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GENERAL AWARENESS–CURRENT AFFAIRS MONTH OF JUNE–2019

List of Important Days

June 1 - World Milk Day (Theme – “Drink Milk: Today & Everyday”)

June 1 - Global Day of Parents

June 2 - International Sex Workers Day

June 3 - World Bicycle Day

June 4 - International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

June 5 - World Environment Day (Theme – “Beat Air Pollution”) This year’s host country: China.

June 8 - World Oceans Day (Theme – “Gender and Oceans”)

June 8 - World Brain Tumor Day

June 15 - ASEAN Dengue Day (Theme - “End Dengue: Starts With Me”)

June 15 - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD)

June 17 - World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (Theme - “Let’s Grow the Future Together”)

June 20 - World Refugee Day (Theme - “#StepWithRefugees — Take A Step on World Refugee Day”)

June 21 - World Music Day (Fête de la Musique)

June 21 - 5th International Yoga Day (Theme – “Yoga for Heart”)

June 23 - International Olympic Day

June 23 - World Public Service Day

June 23 - International Widows Day

June 25 - Day of the Seafarer (Theme – “I Am On Board with gender equality”)

June 25 - 44th anniversary of the Emergency

June 26 - International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (Theme – “Health for justice, justice for health”)

June 26 - International Day in Support of Victims and Nature.

June 29 - National Statistics Day. (Theme - “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”) Reserve Bank of India

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was observed Financial Literacy Week across the country from 3rd to 7th June 2019. − Theme: 'Farmers and how they benefit by being a part of the formal banking system'.

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has barred SR Batliboi & Co, a member firm of EY, from auditing commercial banks for a year starting April 1, 2019.

• To boost digital transactions, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to remove charges levied by it for transactions processed in the RTGS and NEFT systems.

• In it's 2nd bi-monthly monetary policy review, the RBI reduced its repo rate by 25 bps to 5.75% to boost growth after GDP growth slowed to a five-year low of 5.8% last quarter. − The Reverse repo rate under the LAF stands adjusted to 5.50 per cent, and the Marginal

Standing Facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate to 6.0 per cent.


• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has revised its GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7% from the earlier projection of 7.2%.

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has diluted its earlier guidelines on bad loans and has now mandated banks to undertake a review of a borrower account within 30 days of default. − The resolution plan should be implemented by the lenders within 180 days after the initial

review period.

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) fined Kotak Mahindra Bank ₹2 crore for not furnishing details about the shareholding of its promoter and its plans for complying with stake dilution norms.

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has relaxed the norms for no-frills accounts, directing banks to provide cheque books and other facilities to basic account holders.

• Over 53,000 cases of bank frauds worth ₹2.05 lakh crore were reported in India between 2008-09 and 2018-19, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently revealed. − The highest of 6,811 cases were reported by the ICICI Bank involving ₹5,034 crore. − This was followed by the State Bank of India (SBI) which reported 6,793 cases worth ₹23,735

crore.

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked banks to ensure their ATMs are fixed to a wall, pillar, or floor by September 30, 2019, to enhance their security. − Additionally, all ATMs shall be operated for cash replenishment only with digital One Time

Combination locks.

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a ₹1-crore penalty on HDFC Bank for not complying with its KYC and anti-money laundering norms.

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched an application titled Complaint Management System (CMS) on its website for lodging complaints against banks and NBFCs with a view to improve customer experience in timely redressal of grievances.

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has urged citizens not to pay heed to rumors regarding the genuineness of coins of 50 paise, ₹ 1, ₹ 2, ₹ 5 and ₹ 10 denomination of various sizes, themes and designs.

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said all data related to payments must be stored in systems located only in India and data processed abroad will have to be brought back to the country within 24 hours. − The RBI had issued a directive in April 2018 on 'Storage of Payment System Data'.

Other Banks • The Oriental Bank of Commerce has written to the Finance Ministry saying that it is ready for a

merger and proposed Indian Bank and Corporation Bank as possible partners.

• Indian multinational, public sector banking and financial services company Bank of Baroda has named businessman Vijay Kalantri (Chairman and Managing Director of Dighi Port), as a "wilful defaulter" along with his son Vishal Kalantri. − A bankruptcy court last month approved JNPT's resolution plan to buy Dighi Port for ₹853

crore.

• State-owned UCO Bank declared Yashovardhan Birla as a wilful defaulter after his company Birla Surya failed to repay loans of ₹ 67.65 crore.

• To ensure greater transparency and accountability, the Jammu and Kashmir Bank will now come under the purview of Right to Information Act and Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) guidelines.

• State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) has put on sale 6 Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) amounting to over ₹1,000 crore. − The reserve price for this has been fixed at over ₹341 crore.


• IndusInd Bank announced that its merger with Bharat Financial Inclusion (BFIL) will be effective from July 4. − The Hyderabad-based NBFC's current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) M R Rao will take charge

as the consolidated entity's CEO. Insurance • The government has reduced the total rate of contribution towards the Employees’ State Insurance

(ESI) scheme from 6.5% to 4% for the first time since 1997.

• Indian banking and financial services company HDFC is going to acquire Apollo Hospitals' entire 50.8% stake in Apollo Munich Health Insurance and 0.4% held by some employees for ₹1,347 crore. − After this deal, Apollo Munich is proposed to be merged with HDFC ERGO General Insurance

Company.

• The government is looking at demerging National Insurance Company, United India Insurance Company and Oriental Insurance Company into smaller units.

High Courts and Sessions Courts • The Punjab and Haryana High Court has accorded the status of "legal person or entity" to all

animals in Haryana, granting them the "corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person". − The verdict comes nearly a year after Uttarakhand High Court passed a similar order "to

protect and promote greater welfare of animals".

• Botswana's High Court ruled in favor of decriminalizing same-sex relations, saying the colonial-era laws were discriminatory and unconstitutional.

• The Bombay High Court confirmed the Maharashtra government's decision to grant quota to Marathas in government jobs and educational institutions. − However, it said that the 16% quota is not justifiable and should be reduced to 12% or 13%.

Central Government • The government extended the ₹6,000 per year PM-KISAN scheme to all farmers in the country.

− The revised scheme envisages to cover around 2 crore more farmers increasing the coverage of PM-KISAN to around 14.5 crore beneficiaries.

• The Centre has shortlisted 5 cities, Delhi, Shimla, Mysore, Ahmedabad and Ranchi to hold National Programme of the International Yoga Day this year.

• Union Cabinet has accorded ex-post facto approval for the extension of the term of the Commission to examine the issue of Sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes by 2 more months upto 31st July this year.

• The Union Cabinet has approved the extension of President's rule in Jammu and Kashmir for another 6 months, beginning from July 3.

• The Central Government has approved the formation of Defence Space Research Agency (DSRO) to develop weapon systems and capability enhancing technologies for space wars.

• Government has decided to remove the requirement of minimum educational qualification for transport vehicle drivers.

• The government is considering selling controlling stakes in some of the smaller state-run banks to raise funds for the rural housing programme.

• The Government has set up 713 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and 684 Agricultural Technology Management Agencies at the district level in the country for dissemination of technologies among the farming community.


• The Centre is planning to launch a "One Nation One Ration Card" scheme for beneficiaries to access the Public Distribution System from any PDS shop in India.

• The Indian government is planning to build its Own Chat App and making its use by government employees compulsory for official communications to cut reliance on foreign firms and apps.

• The government has reduced interest rate on Small Savings Schemes, including Public Provident Fund (PPF), which will now fetch 7.9% interest rate for the July-September quarter, down from existing 8%.

States • The Rajasthan government has decided to ban production, distribution, advertisement and sale of

e-cigarette in the state.

• The Punjab government has decided to make it mandatory for all online aggregators to ensure that food supplied by them have hygiene rating as per the guidelines of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).

• The state of Telangana (29th state of India) was celebrating the 5th anniversary of its foundation on June 2.

• Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath imposed a ban on the use of mobile phones during cabinet meetings.

• Himachal Pradesh government has decided to provide 10 percent reservation to the Economically Weaker Sections among the general category.

• Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced women can travel free of cost on all DTC buses, cluster buses and metro trains.

• The Madhya Pradesh cabinet passed a resolution to increase the reservation quota for Other Backward Classes from 14% to 27%. − This is set to take the total reservation in the state to 63%, including the reservations for the

Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes. − However, 10% quota for the economically weaker sections takes the total to 73%.

• Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma informed that the people of the state planted 1.5 million trees across all the 11 districts to mark the World Environment Day.

• Shops in Tamil Nadu will be allowed to stay open 24x7 on all days initially for a period of 3 years, as per the notification in Tamil Nadu Government Gazette. − It also mandates transport arrangements for women who work in night shifts.

• In a Cabinet meeting chaired by the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the Bihar government has approved the proposal to punish sons and daughters, who abandon their elderly parents, with jail term.

• The Karnataka government has announced that it will waive all eligible farm loans in one go.

• To curb the rise in road accidents, the Madhya Pradesh government has issued a directive that mandates buyers of two-wheelers to purchase two helmets and show the receipt to the Transport Department to get their vehicle registered.

• Assam Transport Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary launched the State Transport Corporation's Chalo app for Guwahati. − The app will help commuters to know about the live arrival time of their bus so they can plan

their travel accordingly.

• In a bid to promote Sanskrit, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government will now issue press releases in Sanskrit along with Hindi, English and Urdu.


• In Jammu and Kashmir, apart from performing its primary duty of providing security, the CRPF will launch a 'save environment' campaign during the up-coming Shri Amarnathji Yatra in the South Kashmir Himalayas which is starting from Jammu on June 30.

• Maharashtra government will soon launch the Chief Minister's Employment Generation Programme for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), which will create 10 lakh jobs in the next 5 years.

• The Himachal Pradesh (HP) government has made it compulsory for trekkers to carry a GPS (Global Positioning System) device to tackle any exigency.

• Unemployed youth having graduation or equivalent degree will be given unemployment allowance by Rajasthan government under Chief Minister Yuva Sambal Yojana. − Male applicants will get ₹3,000/month, while the Women and differently-abled will get

₹3,500/month.

• Mizoram's government has issued circular asking government employees to wear traditional dress to office voluntarily at least once a week.

• The Uttar Pradesh government has announced that Khadi uniforms will be introduced in the primary schools of some districts on a pilot project basis to promote the fabric among children.

• Bihar recently banned felling of trees, citing increasing pollution as well as a fatal heatwave. − Trees on private land, however, can be felled in the absence of a tree-protection Act in Bihar.

• Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced that the government is going to pay examination fee charged by CBSE from students in government schools from next year.

• To keep the state government better prepared to tackle natural disasters, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik recently unveiled a Flood Hazard Atlas for the state.

• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the number of wilful defaulters in Nationalized Banks increased by over 60% to 8,582 in five years to March 2019.

• In order to strengthen its 'anti-Romeo squads', Noida Police will issue red cards as warnings to men found harassing women in public by following them or passing comments.

• Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy decided to extend the "Amma Odi" (Mother's Lap) scheme to intermediate students.

• Uttar Pradesh state government has included 17 Other Backward Classes (OBC) castes in the Scheduled Castes (SC) list. − These castes include Kashyap, Mallah, Kumhar, Rajbhar and Prajapati among others.

• Gujarat government has decided to increase the Dearness Allowance (DA) of its over 9 lakh employees and pensioners by 3 per cent.

Place in the News • Puerto Williams (Chile) has become world’s southernmost city after its status upgraded from

hamlet to city. − Puerto Williams took over the title from Ushuaia (Argentina) which was world’s southernmost

city till recently.

• India's tallest rubbish mountain in New Delhi is on course to rise higher than the Taj Mahal in 2020. − The Ghazipur landfill rises nearly 10 metres a year and is already more than 65 metres high.

• Chaukhandi Stupa, an ancient Buddhist site located in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh (UP) has been declared as ‘protected area of national importance’ by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

• A Dinosaur Museum and Fossil Park has opened in Gujarat’s Mahisagar district's Raiyoli village. This is the 1st such facility in our country and third in the world.


• The controller general of patents, designs and trademarks has granted the GI tag to Kolhapuri chappal from Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara and Solapur districts of Maharashtra and Dharwad, Belgaum, Bagalkot and Bijapur of Karnataka. − These leather chappals are hand-crafted and tanned using vegetable dyes.

Personalities • Prime Minister Narendra Modi led around 30,000 people in Ranchi (Jharkhand) to mark the 5th

International Yoga Day celebrations. − President Ram Nath Kovind participated in the Yoga day event organized at the Rashtrapati

Bhavan. − Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu participated in the Yoga Day celebrations organized by

Brahma Kumar is at Red Fort. Defence and National Security • The Indian and French air forces will carry out a 2-week-long mega air exercise, Garuda,

beginning July 1 in France. − A fleet of Sukhoi-30 fighter jets of the Indian Air Force will engage in dogfights with France's

Rafale multirole aircraft in simulated scenarios.

• The “Kharga Prahar”, a major training exercise conducted by the Indian Army in Punjab was recently concluded.

• The armies of India and Myanmar carried out ‘Operation Sunrise 2’, a 3-week-long coordinated operation in their respective border areas to bust terror camps.

• Indian Coast Guard is co-hosting an International Workshop in New Delhi to deepen knowledge on issues related to piracy and armed robbery. − The 2-day workshop is being organized in cooperation with the Regional Cooperation

Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP).

• The Indian Navy has deployed its warships in the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to reassure the Indian vessels operating and transiting in the region.

• On the occasion of 5th International Yoga Day, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel performed Yoga at an altitude of 18,000 feet in northern Ladakh at -20° Celsius temperature.

• Indian Navy launched ‘Operation Sankalp’ in Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman to reassure safe passage of Indian flagged vessels transiting through area.

• The Air strike by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on a terrorist training camp in Balakot, Pakistan, was code-named ‘Operation Bandar (Monkey)’.

• India successfully test-fired indigenously developed nuclear-capable missile Prithvi-II as part of a user trial by the Army from a test range off the Odisha coast.

Committees/Commissions • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) constituted a 6 member committee to review existing state of

mortgage securitization in India and suggest measures to develop market further. − Head of this Committee: Harsh Vardhan (Senior Advisor, Bain & Company)

• The RBI also constituted a 6 member task force to suggest policy and regulatory interventions required for development of secondary market in corporate loans, including loan transaction platform for stressed assets. − Head of this Task force: T N Manoharan (Canara Bank Chairman)

• Former ISRO chief Dr. Kasturirangan led Committee submitted the draft National Educational Policy (NEP) to HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank in New Delhi.


− The policy draft recommends incorporation of Indian knowledge systems in the curriculum, constituting a National Education Commission and curbing arbitrary fees hikes by private schools.

• To encourage digital payments, the Nandan Nilekani committee has suggested a host of measures, including elimination of charges, round the clock RTGS and NEFT facility and duty-free import of point-of-sales machines.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set up 2 new cabinet committees to increase economic growth, investment and employment opportunities. − A 5-member Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth includes Home Minister Amit

Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Road Transport and Highway Nitin Gadkari and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal.

− Another 10 members ministerial panel is also formed focusing on employment and skill development. The Panel also includes Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal and Nitin Gadkari.

• The Centre has reconstituted 8 Cabinet Committees including the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet, among others and Union Home Minister Amit Shah is part of all these committees. − Of the 8 Cabinet Committees, PM Narendra Modi is part of 6 committees.

• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy announced that he is going to appoint 5 Deputy Chief Ministers under him, one each from SC, ST, BC, minority and Kapu communities.

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) constituted a 6-member committee to review the ATM interchange fee structure. − Head of the Committee: V G Kannan (Chief Executive of Indian Banks’ Association)

• The Bimal Jalan committee, which is reviewing the size of capital reserves the RBI should hold, delayed submitting its report again due to a difference of opinion.

• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has set up a panel to review current framework of margins in the futures and options (F& O) derivative segment. − The panel will be headed by the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Clearing Ltd., and will submit

its recommendations to Secondary Market Advisory Committee.

• To give Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) a leg up, an RBI panel has recommended establishing a ₹5,000-crore distressed assets fund, setting up a non-profit special purpose vehicle (SPV) to support crowd-funding, and doubling the limit for banks to extend loans without collateral to ₹20 lakh. − The expert committee on MSMEs was headed by : UK Sinha (former SEBI Chairman)

• The Government has constituted an 18 member Working Group for the revision of the current series of Wholesale Price Index. − Chairman of the working group: Prof. Ramesh Chand (Member, Niti Aayog)

Schemes/Initiatives • The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi approved a scheme to control the Foot and

Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis, two diseases which are common amongst the livestock. − The scheme has a total outlay of ₹13,343 crore.

• The Cabinet in its first meeting chaired by PM Narendra Modi approved a new scheme, which assures minimum monthly pension of ₹3,000 to all Shopkeepers, Retail traders and Self-employed persons after attaining age of 60 years.

• PM Narendra Modi and Kyrgyzstan President Jeenbekov jointly inaugurated Indian-Kyrgyz Business forum.


• Farmers will have to contribute 100 rupees per month under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Yojana that seeks to provide a minimum fixed monthly pension of 3,000 rupees on the attainment of 60 years. − The central government will also contribute an equal amount to the pension fund to be

managed by the LIC, which will be responsible for the pension payout.

• The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project in Telangana was inaugurated by the state's Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao. − This project is believed to be the largest multi-stage, multi-purpose lift irrigation project in the

world.

• Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated the Central Command Centre for Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) in Delhi. − As of now, only countries including the US, Australia and Japan have a centralized air traffic

flow management system.

• The 32nd Congress of the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) has kick-started in Hyderabad.

Summit/Conference • The 16th Asia media summit kicked-off in Cambodia.

• External Affairs Minister, Dr S. Jaishankar attends the two days 5th Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia, CICA, Summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. − Theme - "Shared Vision for a Secure and More Prosperous CICA Region".

• India for the first time will host the 14th session of the Conference of Parties (COP-14) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in September. − The COP-14 is scheduled to be held during 2nd to 14th September 2019 in Delhi.

• The 20th Meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was recently held under the Chairmanship of the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the 14th G20 summit in Japan and raises the issues of financial stability, black money and terrorism, among others. − The 14th edition of G20 Summit was held in Osaka, Japan during 28th and 29th June 2019. − Theme - "Human-centred future society". − India will host the G20 summit in 2022 for the 1st time.

Agreement/Deal/Signed • The Government of India (GoI), Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN) and the World Bank signed

a $287 million loan agreement for the Tamil Nadu Health System Reform Programme.

• A MOU was signed between Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for data exchange between two regulatory organizations and to tighten regulatory oversight.

• India’s leading civil services training institution, National Center for Good Governance (NCGG) signed a MoU with Maldives Civil Services Commission for capacity building (training) of 1,000 civil servants of Maldives over next five years.

• UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid has signed a request for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be extradited to the US.

• Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-Delhi) has signed a MoU with the Indian Navy to train its officials in Artificial Intelligence (AI).


• Directorate General of Training under the aegis of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry has joined hands with Cisco and Accenture to skill the youth for the digital economy through its Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs). − Nearly 15 lakh students across all the ITIs in India can access the digital learning module via

the Bharat Skills portal.

• India has entered into a mutual cooperation agreement with Bangladesh. − According to this agreement, DD India will be shown in Bangladesh, in return, Bangladesh

official channel will also be available in India on DD Free Dish. − India has also entered into an agreement with South Korea where DD India will be shown in

that country and South Korea's KBS channel will be available in India.

• A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed between the Ministry of Shipping and IIT, Kharagpur for setting up the Centre for Inland and Coastal Maritime Technology.

Meet/Visit • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed the 2-day meeting of the G-20 Finance Ministers

and central bank Governors at Fukuoka in Japan. − Besides Sitharaman, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das is also likely to attend the meeting.

• Social Justice and Empowerment minister Thaawarchand Gehlot visited to Buenos Aires in Argentina to participate in 2nd Global Disability Summit.

• Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Moscow for a state visit to Russia and the 23rd St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

• External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reached Bhutan for his 1st bilateral visit after assuming office.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the Maldives on his 1st overseas visit after assuming the office for a second term. − Modi presented the President of Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih a cricket bat signed by

Team India playing at the ICC World Cup 2019. − India and Maldives have reaffirmed their stand against terrorism in all its forms.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi was visited to Sri Lanka.

• French Deputy Foreign Minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne was visited to India.

• The Centre will hold a meeting with Water Resources Ministers of different states on the issue of water conservation and drinking water.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan).

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 5th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog on June 15 at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

• Chinese President Xi Jinping was visited to North Korea.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a meeting in New Delhi with the Presidents of all political parties having representation in Parliament on the issue of 'One Nation One Election'.

• Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Yury Petrovich Trutnev was visit to India. − Aim: To help both the countries to prepare grounds for the upcoming visit of Prime Minister

Narendra Modi to Vladivostok in early September to participate in the 5th edition of the Eastern Economic Forum as the Chief Guest.

• Chinese President Xi Jinping meet US President Donald Trump during the G-20 summit in Japan for key talks to clinch a deal to end the bruising trade war.


• US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was visited to India on a 3-day visit.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka (Japan). − After the meeting, Saudi Arabia has announced that it has increased India's Haj quota from

170,000 to 200,000.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi held an informal meeting of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations at the summit and discussed issues faced by the global economy. − He also discussed the threat of terrorism with Brazilian President Jair Bolosonaro, Russian

President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and exchanged ideas.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indonesian President Joko Widodo, met on the sidelines of G20 Summit in Japan. − As a result of these discussions, India and Indonesia set a $50 billion target for bilateral trade

by 2025. Bills • Union Cabinet has approved the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill 2019.

− This bill replaces the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2019.

• The Union Cabinet has approved the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill 2019 which will be introduced in both the Houses of Parliament in the forthcoming session.

• Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced that the state government is going to amend laws to introduce strict provisions for teaching the Marathi language as a compulsory subject in all schools across Maharashtra.

• A fresh bill to ban the practice of instant Triple talaq was introduced in the Lok Sabha. − Under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance, 2019, divorcing

through instant triple talaq is illegal, void and will attract a jail term of three years for the husband.

• The Maharashtra Legislative Council cleared a bill to provide 16% reservation to the Maratha community students in Post-graduate (PG) medical courses.

• Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad introduced Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 in Lok Sabha. − This bill proposes the voluntary use of Aadhaar as an identity proof for opening bank accounts

and for procuring mobile phone connections.

• The Union Cabinet led by PM Narendra Modi has approved Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill. − This bill proposes ₹ 10,000 fine for anyone seen blocking the way of emergency services such as

ambulances on roads.

• The Lok Sabha has passed the Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019. − This bill seeks to extend the period for reconstitution of the Central Council from existing

period of one year to two years so that the tenure of the Board of Governors may be extended for a further period of one year.

• The Parliament has passed the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Bill 2019 with Rajya Sabha approving it.

Fund • India handed over NPR 1.6 billion as reimbursement of part payment of the first and second

tranches of housing reconstruction in Nuwakot and Gorkha (Nepal), among the areas affected in the devastating 2015 earthquake.


• India has extended 15 million dollars grant assistance to Niger in support of organizing of the African Union summit scheduled from 7th of next month in capital Niamey.

• Pakistan and the World Bank have signed a ₹6,400 crore loan agreement to support the economy, reform the tax system and broaden the revenue base.

• The Centre has released 773 crore rupees for Assam as oil royalty.

• India has signed a loan agreement of 328 million dollars with the World Bank for improved health services in Andhra Pradesh.

• India has signed a loan agreement worth 400 million dollar with the World Bank to help treat and eliminate Tuberculosis from the country.

Economy • The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has urged the government to cut the corporate tax

rate to 25% when its budget for 2019-20 is presented next month. − It added that the current rates, which run from 32-35%, damage the competitiveness of firms.

• Preparations are underway for the 7th Economic Census (7th EC) likely to commence by the end of June or the early next month. − In the current Economic Census, MoSPI has partnered with CSC e-Governance Services India

Limited, a Special Purpose Vehicle under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology as the implementing agency.

• The World Bank has retained its forecast of India's growth rate at 7.5% for the next three fiscal years.

• With a view to making the Budget-making exercise more participative and inclusive, the Government has sought inputs from citizens on the Union Budget 2019-20. − The comments have been sought on government's portal - mygov.in by June 20.

• Venezuela is releasing new banknotes for the second time in less than a year as hyperinflation erases the currency's value. − Banknotes of 10,000, 20,000 and 50,000 bolívar denominations will begin circulating on June 13

in the South American nation.

• One of the "Big Three credit rating agencies", Fitch lowered India's economic growth forecast to 6.6% for the current fiscal from 6.8% projected earlier. − The global rating agency retained its GDP growth forecast for the next financial year at 7.1%

and for FY22 at 7.0%.

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

• The Printing of Union Budget Documents 2019-20 began with the traditional Halwa ceremony. − Ms Sitharaman will present the Union Budget in Parliament on 5th July 2019.

• For the first time in about 15 months, the price of the world's largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin breached $10,000.

• The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council led by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman decided to extend the tenure of the National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA) by two years.

Companies/Industry • PepsiCo India is going to invest nearly ₹500 crore to build a Food manufacturing plant in Uttar

Pradesh.

• Google Maps has added new features to let India users check live bus travel times in 10 cities and also see live status of trains.


• State-owned Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) announced they have picked 25% stake each in India's longest LPG pipeline project being laid by Indian Oil. − Indian Oil will hold the remaining 50% stake in the project.

• Social networking giant Facebook has announced its 1st interactive game show, titled “Confetti” in India. The interactive show will air on Facebook’s dedicated video platform - Facebook Watch.

• Microsoft announced the launch of AI Digital Labs in collaboration with 10 higher educational institutions in the country. − The institutes covered under this program include BITS Pilani, ISB, SRM University, among

others.

• French-US engine-maker CFM International has won one of the world's largest jet engine orders, with a deal for over 600 engines, from IndiGo.

• Social media giant Facebook announced its own digital currency 'Libra', powered by blockchain technology, for users around the world. − Facebook's 'Calibra' digital wallet will let users save, send and spend Libra with a smartphone.

• Chinese lenders have demanded around ₹ 15,000 crore from Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications (RCom), that entered bankruptcy earlier this year. − State-owned China Development Bank, with loans worth ₹ 9,863 crore, was the biggest

creditor to the telecom.

• Google Maps rolled out a new feature 'Stay Safer' for its Indian users who travel in taxis and autorickshaws. − The users will get 'off-route alerts' if their driver deviates more than 0.5 kilometres from the

Google Maps' suggested route.

• Indian cryptocurrency exchange Koinex's Co-founder Rahul Raj has announced the closing of its operations, citing lack of banking support and regulatory uncertainty.

• Search Engine giant Google has announced a new undersea internet cable 'Equiano', its 3rd private international cable after 'Dunant' and 'Curie'.

Stock Market • Pakistan has approved a fund of 2,000 crore Pakistani rupees (₹930 crore) to help boost its stock

market. Taxation/Trade • India's Ambassador to China Vikram Misri said that the trade between India and China is set to

cross the $100-billion mark in 2019 for the first time.

• US President Donald Trump has indefinitely suspended planned tariffs against Mexico after it agreed to curb immigration through its border to the US. − Trump had announced to impose 5% tariffs on all Mexican goods, threatening to increase them

up to 25%.

• The government is planning to introduce a tax on cash withdrawal of ₹10 lakh and above in a year. − The government is also considering to mandate Aadhaar authentication for all high-value cash

withdrawals.

• India has decided to impose retaliatory tariffs on 28 US products, including almonds, apples and walnuts, after the US withdrew duty-free benefits for Indian exporters.

• The Untied States overtook China to once again become India's top goods trading partner in 2018-19.


• The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has directed the Income Tax Department to share in "public interest" details of assets and accounts of loan defaulters against whom a state-run bank has made a plea.

Space • The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s $8.8-billion James Webb Space

Telescope, the world's largest and most expensive one, has successfully passed final thermal vacuum test, making its parts cleared for use in space. − The telescope, set to launch in 2021, took 20 years to build.

• The United States is planning to send equipment to the surface of the Moon starting 2020, for its 2024 human lunar mission, for the first time since the 1970s, NASA said.

• The NASA has revealed its Mars Helicopter has entered the final phase of testing before its scheduled launch aboard the space agency's Mars rover in July 2020. − It is expected to reach Mars in February 2021.

• The NASA has announced that it is testing a "rosé-colored" non-toxic 'green' fuel and a compatible propulsion system in space for the 1st time with its Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) spacecraft.

• ISRO Chairman K Sivan announced that India's 2nd Moon mission will be launched on July 15 at 2:51 AM from Sriharikota. − The Chandrayaan-2 satellite, weighing 3.8 tonnes, is expected to land on the Moon on

September 6.

• The Chairman of ISRO K Sivan announced that India is planning to set up a separate station in space.

• India's second Moon mission Chandrayaan-2, the nation's 1st attempt to land spacecraft on the Moon, is being headed by 2 female scientists Ritu Karidhal and Muthayya Vanitha.

• The NASA has announced it will permanently switch off its Spitzer Space Telescope on January 30, 2020, after nearly 16 years of exploring the cosmos in infrared light.

• Sri Lanka's 1st satellite 'Raavana-1', designed and developed by two Sri Lankan engineers, was released into orbit from the International Space Station.

• To send a rover to Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos, Japanese space agency JAXA has partnered with the space agencies of Germany (DLR) and France (CNES). − JAXA is targeting the launch of the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission for 2024.

• The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under its Dragonfly mission, will send an 8-rotor drone-like vehicle to Titan (Saturn's largest moon) to search for origins and signs of life. − Dragonfly is scheduled to launch in the year 2026 and arrive on Titan in 2034.

Science and Technology • The International Astronomical Union (IAU), the governing body that manages names of

astronomical objects, has invited every country in the world to name a planet outside the Solar System and its star. − The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is going to celebrate its 100th anniversary in July

2019.

• A team of scientists including Delhi University researchers discovered a new species of 'paddy frog' in Assam. − The frog 'Micryletta aishani' was named after the Sanskrit word 'aishani', meaning northeast,

in reference to Northeast India.


• To help people track their stolen mobile phones, the Telecom Ministry is going to roll out a Central Equipment Identity Register, a database of International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI). − IMEI is a 15-digit number that uniquely identifies each mobile device.

Health/Diseases/Drugs • On World No Tobacco Day (31st May), the Indian Council of Medical Research recommended a

complete ban on Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems, including e-cigarettes, saying their use can initiate nicotine addiction among non-smokers.

• The World Health Organization (WHO) recently launched a global campaign urging governments all across the world to adopt its new online tool called AWaRe (Access, Watch and Reserve), which is aimed at guiding policy-makers and health workers of country to reduce spread of antimicrobial resistance, adverse events and costs.

• As many as 1,076 people died due to swine flu in India this year until June 23, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has announced. − Over 200 people died due to swine flu in Rajasthan, which recorded the highest death toll from

the virus among states in India. Energy/Gas/Oil • Amasebailu in Kundapura Taluk of Udupi district has become Karnataka’s 1st solar-powered

Gram Panchayat. Environment • The Gujarat administration is on high alert to deal with Cyclone Vayu, which is likely to hit the

state.

• Humans may be ingesting 5 grams of plastic each week, the equivalent of a credit card, a study commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature announced.

• A team of Tribhuvan University and National Geographic Society scientists and researchers have installed the world's highest, fully automated weather stations atop Mount Everest.

• Tamil Nadu's capital Chennai is in crisis after the 4 reservoirs that supply water to India's sixth largest city have completely run dry.

• Union Minister for Environment Prakash Javadekar informed the Lok Sabha that India’s forest cover has increased by 1% in last one year period and over 24.39% of India’s geographical area now constitutes of green cover.

Education • Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has announced that the Centre will

extend free coaching to Muslim girls preparing for UPSC, banking and state service exams. Transport/Cars/Scooters • The Greater Noida authority has approved a 14-km Metro link that will directly connect Delhi and

Greater Noida via the Blue Line.

• Russia has launched 1st Arctic train service running from St. Petersburg station headed to Norway.

• The Mumbai metro completed 5 years of operation.

• Policy think tank of the Government of India, NITI Aayog has proposed that only electric vehicles be sold in India after 2030.

• Government think-tank NITI Aayog has proposed that 2-wheelers with an engine capacity less than 150 cc to be converted to electric by 2025. − Moreover, it also aims to make 3-wheelers to be fully electric by 2023.


• Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that the ministry is going to modify the format of driving licenses to smart card type driving licences. − This Ministry, through its flagship application called SARATHI developed by NIC, has a

common countrywide database of all driving license holders. Films and Film Festival • The 3rd edition of Namaste Thailand Film Festival was recently concluded in Delhi.

• The 1st international film festival of Bangladesh was inaugurated at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy by the Bangladesh State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid. − Rabindranath Tagore’s dance-drama ‘Mayar Khela’ was performed as the inaugural

presentation of the festival. Festival • The Elephanta Festival of art and culture kicked off at the iconic Gateway of India in Mumbai.

− The gala event is organized on the Elephanta Island and promoted by the Maharashtra government.

• The nation will celebrate this year the 20th anniversary of victory in Kargil war with pride, honour and inspiration. − The Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrations will be spread over three days from 25th to 27th of July at

Dras and New Delhi. Media /I.T / Telecommunication • The I&B Ministry has advised all private satellite TV channels to avoid showing children in a

vulgar, indecent, suggestive and inappropriate manner. Appointments/Election (or) Latest who is who? • The government has created the new Ministry of Jal Shakti by reorganizing the Ministry of Water

Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. − Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Member of Parliament from Jodhpur, will head the ministry. − The youngest minister in the Cabinet is Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani

at the age of 43. − The oldest is Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan at

72. − Amit Shah took charge as India's home minister. − BJP leader Nitin Gadkari took charge of Road Transport and Highways, and Micro, Small

and Medium Enterprises Ministries. − Ravi Shankar Prasad took charge as the Law and Justice Minister.

• Nayib Bukele has been sworn-in as the President of Central American country of El Salvador.

• Damodar Gautam Sawang, a 1986-batch IPS officer, took charge as new Director General of Andhra Pradesh Police.

• Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Rajiv Mehrishi has been elected as External auditor of the World Health Organization (WHO) for 4 years.

• BJP MLA Rajesh Patnekar was elected as the Speaker of Goa Assembly.

• Puducherry Deputy Speaker and Lawspet legislator VP Sivakolundhu was elected as the new Speaker of the Union Territory Assembly.

• Ajit Doval has been given Cabinet rank in the Government of India in recognition of his contribution in the national security domain. − However, Doval, under whose supervision the 2016 surgical strikes after Uri attack and the

2019 Balakot strikes took place, will continue to be the country's National Security Advisor (NSA).


• The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) appointed Yousef Aldobeay of Saudi Arabia as its special envoy for Jammu & Kashmir. − The decision was taken at the 14th OIC Summit held in the holy city of Makkah, in Saudi

Arabia.

• Democratic lawmaker Pramila Jayapal has become the 1st South Asian American woman to preside over the House of Representatives.

• Former Chief Secretary Ajeya Kallam was appointed as the Principal advisor to Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.

• Nigeria's Ambassador to the United Nations Tijjani Muhammad-Bande was elected as President of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly.

• Wipro, a leading IT, consulting and business process services company, announced Rishad Premji, Chief Strategy Officer and Member of the Board, will take over as the Executive Chairman of the company.

• Renowned scientist, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra is appointed as Director-General the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the reconstitution of government think-tank NITI Aayog. − Rajiv Kumar has been retained as the Vice Chairman while full-time members include VK

Saraswat, Ramesh Chand and VK Paul. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar will be the ex-officio members.

• The National Assembly of Thailand (Thailand’s Parliament) elected 2014 coup leader Prayuth Chan-ocha as the new Prime Minister after military-backed party that nominated Prayuth won 2nd-highest number of seats in House of Representatives (lower house of Thailand’s Parliament) in a general election held in March 2019.

• Saket Kumar, a 2009-batch IAS officer of the Bihar cadre, has been appointed as Private secretary to Union Home Minister Amit Shah until July 2023.

• The American Philosophical Society has elected Professor Romila Thapar as an international member at its Annual Spring Meeting.

• Kassym-Jormart Tokayev has won a resounding victory to become Kazakhstan's 2nd President. − He is going to replace Nursultan Nazarbayev, who resigned in March after 3 decades in power.

• Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha has been given further 3 months extension.

• BJP MP Virendra Kumar will be Pro-tem Speaker of the newly elected 17th Lok Sabha. − The main duty of the Pro-tem Speaker is to administer the oath of office to new LS members.

• Former National Investigation Agency (NIA) chief and Vigilance Commissioner Sharad Kumar has been named Interim Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) until a new incumbent is chosen by PM Narendra Modi-headed selection panel.

• The Centre government has appointed senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer V.S. Kaumudi as Director General of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) by lowering the post to the rank of Additional Director General.

• Union Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot has been appointed as the Leader of House in Rajya Sabha. − He has replaced BJP leader Arun Jaitley, who had opted out of the government citing health

reasons.

• Reckitt Benckiser, the maker of Dettol cleaners named PepsiCo's Global Chief Commercial Officer Laxman Narasimhan as its next CEO. He is going to replace Rakesh Kapoor.


• China has appointed veteran diplomat Sun Weidong as its new envoy to India.

• In Slovakia, anti-corruption campaigner Zuzana Caputova was sworn in as the new President.

• Denmark’s Inger Andersen took charge as the new Executive Director (ED) of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

• Pakistan has appointed Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed as the new Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). − He has replaced Lieutenant Gen Asim Munir, who was appointed to head the ISI only eight

months ago.

• Indiabulls Housing Finance has named Naveen Uppal as Chief Risk Officer (CRO) to comply with regulator National Housing Bank's direction.

• BJP MP from Kota, Om Birla, has been elected as the next Lok Sabha speaker.

• Bollywood Actor Sanjay Dutt will likely become the Brand ambassador for Centre's anti-drug campaign.

• BMW Group India, which comprises BMW, MINI and Motorrad brands, has named Rudratej Singh as its President and CEO.

• Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan was sworn-in as Chief Justice of Telangana High Court in Hyderabad.

• K Natarajan has been appointed as the new Chief of the Indian Coast Guard.

• The government appointed Arvind Kumar, a 1984 batch IPS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, as the new Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB).

• The government also appointed Samant Goel of the Punjab cadre as the Chief of India’s external spy agency, Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW).

• The government has extended the tenure of Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer of its think tank NITI Aayog, by 2 years.

• US First Lady Melania Trump has announced that her spokesperson Stephanie Grisham will be the next White House Press Secretary and Communications Director. − Grisham is going to replace Sarah Sanders who's set to step down at the end of this month.

• WarnerMedia has named Ann Sarnoff as the CEO of Warner Bros. − She is going to replace Kevin Tsujihara.

• The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has named Amit Agarwal, the SVP and Country Manager of Amazon India, as the new Chairman of the association. − Yatra CEO Dhruv Shringi was named Vice Chairman, while Times Internet Vice-Chairman

Satyan Gajwani was named Treasurer.

• US defence and aerospace major Boeing appointed Surendra Ahuja as the Managing Director of Boeing Defense India.

• Nagaland Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (P B Acharya) sworn in as the new Governor of Manipur.

• Justice Prasanta Kumar Saikia (Retired) has been sworn in as the Chairperson of the Lokayukta of Arunachal Pradesh.

• Senior IAS officer K Shanmugham has been appointed the new Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu Government.

• Senior IPS officer J K Tripathy has been named the new Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu.

• Indian author Amish Tripathi has been named the Director of London's Nehru Centre, which is under the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.


• 1992 batch officer of Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax cadre) Shefali Juneja was appointed as Representative of India (JS Level) in council of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Montreal, Canada.

Resignation/Dismissed/Retired/Quit • The Jammu and Kashmir government removed J&K Bank Chairman Parvez Ahmad and

appointed R K Chibber as interim chairman of the lender.

• 37-year-old all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, who was named player of the tournament in India's 2011 World Cup triumph, has retired from International Cricket.

• Ex-world number one and three-time Olympic silver medallist Lee Chong Wei announced his retirement from badminton.

• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor Viral Acharya has resigned, 6 months before the scheduled end of his term in office.

• Former Chennai Super Kings pacer Manpreet Gony announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, except overseas short-format leagues.

• West Indies opener Chris Gayle, who had announced that he will retire from ODI cricket following the 2019 World Cup, has reversed his decision.

• Somerset and former England opener Marcus Trescothick has announced that he will retire from professional cricket at the end of the current English domestic season.

39. Arrests/Jailed • A Pathankot court has sentenced 3 out of the 6 convicted for rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl

in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua last year to life imprisonment.

• An Israeli court convicted Sara Netanyahu (wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu) of fraudulently using $100,000 of state funds to order catered meals.

• The Switzerland government has frozen 4 bank accounts belonging to ₹ 14,000-crore PNB scam accused fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi and his sister Purvi Modi, acting on Enforcement Directorate's request.

Deaths • Former Arsenal, Real Madrid and Spain forward José Antonio Reyes (35) died in a car crash.

• Veteran industrialist and Williamson Magor Group (WMG) patriarch B M Khaitan (92) passed away.

• Veteran comedian, film and theatre actor Dinyar Contractor (79) passed away.

• Nechama Rivlin (73), the wife of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, has died.

• Lennart Johansson (89), who oversaw the introduction of the Champions League in 1992 during his 17-year reign as president of European football's governing body, has passed away.

• 6-time Grammy-winning musician Malcolm John Rebennack (77) passed away. He is famously known as Dr John.

• Former Puducherry Chief Minister and DMK leader R V Janakiraman (79) passed away.

• Veteran actor and playwright Girish Karnad (81) passed away.

• Tamil screenwriter, comedian, and playwright, Crazy Mohan (66) passed away.

• Veteran journalist and chief of news agency ANI Tamil Nadu, E Gopinath (88) passed away. − He was the 1st Indian journalist to interview Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara and Cuban

leader Fidel Castro.


• Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (67) died after collapsing in a court while on trial for espionage charges.

• Noted mridangam exponent and former top grade staff artist of All India Radio, Thanjavoor Ramamoorthy (90) passed away in Trichy, Tamilnadu.

• Former Tamil Nadu DGP V R Lakshminarayanan (91) who arrested the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in a corruption case, passed away.

• Freedom fighter Mohan Ranade (90), who participated in Goa’s liberation movement, passed away.

• Rajasthan BJP chief Madan Lal Saini (75) passed away.

• Eminent Social Activist and secretary of the Gandhi Ashram Trust in Jayag, Noakhali, Bangladesh Jharna Dhara Chowdhury passed away in Dhaka.

• Veteran Telugu actor-filmmaker G. Vijaya Nirmala (75) passed away. Awards/Honours • The World Health Organization (WHO) has selected the Rajasthan government’s Medical &

Health Department for its award this year in recognition of its achievements in the field of tobacco control.

• Former President Pratibha Devisingh Patil was conferred the 'Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca' (Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle), Mexico's highest civilian award given to foreigners. − She's only the second Indian head of state, after late former President S Radhakrishnan, to get

the award.

• Subhash Kak, Regents Professor Emeritus in electrical and computer engineering at the prestigious Oklahoma State University, received Padma Shri, India’s 4th highest civilian award, from India’s Consul General Dr Anupam Ray.

• Google's India-born CEO Sundar Pichai and Nasdaq president Adena Friedman have been chosen for the prestigious Global Leadership Awards 2019 by business advocacy group USIBC in recognition of the two companies' contribution as the leading technology-driven platforms. − The award by Washington-based US-India Business Council (USIBC) would be conferred upon

Indian-American Pichai, 46, and Friedman, 50, during the 'India Ideas Summit'.

• Veteran Malayalam actress Sheela (76), has been honoured with the prestigious J.C. Daniel Award in recognition of her contribution to the Malayalam film industry.

• American novelist Tayari Jones £30,000 worth Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019 for her 4th novel titled “An American Marriage“.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred 'The Most Honourable Order of the Distinguished Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen' (Maldives' highest honour accorded to foreign dignitaries), during his visit to the island nation.

• Jimmy Carter, Ex-President of United States of America (USA) won the inaugural George H. W. Bush Award for Statesmanship in recognition of his contributions to relations between U.S. and China.

• A 16-year old climate activist, Greta Thunberg of Sweden won Amnesty International’s ‘Ambassador of Conscience’ Award 2019 for mobilizing world public opinion global warming.

• Noted English writer Amitav Ghosh was conferred the 54th Jnanpith award for the year 2018. − The award was given for his outstanding contribution in English.

• Bollywood Actress Priyanka Chopra will be honored with the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award at UNICEF's annual Snowflake Ball in December.


• An 8 year old Indian origin student named Nia Tony was honored during 22nd edition of Emirates Recycling Awards in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). − She won the award in the paper section in individual category for collecting a total of 14,914 kg

of paper waste.

• Bollywood Actor Shah Rukh Khan will be the chief guest at the 10th Indian Film Festival of Melbourne in Australia.

• Jawaharlal Nehru University has approved a proposal to give Distinguished Alumni Award to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during convocation in August.

• Chinese President Xi Jinping was conferred with Manas Order of the First Degree (highest national award of Kyrgyzstan) in Bishkek (capital of Kyrgyzstan).

• Rajasthan's Suman Rao was named Miss India 2019 at the 56th Femina Miss India 2019, who'll go on to represent India at Miss World 2019.

• Akshaya Patra, a Bengaluru-based non-profit organization (NGO) running one of the world’s largest school meals project in India was awarded BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) World Service Global Champion Award for the programme.

• Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu along with US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman attended a ceremony to unveil a sign for a new community named after US President Donald Trump in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. − The sign of the community, named 'Trump Heights', was decorated with the Israeli and US

flags and planted on a patch of synthetic grass.

• Winners List of Prime Minister’s Awards for outstanding contribution for Promotion and Development of Yoga - 2019 − They are: Swami Rajarshi Muni of Life Mission, Gujarat, Ms. Antonietta Rozzi of Italy, Bihar

School of Yoga, Munger, and Japan Yoga Niketan, Japan.

• An Indian engineer named Nitesh Kumar Jangir won 2019 Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Innovation for Sustainable Development Award in London, United Kingdom (UK). − He won the award in People category, for creating a low-cost breathing support device called

‘Saans’ for premature babies.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi was voted the 'World's Most Powerful Person 2019' in the reader's poll conducted by UK-based British Herald magazine.

• India-born Priya Serrao has been crowned Miss Universe Australia 2019.

• India's chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand was bestowed upon an Honorary doctorate by IIT Kanpur on the occasion of their 52nd convocation.

Sports/Game • India is one of the 3 countries which have expressed interest to host the Asian Football

Confederation (AFC)'s Asian Cup football tournament for Women to be held in 2022. − Chinese Taipei and Uzbekistan are the other countries in contention to host Asia's premier

women's competition.

• The Asian Football Confederation confirmed that China will stage the 2023 Asian Cup football after South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia dropped their bids.

• World number one Novak Djokovic has become the 1st ever male tennis player to reach 10 consecutive French Open quarter-finals. − Overall, it will be Djokovic's 44th Grand Slam quarter-final.

• Sunil Chhetri became the most capped India player by surpassing Bhaichung Bhutia's 107 international matches.


− In his milestone match of the King's Cup football tournament in Buriram, Thailand, he scored the lone goal for his side in the 31st minute from a spot kick for his 69th goal.

• India opened their 2019 World Cup campaign with a 6-wicket victory over South Africa. − This is the 1st time South Africa have lost each of their first three matches in a World Cup. − Former India captain MS Dhoni sported regimental dagger insignia of the Indian Para Special

Forces, also known as the 'balidaan' (sacrifice) badge on his wicketkeeping gloves during the match.

− Virat Kohli registered his 50th ODI victory as captain after leading India to a six-wicket victory against South Africa in the match.

• Former India captain M S Dhoni can't wear wicketkeeping gloves with Army 'balidaan' (sacrifice) badge after ICC rejected BCCI's request.

• Australia's Female Professional Football Players will be given the same base pay as men in a one-year extension to a collective bargaining agreement.

• Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton won the Canadian Grand Prix after Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel crossed the finish line first but was given a five-second penalty

• Portugal defeated the Netherlands to claim the maiden UEFA Nations League title.

• World number two Rafael Nadal defeated world number four Dominic Thiem in the men's singles final to clinch his record-extending 12th French Open title in 15 years. − The 33-year-old became the 1st player to win 12 Singles titles at the same Grand Slam and has

now won 18 majors overall. − Women's Singles: Ashleigh Barty (Australia) − Men's Doubles: Kevin Krawietz (Germany) / Andreas Mies (Germany) − Women's Doubles: Tímea Babos (Hungary) / Kristina Mladenovic (France) − Mixed Doubles: Latisha Chan (Chinese Taipei) / Ivan Dodig (Croatia)

• Indian men's archery team secured the Olympic quota for the 2020 Tokyo Games by storming into the quarterfinals of the World Championships with a 5-3 win over Canada in the Netherlands.

• In Football, the United States recorded the biggest-ever victory in the Fifa Women's World Cup when they crushed Thailand, 13-nil in a Group-F match at Reims in France.

• India's 18-year-old top-order batsman Jemimah Rodrigues has been signed by the Kia Super League franchise Yorkshire Diamonds for the 2019 season. − The 18-year old is the 3rd Indian player to feature in the league after Smriti Mandhana and

Harmanpreet Kaur.

• Team India captain Virat Kohli is the sole Indian and the only cricketer in the Forbes 2019 list of world's highest-paid athletes with estimated annual earnings of $25 million (₹173 crore). − The list is topped by Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi.

• Multiple times world champion Peter Gilchrist defeated India’s Sourav Kothari in final to win the 2019 Pacific International Billiards Championship played at the Yarraville Club in Melbourne, Australia.

• The Indian men's recurve team bagged a silver medal in the Archery World Championships at Den Bosch in The Netherlands.

• India captain Virat Kohli has become the fastest batsman to score 11,000 runs in ODI cricket.

• Indian squash player Joshna Chinappa won a record 17th national title by defeating Sunayna Kuruvilla.

• The 33rd Federation Cup Basketball Championship 2019 was recently held at Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida. − Punjab Police and Eastern Railway won the men’s and women’s titles respectively.


− Most Valuable Players (Men): Harshpreet Singh Bhullar, Punjab Police (Men) − Most Valuable Players (Women): M.J. Libina, Eastern Railway (Women)

• England captain Eoin Morgan set the world record for most sixes (17) in an ODI, achieving the feat during his 71-ball 148-run knock against Afghanistan in World Cup. − The previous record (16 sixes) was jointly held by Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle and AB de

Villiers.

• The Board of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) has turned down Afghanistan Cricket Board's request to host its T20 league in India.

• Archery's world body has de-listed the Archery Association of India (AAI) as a member and given it a month's time to either get its house in order or face suspension.

• Indian middle-distance runner PU Chitra won Gold medal in women’s 1500m at Folksam Grand Prix 2019 held in Sollentuna, Sweden.

• The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) nominated the inclusion of women's cricket in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. − Beach volleyball and Para table tennis have also been recommended for inclusion in the Games.

• India's all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, who recently announced his retirement from international cricket and Indian Premier League, has been signed up by the Toronto Nationals for the 2019 season of Global T20 Canada.

• India named a 23-member squad to represent the country at the Asian Junior Badminton Championship. − The tournament will be held in Suzhou, China from July 20. − The boys' singles challenge will be spearheaded by Manipur's Maisnam Meiraba Luwang. − The girls' team will be spearheaded by Malvika Bansod of the Airport Authority of India

(AAI).

• India clinched the women's FIH Series Finals hockey tournament by beating hosts Japan 3-1 in the summit clash in Hiroshima.

• World number 3 Roger Federer defeated David Goffin in the final to win the Halle Open for the 10th time.

• The Indian women's rugby team claimed their 1st-ever international victory by defeating Singapore 21-19 in the Asia Rugby Women's Championship Division 1.

• Pranati Nayak of India won bronze medal in vault event held at Senior Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2019 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

• Indian cueist Pankaj Advani has completed his 'career grand slam' in cue sports after winning the 35th men's Asian Snooker Championship.

• Mercedes' British driver and defending world champion Lewis Hamilton registered his 6th win of the season after winning the French Grand Prix.

• Exactly 125 years after the Olympic Games were revived, the International Olympic Committee(IOC) formally opened its new headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.

• South-East Asian countries will jointly bid to host the 2034 Football World Cup. Qatar will bring it back to Asia in 2022.

• In Boxing, India's junior women pugilists clinched 7 medals, including 5 gold, while the team was adjudged the best of the tournament in the Black Forest Cup in Villingen, Schwenningen, Germany. − Haryana's Neha (54kg) and Karnataka's Anju Devi (50kg) claimed the honours of best boxer

and promising player of the tournament.


• India proposed to host the 2023 International Olympic Committee (IOC) session in Mumbai, which is expected to choose the host city for the 2030 Winter Olympics. − Indian Olympic Association President Narinder Batra and IOC member Nita Ambani

submitted the formal bid to IOC Chief Thomas Back on the sidelines of the governing body's 134th Session at Lausanne in Switzerland.

• Ashleigh Barty has become the 1st Australian in 43 years to climb to the top of the WTA singles ranking after she won the Birmingham Classic title.

• All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has become the 1st-ever Bangladesh batsman to score 1,000 runs in World Cup history.

• The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that the 2026 Winter Olympics will be staged at the Italian venue of Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo after beating off a bid from Sweden's Stockholm/Are.

• The International Olympic Committee (IOC) stripped Olympic status from the troubled world boxing body AIBA.

• India captain Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to reach 20,000 international runs, surpassing batting greats Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara.

• The Central Railway beat Western Railway 3-2 in an absorbing women's final of the St Peters Youth Centre Open Hockey Tournament in Mumbai. − In the men's final, Union Bank of India prevailed over Coorg eleven by a comfortable 2-0

margin to emerge champions.

• India dethroned England to rise to the Top of One-day International rankings.

• Nike, the official apparel sponsor of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), formally unveiled Team India's Orange-blue jersey for their World Cup match against England.

• Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju announced an increase in Diet budget of all athletes to bring parity. − The move will impact 12,500 athletes training in various centres of the Sports Authority of

India (SAI) and the Sports Ministry will release an additional amount of 150 crore rupees annually to fund the new diet budget.

Report • India has moved up one place to rank 43rd most competitive economy in world in annual

competitiveness rankings compiled by International Institute for Management Development (IMD). − Top 5: Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, USA, Switzerland and UAE.

• According to a report released by the Association for Democratic Reforms, 51 Union Ministers are crorepatis, with Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal being richest with assets over ₹217 crore. − Railways Minister Piyush Goyal is 2nd-richest with over ₹95 crore assets, followed by the

Independent Minister of Statistics Rao Inderjit Singh, at ₹42 crore. − PM Modi is 46th richest with assets over ₹2 crore.

• Oil and gas producer ONGC has overtaken Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to regain the tag of India's most profitable Public Sector Undertaking (PSU).

• Jay-Z has been named the world's first billionaire rapper by Forbes. − Apart from a $100 million (over ₹691 crore) stake in subscription-based streaming service Tidal,

the 49-year-old rapper's assets also include shares in Uber and an art collection worth $70 million (around ₹484 crore) each.


• Mumbai had the worst traffic congestion in 2018, an analysis of 403 cities across 56 countries on six continents in 'Traffic Index-2018', compiled by location technology specialist TomTom, has found. − Mumbai was followed by Colombia's Bogota, Peru's Lima and Delhi in traffic congestion.

• Barbadian singer Rihanna has been named the world's richest female musician by Forbes magazine with an estimated wealth of $600 million. − Majority of her wealth comes from her partnership with LVMH, the French luxury goods giant

run by the world's third-richest person Bernard Arnault.

• India was ranked 95th out of a total 129 countries in the 1st-ever SDG Gender Index. − Top 5: Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Netherlands.

• The SriLankan Airlines has been named as the world’s most punctual airline with 90.75 per cent of its flights in May 2019 being ‘on-time’ throughout its route network.

• 3 Indian-origin techies have featured in Forbes list of America's 80 richest self-made women. − Ranked 18th with $1.4 billion net worth, Jayshree Ullal is CEO of computer networking firm

Arista Networks, and Neerja Sethi, ranked 23rd with $1 billion net worth, cofounded IT consulting firm Syntel.

− Neha Narkhede has been ranked 60th with a net worth of $360 million.

• Indian multinational information technology (IT) service and consulting company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) surpassed Reliance Industries (RIL) to become the most valued firm by market valuation.

• American multinational computer technology company Dell has emerged as the most trusted brand of India in 2019, according to a research by TRA's The Brand Trust Report. − Dell climbed five ranks over the previous year to grab the top spot and also introduced the

laptop category in the report.

• India's rank slipped five places to 141 among 163 countries on the Global Peace Index 2019, while Iceland topped the index, a position it has held since 2008. − Top 5: Iceland, New Zealand, Portugal, Austria, and Denmark.

• Yes Bank lost its place in the list of India's ten most-valued lenders after its shares fell 13%. − With a market cap of ₹27,154 crore, the private lender now ranks 13th and has been replaced in

the top ten by Bank of India.

• According to the Periodic Labor Force Survey data published by the NSSO, India's Female Labour Force Participation Rate has fallen to a historic low of 23.3% in 2017-18.

• India is going to overtake China to become the world's most populated country in 8 years and will remain so through the end of the current century, a United Nations report stated. − India is expected to add nearly 27.3 crore people between now and 2050, it added. − In China, the population is projected to decrease by 3.14 crore between 2019 and 2050.

• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay has emerged as the Top Indian institute in the QS World University Ranking 2020. − Ranked at 152nd position, IIT-Bombay is first to be featured in the list of global top 200 this

year. − Other Indian institutes which found a place in the top 200 were IIT-Delhi and Indian Institute

of Science (IISc) Bangalore at 182nd and 184th position respectively. − Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) topped the global list for the eighth year while

second spot was taken by Stanford University.

• India region, which includes Bhutan and Nepal as well, had the world's highest data usage per smartphone at an average of 9.8GB per month in 2018, a report by Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson stated. − North East Asia stood at 2nd position with 7.1GB per month.


• Kerala has topped among large states on overall health performance in NITI Aayog's Health Index. − Kerala was followed by Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. − However, in terms of incremental performance Haryana, Rajasthan and Jharkhand are the top

three states who performed well in comparison to the last health index.

• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has featured in the list of '100 Most Influential People in UK-India Relations : Celebrating Women'.

• As per TRA's Brand Trust Report 2019, LG TVs have been named the most trusted Television Brand for 2019.

• The Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Human Resource Development has finalized and released a 5-year vision plan named Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme (EQUIP).

General - National • India, US, Japan and Australia have come out in strong support of an ASEAN-led mechanism to

preserve and promote rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region where China is flexing its muscles.

• Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar planted a sapling in Paryavaran Bhawan in New Delhi on the occasion of World Environment Day. − He welcomed the decision of Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari of

planting 125 core trees along the Highways in the country.

• The Agra Municipal Corporation has announced that Panic Buttons will be installed at 63 major streets and junctions.

• India has been designated as the Guest of Honor Country at the 33rd Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara (Guadalajara International Book Fair), in Mexico.

• Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri said that the government will achieve the target of Housing for All by early 2020 instead of its earlier set target of 2022.

• To celebrate 5th International Day of Yoga, the Embassy of India in Nepal organized a special event at Syangboche situated around 13,000 feet in the lap of Mt Everest.

• The Road Transport and Highways Ministry has issued draft rules to exempt electric vehicles (EVs) from paying registration fee.

• Japan gifted Manipur a museum of peace built on the memories of one of the fiercest battles of the 2nd World War. − The inauguration of the Imphal Peace Museum at Red Hill, about 20 km southwest of

Manipur’s capital Imphal, marked the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Imphal.

• The National Military Memorial in Bengaluru will install a 78-foot-tall monolith structure weighing 450 tonnes, that will bear the names of martyred soldiers.

General - International • US President Donald Trump has said the country would end its preferential trade treatment for

India on June 5. − India is the biggest beneficiary of the US' Generalized System of Preferences (GSP).

• The 10-nation Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is considered one of the most influential groupings in the region.

• The UN Security Council has extended an arms embargo and sanctions on South Sudan for a year, despite resistance from African countries, Russia and China.


• A plastic bag ban comes into force in Tanzania as Africa leads efforts to stem the tide of plastic pollution.

• The 30th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests / massacre was observed in China on June 4.

• The Pakistani military has cut the defence budget for the next fiscal year as the financial crisis-hit country launches an austerity programme.

• The Caribbean nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, having a population of around 1.1 lakh, has become the smallest ever nation to be elected to the United Nations Security Council. − 4 other nations, namely, Estonia, Niger, Tunisia, Viet Nam, were also elected for a 2-year term.

• To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian Embassy in Saudi organized ‘Gandhi Cycle Rally for Peace’ in association with the Diplomatic Quarter Authority and Saudi Cycling Federation. − The rally was flagged off by Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Saudi

Arabia.

• Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the country will ban harmful single-use plastics like plastic bags, straws, among other items, as early as 2021.

• Brazil's Supreme Court has voted to criminalize homophobia and transphobia in the same way as racism under the country's laws until the Congress creates a specific law for the subject.

• The UK has banned advertisements depicting "harmful gender stereotypes".

• Guatemala is set to elect a new President after a tumultuous campaign.

• Iran announced that it will breach the limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium set under the 2015 nuclear deal on June 27.

• Mexico has ratified the US-Mexico-Canada agreement.

• Victoria has become the 1st state in Australia to enact Euthanasia laws that would now allow terminally ill patients suffering from intolerable pain to legally ask their doctor for lethal drugs to end their lives.

• Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree temporarily banning Russian airlines from carrying Russian citizens to Georgia from July 8. − This comes after a Russian MP's speech in Georgia's Parliament triggered widespread protests

and clashes, with Russia calling it "an anti-Russian provocation".

• New Zealand has allowed placing ballot boxes in supermarkets and malls to make it easier for people to vote.

• Northwest African country Mauritania went to polls for the 1st time since gained independence from France nearly 60 years ago. − President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who seized power in a coup in 2008, agreed to step

down and abide by the maximum two five-year elected terms.

• Bangladesh Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina formally inaugurated the 70th founding day programmes of the party by hoisting the national flag in Dhaka.

• The United Arab Emirates has become the 1st country in the Gulf to launch a new reporting platform developed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to curb organized crimes. − The UAE’s Financial Intelligence Unit launched the new anti-money laundering platform

'goAML'.

• Saudi Arabia has become the 1st Arab country to be granted full membership of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) following the group's annual general meeting in the US. − The kingdom's accession came as the global money laundering watchdog celebrated the 30th

anniversary of its first meeting held in Paris in 1989.


• Pakistan, China and 53 other members of the United Nations' Asia-Pacific Group of countries have backed India's candidature for a non-permanent seat at the Security Council for a 2-year term in 2021-2022.

Books and Authors

Book’s Name Author’s Name • A book titled "Cricket World Cup: The Indian Challenge" authored by veteran broadcaster and

writer Ashis Ray has been formally unveiled by the chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board, Tom Harrison.

• The biography of former Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lankan national team Sanath Jayasuriya was recently released. − Titled as "Sanath Jayasuriya a Biography", the book has been authored by Chandresh

Narayanan.

• Yoga guru Baba Ramdev recently announced that he is going to release his autobiography titled ‘My Life, My Mission’. − The book is co-authored by senior journalist Uday Mahurkar.

• Author Vinit Goenka released his new co-authored book titled ‘Function of Data Sovereignty: The Pursuit of Supremacy’. − He is founder member of Centre for Knowledge Sovereignty (CKS), which is an endeavour to

acquire knowledge through experts of eminence in respective field.

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TO THE POINTS: JUNE–2019 • Nirmala Sitharaman has been allocated the Union Ministry of Finance & Corporate Affairs in the

17th Lok Sabha.

• Ramesh Pokhriyal has been appointed as new HRD Minister of India.

• Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has been allotted to Thaawar Chand Gehlot.

• The Cabinet has approved extension of Prime Minister Kisan Sammaan yojana to all farmers. Earlier the benefit of this scheme was applicable to farmers having Two hectacre land.

• The issuance under the Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme 2019-20 was beginning from June 2019.

• Birender Singh Dhanoa has been sworn in as the new Chairman of Chiefs of Staffs Committee (COSC).

• Anita Bhatia appointed as the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women).

• Namrata Menon appointed as Goa's brand ambassador to promote the ancient system of physical and mental practices.

• Tripura is going to host 10th National Science Film Festival of India in 2020.

• IIT Guwahati signs MoU with ISRO to set up first-of-its-kind space technology centre in the Northeast.

• Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) has partnered with IDFC First Bank to provide financing solutions across the country.

• World Milk Day observed on June 1.

• Global Day of Parents observed on June 1.

• Telangana celebrates State formation day on June 2.

• Puerto Williams which holds the title of being the world's southernmost city. The city is located in Chile.

• According to the recent report released by government of India India’s unemployment rate stood at 6.1% in FY18.

• The government approved the Rs.13,343 crores towards the initiative to control of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis in animal husbandry sector.

• The mobile app “Yoga Locator” has been launched by Ministry of Ayush.

• Kasturirangan Committee has submitted new draft education policy to HRD Ministry.

• Assam government has waived admission fees for students taking admission up to Post Graduate level whose parental income is less than 2 lakh rupees per year.

• RBI extends relaxed norms for NBFC loan securitization till December 31, 2019.

• ONGC, Indian PSU was the most profitable company in the financial year 2018-19.

• Flight Lieutenant Mohana Singh has become the first woman fighter pilot to fly by day a Hawk advanced jet aircraft.

• Ajay Singh has become the first Indian to be appointed on the board of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

• Nayib Bukele has been elected as the President of El Salvador.

• Anton Aditya Subowo is the new President of Badminton Asia.


• Satish Chandra Verma to be new Advocate General of Chhattisgarh.

• WHO has selected Rajasthan’s Medical & Health Department for its award this year in recognition of its achievements in the field of tobacco control.

• Pratibha Patil has been felicitated with the Mexico’s highest civilian award ‘Order of the Aztec Eagle’ in 2019.

• The two day long Elephanta festival of art and culture is celebrated in Maharashtra.

• Jose Antonio Reyes who died recently was a professional Footballer.

• Veteran industrialist and Williamson Magor Group patriarch Brij Mohan Khaitan passed away.

• World Bicycle Day observed on June 3.

• International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression observed on June 4.

• Rajasthan increases financial aid given to girls under ‘Aapki Beti’ scheme.

• Under the Rythu Bandhu scheme, the financial assistance to farmers has been increased to Rs 5000 per acre per farmer per season.

• The Punjab and Haryana High Court declares all animals in the state to be 'legal persons'.

• Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has passed a resolution to increase reservation quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) to 27%.

• According to EY’s Global FinTech Adoption Index 2019, the global Fintech adoption rate in 2019 has increased at an average rate of 64%.

• India shares the top rank in Ernst & Young (EY) Global FinTech Adoption Index 2019 with China.

• To encourage digital payments, the Nandan Nilekani committee has suggested a host of measures, including elimination of charges, round the clock RTGS and NEFT facility and duty-free import of point-of-sales machines.

• MN Sarma is the newly elected Secretary General of the General Insurance Council.

• Rajiv Mehrishi has been elected as external auditor of the World Health Organization (WHO).

• Ajit Doval has been appointed as the National Security Adviser (NSA).

• Indian gymnast Rakesh Kumar Patra finished seventh in the finals of Parallel Bars at the FIG World Cup in Koper, Slovenia.

• Ducati’s Danilo Petrucci Wins Italian Grand Prix 2019.

• Actor-singer Ruma Guha Thakurta passes away. She is an actress of Bengali.

• World Environment Day was celebrated on 5th June.

• Assam government to provide a subsidy of 1.7 lakh rupees for the admission in the North East Skill Centre.

• Dell has topped the TRA’s Brand Trust Report 2019 for being the most trusted brand in India.

• In its Global Economic Prospects report, the World Bank stated the growth rate of India for the financial year 2019 and 2020 is at 7.5%.

• M. A. Yusuff Ali, first ever person to receive the gold card permanent residency visa of the UAE government.

• Jay-Z has become the world’s first billionaire rapper of the world as per the Forbes report.

• Veteran Indian actress Sheela wins prestigious J C Daniel Award.

• 14th Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit held in Mecca.


• Sachin Bansal, the co-founder of Flipkart, has joined as the Independent Director of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank.

• Mrutyunjay Mohapatra has been appointed as Chief of India Meteorological Department (IMD).

• Rakesh Makhija has been named as the new Chairman of the Axis Bank.

• Ashok Leyland has partnered with Suryoday Small Finance Bank to launch vehicle loan facility for its customers.

• India ranks 95 among 129 countries in global gender equality index.

• Gujarat government launches India’s first trading programme to combat particulate air pollution.

• Delhi Metro becomes India's first project to receive power from waste-to-energy.

• The government of Jharkhand has inaugurated the Haj House in Ranchi.

• The Reserve Bank of India has moved to rank 10th in terms of gold reserves with the central banks.

• The Life Insurance Corporation of India has recently extended the maternity leave for its female employees to 15 months during the entire period of the employee’s service.

• World Bank has approved USD 287 million loan for Tamil Nadu Health System Reform Programme.

• Dighi Port has been declared as wilful defaulter by the Bank of Baroda.

• ICAI has mandated to mention UDIN number in audit reports with effect from 1 July 2019.

• In United States, Google’s India-born CEO Sundar Pichai and Nasdaq president Adena Friedman have been chosen for the prestigious Global Leadership Awards 2019.

• The Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2019 will be held in The Hague.

• The 2nd Global Disability Summit 2019 will take place in Buenos Aires.

• Gianni Infantino has been elected as the new President of FIFA.

• The exercise “Kharga Prahar”, which began on May 27, was undertaken in the plains of Punjab by various units and formations of Army’s Kharga Corps.

• Dinyar Contractor, who passed away recently, was a well known Actor.

• World Food Safety Day was celebrated on June 7th.

• Financial Literacy Week is an initiative of RBI is observed from June 3rd to June 7th.

• The tourist train Zarengold has been launched by Russia for discovering the Arctic Region.

• Prime Minister will be the head of the Cabinet committee constituted on Employment and Skill Development.

• A tree bank has recently been opened by a subsidiary of Tata Steel in Jamshedpur.

• According to a new report detailing the traffic situation in 56 countries, Mumbai traffic flow worst in world.

• IRDAI has increased the third party (TP) motor insurance premium for small and medium private cars between 12-12.5 percent for 2019-20. The new premium rate effected from 16 June 2019.

• Razorpay providing company supports 100 currencies for international digital payments.

• P Jayadevan has taken over as executive director of IndianOil Corporation Ltd for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

• Rishad Premji will take over as the Executive Chairman of Wipro post retirement of its founder Azim Premji in July 2019.


• American author Tayari Jones has won this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction for her “heartbreaking” fourth novel An American Marriage (Oneworld).

• Brahmos is a joint venture between India’s DRDO with Russia.

• The joint air exercise Garuda VI will take place between the Air Force of India and France.

• Indian footballer Sunil Chhetri holds the record for most capped international player.

• Lennart Johansson who died recently was the President of UEFA.

• Prakash Pant passes away. He is the finance minister of Uttarakhand.

• World Brain Tumor Day was observed on June 8.

• The World Oceans Day was observed on June 8.

• Rajiv Kumar has been appointed as the Vice-Chairperson in the reconstituted NITI Aayog.

• India is not the member of the UN Security Council (UNSC).

• The Fiscal Performance Index (FPI) has been launched by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

• RBI slapped a Rs.2 crore fine on Kotak Mahindra Bank for not complying with directions. Headquarters of Kotak Mahindra Bank is in Mumbai.

• RBI recently revised NPA norms by giving banks 30 days to review stressed loans. An asset is termed as 'Non-Performing' when it is overdue for more than 90 days.

• Prayuth Chan-ocha has been elected as the Prime Minister of Thailand.

• Pramila Jayapal has becomes first South Asian American woman to chair US house.

• China has successfully launched a Long March 11 solid rocket from a sea launch platform, bringing its burgeoning space program new, flexible launch capabilities.

• Ministry of Corporate Affairs signed with SEBI for the exchange of data between the two organizations.

• Malcolm John Rebennack Jr, popularly known as Dr John, who passed away recently was professionally Singer.

• Three Indian-origin women have been named by Forbes among America’s 80 richest selfmade women.

• The Swachh Survekshan annual cleanliness survey of urban India is conducted by Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.

• The first ever Dinosaur Museum cum Park has been opened in Gujarat.

• Andhra Pradesh has launched the Rythu Bharosa scheme recently.

• The first ever Indian Origin Kumar Iyer to be appointed as the Chief Economist of the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

• N Gopalaswami has been appointed as the electoral officer of BCCI.

• R K Chibber has been appointed as the interim Chairman of Jammu & Kashmir Bank.

• Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel has recently been appointed as Chief Justice of Delhi HC.

• Sweden’s teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg was awarded a prestigious Amnesty International prize.

• Jimmy Carter has been awarded the maiden George H. W. Bush Award for Statesmanship in U.S.-China Relations.


• PM Modi has been conferred with ‘Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen’. It is the highest honour for foreign nationals by Maldives.

• Indian automobile company Mahindra wins Gold Award in South Africa.

• Srilankan Airlines is the world’s most punctual airline as per the survey by portal flightstats.com

• Rafael Nadal has won French Open-2019 men’s singles (Tennis).

• Actor Girish Karnad passed away recently.

• Ashleigh Barty who has claimed her maiden French Open singles title, represents Australia.

• Canada has decided to ban single-use plastics to reduce ocean waste from 2021.

• ecently, Bangladesh has been elected Vice-President of the United Nations World Tourism Organization.

• The Ministry of Home Affairs has amended Foreigners (Tribunals) Order 1964 to empower district magistrates set up its own Foreigners Tribunals.

• The Antarashtriya Yoga Diwas Media Samman has been newly instituted by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

• Main event of International Yoga Day celebrations to be held in Ranchi.

• Karnataka government has launched Pink Sarathi vehicles for women's safety.

• International Quran Exhibition was held in Hyderabad from June 22 to 24, 2019.

• Max Life Insurance Company has launched the proprietary tool ‘My Protection Quotient’ (MyPQ).

• YES Bank has conducted the first e-auction of forest produce which enables the online purchase of goods aimed at facilitating effective and transparent price discovery.

• Cambodia is set to host the 16th Asia Media Summit 2019.

• Portugal wins UEFA Nations League 2019.

• Pradeep Kumar Sinha is the current Cabinet Secretary.

• R.V. Janakiraman who passed away recently was the former Chief Minister of Puducherry.

• Renowned actor Crazy Mohan was a veteran of Tamil film industry.

• As per the new norms of RBI, Cheque books and ATM cum Debit cards can be provided by banks to BSBDA account holders. 4 free withdrawals from ATMs are available in a month.

• The World Day Against Child Labour was held on June 12.

• UAE cabinet recently adopted the National Strategy for Wellbeing 2031.

• Mexico will organize the Guadalajara International Book Fair in 2019.

• The government of India has set the target to provide clean drinking water to all by 2024.

• Kirit Parikh has been appointed as the head of the committee formed to review the existing marketing structure of LPG marketing in India.

• RBI has formed a panel to Review the ATM Interchange Fee Structure. V. G. Kannan is appointed as the chairman of the committee.

• RBI has waived the charges it levies on banks to initiate RTGS and NEFT transactions. It will come into effect from July 1.

• Kheer Bhavani Mela is celebrated at Tula Mula village of Jammu and Kashmir.

• Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has been appointed as the President of Kazakhstan.


• Tapan Ray has been appointed as the new Managing Director of GIFT City.

• Sharad Kumar was appointed as the interim central vigilance commissioner by the government of India.

• Amazon has overtaken Google to be ranked as world’s most valuable brand according to the 2019 100 Top BrandZ report.

• Indian Railways joins hands with France National Railways to develop world-class stations.

• Sourav Kothari is related to Snooker & Billiards.

• Virendra Kumar has been appointed as Pro-tem speaker of Lok Sabha.

• Arjun Munda has launched the “e-governance initiatives for ST Welfare schemes”.

• ISRO has planned to launch the Chandrayaan-2 mission to moon on board GSLV MK-III launch vehicle.

• SBI has launched the digital residential property show ‘Destination: The Home Shoppe’ in Hyderabad.

• IV Subba Rao has been appointed as the secretary to the vice president on contract basis in the rank and pay of secretary of Government of India.

• Nripendra Misra has been appointed as the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

• Thawarchand Gehlot has been appointed as the Leader of the Rajya Sabha.

• Laxman Narasimhan has been chosen as the CEO of Reckitt Benckiser.

• Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will confer the ‘Distinguished Alumni Award’ to Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, both are alumni of the New Delhi-based Central University.

• Priyanka Chopra has been named for the 2019 Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award by UNICEF.

• India ranks 141 in annual Global Peace Index.

• The Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) which was recently tested by India has been developed by DRDO.

• Lionel Messi has topped the Forbes’ 2019 List Of The World’s 100 Highest-Paid Athletes.

• World Athletics will be the new brand name of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

• Virat Kohli is the only Indian to feature in the Forbes’ 2019 List Of The World’s 100 Highest-Paid Athletes.

• Government has directed banks to issue Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) to eligible farmers within 2 weeks of submitting the application.

• India got 10th place in terms of FDI Inflow in the year 2018 as per UNCTAD World Investment Report 2019.

• The government has reduced the rate of contribution towards the Employees’ State Insurance scheme from 6.5% to 4%.

• Amitav Ghosh has been conferred the Jnanpith Award for 2018.

• Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd has topped the Forbes’ World’s Largest Public Companies 2000 list.

• Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2019 Begins in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

• The app EducationUSA launched by US Embassy for students who wish to study in US.


• HCL will roll out Tech Bee a company initiative under which it trains & hires students.

• India’s mission Aditya-L1 to study sun will be launched in 2020.

• Veteran poet Pazhavila Ramesan who passed away recently was from Kerala.

• Culture Minister, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel, inaugurates the exhibition-‘Astitva’ in New Delhi.

• The theme for World Blood Donor Day-14 June, 2019 is Safe blood for all.

• Politician Rajnath Singh ‘Surya’ passed away recently. He was a former member of Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.

• World Elder Abuse Awareness Day was observed on June 15.

• Farmers will have to contribute 100 rupees per month under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Yojana that seeks to provide a minimum fixed monthly pension of 3,000 rupees on the attainment of 60 years.

• Directorate General of Training under the aegis of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry has joined hands with Cisco and Accenture to skill the youth for the digital economy through its Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).

• Bahrain decided to start phasing out the use of plastic products from next month.

• The Centre has approved setting up of e-Foreigner Tribunal (e-FT) in Assam.

• Jammu and Kashmir admin approves 2nd phase of comprehensive plan for flood management work on Jhelum.

• Recenty, Assam state transport Ministery launches State Transport Corporation's Chalo app.

• India remains unmoved at 101 position, after FIFA, the apex body of football, released the latest team rankings.

• Toronto Raptors won the recently concluded NBA Finals.

• World Father’s day observed on Third Sunday of June.

• The International Day of Family Remittances is observed on June 16.

• The theme for June17, 2019-World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is Let’s Grow the Future Together.

• Mount Everest has got the world’s highest weather stations. The highest station has been installed at Balcony Area.

• Asian Development Bank has approved USD 235 million loan for Tripura Infrastructure development project.

• Yashovardhan Birla has been declared as willful defaulter by UCO Bank.

• Indian NGO Akshay Patra has recently won wins BBC World Service Global Champion Award.

• The Jammu & Kashmir Bank will be put under the purview of J&K RTI Act, 2009 and the CVC guidelines with effect from June 17.

• Zuzana Caputova has been sworn in as the President of Slovakia.

• Mrs. Padmaja has been appointed as India’s High Commissioner to the country of Tuvalu.

• Suman Rao has won the Femina Miss India World 2019.

• Australia and Qatar will participate as guests teams in Copa America 2020.

• Peter Gilchrist of Singapore defeated India’s Sourav Kothari (Kolkata) to win the 2019 Pacific International Billiards Championship at the Yarraville Club in Melbourne, Australia.


• In Archery World Championships, Indian men's recurve team bagged Silver Medal. The Championship held in Netherlands.

• South Korean feminist activist Lee Hee-ho fought for democracy against dictatorships passes away recently.

• International Picnic Day is celebrated on June 18.

• Assam government will set up a Skill University at the cost of 850 crore rupees at Darrang district.

• India will be hosting Intersessional meeting of Kimberley Process (KP) from 17th to 21st June, 2019 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

• Controller General of Defence Accounts will chair the committee formed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to work out the modalities and methodology of the implementation of the next revision of pension under OROP.

• Fitch Ratings has estimated the India’s GDP for fiscal 2019-20 at 6.6%.

• Inger Andersen has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

• Rabi N Mishra has been promoted as the central bank’s executive director (ED).

• Ravinder Singh Dhillon took over as director (projects) in Power Finance Corporation.

• Lt General Faiz Hameed was appointed the new director general of Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence.

• According to the findings of the Randstad Employer Brand Research (REBR) 2019, Amazon is the country’s most attractive employer brand company.

• The World Food India 2019 event is going to host by Delhi.

• 29 journalists have been conferred with Matri Shree MediaAwards recently.

• Joshna Chinappa won the 17th National Squash title.

• India won the FIH Series Finals hockey tournament concluded recently.

• Gary Woodland won the 2019 United States Open Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links.

• Famous personality Mohammed Morsi passed away. He is the former President of Egypt.

• Franco Zeffirelli, Legendary Director of ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ passes away. He belongs to Italy.

• Autistic Pride Day observed every year on 18 June.

• World Sickle Cell Day is observed on June 18 every year.

• Construction of a road using plastic waste under a pilot project in a bid to be environmental-friendly is started in Lucknow.

• India is going to host the 14th session of the Conference of Parties (COP-14) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in September.

• The RBI imposed a penalty of Rs.1 crore on private sector lender HDFC Bank for non-compliance of KYC norms.

• Agartala Airport is set to become the third international airport in the northeastern region by the end of this year or by early 2020.

• The crypto-currency Taurus recently launched by Facebook.

• Hero MotoCorp has appointed Yerry Mina as its latest brand ambassador.

• Om Birla has been unanimously elected as the Lok Sabha Speaker.


• Social activist Makarand Tilloo received Save Water Hero Award.

• India is set to overtake China as the most populous country by 2027 and will have almost 1.64 billion inhabitants by 2050.

• According to QS World University ranking 23 Indian Institutions have been ranked among the best global universities.

• The 10th Regional Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) summit, 2019 was held in Nagpur.

• Armies of India, Myanmar target NE militants in coordinated Operation Sunrise-2.

• India’s 14-year old Grand Master Nihal Sarin won the blitz event in the Asian Continental Chess Championship at Xingtai, China.

• Veteran athletics coach and Dronacharya awardee N. Lingappa passes away recently.

• Each year June 19 is observed as the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.

• World Refugee Day is observed on June 20 2019 theme is ‘Step with Refugees — Take A Step on World Refugee Day’.

• Niger is hosting the African Union summit that is scheduled in July.

• Rs 120 crore has been approved by the Government of India for the State Cancer Institute at Government Medical College in Jammu.

• Unemployed youth having graduation or equivalent degree will be given unemployment allowance up to Rs 3,000 by the Rajasthan government.

• Cash withdrawal more than five times in a month at a Canara Bank branch, you will pay Rs 100 for every transaction thereafter.

• Senior bureaucrat Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi was given extension of over 3 months as Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT).

• The first ever satellite of Sri Lanka Ravana-1 has been launched into the orbit recently.

• HCL has signed a multi-year contract with Cricket Australia to provide digital experience.

• Lalrinchhana who passed away recently was the former minister of Mizoram.

• Bangladesh has achieved the fastest growth in Asia – Pacific economies according to the Asian Development Bank.

• Recently, the National Payments Corporation of India has entered into an agreement with Telangana to offer MeeSeva services.

• International Yoga day is celebrated across the globe on 21 June.

• The Jammu and Kashmir government has launched its ambitious outreach programme, ‘Back to the Village’, as part of which bureaucrats will spend the next 36 hours in different panchayats, gathering feedback from people on development of their areas.

• India is the second largest fish producing country in the world as it accounts for 6.3 per cent of the global fish production, a release by the Fisheries Department.

• Forex trading platform for retail participants ready for roll-out on Aug 5.

• The DBS Bank has revised its forecast for India’s GDP growth for fiscal 2019-20 at 6.8%.

• Shefali Juneja has been appointed as the India’s representative in the Council of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).


• Indian Nitesh Kumar Jangir has been awarded the 2019 Commonwealth Secretary- General’s Innovation for Sustainable Development Award.

• Based on the annual Asian Development Outlook report 2019 of ADB, Bangladesh has emerged as the fastest growing economy in the Asia-Pacific region.

• G20 Ministerial Meeting on Energy Transitions and Global Environment for Sustainable Growth for the year 2019 was held in Japan.

• Tech Mahindra has announced signing of a multi-year contract with Airbus for cabin and cargo design engineering.

• Recently, the National Payments Corporation of India has entered into an agreement with Telangana to offer MeeSeva services.

• Recently, the National Health Authority and ICICI Foundation have signed an agreement to train 15000 personnel to implement AB – PM JAY. Indu Bhusan is the CEO of PM JAY.

• Indian sportswomen P.U. Chitra is related to Running.

• Maharashtra and Karnataka has been recognized for GI tag to Kolhapuri footwear.

• Kaleshwaram irrigation project is opened recently in Telangana.

• HDFC has announced to acquire 51.2 percent stake in Apollo Munich Health Insurance.

• IDBI Bank has entered a bancassurance corporate agency agreement with Tata AIG to provide the general insurer’s products to the bank’s.

• Amish Tripathi has been named as the Director of the Nehru Centre. The centre is located in London.

• Operation Sankalp started by Indian Navy on Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf for maritime security of Indian vessels.

• Annu Rani is associated with Javelin Throw.

• Pranati Nayak won bronze at Asian Artistic Gymnastic Championship in Mongolia.

• Pankaj Advani won the recently concluded men's Asian Snooker Championship.

• Fernando Torres announces retirement. He is associated with Football.

• Recently, IOC lifted ban on India hosting Olympic-related sporting events.

• According to a latest report, USA is the largest merchandise trade partner to India.

• The International Olympic Day is observed every year on June 23.

• 23 June is celebrated as United Nations Public Services Day across the globe.

• The International Widows Day is observed on June 23.

• The Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) – Central Command Centre has recently been inaugurated in New Delhi.

• The first ever specialized hydrotherapy treatment centre for elephants has been launched in Mathura.

• NITI Aayog Proposes To Convert Two-Wheelers Below 150 cc To Electric By 2025.

• HDFC Bank partnered with the Thiruvananthapuram Police to launch the campaign ‘Traffic Paathshala.

• Gaurav Nigam was conferred with 'Innovative Research Excellence Award 2019' at Asian Leadership Summit, Bhutan.

• The first of its kind Astrobee robot of NASA Bumble has been launched into the space recently.


• An agreement has been signed between NTPC Limited and POWERGRID for setting up National Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. (NEDCL) – a pan-India power distribution firm in an equal joint venture through JVC on 50:50 equity basis.

• ‘Lessons Life Taught Me, Unknowingly’ is the autobiography of Anupam Kher.

• “My Life, My Mission” is the autobiography of Baba Ramdev.

• Arundhati Roy is the author of the book “My Seditious Heart”.

• India has won the 2019 women’s FIH Series Finals hockey tournament.

• Roger Federer is the winner of 2019 Halle Open.

• Lewis Hamilton has won the 2019 French Grand Prix.

• The Imphal Peace Museum has been gifted by Japan to Manipur to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Battle of Imphal.

• Samagra Shiksha scheme was launched by Ministry of Human Resource Development for giving Self Defence training to girls of Class VI-XII.

• Saudi Arabia has become the first Arab country to be granted full membership of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) following the group’s annual general meeting in the US.

• UN-developed anti-money laundering platform goAML is recently launched by UAE to curb financial crimes.

• Recently, the Reserve Bank of India has launched CMS for filing online complaints against banks, NBFCs. CMS - Complaint Management System.

• The credit-light group (CLG) and Financial and Institutional Group (FIG) has been created by State Bank of India to focus on credit-light sectors.

• World Bank has approved $147 Million Loan Agreement for Jharkhand Municipal Development Project.

• Viral V. Acharya deputy governors of RBI has resigned from the post recently.

• Prithviraj Kothari has been appointed as National President of India's oldest and apex association i.e. India Bullion And Jewellers Association in place of outgoing President Mohit Bharatiya for the next five years, 2019 to 2024.

• Mohamed Ould Ghazouani Wins Presidential Election of Mauritania.

• Qu Dongyu has elected to head FAO.

• Maruti Suzuki has joined hands with Bank of Baroda to support dealer inventory financing and customer auto loans.

• Recently released book ‘Data Sovereignty – The Pursuit of Supremacy’ is authored by Vinit Goenka.

• Feliciano Lopez has won the Queen’s Club Championships. It represents Tennis.

• Indian team has won the 2019 women’s FIH Series Finals hockey tournament by defeating Japan.

• Ashleigh Barty has recently become the World No 1 female tennis player.

• International Olympic Committee opens new headquarters in Switzerland.

• Madan Lal Saini, who passed away recently, was associated with Politics.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: JUNE-2019 MODEL QUESTIONS

1. On which date, the 2019 edition of International Everest Day (IED) is observed recently? (1) May 27 (2) May 29 (3) May 30 (4) May 28 (5) None of these

2. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers? (1) Protecting Civilians, Protecting Peace (2) Courage for Peace (3) Law, Order, Peace (4) Peacekeeping Is a Global Partnership (5) None of these

3. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World Milk Day (WMD)?

(1) Drink Move Be Strong (2) Drink Milk: Today & Everyday (3) Drink Move Be Strong (4) Raise a Glass (5) None of these

4. On which date, the 2019 edition of International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression is observed? (1) June 2 (2) June 5 (3) June 4 (4) June 3 (5) None of these

5. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World Oceans Day (WOD)? (1) Gender and Oceans (2) Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet (3) Clean our Ocean! (4) Our Oceans, Our Future (5) None of these

6. What is the slogan of the 2019 edition of World Blood Donor Day (WBDD)? (1) Share Life, Give Blood (2) Safe blood for all (3) Blood Connects us All (4) Every blood donor is a hero (5) None of these

7. On which date, the 2019 edition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) is observed? (1) June 15 (2) June 14 (3) June 16 (4) June 13 (5) None of these

8. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (WDCDD)? (1) Combating land degradation for sustainable agriculture (2) The Beauty of Deserts – The Challenge of Desertification (3) Let’s Grow the Future Together (4) Social Dimensions of Desertification: Migration and poverty (5) None of these

9. On which date, the 2019 edition of International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR) is observed?

(1) June 17 (2) June 16 (3) June 18 (4) June 19 (5) None of these

10. On which date, the 2019 edition of Autistic Pride Day (APD) is observed? (1) June 19 (2) June 18 (3) June 17 (4) June 16 (5) None of these

11. On which date, the 2019 edition of World Sickle Cell Day (WSCD) is observed? (1) June 21 (2) June 18 (3) June 22 (4) June 19 (5) None of these

12. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of International Yoga Day (IYD)?

(1) Yoga for Health (2) Yoga for Climate Action (3) Yoga for Peace (4) Yoga for Harmony and Peace (5) None of these


13. The 2019 Financial Literacy Week is an initiative of which of the following Indian organizations? (1) RBI (2) Ministry of Finance (3) SEBI (4) IRDAT (5) None of these

14. What is the current repo rate in the second bi-monthly monetary policy review of RBI for FY20?

(1) 5.25% (2) 5.50% (3) 5.75% (4) 5.0% (5) None of these

15. RBI has launched CMS system to lodge complaint against which of the following entities? (1) Urban co-operative banks (2) NBFCs (3) Commercial banks (4) All of the above (5) None of these

16. Which of the following banks has introduced repo-linked home loan product?

(1) SBI (2) PNB (3) BoB (4) BoI (5) None of these 17. The Government of India (GoI) has reduced the rate of contribution under the Employees’ State

Insurance (ESI) Act from 6.5% to __? (1) 6.0% (2) 5.5% (3) 4.0% (4) 4.5% (5) None of these

18. Which state government has decided to ban online food delivery without hygiene rating?

(1) Punjab (2) Kerala (3) Karnataka (4) Tamil Nadu (5) None of these

19. Which state government has decided to set up India’s first 'Blockchain District'? (1) Karnataka (2) Andhra Pradesh (3) Telangana (4) Jharkhand (5) None of these

20. Which state government has recently launched Pink Sarathi vehicles for women’s safety?

(1) Karnataka (2) Kerala (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Jharkhand (5) None of these 21. Which state cabinet has approved proposal for jail term for those who abandon elderly parents?

(1) MP (2) Bihar (3) UP (4) Rajasthan (5) None of these

22. Which state government has recently launched online facility to approve building plans? (1) Karnataka (2) Andhra Pradesh (3) Odisha (4) Chhattisgarh (5) None of these

23. Which of the following states have recently get GI tag for Namma Kolhapuri chappal?

(1) Chhattisgarh & Maharashtra (2) Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh (3) Maharashtra & Karnataka (4) Karnataka & Gujarat (5) None of these

24. Which state government has decided to set up Vedic education board? (1) Himachal Pradesh (2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Rajasthan (4) Jharkhand (5) None of these

25. Dzukou Valley, which is in news recently, is located in which of the following North-East states

of India? (1) Assam (2) Mizoram (3) Nagaland (4) Arunachal Pradesh (5) None of these

26. Mount Sinabung is located in which of the following islands of Indonesia?

(1) Java (2) Bali (3) Sumatra (4) Sumbawa (5) None of these 27. India’s first Dinosaur-Museum-Cum-Park is located in which of the following states?

(1) Rajasthan (2) Gujarat (3) HP (4) Odisha (5) None of these

28. The World Food India (WFI- 2019) event will be held in which of the following cities? (1) Indore (2) Jaipur (3) New Delhi (4) Lucknow (5) None of these


29. The first iron ore mine of Bangladesh has recently discovered in which of the following districts? (1) Pabna (2) Dinajpur (3) Dhaka (4) Sirajganj (5) None of these

30. Where is the headquarters of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)? (1) Los Angeles (2) Paris (3) New York (4) Berlin (5) None of these

31. Where is the new headquarters of International Olympic Committee (IOC) located? (1) Paris (2) Lausanne (3) Berlin (4) Rome (5) None of these

32. Exercise ‘Kharga Prahar-2019’ has recently carried out by the Indian Army in which of the

following states? (1) Haryana (2) Uttarkhand (3) Punjab (4) J&K (5) None of these

33. Indian Navy hosted maritime information sharing workshop at IFC-IOR in which of the

following cities? (1) Kolkata (2) Pune (3) Gurugram (4) Kochi (5) None of these

34. Operation Sunrise 2, which is in news recently, is a coordinated operation of India and which neighboring country? (1) Myanmar (2) Bangladesh (3) Nepal (4) Bhutan (5) None of these

35. Which Indian armed force is co-hosting 12th ReCAAP ISC capacity building workshop?

(1) Indian Navy (2) Indian Army (3) Indian Coast Guard (4) Indian Air Force (5) None of these

36. Which operation has been launched by Indian Navy in Persian Gulf for Indian vessels' security? (1) Operation Parakram (2) Operation Sankalp (3) Operation Trishul (4) Operation Calm Down (5) None of these

37. Who is the head of the committee that recently submitted the Draft National Education Policy

(NEP) to the Union HRD Minister? (1) Madhav Gadgil (2) M Radhakrishnan (3) K Kasturirangan (4) M G K Menon (5) None of these

38. Who is the head of the RBI committee to review ATM charges?

(1) K Srinivas (2) Giri Kumar Nair (3) Dilip Asbe (4) V G Kannan (5) None of these

39. Who is the head of the committee to review existing marketing structure in LPG marketing in

India? (1) Errol D'souza (2) MA Pathan (3) GC Chaturvedi (4) Kirit Parikh (5) None of these

40. The Union Cabinet has recently approved two-month extension to Committee for OBC Sub-categorization. Who is the head of the Committee? (1) S K Gangwar (2) Prahlad Singh Patel (3) G Rohini (4) R L Kataria (5) None of these

41. Who is the head of the working group to revise current series of Wholesale Price Index (WPI)?

(1) Ramesh Chand (2) Vinod Paul (3) Amitabh Kant (4) Rajiv Kumar (5) None of these

42. The Aapki Beti scheme is associated to which of the following state governments?

(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Chhattisgarh (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Rajasthan (5) None of these


43. Which city hosted the 14th summit of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-2019)? (1) Baghdad (2) Damascus (3) Mecca (4) Tehran (5) None of these

44. Who is the India's Sherpa at the 14th G20 Summit in Osaka? (1) Pramod Kumar Misra (2) Suresh Prabhu (3) Arun Goyal (4) A.K. Dhasmana (5) None of these

45. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has recently signed pact with which company to

modernize air traffic management in India? (1) Airbus (2) Boeing (3) Embraer (4) Dassault Aviation (5) None of these

46. India has recently signed Rs 300 crore deal with which country to procure 100 SPICE bombs used in Balakot airstrike? (1) France (2) Israel (3) United States (4) Japan (5) None of these

47. India has recently extended $15 million grant assistance to which country for organizing African

Union Summit? (1) Tunisia (2) Niger (3) Morocco (4) Ghana (5) None of these

48. India has signed $400 million loan agreement with which international organisation to eliminate TB? (1) World Bank (2) ADB (3) AIIB (4) New Development Bank (5) None of these

49. Which of the following AMCs has become the first Indian fund house to introduce WhatsApp

transaction platform? (1) SBI Mutual Fund (2) Motilal Oswal AMC (3) Reliance Mutual Fund (4) Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund (5) None of these

50. Which social networking site has launched its first interactive game show ‘Confetti’ in India?

(1) Instagram (2) Pinterest (3) Twitter (4) Facebook (5) None of these

51. Zonel Sougaijam, who has been included in the Facebook Hall of Fame 2019, is from which Indian state? (1) Arunachal Pradesh (2) Mizoram (3) Nagaland (4) Manipur (5) None of these

52. India has recently notified a tax data pact with which of the following countries?

(1) Panama (2) Marshall Islands (3) Cuba (4) Guatemala (5) None of these

53. The scientists of which CSIR institute has developed a Cancer cell detection ‘dots’ from coal?

(1) NISTAD (2) CCMB (3) NBRI (4) NEIST (5) None of these 54. Which DRDO scientist has developed a herbal drug to treat leucoderma?

(1) Hemant Pandey (2) Vidhi Sethi (3) Akhilesh Mishra (4) Navjeet Singh Rawat (5) None of these

55. Bancha, which has become the first Solar Kitchen only village in India, is located in which district

of Madhya Pradesh? (1) Jabalpur (2) Chhindwara (3) Bhopal (4) Betul (5) None of these

56. India’s first solar-powered cruise boat to be rolled out in which of the following states?

(1) Karnataka (2) Kerala (3) AP (4) Tamil Nadu (5) None of these


57. Which of the following metros has become the India's first project to receive power from waste-to-energy? (1) Delhi Metro (2) Chennai metro (3) Bengaluru metro (4) Kolkata metro (5) None of these

58. Which country has recently launched Arctic train service?

(1) Russia (2) Germany (3) France (4) United States (5) None of these 59. Which Indian actor will be chief guest at 10th Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM -2019)?

(1) Naseeruddin Shah (2) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (3) Rani Mukerji (4) Shah Rukh Khan (5) None of these

60. The 2019 Singhey Khababs Sindhu Festival was held in which of the following states?

(1) Sikkim (2) Himachal Pradesh (3) Uttarakhand (4) J&K (5) None of these

61. DD India channel will be made available to which of the following neighbouring countries?

(1) Myanmar (2) Sri Lanka (3) Bhutan (4) Bangladesh (5) None of these 62. Who has been sworn-in as new Prime Minister of Australia?

(1) Malcolm Turnbull (2) Ken Wyatt (3) Peter Cosgrove (4) Scott Morrison (5) None of these

63. Who has been appointed as the new National Security Advisor (NSA)? (1) Rajiv Mathur (2) Dineshwar Sharma (3) Rajiv Jain (4) Ajit Doval (5) None of these

64. Who has been sworn-in as the new president of El Salvador?

(1) Nayib Bukele (2) Mauricio Funes (3) Antonio Saca (4) Alfredo Cristiani (5) None of these

65. Who has been sworn-in as new Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court? (1) Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel (2) N V Ramana (3) Jasti Chelameswar (4) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud (5) None of these

66. Who will chair the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs?

(1) Rajnath Singh (2) Narendra Modi (3) Amit Shah (4) Nirmala Sitharaman (5) None of these

67. Who has become the first South Asian American woman to chair US House? (1) Medha Yodh (2) Kausalya Hart (3) Pramila Jayapal (4) Gayatri Spivak (5) None of these

68. Who has been elected as Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha?

(1) Ramcharan Bohara (2) Rahul Kaswan (3) Om Birla (4) Manoj Rajoria (5) None of these

69. Who has been sworn-in as new Chief Justice of Telangana High Court? (1) Thottathil B Radhakrishnan (2) A A Kureshi (3) V Ramasubramanian (4) Raghvendra Singh Chauhan (5) None of these

70. Who will be the new Chief of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG)? (1) Rajiv Jain (2) Arvind Kumar (3) Samant Kumar Goel (4) Krishnaswamy Natarajan (5) None of these


71. Who is the current chief of the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW)? (1) Sanjeev Tripathi (2) Samant Kumar Goel (3) AS Dulat (4) Vikram Sood (5) None of these

72. Who is the new President of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO)? (1) Yatindra Maralkar (2) Sharda Sharma (3) Sharad Kumar Saraf (4) Ganesh Kumar Gupta (5) None of these

73. Gian Chand, the veteran Freedom Fighter has passed away. He was from which state?

(1) Bihar (2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Himachal Pradesh (4) Punjab (5) None of these

74. Ruma Guha Thakurta, who passed away recently, was the veteran actress of which regional

cinema? (1) Odia (2) Telugu (3) Tamil (4) Bengali (5) None of these

75. Dinyar Contractor, who passed away recently, was associated to which field? (1) Sports (2) Film Industry (3) Photography (4) Arts (5) None of these

76. Laldingliana Sailo, who passed away recently, was the noted editor of which news channel?

(1) Zee News (2) Indian Express (3) Doordarshan (4) The Hindu (5) None of these

77. Rajanath Singh 'Surya', who passed away recently, was the veteran personality of which field?

(1) Poetry (2) Journalism (3) Arts (4) Photography (5) None of these

78. Pazhavila Ramesan, who passed away recently, was the renowned poet of which state? (1) Odisha (2) Karnataka (3) Kerala (4) Telangana (5) None of these

79. Thanjavoor Ramamoorthy, who passed away recently, was the noted mridangam exponent of

which state? (1) Kerala (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Karnataka (4) Andhra Pradesh (5) None of these

80. Vijaya Nirmala, who passed away recently, was the veteran personality of which field? (1) Poetry (2) Film Industry (3) Photography (4) Journalism (5) None of these

81. Which Indian writer has been has been announced as the 2019 winner of the $100,000 Nine Dots

Prize? (1) K Joshi (2) Meera kumara (3) Annie Zaidi (4) Yawar Ahmad (5) None of these

82. Who has been chosen for the 2019 J C Daniel Award?

(1) Sreekumaran Thampi (2) Sheela (3) Jose Prakash (4) Aranmula Ponnamma (5) None of these

83. Which Indian-American personality has been chosen for the USIBC Global Leadership Awards 2019? (1) Anand Chandrasekaran (2) Ashok Amritraj (3) Sundar Pichai (4) Jay Chandrasekhar (5) None of these

84. Who has won the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction?

(1) Zadie Smith (2) Kamila Shamsie (3) Tayari Jones (4) Kate Mosse (5) None of these


85. Which Indian personality has been conferred Maldives’s 'Nishan Izzuddin' award? (1) Sushma Swaraj (2) Ram Nath Kovind (3) Narendra Modi (4) Nirmala Sitharaman (5) None of these

86. Who has been conferred the 54th Jnanpith award for the year 2018?

(1) Amitav Ghosh (2) U R Ananthamurthy (3) Krishna Sobti (4) Girish Karnad (5) None of these

87. Which Indian celebrity will be honored with the UNICEF’s Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award? (1) Narendra Modi (2) Priyanka Chopra (3) Medha Patkar (4) Chandi Prasad Bhatt (5) None of these

88. The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has decided to confer alumni award to which of the following union ministers? (1) Ravi Shankar Prasad & Dharmendra Pradhan (2) Nitin Gadkari & Piyush Goyal (3) Nirmala Sitharaman & S Jaishankar (4) Ramesh Pokhriyal & Prakash Javdekar (5) None of these

89. Which SCO member has been conferred Kyrgyzstan’s Highest National Award?

(1) Emomali Rahmon (2) Vladimir Putin (3) Narendra Modi (4) Xi Jinping (5) None of these

90. Which Indian NGO has been awarded the 2019 BBC World Service Global Champion? (1) Arth India (2) Chetna (3) Save Life Foundation (4) Akshaya Patra (5) None of these

91. Suman Rao, who has been crowned Femina Miss India World 2019, is from which state? (1) Maharashtra (2) Rajasthan (3) Gujarat (4) Uttar Pradesh (5) None of these

92. Which social activist has won the HridayMitra Foundation’s ‘Save Water Hero Award’? (1) Shaheen Mistri (2) Sandeep Pandey (3) Makarand Tilloo (4) Sanal Edamaruku (5) None of these

93. Which Indian engineer has won the 2019 Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Innovation for Sustainable Development Award in London? (1) Anukriti Gusain (2) Ritu Karidhal (3) Akshaya Jain (4) Nitesh Jangir (5) None of these

94. Who of the following journalists has been bestowed with the 2019 RedInk Award for 'Journalist of the Year'? (1) Prannoy Roy (2) Siddharth Varadarajan (3) Dinu Ranadive (4) Rachna Khaira (5) None of these

95. Who has been conferred Innovative Research Excellence Award 2019 at Asian Leadership Summit (ALS)? (1) Mihir Chawla (2) Pankaj Upadhyaya (3) Gaurav Nigam (4) Anand Gupta (5) None of these

96. Which Indian sportsperson has been bestowed an honorary doctorate by IIT Kanpur? (1) Milkha Singh (2) Prakash Padukone (3) Pullela Gopichand (4) Sachin Tendulkar (5) None of these


97. Who has become the first-ever spinner to bowl the first over in a World Cup? (1) Dale Steyn (2) Hashim Amla (3) Monty Panesar (4) Imran Tahir (5) None of these

98. Ivo Karlovic, who has become the Oldest Man to win a match at French Open, is from which country? (1) Croatia (2) Spain (3) France (4) Germany (5) None of these

99. Which football team has won the 2019 Champions League trophy?

(1) FC Barcelona (2) Tottenham Hotspur (3) Liverpool FC (4) Real Madrid (5) None of these

100. Who of the following players has become the India’s highest capped footballer? (1) Jeje Lalpekhlua (2) Sunil Chhetri (3) Sandesh Jhingan (4) Robin Singh (5) None of these

101. Sidharth Rawat is associated to which sports? (1) Table Tennis (2) Tennis (3) Football (4) Badminton (5) None of these

102. Who lifted the men's singles title at the 2019 French Open tennis tournament? (1) Dominic Thiem (2) Rafael Nadal (3) Novak Djokovic (4) Roger Federer (5) None of these

103. Who won the 2019 Pacific International Billiards Championship? (1) Pankaj Advani (2) Semih Saygıner (3) Sourav Kothari (4) Peter Gilchrist (5) None of these

104. Which Indian sports player has won gold in women’s 1500m at Folksam Grand Prix 2019? (1) PU Chitra (2) Dutee Chand (3) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar (4) Soma Biswas (5) None of these

105. Which country’s junior women's boxing team adjudged best team in Black Forest Cup? (1) Poland (2) India (3) South Korea (4) Ukraine (5) None of these

106. Which country has been chosen to host the 2026 Olympic Winter Games? (1) France (2) Austria (3) Italy (4) Poland (5) None of these

107. What is the India’s rank at the first-ever SDG Gender Index?

(1) 106th (2) 95th (3) 84th (4) 77th (5) None of these 108. Which is the most congested city in the world, according to TomTom Traffic Index 2018?

(1) Lima (2) New Delhi (3) Moscow (4) Mumbai (5) None of these

109. What is the India’s rank at the 2019 Global Peace Index (GPI) of Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)? (1) 152nd (2) 141st (3) 136th (4) 155th (5) None of these

110. Which of the following institutes has become the India's best institute in QS World University

ranking 2020? (1) IIT Bombay (2) IIT Delhi (3) IISc Bangalore (4) IIT Indore (5) None of these

111. Which of the following logistics companies has launched the National Freight Index (NFI)? (1) StoreKing (2) Rivigo (3) VRL Group (4) Future Supply Chains (5) None of these


112. Which state has topped the NITI Aayog’s 2nd edition of Healthy States,Progressive India report? (1) Kerala (2) Andhra Pradesh (3) Maharashtra (4) Uttar Pradesh (5) None of these

113. Which of the following parties has become the first Political Outfit from the Northeast to get Status of National Party? (1) National People's Party (2) All India United Democratic Front (3) Hill State People's Democratic Party (4) Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (5) None of these

114. Which country has gifted Manipur a Museum of Peace built on the memories of Battle of Imphal?

(1) Germany (2) Japan (3) France (4) Poland (5) None of these

115. ‘Gandhi Cycle Rally for Peace’ has recently organized in which of the following countries? (1) Oman (2) Saudi Arabia (3) South Africa (4) Kenya (5) None of these

116. Which North American country has decided to ban single use plastics from 2021?

(1) Canada (2) Mexico (3) United States (4) Cuba (5) None of these

117. Which of the following Asian countries will be guest nation at the 2020 Copa America? (1) Saudi Arabia (2) China (3) India (4) Qatar (5) None of these

118. Which of the following countries has become the first Arab country to get FATF membership? (1) Saudi Arabia (2) Morocco (3) Tunisia (4) Oman (5) None of these

119. Who is the author of book “Yoga and Diet for Weight Loss”?

(1) Bijoylaxmi Hota (2) Baba Ramdev (3) Jaggi Vasudev (4) Dinesh Singh (5) None of these

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