland marginal farmers. The scheme will cost Rs 75,000crore to the enchequer. The scheme aims to addressamong cultivators who have suffered due to diverseweather and weak prices. Rs 6,000 will betransferreddirectly into the bank accounts of the beneficiaryfarmers in three installments of Rs 2,000 each. Thescheme will benefit 120 million farmers with cultivableland of up to 2 hectares.

After the name of Heritage Mahua, ♦ TRAI Food Scheme has been selected in Jagdalpur in

-:Miscellaneous: Chhattisgarh:-

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A Drink will be made Bastar and Raigarh in Maharashtra where Mahua treewill be grown.

♦ Until now, Mahua used in Bastar was used by the tribalsto make liquor.

♦ TRAI Food Yojana will make a drink by the name ofHeritage Mahua.

♦ And its production will be done at a large level.♦ For this, a special center will be set up at Jagdalpur at a

cost of 11 crores.Baranvapara Bison will be brought to ♦ In the Guru Ghasidas National Park, 40 Bison’s willGhasidas National Park be shifted from the Baranavapara Sanctuary.

♦ Guru Ghasidas National Park, built in Korea district,has been made a Tiger Reserve.

♦ According to officials of the Baloda Bazar forestdepartment, the number of Bison and Nilgai is increasingsteadily due to not having a tiger in Baranvapara.

Governor Concluded Punni Fair ♦ Rajiv Pooni Mela held on the banks of Triveni Sangamon March 4 was concluded by Chhattisgarh’s governorAnandiben Patel. She was present as the chief guest atthe function.

♦ This time the Rajim Fair was special because this timeTraditional Sports and Arts were given a different stage.

Black deer found dead in Bar Sanctuary ♦ Death of the Black Deer on February 26 in Kasdol areaof Balodabazar district

♦ 10 out of the 78 black deer have died.Jashpur in the Cleanest Municipalities ♦ Jashpurnagar, got the first place in clean survey rankingat Number One of 2019. On March 6, the President of the Jashpur

Municipality of the country’s capital Delhi will be giventhe Presidential Award for the most clean city

Kumki Elephant, spent two and a half ♦ For nearly 13 months, five Kumki elephants in themillion in 13 months will be sent Mahasamund district will be sent to the elephant affectedfrom Mahasamund Sarguja region on 9-10 March. Terror of wild

elephants is high in the Sarguja region of the state.Information about Kumki Elephants ♦ In order to curb wild elephants and stop human elephants

in the state, Chhattisgarh government had procured 5Kumki elephants from Karnataka in January 2018.

♦ The names of these five are Tirath Ram, Parasurama,Duryodhana, Ganga and Yoglakshmi.

♦ All these were kept for training in Baranavapara locatedat Mahasamund.

♦ Training for wild elephants by training and group makingthem wildly in the wilderness for the last 13 months andtraining to work behind them by capturing wild elephants.

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Forest Buffalo ♦ Ramu was missing for two years after death of Kalia2013 and Shyamu on December 29, 2018.

♦ After the extinction in Odisha, Bihar, West Bengal andAndhra Pradesh, now the forest buffalo in Chhattisgarhhas reached at the brink of extinction.

♦ After state formation in 2001, it was granted state animalstatus for the purpose of conservation.

♦ In the forest department documents, after 18 years, only10 survivors of forest buffalo are in the documents.

♦ Sita Nadi Udanti Sanctuary has been searched all theway and now the Odisha Forest Department has soughthelp.

♦ In the census of the 2007 forest buffalo, some forestswere sent in the name of which are Ramu, Jugadu,Shyamu, Kaliya, Minor, Raja(Todd), and Mother Asha(Asha has been a local pet since childhood, which isalso a matter of dispute.

Accusations of tribals in Kirodul’s Hiroli; ♦ In recent years, the high-quality iron ore hidden in theGram Sabha has not been discussed Beladila Mountains

♦ Many MOUs have been given to delegate to privatecompanies

♦ Aboriginal private companies do not want to supplyiron.

♦ Tribals have alleged that the Gram Sabha has not beendone.

Chhattisgarh is the Cleanest State ♦ Based on the ranking of National Cleanliness Surveyin the Country 2019, Chhattisgarh has received the honor of the cleanest

state in the country.♦ This honor has been given on the basis of sanitation

ranking in 4237 cities. President Ramnath Kovindpresented the award to Dr. Shivkumar Dahariya, UrbanAdministration and Development Minister ofChhattisgarh on 6th March, 2017 at Vigyan Bhawan,New Delhi. Ambikapur city has been ranked secondamong the cities in the population of 1 to 10 million inthe ranking of National Sanitation Survey 2019

Cleanest 10 States1. Chhattisgarh 2. Jharkhand3. Maharashtra 4. Madhya Pradesh5. Gujarat 6. Andhra Pradesh7. Punjab 8. Telangana9. Haryana 10. Uttar Pradesh

Cities are divided into 7 categories 1. Most Clean city- Indore2. Most Clean Capital- Bhopal3. Most Clean Medium (3 to 10 people with populations)City-Ujjain4. The Cleanest Big (with a population of more than 1 million)

City- Ahmedabad5. The Cleanest Small (with less than 3 lakh population)

City- NDMC Delhi6. Cleanest Cantonment- Delhi Cantt.7. Most Cleanest Ganga Town - Gochar (Uttarakhand

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