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FIRST IN INDIA
JANUARY:
 Gujarat - 1st state to implement 10% quota to Economically Weaker sections

(EWS) of general category.
 Country’s first Geographical Indication (GI) store - Dabolim International
Airport in Goa.
 Narendra Modi - Country’s First National Museum of Indian Cinema in
Mumbai,Maharashtra.
 Sikkim - first state - to roll out Universal Basic Income.
 Secunderabad Railway Station- first Railway station to hoist Tricolour
National flag on a 100 feet tall pole under Railway’s order.
 Andaman - First Island to operate seaplanes under UDAN-3.
 Train 18 - India’s first indigenously developed engineless semi high speed
train - renamed as Vande Bharat Express.
 First of its Kind-Western Railway provides ‘segway’ to RPF personnel.
 First LNG import terminal of IOC commissioned in Ennore, Tamil Nadu.
 Vijay Mallya - first person to be declared a ‘fugitive economic offender’ under
Section 12 of the Fugitive Economic Offenders’ Act, 2018. BHEL and
LIBCOIN to build India’s First Lithium Ion Giga Factory with 1GWh. First in
India-HAL-built light combat helicopter- completes air-to-air weapon trials-
Odisha.
FEBRUARY:
 India’s first Humanoid Police Robot - KP-BOT, ranked as Sub-Inspector (SI),

in Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala.
 India’s first hi-tech forensic lab NCFL and CyPAD in Dwarka, New Delhi.
 India’s first district cooling system to be built in Amravati.
 Kerala- first Indian state to set up a price monitoring and research unit
(PMRU).
MARCH:
 DotBook: India’s first Braille laptop created by IIT-Delhi Scientists.

 India’s first LGBTQ Clinic and HIV treatment centre inaugurated in Mumbai.
 PM Modi launched ‘One Nation, One Card’ for transport mobility in
Ahmedabad. It is first of this kind scheme in India.
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 India’s first policy to protect bank locker launched by IFFCO Tokio General
Insurance.
 Adani Port - first Indian port operator to achieve a new record of handling
200 million tonnes (MT) cargo movement.
APRIL:
 Phayeng Village of Manipur tagged as India’s first carbon-positive settlement

 India’s First Foreign Interactive Bird Park launched by EsselWorld in
Mumbai.
 Reliance Mutual Fund partnering with Google- the first Indian company to
launch voice-based financial transactions. Kotak Mahindra Bank - First
Lender To Impose Charges On UPI Transactions, Namely, Paytm, Google
Pay, PhonePe among others.
 India’s first AI-enabled e-motorcycle brand- Revolt Intellicorp Pvt Ltd-
launched by Micromax co-founder Rahul Sharma.
MAY
 Kerala - first state- to tap into masala bond-worth of USD 312 million (Rs
2,150 crore) in London Stock Exchange (LSE)’s International Securities
Market (ISM).
 Harda district of Madhya Pradesh-first state-women handle entire work of
counting votes.
 India's first Tree Ambulance initiated in Chennai,TamilNadu by Abdul Ghani.
 First 'Blockchain District' –to be set up in- Hyderabad, Telangana.
 BharatPe launches India’s first UPI Bahi Khata(Digital Ledger) for
merchants.
 India gets its first ever ice cafe in Gaya Village at 14,000 feet Motila Oswal
AMC - first Indian fund house to introduce WhatsApp transaction platform
Indian Navy’s first full-fledged Service Selection Board (SSB) at Diamond
Harbour, near Kolkata.
JUNE
 Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani inaugurated- India’s first Dinosaur

Museum-cum-Park at Raiyoli village in Balasinor town of Mahisagar
district,Gujarat.
 India’s first green and clean railway station -Udhana railway station in
Gujarat – initiative by Viral Sudhirbhai Desai.
 India’s first village with zero wooden stoves -Bancha in Betul district of
Madhya Pradesh.
 First time in India opens water clinic for Elephants in Mathura.

 Delhi Metro became India's the first ever project to receive power from a
waste-to-energy plant.
 Hero MotoCorp becomes the first two-wheeler manufacturer to receive BS6
Certification for its Hero Splendor iSmart.
JULY
 Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has operationalized its first

“Aadhaar Seva Kendra” (ASKs) in Delhi and Vijayawada.
 ‘Fashionova’- India’s first Design Development Centre launched in Surat,
Gujarat.
 Tata Steel Kalinganagar -First & only Indian manufacturing plant -
included in prestigious Lighthouse Network of the World Economic Forum.
Delhi-Jaipur and Delhi-Agra are India’s first highway corridors to get
charging stations for electric vehicles by March 2020.
 Delhi-Lucknow Tejas Express, - set to be the first train to be operated by
private players.
 India’s first cow sanctuary Kamdhenu Gau Abhyaranya in Madhya Pradesh
to be privatised India’s first elephant rehabilitation centre will be set up at
Kerala’s Kottoor
LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST:
JANUARY
 India’s longest single lane steel cable suspension bridge or Byorung

Bridge(300-meter)- Arunachal Pradesh.
 Kochi refinery-largest PSU Refinery-in India.
MARCH
 GRSE - 1st largest Indian Shipyard to deliver 100 Warships
APRIL
 Indian Army Constructs The Longest Suspension Bridge ‘Maitri’ Over River
Indus In LehLadakh in just 40 days.
JULY
 South Central Railways (SCR) - commissioned the longest electrified

tunnel in between Cherlopalli and Rapuru stations in Nellore district,
Andhra Pradesh
CABINET APPROVALS

JANUARY
 Cabinet - Continuation of Umbrella scheme - “Family Welfare and Other

Health Interventions” during 2017-18 to 2019-20.
 Cabinet - Amendment to the Trade Unions Act, 1926 to make provisions
regarding Recognition of Trade Unions. Cabinet - 10 pc quota for
economically weaker sections in general category for this Articles 15 and 16
of the Constitution will have to be amended.
 Cabinet - Created the post of Vice Chancellor for National Rail & Transport
Institute & set up in Vadodara, Gujarat & setting up of 3 new AIIMS-
Jammu,Kashmir and Gujarat Cabinet - recapitalisation of Export-Import
Bank of India.
 Cabinet - creation of the National Bench of the Goods and Services Tax
Appellate Tribunal(GSTAT).
FEBRUARY
 Establishment of New Viral Vaccine Manufacturing Unit in Tamil Nadu.

Setting up a new company under Department of Space.
 Implementation of National Rural Economic Transformation Project.
 Khadi Gramodyog Vikas Yojana-extended-from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
 Approved- launch of Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan.
 Creation -one post of Secretary and one post of Joint Secretary in the
newly created Department of Fisheries.
MARCH
 Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana approved by Cabinet.

 Cabinet approved Rs.1450 crore for share capital of RBI in NHB.
“National Policy on Software Products 2019” was approved by Cabinet.
 Cabinet approved National Mineral Policy, 2019. Setting up of new AIIMS
at Manethi, Haryana received Cabinet Approval Cabinet approves
Rs.1236cr investment for Arun-3 Hydro project '.
 Teesta Stage-VI HE Project in Sikkim received Cabinet nod.
 Kiru Hydroelectric Project in Jammu and Kashmir got Cabinet approval
Cabinet approved the proposal for accession of India to Nice, Vienna and
Locarno agreements.
APRIL
 Cabinet approves creation of a single post of Deputy Comptroller and

Auditor General in the office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
 Cabinet approves the Continuation of Phase 4 of (GSLV) Geosynchronous
Satellite Launch Vehicle.

 Cabinet approved Rs. 4315.15 crores for implementing 10% EWS Quota.
JUNE
 Cabinet -extended the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana ((PM-
KISAN) to all eligible farmer families, irrespective of the size of their
landholding –earlier it was for those having two hectares of land.
 Cabinet approved to give monthly pension of Rs 3,000 to small traders,
businessmen, and shopkeepers after - age of 60 years -turnover below
Rs 1.5 crore.
 Cabinet increased PM’s Scholarship Scheme under the National Defence
Fund Rs 2,000 per month to Rs 2,500 per month for boys - Rs 2,250
per month to Rs 3,000 per month for girls.
 Cabinet extended President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) for six
more months beginning July 3, 2019 under article 356(4) of the
Constitution of India.
JULY
 Cabinet – hiked Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for all Kharif Crops for
2019-20.
 Cabinet approved-leasing out 3 airports namely Ahmedabad, Lucknow
and Mangaluru of Airports Authority of India (AAI)-to the highest bidder
M/s. Adani Enterprises Ltd.
 Cabinet approved Code on Wages Bill 2019 - replaces the Payment of
Wages Act, 1936, Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Payment of Bonus Act,
1965, and the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976.
BILL /Acts PASSED
JANUARY
 Lok Sabha passed - “The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation
Bill, 2019”.
 Lok Sabha has passed the Personal Laws (Amendment Bill), 2019.
 Lok Sabha has passed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 -to provide Indian
citizenship to non-Muslims communities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and
Afghanistan.
 One Hundred and third Amendment Act, 2019 - grants 10 per cent
reservation in jobs and educational institutions to the economically weaker
sections in the general category.
 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2019-
implemented.
FEBRUARY
 Introduction of Registration of Marriage of NRI Bill 2019 Himachal

Pradesh Assembly passed - Bill -to make Sanskrit as the second official
language.
 Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and the Rajasthan
Municipality (Amendment) Bill, 2019.
JUNE
 Cabinet introduced “The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in

Teachers’ Cadre) Bill, 2019” by replacing “The Central Educational
Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Ordinance, 2019”
 “New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) Bill, 2019” introduced
to promote ease of doing business in India.
 “The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019” introduced to ensure
transparency, accountability and quality in the governance of medical
education in the country.
 Cabinet approved the bill to fine people with Rs 10,000 for blocking
ambulances which is part of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill.
 Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019 -will safeguard transparency,
accountability, and quality in the governance of medical education in the
country.
STATEWISE NEWS
JANUARY
 Andhra Pradesh- got a separate high court(25th high courts) –in-‘Justice

City’in Amaravati.
 Assam-Communities-Koch Rajbongshi, Tai Ahom, Chutiya, Matak, Moran and
the tea tribes-gotST Status.
 Nashik,Maharashtra-the country’s second defence innovation hub.
 Kallakurichi - 33rd district- after bifurcating Villupuram-Tamil Nadu.
 Uttar Pradesh - renamed Allahabad as Prayagraj.
 UP govt - give pension of Rs 500 to destitute persons.
 Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair-declared as an authorized
Immigration Check post. Indian Forest Service - renamed as Indian Forest
and Tribal Service.
FEBRUARY
 Indus River Dolphin declared as Punjab’s State aquatic animal.

 Tamil Nadu-first State in mainland to get 2 Coast Guard
Districts(Thoothukudi, Chennai)

 Creation of 2 new districts in Telangana– Mulugu and Narayanpet. World

heritage centre to be set up at Mayapur in West Bengal.
MARCH
 ‘Special Stamp Cover on Ice Stupa’ released by Department of Post,

Jammu & Kashmir.
APRIL
 "Chennai Central" has been renamed as "Puratchi Thalaivar Dr M G

Ramachandran Chennai Central" after Dr. MG Ramachandran Justice
Pradeep Nandrajog sworn in as Chief justice of Bombay High Court
 Project Kannamma initiated by Rotary Club of Madras North,Tamil Nadu to
ensure good menstrual health. MAY Chhattisgarh police - deployed first
ever Anti-Naxal women’s commando unit named ‘Danteshwari Ladake’ or
‘Fighters of Goddess Danteshwari’ .
 Jammu and Kashmir Government - Healthcare Investment Policy-2019.
 Geological Survey of India (GSI)- installed-Mawmluh cave and
Therriaghat cave at Sobhar in East Khasi Hill District in Meghalaya.
JUNE
 Assam govt - increased the parent's annual income limit of students

eligible for fee wavier scheme up to post graduation level from Rs 1 Lakh
to Rs 2 Lakh.
 Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) affects the people of Bihar.
 Central India got its First Sikh Museum in Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Chaukhandi Stupa declared as a protected area “Monument of national
importance” - Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
 Punjab announced - is going to ban online food delivery without hygiene
ratings.
JULY
 Tamil Nadu declared ‘Tamil Yeoman’ or ‘Tamil Maravan’ as its state

butterfly.
 First ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF)- Pragati
Maidan, New Delhi.
 Nagaland declared- “disturbed area” for six more months -under the
powers conferred by Section 3 of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act,
1958 -No. 28 of 1958 (AFSPA).
 Uttar Pradesh govt -launches toll-free ‘CM helpline 1076’ for complaint
registration.

 ‘Operation Milap’, the Delhi Police Crime Branch has rescued 333 children
in 7 months.
 Puducherry -will soon to operationalize Bicycle-Sharing Scheme
SCHEMES
Central Government Schemes
JANUARY
 Pravasi Teerth Darshan Yojana- Indian origin with aged between 45 to

65-living in different nations- will be taken to all religious places in India
twice a year.
 Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY –G) +Indira Awaas
Yojana (IAY) achieved 1.37 crore rural homes ,PMAY-G-66.6 lakh homes.
FEBRUARY
 PM Modi - Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme in

Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan
Yojana is a pension scheme for the labours-launched
MARCH
 Gram Samridhi Yojana- scheme for unorganised food processing sector.

 Govt launched Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) scheme to
boost agri exports.
JUNE
 Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Shri Arjun Munda- launched- “E-
governance initiatives for ST Welfare schemes” - for the betterment of
tribal communities across the nation.
 'Adarsh Station scheme’ - developed 1,103 railways stations.
Government schools to introduce Self Defence Training for girls under
Samagra Shiks.
 Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana scheme, 81,03,196 houses were
approved. Around 2.22 crore villagers received Digital Education
under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA).
JULY
 ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ scheme will be available across the
country from July 1, 2020.

 University Grants Commission (UGC) approved a new initiative –

Scheme for Transdisciplinary Research for India’s Developing Economy
(STRIDE) to boost research culture in India.
 Government extends Kisan Credit Card (KCC) facility to fisheries,
animal husbandry sector.
 Around 35 crore LED bulbs distributed under UJALA scheme saved Rs
18,341 crore annually.
 Under “Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)” 9 crores 62 lakh individual
household toilets have been constructed since 2014.
 ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ scheme- Uttarakhand was named among
best performing states aong with Haryana which bagged 3 awards
with its district Bhiwani and Mahendragarh.
State Government Schemes
JANUARY
 Madhya Pradesh –launched-“Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana” - farm loan

waiver scheme. Madhya Pradesh –launched- ‘Yuva Swabhiman
Yojana’-to provide employment to the youth belonging to the weaker
section.
 Sikkim - ‘One Family One Job’ scheme -for every family one
government job has been allotted, in Gangtok.
FEBRUARY
 Andhra Pradesh-2nd Phase of Pasupu-Kumkuma (Turmeric-Kumkum)

scheme and welfare pensions-launched.
 Bihar - announced - Universal Old Age Pension scheme, named
Mukhya Mantri Vriddha Pension Yojana (MMVPY), irrespective for all
caste, community, religion.
 Odisha -Kalia scholarship scheme- to boost education for farmers
children. MARCH Haryana -“Mukhyamantri Parivar Samman Nidhi”
scheme-for farmers who cultivate on land with areas upto five acres-
&-families earning upto Rs.15000 per month.
 Karnataka- water conservation scheme ‘Jal Amrutha’ was launched.
Uttarakhand- Mukhyamantri Anchal Amrit Yojana- free milk scheme
for anganwadi children.
 West Bengal –launched- Yuvashree Arpan scheme -financially
assisting young entrepreneurs.
JUNE

 Bihar launched Mukhyamantri Vriddha Pension Yojna in which poor

people above the age of 60 years will get Rs 400 per month & above
the age of 80 years will get Rs. 500 per month.
 Punjab –launched- health insurance scheme “Sarbat Sehat Bima
Yojana (SSBY)” to provide annual health cover of Rs. 5 lakh per family
to 43.18 lakh families of Punjab.
 West Bengal Government launched a crop insurance scheme, Bangla
Shashya Bima (BSB) for the 2019 'Kharif' season.
 Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu -is set to launch its flagship
universal health insurance scheme named “Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana
(SSBY)”.
LAUNCHES/INAUGURATIONS
JANUARY
 ISRO- launched-platform“Samwad with Students” (SwS)- to engage

youngsters- to capture their scientific temperament.
 Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched-National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in New
Delhi.
 Odisha - Jiban Sampark project - for the welfare of the Particularly
Vulnerable Tribal Groups.
FEBRUARY
 Ashwini Kumar Choubey launched National Programme to Eliminate Viral

Hepatitis.
 Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation launched Shehri Samridhi
Utsav SWAYATT (Start-ups, Women and Youth Advantage Through
eTransactions)-launched –New Delhi.
 Operation Digital Board launched by HRD Ministry to provide better digital
education.
MARCH
 Maharashtra - launched - ‘Atal Aahar Yojna’ -for construction workers in the

state which will provide good quality food at a highly subsidised rate.
 Odisha - launched - ‘Mukhya Mantri Karigar Sahayata’ for financial
assistance to craftsmen.
APRIL
 Haryana - inaugurated India’s first-of-its-kind ‘Voter Park’ in Vikas Sadan

building complex, Gurugram. MAY Meghalaya –launched- Aroma Mission- to
boost medicinal and aromatic plants cultivation.

JUNE
 Karnataka – inaugurated first solar-powered Gram Panchayat - Amasebailu

in Kundapura Taluk of Udupi district.
 Odisha CM-launch- Flood Hazard Atlas for effective management of flood.
 PM Narenrdra Modi reconstituted NITI Aayog- Rajiv Kumar was retained as
the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog-Click here to read more. Cabinet
Committee on Security (CCS) – approved- to set up the Defence Space
Research Agency (DSRA), a new agency which will develop sophisticated
weapon systems and technologies.
JULY
 Operation Khumaar launched in J&K to make 312 panchayats free from

tobacco
CAMPAIGN
JANUARY
 Web Campaign ‘SĀNJHI –MUJH MEIN KALĀKĀR’ -to document and promote -
Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH).
FEBRUARY
 Punjab govt-“Smart Village Campaign” worth Rs 384.40 crore to build village

infrastructure.
 "Darwaza Band – Part 2" campaign was launched by Swatch Bharat Mission
Grameen.
MARCH
 PM Modi launches ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ campaign.
MAY
 A campaign “Not all animals migrate by choice” - to raise awareness on

illegal wildlife trade.
JUNE
 Go Tribal campaign by Tribes India launched in New Delhi.
JULY

 Union Jal Shakti Minister, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, launched the Jal
Shakti Abhiyan (JSA)- a campaign for water conservation and water security
in New Delhi.
 Uttar Pradesh launched “Dastak Campaign” to eradicate deadly Acute
Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis (JE) disease.
FESTIVAL
JANUARY
 Flamingo Festival-Pulicat Lake in Andhra Pradesh.

 Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival (PPHF)-State Festival-Arunachal Pradesh.
International Kite Festival-Ahmedabad,Gujarat.
 2nd world Orange Festival – Nagpur,Maharashtra.
 National Youth Parliament Festival 2019-NewDelhi-“Be the Voice of New
India” and “Find solutions and contribute to policy”.
 National Youth Parliament Festival 2019-New Delhi-themed “Be the Voice of
New India” and “Find solutions and contribute to policy”.
 1st one day Turtle Festival in Puri-Odisha.
 Women of India Organic Festival- Chandigarh.
 4th International Kite Festival and 2nd International Sweet Festival -
Hyderabad, Telangana.
FEBRUARY
 Boori Boot Yollo festival celebrated Nyishi tribe in Arunachal Pradesh. Kala
ghoda festival-KAGF, India’s largest multi-cultural street festival - in
Mumbai,Maharashtra.
 World Count festival 2019- Pune, Maharashtra.
APRIL
 Rongali Bihu, also known as ‘Bohaag Bihu’-celeberated in Assam.

 To spread peace and brotherhood - a music and poetry festival titled
‘Jashn-e-Ittihaad’ was held in New Delhi.
MAY
 Brahmakalashothsava festival 2019- celeberated in Karnataka.
JUNE
 Annual festival of Kheer Bhawani Mela on Zeasht Ashtami was celebrated

in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
 23rd Sindhu Darshan Festival 2019 celebrated at Sindhu Ghat Shey in
Leh,Jammu and Kashmir.

 Elephanta festival held on Elephanta-Gharapuri (island), Mumbai to

promote tourism and culture in Maharashtra.
JULY
 J&K celebrated Annual Chamliyal Mela. World famous Jagannath Rath

Yatra 2019(also known as Chariot Festival) –Celebrated - in Puri, Odisha.
Overview Of Economic Survey 2018-19
 Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
presented the Economic Survey 2018-19. It was prepared by the Chief
Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian. It had a cover page in
skyblue colour.
Highlights of the Economic Survey 2018-19
 Sustained real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 8% is needed

for a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25.
 National Total Fertility Rate expected to be below replacement rate by
2021.Working age population to grow by roughly 9.7mn per year during
2021-31 and 4.2mn per year during 2031-41.
 93.1% of households have access to toilets. 96.5% of those with access to
toilets are using them in rural India.
 ‘National level dashboard’ under the Ministry of Labour & Employment for
regular notifications on minimum wages, proposed by the Survey.
 Growth of GDP moderated to 6.8% in 2018-19 from 7.2% in 2017-18.
 Fiscal deficit of the Central Government declined from 3.5% of GDP in
2017-18 to 3.4% in 2018-19.
 The survey projects GDP to grow at 7% in 2019-20.
 Kerala and Himachal Pradesh are the front runners with a score of 69
amongst states.
 Chandigarh and Puducherry are the front runners with a score of 68 and
65 respectively among the UTs in Sustainable Development Goal The
telecom industry’s contribution to GDP is estimated to reach 8.2% by
2020.
 The services sector growth declined marginally to 7.5% in 2018-19.
Government expenditure on Health increased to 1.5% in 2018-19 from
1.2% in 2014-15. About 1.54 crore houses completed under Pradhan
Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).
Overview of Union Budget 2019-20

 On July 5, 2019, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala
Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha. She broke
away from the tradition when she replaced the conventional leather briefcase
with a bright red cloth bag to carry the Budget papers to the Parliament
House. “Gaon, Garib and Kisan” (Village, Poor and Farmer) was the centre of
all policies of the Modi 2.0 Government.
 Total expenditure for 2019-20 is budgeted at Rs 2,786,349 crore
(US$ 417.95 billion), an increase of 14.09 per cent from 2018-19
(budget estimates).
 India target to become US$ 5 trillion economy in the next five
years and might become a US$ 10 trillion economy in the next
eight years thereafter.
 The Indian economy grew at 6.8 per cent in 2018-19 and fourth
quarter growth slumped to 5.8 per cent which was a 17 per cent
quarter low.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
FIRST IN THE WORLD
JANUARY
 IOHR launched - world’s first television channel - human rights in London.
MARCH
 China’s Shanghai - world’s first district with 5G coverage and a broadband

gigabit network.
 Oslo - first city in the world to introduce Wireless Electric Car Charging
Stations.
APRIL
 Japan creates world's 1st artificial crater on asteroid. World’s first Malaria
vaccine RTS,S is also known as Mosquirix launched in Malawi. Helium
hydride ion (HeH+) : Universe's first molecule, formed 14 billion years ago,
detected in space. China develops -world's first armed amphibious drone
boat 'Marine Lizard'.
 Russia - tests World’s First Floating Nuclear Power Plant named ‘Akademik
Lomonosov’.
 London - first city to implement 24×7 pollution charge zone Emirates Islamic,
a bank in Dubai, - world’s first Islamic bank to launch banking via WhatsApp.
MAY
 UK Parliament-first national government to pass an Environment and Climate

Emergency.
 Senegal’s lawmakers - approves the removal of the prime minister’s position.
 US government - released first of its kind “Global Health Security Strategy”-
to prevent, detect and respond to threats from infectious diseases.
 Australian flight carrier, Qantas- world’s first zero-waste flight .
 Taiwan - first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage India - elected
to Executive Board of first UN-Habitat Assembly World’s first exclusive
women’s cricket magazine “CRICZONE” released- Smriti Mandhana featured
as the cover story.
LONGEST,LARGEST,HIGHEST:
FEBRUARY

 Thiruvananthapuram - host Attukal Pongala festival, world’s largest religious

congregation of women.
MARCH
 The Israeli cave explorers discovered the world’s longest cave named
Malham near the Dead sea, beating the record-holder in Iran. World’s
largest e-waste recycling hub opened at the Dubai Industrial Park, Dubai.
 Tesla has developed its ‘largest power storage system in Asia’ at Osaka train
station in Japan.
 Integral Coach Factory of Chennai became the world’s largest rail coach
manufacturer APRIL World's largest airplane "Roc" has made its first test
flight over California
MAY
 Japan – test’s- ALFA-X version of its fastest-ever Shinkansen bullet

train(400 km per hour (249 mph)).
 Russia launched - world's largest nuclear-powered icebreaker 'Ural' at the
Baltic Shipyard in St Petersburg.
JUNE
 World’s largest multi-stage, multi-purpose scheme Kaleshwaram Lift

Irrigation Project inaugurated in Telangana- worth Rs 80,000 crore.
JULY
 World’s largest burn and plastic surgery institute named Sheikh Hasina
National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute, inaugurated in Dhaka,
Bangladesh
OTHER INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:
JANUARY
 Macedonia renamed - as the Republic of Northern Macedonia.

 Palestine - took over the Chair of the Group of 77 (G-77) for 2019 from
Egypt.
 National drink of Pakistan-Sugarcane juice.
FEBRUARY
 WHO says Measles cases nearly doubled in 2018.

 President Bashir declares year-long state of emergency in Sudan.

MARCH
 Kazakhstan renames its capital Astana as Nursultan after ex-president

Nursultan Nazarbayev.
APRIL
 Japan has unveiled its New Imperial Era name called "Reiwa".
 Indonesia released a special stamp on the theme of Ramayana -70th
anniversary of - diplomatic ties between India and Indonesia.
 WHO issued- Children under 5 year should not be allowed more than one
hour of “sedentary screen time” per day.
MAY
 UNSC -designated Jaish-E-Mohammed Leader Masood Azhar As A Global

Terrorist.
 UAE launched ‘golden card’ permanent residency scheme World Health
Organization - declared Algeria and Argentina as malaria-free countries.
JUNE
 El Salvador Legislative Assembly Declares “Forests as Living Entities”

 Estonia, Niger, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia, Vietnam elected
to UNSC as Nonpermanent Members
 First Arctic train service launched by Russia
 Facebook confirmed the launch of cryptocurrency ‘Libra’ in 2020
 Saudi Arabia became the first Arab country to get Financial Action Task
Force (FATF) membership
 Mexico became the first country to ratify the trade deal to replace
NAFTA.
JULY
 Japan officially resumes commercial whaling after more than 30 years.

 World Health Organization(WHO) –launched- first guideline on self-care
interventions for health named “WHO Consolidated Guideline on Self-
Care Interventions for Health”- by 2030, there will be shortage of 18
million health workers.
 Iran breached enriched Uranium Stockpile limit set by 2015 nuclear
deal.
 Sri Lanka inaugurated its first model village built with Indian assistance
at Ranidugama in Gampaha. Sharjah issues its first Golden card visa
to an Indian Lalu Samuel, Chairman of Kingston Holdings.

 Saudi Arabia adopts Digital India &‘equality of women’ motto for Haj
2019. 2 apps namely “Indian Haj Information System” app introduced
to receive grievances and feedback from Hajis to improve the service.
Another app: e-MASIHA (Medical Assistance System for Indian-Hajis
abroad) is also launched to store pilgrim’s health information &medical
history.


VISIT
INDIAN VISIT
JANUARY
Overview Of Norwegian PM H.E.Ms.Erna Solberg Three Day Visit To India
 Norwegian P.M. Erna Solberg inaugurated the Indo-Norwegian Business

Summit 2019 in NewDelhi
 She inaugurates green compound at Royal Norwegian Embassy.
 India and Norway signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the
establishment of the Joint Task Force on Blue Economy, in order to promote
multi-sectoral cooperation in various aspects of Blue Economy.
 India and Norway agreed to collaborate closely on the ocean economy and
achieve the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), while also vowing
to step up cooperation in combating terrorism.
 She addressed 4th edition of the Raisina Dialogue, India’s flagship annual
geopolitical and geostrategic conference in New Delhi themed “A World
Reorder: New Geometries; Fluid Partnerships; Uncertain Outcomes”.
Overview of P.M Narendra Modi’s Day Long Visit To Andaman & Nicobar
Island
 PM Modi also inaugurated the Industrial Training Institute at Arong and a

Modern Sports Complex in Car Nicobar.
 He released a commemorative postal stamp, 75 rupees coin, and First Day
Cover.
 He renamed three islands of Andaman and Nicobar.
 The Ross Island was renamed as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep, The
Neil Island would now be known as Shaheed Dweep and
 The Havelock Island as Swaraj Dweep.
Overview of Prime Minister’s a day long visit to Silvassa in Dadra & Nagar
Haveli
 PM Modi inaugurated an “Education Hub” built at a cost of Rs 250 cr and a

bridge on the river Daman Ganga River at a cost of 48 cr.
 He laid foundation stone of first ever Medical College in Silvassa.
 He released IT policy for Dadra and Nagar Haveli - to boost industries and
launched M-Aarogya App.
 Overview of P.M’s Visit to TamilNadu & Kerala PM Modi lays foundation
stone of AIIMS in Madurai,Tamil Nadu.
 He inaugurated Kochi refinery into the largest PSU Refinery in India.

FEBRUARY
Overview of Official Visit Of Monaco’s Prince Albert II To India
 India-Monaco Business Forum held in New Delhi.

 Monaco’s Prince Albert II met President and planted ‘Princess Grace Rose’ in
Mughal Gardens
 Prince Albert II and Prime Minister, Narendra Modi hold talks on bilateral
cooperation in the field of environment, climate change and renewable energy.
Overview of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh
 Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi visited Arunachal Pradesh where he

inaugurated and laid foundation stone for various development projects. The
details of his visit are as follows:
 Development projects worth Rs.4000 crores was unveiled for Arunachal
Pradesh by Prime Minister
 Sela tunnel project was inaugurated in Arunachal Pradesh
 Foundation stone was laid for Greenfield airport in Arunachal Pradesh
by Narendra Modi
 Foundation stone was laid for 7 extra High Voltage Sub-stations and 24
Low Tension Substations in Arunachal Pradesh
 DD ArunPrabha Channel was launched in Itanagar by Prime Minister
 100% household electrification was declared in Arunachal Pradesh by
PM.Click here to read the detailed article.
Overview of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit To Varanasi
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Varanasi,Uttar Pradesh and unveiled

several development projects worth Rs. 3350.
 PM Narendra Modi flaged off first ever diesel-to-electric converted locomotive
in Varanasi.
 Prime Minister,Narendra Modi inaugurated Virtual Experiential Museum (VEM)
under Archeological Survey of India, Man – Mahal,in the bank of the River
Ganges.
 PM Narendra Modi inaugurated supercomputer ‘Param Shivay’ at IIT-BHU.
 The supercomputer of 833 teraflop capacity built at the cost of Rs 32.5 crore.
 He unveiled statue of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya along with Murals of
Varanasi Ghats.He also dedicated first New Bhabhatron with precision
technology.
Overview Of Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri 3-Day Visit To India

 Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri, accompanied by senior government

officials and a business delegation, arrived in New Delhi.
 Argentina became the 72nd country to sign the Framework Agreement of
the International Solar Alliance (ISA).
 India and Argentina Monday agreed to expedite signing of the Bilateral
Investment Treaty (BIT)and the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
(DTAA) between the countries to promote economic ties.
 India-Argentina Business Forum in New Delhi.
Overview Of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s First Visit to

India
 Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, paid his first visit to
India.
 Indian cos, including TCS, Wipro, sign 15 pacts to invest in Saudi Arabia.
 India and Saudi Arabia to hold security talks at NSA level.
 Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman talks of $100b investment, shares
India’s concerns on terrorism.
 Release of 850 Indian prisoners and increase in the Haj Pilgrims quota.
MARCH
PM Narendra Modi Visited Amethi in UP
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Amethi in Uttar Pradesh to address

a public meeting and lay the foundation stone of an Ordnance factory
unit in Amethi. He also inaugurated an IndoRussian joint venture (JV)
Indo-Russian Rifles Pvt Ltd,that will manufacture the new Kalashnikov
AK-203 rifle in Korwa, near Amethi (UP).
Overview of Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Gujarat
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a 2 day visit to Gujarat.

 PM Modi launched ‘One Nation, One Card’ for transport mobility in
Ahmedabad. It is first of this kind scheme in India.
 He launched PM Shram Yogi Maan-dhan Yojana (PM-SYM) in
Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
 It is a pension scheme specially for empowering the workers in
unorganized sector.
 He inaugurated the 1st phase of Ahmedabad Metro train service. The
train will connect Vastral to Apparel park area which is 6.5km stretch.

 He launched SWAGAT – the Automatic Fare Collection Gating System by

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) as part of the inaugural of Phase I of the
Ahmedabad Metro.Click here to read the entire article.
Overview of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit to Tamil Nadu and

Karnataka
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Kalaburagi in Karnataka and

Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu where he launched various development
projects. He dedicated the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)
Hospital and Medical College, Bengaluru to the nation, through the unveiling
of the plaque.
Overview of PM Narendra Modi’s Visit to Uttar Pradesh
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a visit to Kanpur, Ghaziabad and

Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
 PM Laid Foundation stone for two thermal power plants . one at Khurja,
Uttar Pradesh and other at Buxar, Bihar.
 Foundation stone of Kashi Vishwanath Temple Corridor laid by PM
 PM reiterates his government’s commitment to provide house to all
homeless persons by 2022.
JUNE
Overview of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev’s visit to India
 Mr. Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and
Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District along
with his delegation visited India from 15-19 June 2019.
 He met Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi and discussed
ways to strengthen ties between the two nations and Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s visit to Vladivostok for the EEF.
 He met National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in New Delhi & they agreed
to work together to promote their bilateral economic engagement in the
Russian Far East.
 He met Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan in
New Delhi.
 They discussed issues related to energy cooperation between the two
countries.Click here to read more.
JULY
Overview of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Varanasi, UP

 PM unveiled the statue of former Prime Minister Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri at
the Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Varanasi, UP.
 PM launched a tree plantation drive at Harahua primary school in Anand
Kanan forest on the Panch Kosi Marg by planting a sapling.
 He also visited the Virtual Experiential Museum at Man Mahal, situated on the
banks of theGanges near the iconic Dashashwamedh Ghat, Varanasi.
FOREIGN VISIT
FEBRUARY
Overview of External Affairs Minister’s Visit To Bulgaria, Morocco And

Spain
 External Affairs Minister, Smt. Sushma Swaraj undertook a 4-day visit to

Bulgaria, Morocco and Spain from 16th to 19th February 2019 as part of
India’s efforts to strengthen ties with these countries and expand avenues of
cooperation.
2-day visit to Bulgaria
 First ever visit of an Indian External Affairs Minister to Bulgaria.

 She paid floral tribute at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the South Park
in Sofia.
Kingdom of Morocco
 First-ever visit to the Kingdom of Morocco.
4 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)s
 Setting up of Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism,

 Cooperation in Housing and Human Settlement,
 Reciprocal facilitation of procedures for issue of Business Visa and
 Cooperation in Youth Matters.
Spain
 Spanish Government conferred - prestigious Grand Cross of the Order of

Civil Merit for
 India’s swift response through Operation Maitri in rescuing 71
Spanish nationals.. Overview Of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Two Day
Visit To South Korea
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a 2-day visit to South
Korea or Republic of Korea(ROK) on the invitation of President Moon
Jae-in.

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the India-South Korea Business

Symposium in Seoul and he launched the India-Korea Startup Hub.
 ‘Startup Grand Challenge’ was also launched,which focus on the issues
related to cyber threat, analytics & rural healthcare.
 The State Bank of India(SBI) & Mahindra Rise will provide mentoring,
pilot opportunities & financial support to the winners of this challenge.
The seminar was organized with respect to the South Korean President
Moon Jae-in’s “New Southern Policy” (NSP) which strengthens the
country’s economic and strategic relations with India and countries of
Southeast Asia.
 Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi
at Yonsei University in Seoul.
 PM gifts a Bodhi tree sapling to Mayor of Gimhae Heo Seong gon as a
mark of close ties between the South Korea and India.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with Seoul peace prize in
the 14th Edition of Seoul Peace Prize Ceremony.
 6 MoU’s were signed in the area of commercialising ideas, technologies
and designs of start-up companies, to continue operations of Korea Plus
organisation that facilitates investments by Korean companies in India.
Overview of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visit to Bhutan
 External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar visited Bhutan from 7th to 8th
June, 2019. This was his first two-day trip after assuming charge of the
Ministry of External Affairs. He holds talks on issues of mutual interest
on the development partnership, the upcoming high-level exchanges,
economic development, and hydro-power cooperation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Visit to Maldives and Sri Lanka
 Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi visited the Republic of Maldives

on June 8-9, 2019 at the invitation of Mr. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih,
President of the Republic of Maldives to strengthen the bilateral ties,
reflecting the importance India attached to its 'Neighbourhood First'
policy.
 6 Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) were signed between
Maldives and India.
 NCGG and Maldives Civil Services Commission signed MOU on Training
and Capacity Building.
 PM Modi and President Solih inaugurated India-built Coastal Surveillance
Radar Syste PM addressed Maldives Parliament.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with the Maldives’ highest
honour “Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen” by the President of Maldives. “The

Most Honourable Order of the Distinguished Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen”

is the Maldives’ highest honour accorded to foreign dignitaries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit to Sri Lanka
 PM Modi met Sri Lankan President Sirisena

 PM stressed on close economic and strategic cooperation
 Discussion on the expansion of economic relations
Overview Of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit To Kyrgyzstan
 On June 13, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Bishkek,

Kyrgyzstan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
summit 2019. It was the first multilateral engagement after his re-
election.
 Prime Minister Modi, Kyrgyzstan President Jeenbekov jointly inaugurated
India-Kyrgyz Business Forum.
 India and Kyrgyzstan signed 15 Agreements.
 India granted 200 million dollar line of credit to Kyrgyzstan.
 PM called for global efforts to eliminate terrorism India, Kyrgyzstan
prepared 5-year road map to increase bilateral trade.
 Kyrgyzstan President gifted Traditional Hat and Coat to PM Modi India
and Uzbekistan explored joint economic projects ahead of SCO Summit.
MARCH
Overview of Vice President’s 2 Nation visit to Paraguay and Costa Rica
Vice President on a 2 day visit to Paraguay:
 This was the first high level visit from India to Paraguay since the
establishment of diplomatic relations in 1961.
 He attended India-Paraguay Business Forum which will form basis for
economic growth by boosting business opportunities between the two
countries.
 Vice President unveiled a special commemorative postage stamp on
Mahatma Gandhi.
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu’s visit to Costa Rica:
 This was the first ever high level visit from India.
 Vice President also conferred and honorary doctorate by the University
of Peace founded by the United Nations for his contributions “to the
Rule of Law, democracy and sustainable development in India”.
 Vice President addressed India-Costa Rica Business Forum.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj 2-day visit to Maldives
 India and Maldives held bilateral ties.

 Maldives has also reaffirmed its “India-First Policy” to work efficiently
with India.
 India to establish Cricket stadium in Maldives.
 India and Maldives signed an agreement and 2 Memorandums of
Understanding to collaborate in the field of energy efficiency and
renewable energy.
 Plaque of renovated Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Maldives An
Agreement was signed between Export Import Bank of India (EXIM)
and Maldives Finance Ministry for line of credit (LOC) of $800 million to
finance the infrastructure projects of the new government in Maldives.
An Overview Of President Ram Nath Kovind Visit To Croatia

President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind visited Croatia as the part
of his 3-nation visit along with a high level delegations from 25-28
March 2018. He became the first President to visit Croatia and
Bolivia. He visited Bolivia from 28-30 March and his last destination
of 3-nation visit is Chile.
 India and Croatia signed 4 pacts in Culture, Tourism and Sports
sectors Ram Nath Kovind addressed the Croatian-Indian Economic
Forum in Zagreb President Ram Nath Kovind, during his official visit
to Croatia, was conferred with Croatia’s highest civilian order, the
Grand Order of the King of Tomislav.
 President Ram Nath Kovind on his visit to Croatia has announced to
gift a sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi to mark the 150 birth anniversary
of the Father of the Nation.
APRIL
Ram Nath Kovind’s 3-Day Visit To Bolivia
 President Ram Nath Kovind was on a visit of Bolivia from 28th to

30th March, 2019.This is the first visit by an Indian President to
Bolivia.
 Ram Nath Kovind adressed the Bolivia-India Business Forum
 India offered US $100 Million to Bolivia for Financial development
 India and Bolivia sign 8 MoUs in Various Fields
 India leverages its way to Bolivian Lithium Reserves
 Bolivia joins International Solar Alliance India, Bolivia call for
Finalisation of CCIT

 President Ram Nath Kovind conferred with Highest State Honour of

Bolivia President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the plaque of
Mahatma Gandhi Hall
 President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presented Punjab’s Phulkari
embroidery to President of Bolivia, Evo Morales Ayma during his
second leg of visit to Bolivia.
President Ram Nath Kovind Visit To Chile
 President Shri Ram Nath Kovind, reached Santiago, Chile in the

evening of 30th March, 2019.This was the final leg of his visit to three
nations – Croatia, Bolivia and Chile.
 Bilateral talks between India and Chile.
 Ram Nath Kovind addressed India-Chile Business Forum
 India and Chile signed 3 MoUsIndia and Chile agreed to strengthen
global response to defeat terroris
 Ram Nath Kovind addressed Students at University of Chile On
Gandhi’s Life
 Ram Nath Kovind visited Pablo Neruda Museum
 Ram Nath Kovind paid Floral Tribute to Mahatma Gandhi in Chile
 Ram Nath Kovind reviewed Guard of Honour.
MAY
Nirmala Sitharaman reached Kyrgyzstan for Defence Ministers' Meet and

held bilateral meetings
 Nirmala Sitharaman, the current Defence Minister of India was on a 3-

day visit to attend the SCO meet and to hold bilateral meetings with
the member-countries on the summit's sidelines.
 The first joint exercise of SCO was conducted by Central Military
Commission of Russia at Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk. It involved logical
level operations in an international counter insurgency or counter
terrorism environment under the SCO Charter.
 The SCO, widely regarded as the "alliance of the East" was founded at
a summit in Shanghai in 2001 by the presidents of Russia, China,
Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Headquarters of SCO lies in Beijing, China.
M Venkaiah Naidu, India's Vice President conducted a 4-day

official visit to Vietnam to enhance the bilateral ties

 India's Vice President went on a 4-day official visit to the Southeast

Asian nation. He was invited by H.E. Ms. Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, Vice
President of Vietnam.
 M Venkaiah Naidu participated in the 16th United Nations Day of
Vesak at Tam Chuc pagoda in Ha Nam, Vietnam’s northern province.
After the Vice-President's arrival in Hanoi, Vietnam’s Capital, he
addressed the Indian
 Community at a reception hosted by the Ambassador of India.
 The theme of the event was "Buddhist Approach to Global Leadership
and Shared Responsibilities for Sustainable Societies."
 Since the last 3 years, a dedicated team of Archaeological Survey of
India has been working in Vietnam for the preservation and
restoration of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of MySon in Vietnam.
 Naidu also met the Indian community and Vietnamese beneficiaries of
the Jaipur Foot Artificial Limb Fitment Camp which was organized in
Vietnam under the initiative termed 'India for Humanity'. It was
launched to celebrate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma
Gandhi.
 Vietnam is India's vital trade partner and in 2018, the bilateral trade
amounted to nearly 14$ billion. This value shows doubling from 7.8$
billion before 3 years.
JULY
Overview Of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Visit To Japan To

Attend The G20 Summit 2019, Osaka, Japan
 G20 (Group of 20) Summit 2019 was held at the International

Exhibition Center, Osaka, Japan on June 28-29, 2019. It was the
14th meeting of the G20.2020 G20 Summit will be held in the city of
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
 Suresh Prabhu attended G20 Sherpa meet in Japan.
 Ahmedabad and Kobe exchanged Letter of Internet for Sister City
Partnership.
 Modi, Trump, Abe held 2nd ‘JAI’ trilateral meet
 RIC Trilateral Meet

SUMMITS/CONFERENCE IN NEWS
Name of Place Facts about the
Summit/Conference Summit/conference
JANUARY
9th edition of Vibrant Gandhinagar, Gujarat Theme:“Shaping a new
Gujarat Summit India”..
2nd World Integrated Goa The theme for the forum
Medicine Forum 2019 is “Regulatory
collaborations, Converging
on minimum regulatory &
legal standards,
Advancing safety and
quality standards,
Regulatory trend towards
standardization and
minimizing complexity,
Recognizing homeopathy
as distinct holistic medical
system and Veterinary
homeopathy”.
Agri-Vision 2019 Hyderabad, Telangana The conference was jointly
conference on ‘envisioning organized by the Professor
Agro-solutions for smart Jayashankar Telangana
and Sustainable State Agricultural
Agriculture” University (PJTSAU),
Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII) and Cornell
University, USA.
Indian Science Congress Lovely Professional The theme of 106th
(ISC)- 2019’ University Jalandhar, edition of ISC-2019, is:
Punjab ‘Future India: Science and
Technology’.
2nd Regional Conference Mumbai, Maharashtra
on “Deendayal Disabled
Rehabilitation Scheme
(DDRS)”
25th edition of the CII Mumbai, Maharashtra Theme `New India: Rising
Partnership Summit 2019 to Global Occasions‘.
Global Aviation Summit Mumbai, Maharashtra It is organised by Ministry
(GAS) 2019 of Civil Aviation in
association with Airport
Authority of India (AAI)
and Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce
and Industry (FICCI) .
25th International New Delhi The theme of the

conference and exhibition exhibition is “Next Gen

on terrestrial and satellite Broadcasting in the IT
broadcasting, BES EXPO World”. The Exhibition was
2019 concluded on 19th
January 2019.
India-Norway Business New Delhi
Summit 2019
Global Skill Summit 2019 Ranchi, Jharkhand The theme of the Summit
was: ‘Skilling Youth,
Enabling Youth’
15th Pravasi Bharatiya Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh Theme- “Role of Indian
Diwas convention Diaspora in building New
India”.He released 2
books ,“Kashi: The
Universe of Crafts and
Textiles” and “Indian
Textiles: History,
splendor, Grandeur”
5th International Dam Bhubaneshwar, Odisha The conference was a part
Safety Conference 2019 of the Dam Rehabilitation
and Improvement Project
(DRIP).
World Government Dubai, United Arab Theme: ‘Technology for
Summit Emirates (UAE) development’.
2nd ASEAN – India Youth Guwahati Theme - "Connectivity :
Summit Pathway to Shared
Prosperity"
4th Agri Leadership Ganaur, Sonipat district, Theme -“Entrepreneurship
Summit 2019 Haryana & Agri Business; Agri
Allied – A Promising
Sector and Agri Service-
Direct Marketing”
Fourth edition of Hyderabad The theme for the
International Spice conference 2019 is
Conference ‘Challenges of Change,
Redefining the Value
Chain’.
16th edition of BioAsia Hyderabad,Telangana The theme of the
2019 conference was “Life
Sciences 4.0 – Disrupt the
Disruption”
8th World CSR Congress Mumbai, Maharashtra Theme -"Sustainable
Development Goals
(SDGs)"
13th edition of New Delhi The theme of PROTECH-
International Oil & Gas 2019 was “Shaping the
Conference & Exhibition New Energy World

‘PETROTECH-2019 through Innovation &

Collaboration”.
World Sustainable New Delhi Theme-"Attaining the
Development Summit 2030 Agenda: delivering
(WSDS) 2019 on our promise".
MARCH
North Korea – United Hanoi, Vietnam The meeting was held
States Hanoi Summit between North Korean
Leader Kim Jong-un and
US President Donald
Trump.
National conference on New Delhi Department of
“Deendayal Disabled Empowerment of Persons
Rehabilitation Scheme” with Disabilities (DEPwD),
(DDRS) Ministry of Social Justice
and Empowerment has
organized the conference.
APRIL
Second edition of Belt and Beijing, China Theme - “Belt and Road
Road Forum (BRF) Cooperation: Shaping a
Brighter Shared Future”.
First Global Conference on Copenhagen, Denmark It is summoned by (UN
Synergies between the DESA) the UN Department
2030 Agenda and Paris of Economic and Social
Agreement Affairs and the (UN FCCC)
United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate
Change.
17th edition of World Dead Sea,Jordan
Economic Forum on the
Middle East and North
Africa
5th Asia Pacific Kathmandu, Nepal Theme - “Media Solutions
Broadcasting Union (ABU) for Sustainable Future:
Media Summit on Climate Saving Lives, Building
Action and Disaster Resilient Communities”
Preparedness
Global Water Summit London, US National Mission for Clean
Ganga or Namami Gange
which is India's flagship
programme, was
presented, with the 'Public
Water Agency of the Year'
award by Global Water
Intelligence.
14th CII-EXIM Bank New Delhi India is one of the top
conclave on India-Africa trading partners of

Project Partnership Guinea.Prime Minister of

Guinea, Dr Ibrahima
Kassory Fofana arrived in
New Delhi for addressing
the conclave.
G20 summit 2020 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia This will be the first G20
meeting in the Arab world
and the 15th meeting of
the G20.
MAY
Conference on Dialogue of Beijing, China The theme of the event
Asian Civilizations was "Exchanges and
Mutual Learning among
Asian Civilizations and a
Community with a Shared
Future.” The theme of the
forum was "Asian Values
for the World". The Forum
on Global Influence of
Asian Civilizations is
organized by the National
Radio and Television
Administration of the
People’s Republic of China
2nd Shanghai Cooperation Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan It is a 4-day forum
Organization (SCO) Mass inaugurated by the
Media Forum President of Kyrgyz
Republic, S. Jeenbeko
held from May 23-26 May,
2019. The Indian
delegation was
represented by the
Ministry of Information
and Broadcasting which
included TVK Reddy, Addl.
Director General and
Ankur Lahoty, Asst.
Director.
6th Session of the biennial Geneva, Switzerland Theme, 'Resilience
Global Platform for (DDR) Dividend: Towards
Disaster Risk Reduction Sustainable and Inclusive
(GP2019) Societies'.It is co-chaired
by Switzerland and
UNISDR
Ocean Conference 2020 Lisbon, Portugal Theme - “Scaling up
ocean action based on
science and innovation for
the implementation of

Goal 14: stocktaking,

partnerships and
solutions.” It will be
cohosted by the
Governments of Portugal
and Kenya
Second Urban 20 (U20) Tokyo, Japan The themes of the summit
Mayors summit were Climate Action,
Circular Economy, Social
Inclusion and Integration,
Sustainable Economic
Growth and Gender
Equality.
JUNE
2nd Global Disability Buenos Aires, Argentina The objectives of the
Summit summit were to deliberate
on issues across the world
concerning empowerment
and inclusion of Persons
with Disabilities (PwDs)
for enabling them to live
an independent and
dignified life.
32nd edition of Hyderabad, Telangana The Ministry of Agriculture
International Seed Testing and Farmers’ Welfare and
Association (ISTA) the Telangana
Congress government have jointly
hosted the event which is
being held for the first
time in South Asia
14th session of the New Delhi, India India will take over the
Conference of Parties COP presidency from
(COP-14) of United China for the next two
Nations Convention to years till 2021 until the
Combat Desertification next COP.
12th session of New York Mrs Shakuntala Doley
Conference of States Gamlin, Secretary,
Parties to the Convention Department of
to Rights of Persons with Empowerment of Persons
Disabilities (CRPD) 2019 with Disabilities (DEPwD)
under Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment
participated in the
conference.
16th Edition of Asia Media Siem Reap province, It was inaugurated by the
Summit (AMS) 2019 Cambodia Prime Minister of
Cambodia, Samdech Hun
Sen. AMS was held under

the topic “Media

Digitalization Focusing on
Developing Markets” and
it gave a call to fight
against fake news and
cyber-crimes. It was
organized by Cambodian
Ministry of Information in
collaboration with the
Asia-Pacific Institute for
Broadcasting Development
(AIBD).
COMMITTEES & MEETING IN NEWS

Name of Place Facts about the summit
Meeting/Committee /conference
MEETINGS HELD
JANUARY
World Economic Forum Davos-Klosters, Theme of the event was
Annual Meeting-2019 Switzerland “Globalization 4.0:
Shaping a Global
Architecture in the Age of
the Fourth Industrial
Revolution”.
4th edition of the Raisina New Delhi Theme- “A World
Dialogue Reorder: New
Geometries; Fluid
Partnerships; Uncertain
Outcomes”.
First ever India-Central Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Asia Dialogue
FEBRUARY
6th meeting of the Mission NewDelhi The meeting headed by
Steering Group of the Ashwini Kumar Choubey
National Health Mission
(NHM)
Indian Ocean Rim NewDelhi The meeting held in
Association meeting collaboration of Ministry
of Home Affairs with the
Ministry of External
Affairs and National
Disaster Management

Authority (NDMA) solely

based on Disaster Risk
Management.
India-US CEO Forum and NewDelhi The meeting held in
IndiaUS Commercial NewDelhi. Four MoUs
Dialogue were signed during this
meeting.
5th Island Development NewDelhi To review the progress
Agency (IDA) meeting made towards the
“Holistic development of
islands” program.
33rd GST Council meeting NewDelhi The meet was headed by
Arun Jaitley and attended
by the Finance Ministers
of various States and
Union Territories.
GST shall be levied at
effective GST rate of 5%
without Input Tax Credit
(ITC) on residential
properties outside
affordable segment. GST
shall be levied at effective
GST
of 1% without ITC
2nd Joint Secretary Level Pokhara, Nepal The Meeting will review
meeting the India-Nepal Trade
Treaty.
MARCH
7th Regional Cambodia It was headed by Chutima
Comprehensive Economic Bunyapraphasara, Acting
Partnership (RCEP) Minister of Commerce of
Intersessional Ministerial Thailand and saw
Meeting participation of ministers
from the 16 RCEP
Participating Countries
(RPCs).Union Minister of
Commerce & Industry and
Civil Aviation- Suresh
Prabhu attended the
meeting.
First BRICS (Brazil, Russia, Curitiba, Brazil Indian delegation was led
India, China and South by Secretary in the
Africa) Sherpa meeting Ministry of External
Affairs T S Tirumurti.
BRICS is a group of five
emerging countries:
Brazil, Russia, India,

China and South Africa.

First ever High-Level Jakarta,Indonesia The theme of the HLD
Dialogue on Indo-Pacific was “Towards a Peaceful,
Cooperation (HLD-IPC) Prosperous, and Inclusive
Region”. It was
inaugurated by
Indonesia’s Vice President
Jusuf Kalla.
34th Meeting of the Tashkent, Uzbekistan A joint exercise ‘Sary –
Shanghai Cooperation Arka – Antiterror 2019’
Organisations (SCOs) will be held as decided by
Regional Anti-Terrorist the RATS in the session.
Structure (RATS) The meeting was chaired
by Russia.
9th round of the U.S.-India Washington DC, United Foreign Secretary Vijay
Strategic Security Dialogue States Gokhale led the Indian
delegation and Under
Secretary of State for
Arms Control and
International Security
Andrea Thompson led the
US delegation.
APRIL
21st ASEAN-India Senior New Delhi To improve the
Officials’ Meeting (SOM) connectivity and
strengthen the
cooperation in the
maritime sector between
Indian and the ASEAN
countries. India welcomed
Thailand for its role as
Country Coordinator of
the ASEAN-India dialogue
partnership for the period
2018-2021.
Russian President Vladimir Vladivostok, Russia The aim of this meeting is
Putin and North Korean to break the deadlock
leader Kim Jong Un holds over North Korea’s
first-ever talks nuclear weapons
programme.
IMF’s International Washington, D.C.,U.S G-20 conducted the joint
Monetary and Financial World BankIMF
Committee meeting Development Committee
during the 2019 Annual
Spring Meeting in
Washington, D.C.,U.S.
MAY
Turkmenistan- Ashgabat, Turkmenistan The TAPI gas pipeline

AfghanistanPakistan-India project is expected to be

(TAPI) gas pipeline meeting completed by 2022 in
Pakistan
Regional Comprehensive Bangkok, Thailand The officials from 16
Economic Partnership countries which included
(RCEP) inter-sessional the 10-member ASEAN,
meeting China, Japan, South
Korea, Australia, New
Zealand, and India
participated in this
meeting.
The meeting of Council of Bishkek, the Kyrgyzstan This was India’s second
Foreign Ministers (CFM) of meeting of Council of
Shanghai Cooperation Foreign Ministers (CFM)
Organisation (SCO) after becoming a full
member of SCO.
11th meeting of the joint Canberra, Australia Mahaveer Singhvi, Joint
working group on Secretary (Counter-
counterterrorism between Terrorism) led Indian
India and Australia delegation while Paul
Foley, Australia’s
Ambassador for Counter
Terrorism led Australian
delegation for the
meeting
India, Brazil and South Cochin, Kerala Before IBSA Sherpas
Africa (IBSA) Sherpas meeting, the 9th IBSA
meeting trilateral Ministerial
Meeting was also
concluded at the same
venue.
52nd Annual Meeting of Fiji ADB launched 5$ billion
ADB’s Board of Governors, Action Plan for Healthy
Fiji. Oceans and Sustainable
Blue Economies for the
Asia and Pacific region
14th meeting of the Geneva, Switzerland The theme of the meeting
Conference of the Parties was “Clean Planet,
to the Basel Convention Healthy People: Sound
(BC COP-14), the 9th Management of Chemicals
meeting of the Conference and Waste”.
of the Parties to the
Rotterdam Convention (RC
COP-9) and the 9th
meeting of the Conference
of the Parties to the
Stockholm Convention (SC
COP-9)

72nd session of the World Geneva, Switzerland The theme of this year is
Health Organisation “Universal Health
(WHO)’s World Health Coverage: Leaving no one
Assembly behind”.
India and China Industry Guizhou, China The objective was to
Cooperation Forum create a new chapter in
India-China cooperation
in the new era of the
digital transition.
11th Arctic Council Lappi Areena, Rovaniemi, India was re-elected as
Ministerial Meeting Finland an Observer to Arctic
Council and India
committed to contribute
more to Arctic Council.
India has its Arctic
research station, termed
as ‘Himadri’ in Svalbard,
Norway
G7’s (Group of Metz, France To discuss on steps
Seven)(Britain, Canada, required to handle
France, Germany, Italy, deforestation, plastic
Japan and the United pollution, depletion of
States) coral reefs and ways to
build pacts between the
countries in order to
achieve the target.
5th Conference on Dushanbe, Tajikistan The theme of the 5th
Interaction and Confidence Summit was "Shared
Building Measures in Asia Vision for a Secure and
(CICA) Summit 2019 More Prosperous CICA
Region”. India is a
member of CICA since
1999. Late Prime Minister
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
had participated in the
first CICA Summit held in
2002 in Almaty,
Kazakhstan.
G20 Finance Ministers and Fukuoka, Japan It was one of the 8
Central Bank Governors ministerial meetings
Meet taking place in Japan
before 2019 G20 summit.
The Indian side was led
by Union Minister for
Finance & Corporate
Affairs Nirmala
Sitharaman.
G20 (Group of 20) Karuizawa Prince Hotel The Ministerial Meeting

Ministerial Meeting on (Karuizawa Town, was co-chaired by

Energy Transitions and Nagano), Japan Yoshiaki Harada, Minister
Global Environment for of the Environment,
Sustainable Growth for the Japan and Hiroshige Seko
year 2019 Minister of Economy,
Trade and Industry of
Japan.
G20 Ministerial meeting on Tsukuba city, Ibaraki It is one of the eight
Trade and Digital Economy Prefecture, Japan Ministerial Meetings. The
Indian delegation for G20
Ministerial Meeting was
led by the Union Minister
of Commerce and
Industry &
Railways,Piyush Goyal.
COMMITTEES FORMED
JANUARY
Name of Head Facts about the
Committee/Organization Committee
which formed the
committee
Eight-member expert Former SEBI chairman U To suggest long-term
committee formed by RBI K Sinha solutions for the economic
and financial
sustainability of the MSME
sector.
5-member high-level Nandan Nilekani To suggest measures to
committee formed by RBI strengthen the safety and
security of digital
payments.
11-member working group U.K. Sinha To study the concept of
constituted by the ‘Group Insolvency’ and
Insolvency and Bankruptcy suggest a suitable
board of India (IBBI) framework.
Panel formed by Insurance Praveen Kutumbe To identify domestically
Regulatory Development systematically important
Authority of India (IRDAI) insurers (SIIs) and an
augmented regulatory
framework is logically
established
SEBI has set up a Research Sankar De It will help and analyse
advisory committee(RAC) the new methods of policy
making for the
development of capital
market
FEBRUARY

Central Board of Direct Sanjeev Sharma To look into the matter of

Taxes (CBDT) formed a 4- taxation related pain
member committee points and submit its final
report and
recommendations by mid-
March.
Group of Ministers (GoM) Nitin Patel Favoured 3% on the
affordable housing
category, down from 8%,
has submitted its report
to the GST Council. GST
is currently levied at
12%on premium housing
and 8% on affordable
housing.
Central Board of Indirect The group will consult the
Taxes and Customs (CBIC) stakeholders extensively,
Constituted 3 Working including the Export
Groups Promotion Councils and
relevant wings of the
Ministry of Commerce and
industry and submit their
report within a period of 2
months.
An expert committee Anoop Satpath Committee suggested Rs.
9,750 per month or Rs.
375 per day as National
Minimum Wage (NMW)
for a worker. The Present
NMW is Rs. 4,576
MARCH
Constituted by Reserve Usha Thorat To examine issues related
Bank of India to offshore rupee markets
and recommend policy
measures
Insurance Regulatory and Dinesh Arora, Deputy In order to suggest ways
Development Authority of CEO of NHA for more effective
India (IRDAI) and National implementation of the
Health Authority (NHA) Centre’s Ayushman
have formed a joint Bharat Pradhan Mantri
working group (JWG) Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-
PMJAY).
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice F. M. Kalifullah For the amicable
Ranjan Gogoi, constituted a settlement of Ayodhya’s
three-member mediation Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri
panel Masjid land dispute case
Constituted by Government A. R. Sihag The panel will look into
of India formed Inter- monitoring, sanctioning

ministerial panel. and implementation of

projects under the Rs
10,000-crore Faster
Adoption and
Manufacturing of Electric
Vehicles in India (FAME-
II) programme
Sub-committee of the Shaktikanta Das The meeting was
Financial Stability and discussed by the Markets
Development Council regulator Securities and
(FSDC) Exchange Board of India
(SEBI), insurance
regulator Insurance
Regulatory and
Development Authority
(IRDAI), and pension
fund regulator Pension
Fund Regulatory and
Development Authority
(PFRDA), along with
senior officials of the
finance ministry.
Reserve Bank of India Nandan Nilekani To strengthen digital
(RBI) has appointed 5- payments as well as to
member committee boost financial inclusion
through Financial
Technology.
APRIL
Ministry of Home Affairs Chander Shekhar The tribunal has been
constituted Unlawful formed by Government
Activities (Prevention) after exercising its powers
Tribunal conferred by the sub-
section (1) of section 5 of
the Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act, 1967.
National Green Tribunal Adarsh Kumar Goel To examine the alleged
established a committee erosion of Yamuna
floodplain due to
movement of heavy
vehicles in Sonipat district
in Haryana.
NGT(National Green To enforce a national plan
Tribunal) has formed a to reduce the river
Central Monitoring pollution.
Committee
high-level ‘anti-hijack P.K.Sinha It will have 15 top
panel’ is revamped to officials including
Committee of Secretaries preidentified nominated

on Aircraft Hijack (COSAH) members who can

represent regular
members during their
absence.
Central Works Public M K Sharma For developing a design
Department (CPWD) set up scheme to construct
an expert 8-member buildings and develop
committee infrastructure. The report
has to be submitted to
Director General
Prabhakar Singh within
30 days.
Ministry of Environment, C K Mishra Launched to handle the
Forests and Climate major issue of air-
Change (MOEFCC) formed pollution in India
to implement the National
Clean Air Programme
(NCAP)
Insurance Regulatory and Suresh Mathur In order to review
Development Authority of regulatory framework on
India (IRDAI) set up a 13- micro insurance, and
member committee suggest the steps to be
taken to raise demand for
such products in India by
recommending product
designs with customer-
friendly underwriting,
example, easy premium
payment methods and
simple claims settlement
procedures.
MAY
Ministry of Environment, C. K. Mishra The objective is to reduce
Forest and Climate Change the PM (particulate
(MoEFCC) has constituted a matter) 2.5 and PM 10
committee to implement concentration by 20% to
the National Clean Air 30% in at least 102 cities
Program (NCAP) by 2024
Government-appointed Surjit Bhalla For infrastructure projects
highlevel panel has and people who are
suggested for issuance of declaring undisclosed
‘Elephant Bonds’ income will have to
mandatorily invest half of
that amount in these
securities. The duration of
‘Elephant Bond’ will be
25- years
Securities and Exchange R Khan It has sought the

Board of India (SEBI) comments from the public

constituted panel on this regard till June
suggested significant 14, 2019.
changes to Foreign
Portfolio Investors (FPI)
Regulations
Reserve Bank of India has T. N. Manoharan, Another 6 member Panel
formed 6 member panels Chairman of Canara Bank for housing loan
to strengthen the sale of securitization is headed
stressed corporate assets by Bains and Co. advisor,
Harsh Vardhan
JUNE
Government formed this K. Kasturirangan Committee has submitted
Committee the 484-pages draft
report of National
Education Policy to the
new Union Human
Resource Development
Minister Ramesh
Pokhariyal
Reserve Bank of India Nandan Nilekani Recommended measures
(RBI) like 24×7 RealTime Gross
Settlement (RTGS) and
National Electronic Funds
Transfer (NEFT) facility,
duty-free import of
Pointof-sales(POS)
machines and elimination
of all charges in order to
promote digital payments
in India
National Green Tribunal Adarsh Kumar Goel To look into the needs for
(NGT) further norms to restrict
the use of plastic
packaging of food
products
Central Government Kirit Parikh To review the existing
marketing structure of
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
(LPG). The other
members of the panel
include the former
petroleum secretary GC
Chaturvedi, former Indian
Oil chairman MA Pathan,
IIM Ahmedabad director
Errol D’souza, and a joint
secretary in the

petroleum ministry.C
Central Public Works M K Sharma To prepare a roadmap for
Department (CPWD) implementation of a five-
year "vision document"
(STVD) as directed by
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi. The other members
of the group are C K
Verma, lndu Gural
Chaudhary, Harish
Kumar, Naimuddin,
Manish Kumar and Rajesh
Kumar.
Central Government P K Sinha For coordination among
the Ministry of Petroleum
and Natural Gas(MoPNG),
the Ministry of
Environment and Forest
and Climate
Change(MoEFCC) and the
state governments after a
tug of war between the
two ministries. The panel
formation will help in
speeding up hydrocarbon
exploration-related
clearances.
Commerce and Industry Ramesh Abhishek For ensuring inter-
Minister Piyush Goyal ministerial coordination
on resolving issues
related to e-commerce.
Government Ramesh Chand To revise current series of
Wholesale Price Index
(WPI) with base year
2011- 12 and come up
with a new Producer Price
Index (PPI).
Union ministry of Dr. Surjit S. Bhalla To boost India’s share
commerce and importance in global
merchandise and services
trade. The panel has
recommended to cut
down the corporate tax
rate and to set a target to
double the exports (goods
and services)to $1,000
billion by 2025.
Reserve bank of India Nandan Nilekani Recommended to rope in

(RBI) local retailers and

business correspondents
to act as cash points in
semi-urban centers.These
will act as the primary
source of cash in semi-
urban centers and will
replace ATMs (Automated
Teller Machines).
Reserve bank of India U K Sinha Suggest doubling
(RBI) collateral-free loans for
MSMEs to Rs 20 lakh from
Rs 10 lakh. The panel was
formed to suggest
longterm measures for
the economic and
financial sustainability of
the MSME sector. C
Reserve bank of India U K Sinha On measures for the
(RBI) economic and financial
sustainability of the
MSMEs (Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises). It
recommends the creation
of a distressed asset fund
of Rs 5,000 crore for
small enterprises. The
fund will operate on the
lines of the Textile
Upgradation Fund
Scheme (TUFS).
Securities and Exchange NSE Clearing Ltd To review the current
Board of India (SEBI) framework of margins in
the futures and options
segment
Minister of State for Power 3 member dispute To resolve disputes
and New & Renewable resolution committee with between private solar &
Energy (Independent members M F Farooqui, wind power developers
Charge) R K Singh former Heavy Industry and public sector Solar
Secretary, Anil Swarup, Energy Corporation of
former Coal Secretary India and National
and A K Dubey, former Thermal Power
Sports Secretary Corporation Limited
(NTPC) beyond
contractual agreement.
Central Government has reconstituted eight key Cabinet Committees. These include
-Appointments Committee, Committees on Accommodation, Economic Affairs,
Parliamentary Affairs, Political Affairs, Security, Investment and Growth and

Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development

JULY
Telecom Minister Ravi Aruna Sundararajan To look into the revival
Shankar Prasad plans for Telecom sector
which is under financial
stress. It will review the
issues in the sector and
promote Ease of Doing
Business (EDB).
Prime Minister Narendra Devendra Fadnavis For transforming Indian
Modi agriculture and raising
farmers’ income. It will
suggest policy measures,
attract investments and
raise growth in food
processing.
Reserve Bank of India Tapan Ray To review the regulatory
(RBI) and supervisory
framework for core
investment companies
(CIC).

MOU’s & AGREEMENTS
MOU's with Other Country
MoU between Field

JANUARY
India and Morocco Cooperation in the area of Cyber
Security
India and Denmark Maritime issues
India and Japan Development of Advanced Model Single
Window
In the field of Food Processing Industry
Bilateral Swap Arrangement
India and France Technical bilateral cooperation in the
field of new and renewable energy
India and Swaziland Signing of the TOR provide tax
assistance
India and Maldives Ex-post facto approval for Agreement on
the facilitation of visa arrangements
India and Kuwait For cooperation on the Recruitment of
Domestic Workers
India and SAARC Member Countries To incorporate ‘Standby Swap’
amounting to USD 400 million operated
within the overall size of the facility
India and China For export of Indian tobacco to Chinese
market
India and Nepal Agreed to set up energy banking
mechanism to make use of the surplus
electricity
FEBRUARY
India and Poland In the field of coal mining and clean coal
technologies
India and Norway To fight marine pollution
India and Finland In the field of peaceful uses of outer
space
India and Argentina In the field of Tourism
India and Sri Lanka For the establishment of a business
centre for ICT incubators
India and Saudi Arabia Framework cooperation programme
between Invest India and Saudi Arabia
General Investment Authority (SAGIA).
MARCH
India and the African Union To establish an India-Africa health
sciences collaborative platform which is
focused on improved diagnostics for

diseases which are regional priorities in

India and Africa By training and
strengthening capacity of health
professionals, researchers, regulators
and industry staff.
India and Indonesia Combating illicit trafficking in narcotic
drugs, psychotropic substances and its
precursors
India and Maldives For implementing the visa facilitation
agreement. The new agreement
provides a very liberal visa regime for
Maldivian nationals to visit India for
tourism, business, education and
medical purposes and vice versa.
India and Austria Cooperation in the Road Infrastructure
Sector
India and Germany Cooperation in the field of Occupational
Safety and Health
India and the UK Cooperation in Weather and Climate
Sciences
India and Sweden To increase cooperation on Anti-
microbial resistance (AMR)
APRIL
India and Denmark In the field of Renewable energy
India and Republic of Korea To issue jointly Postage Stamp
India and Brazilin In the area of Biotechnology
India and Cambodia In the field of Communications
India and Croatia They signed 4 pacts in Culture, Tourism
and Sports sectors
India and Chile They signed 3 MoUs in the fields of
mining, culture and empowerment of
persons with disabilitiesq
MAY
India and United Kingdom To strengthen their ties in the field of
Indo-Pacific cooperation, climate
change, disaster resilience
India, Japan signed a Tripartite Pact with To develop "East Container Terminal
Sri Lanka (ECT)" in the Port of Colombo.
India and China For exportation of Indian chilli meal to
China
JUNE
India & Portugal To set up maritime museum near
ancient Harappans civilization at Lothal
in Gujarat
India and Marshall Islands Exchange of Information with respect to
taxes
India and Costa Rica In the field of Biotechnology

India and Bolivia In the field of Railways

India and Finland In the field of cyber security
India and Russia In the field of Railways
India and Thailand In the field of Astronomy
India and Kyrgyzstan In the field of Research Work on Biology
and Medicine
In the field of legal metrology
Signing and ratification of investment
treaty between IndiaKyrgyzstan
In the field of Health
JULY
India and Maldives In the Health Sector
In the field of ferry services
MOU’S – States Wise
State MoU with Field/Purpose

FEBRUARY
Sikkim Microsoft In order to improve the
education system
UNICEF in Maharashtra Goa Women and Child Discussion was held on
Development “Key challenges around
child protection in Goa” at
a training programme on
Integrated Child
Protection Scheme(ICPS).
MARCH
Government of Telangana Ola To support the
government’s initiative to
implement smart solutions
to enhance mobility
experience further
strengthening traffic
infrastructure in
Hyderabad.
MOU’s Between Organizations

Organization MoU with Field/Purpose

JANUARY
International Chamber of Embassy of Mongolia In the field of art and
Media and Entertainment culture.
Industry (ICMEI),India
Swedish aerospace and Airports Authority of India To improve air traffic
defence company (AAI) management (ATM)
solutions for airports
operating under the UDAN
Regional Connectivity
Scheme.
Society for Applied Airport Authority of India For joint research
Microwave Electronics (AAI) programs in the field of
Engineering and Research Communication Navigation
(SAMEER) and Surveillance (CNS).
FEBRUARY
Indian Navy and Cochin Israel Aerospace For providing Naval
Shipyard industries Medium Range Surface to
air missile systems to
India
University of British Ministry of Environment, For research on
Columbia (UBC), Canada Forest and Climate environment issues
Change (MoEFCC)
MARCH
Indian Council of Council of Scientific and Collaboration in the field
Agricultural Research Industrial Research (CSIR) of food and agriculture.
(ICAR)
Indian Space Research French space agency To implement the short-
Organisation (ISRO) CNES (Centre national term plan for the French-
d’études spatiales) Indian programme to
develop a space-based
maritime surveillance
system.
WhatsApp NASSCOM Foundation To tackle the challenge of
misinformation. The aim
of the partnership is to
train 100,000 Indians to
spot false information and
provide tips and tricks to
stay safe on WhatsApp.
IIT Kharagpur Centre for Development of Under the National
Advanced Computing Supercomputing Mission
(CDAC) (NSM), India’s 1st state-
of-the-art 1.3 PetaFlop
HighPerformance
Computing facility and
data center ecosystem will

set up at IIT Kharagpur.

APRIL
CSIR Indian Navy To tackle joint research
and development of
advanced technologies for
the Indian Navy
National Bank for India For setting up India-Africa
Agriculture and Rural Institute of Agriculture
Development Consultancy and Rural Development
Service (NABCONS) (IAIARD) in Malawi to
enhance capacity in the
areas of agro-financing
and entrepreneurship
development for African
countries.
Federation of Indian Prin. L N Welingkar Under the MoU, FIEO has
Export Organisations Institute of Management launched a post graduate
(FIEO) Development and programme in foreign
Research trade management (PGP-
FTM) at Mumbai.
Bombay Stock Exchange Network Intelligence To provide cyber security
(BSE) services to its members
according to the cyber
security framework set by
SEBI
MAY
Principal Scientific Adviser Indian Institute of For setting up a Centre of
(PSA) Technology Delhi (IIT Excellence for Waste to
Delhi) Wealth Technologies in
India.
CSC (Common Services Indian Institute of To upscale ‘Unnat Bharat
Centre) e-Governance Technology (IIT)Kanpur Abhiyan’. ‘Unnat Bharat
Services India Limited Abhiyan project’.
Income tax (I-T) Goods and Services Tax To enhance information
department Network (GSTN) exchange between the 2
firms and to arrest tax
evaders and decrease
generation of black
money.
HCL Foundation and National Mission for Clean Signed tripartite
Indian national Trust for Ganga (NMCG) Memorandum of
Art and Culture Heritage Understanding (MoU) for
(INTACH) Plantation of Rudraksh
Trees in Uttarakhand
under the ‘Namami Gange’
Programme.
India ISE Foods, Japan The objective is to

improve the quality of

eggs, disease diagnosis
and waste management in
poultry farms across
India. ISE Foods will
establish two poultry
farms in India
Konkan Railways Nepal’s Department of According to the
Corporation Ltd (KRCL) Railways agreement, KRCL will
supply two 1600 HP DEMU
train sets to Nepal’s
Department of Railways.
The trains were
manufactured by the
Integrated Coach Factory
in Chennai. Department of
Biotechnology (DBT)
Department of Atomic
Energy (DAE) For
supporting joint
collaborative research
programmes in the area of
Cancer.
Indian Air Force(IAF) Indian Space Research For the selection of crew
Organization(ISRO) and training for
Gaganyaan Programme
National Small Industries Ministry of Micro, Small To provide enhanced
Corporation Limited and Medium Enterprises services.
(NSIC) (MSME)
Indian Institute of Indian Space Research To set up IITG-ISRO
Technology (IIT) Guwahati Organization (ISRO) Space Technology Cell
(STC) within the premises
of IIT Guwahati
JUNE
Indian Railway Station French National Railways A grant up to 7 lakh euros
Development Corporation (SNCF)and French will be provided to boost
(IRSDC) Development Agency capacity building for
(AFD) railway station
development program in
India.
Securities and Exchange Ministry of Corporate For automatic data
Board of India (SEBI) Affairs (MCA) exchange in order to
tackle the rising instances
of fraud.
Indian Railways RailTel Enterprises Limited To upgrade its signalling
(REL) system on 4 busiest
sections. It includes
Automatic Train Protection

System with Long Term

Evolution (LTE) based
Mobile Train Radio
Communication System
(MTRC) along with the
provision of Electronic
Interlocking (indoor)
wherever required.
Internet Corporation for National Association of For a joint collaboration
Assigned Names and Software and Services on research and
Numbers (ICANN) Companies (NASSCOM) engagement activities that
will foster innovation in
Internet identifier
technologies. This will help
both bodies to jointly
identify research projects,
predominantly in new
technologies related to the
Internet's system of
unique identifiers.
Bhagwan Mahaveer South Korea Launched a collaborative
Viklang Sahayata Samiti initiative Bhagwan
(BMVSS) Mahaveer Viklang
Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS)
named 'Jaipur Foot Korea'.
An agreement was also
signed by the Korean
Ambassador with BMVSS
to provide assistance in
prosthetic limbs sector.
National Thermal Power PowerGrid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL)
Corporation (NTPC) To set up a Joint Venture (JV) the National Electricity
Distribution Company Limited (NEDCL). It will
undertake the business for distribution of electricity in
distribution circles in various states and Union
Territories (UTs) and other related activities.
JULY
Centre for Cellular and Centre for DNA To provide high quality
Molecular Biology (CCMB) Fingerprinting and DNA-based diagnostic
Diagnostics (CDFD) services to the public at a
lower rate and to engage
in scientific research to
improve understanding of
human genetic disorders
International Business Union Agriculture Ministry To provide Farmers with
Machines the weather forecast and
soil moisture information.

INDEX
RANKING
INDIA’S RANK
Index/Report/Field Position of India Ranks

JANUARY
World’s Busiest Airport Dubai International (DXB)
airporttopped the Index
Most Powerful Passports- Henley & Partners Japan Tops the List for the
by Henley Passport Index second consecutive year.
India Ranks 79th
11th edition of EIU Norway topped. India
Democracy Index 2018 ranks at 41st
2019 Edelman Trust India at 2nd informed
Barometer report public category and 3rd in
the general population
category
Global Talent Competitive India Ranked in 80th
Index 2019 Position
Bloomberg Innovation Bloomberg India Ranked 54th
Index Position
Corruption Perception Denmark topped the chart
Index (CPI) with a score of 88. India
Ranked 78th Position
General Data Protection CISCO on 2019 Data India ranked 6th position
Regulation (GDPR) Privacy Benchmark Study
readiness index
FEBRUARY
Passport Index of 2019 UNDP human Top 3 Countries: 1.United
development inde Arab Emirates 2.Germany
3.Denmark. India -67 in
2019,77 in 2015.
Inclusive Internet Index Economist Intelligence Top 3 Countries:
2019 Unit (EIU) for Facebook 1.Sweden 2.Singapore
47th 3.USA. India ranked 47th
in the Index.
7th International IP Index US Chambers of Top 3 Countries: 1.US
Commerce 2.UK 3.Sweden 4.France
5.Germany India - 36th in
2019,44th in 2018.
MARCH

Global Consumer Nielsen Holdings India - 1st position from

Confidence Survey 3rd quarter and in the 4th
quarter of 2018 India’s
Consumer Confidence
Index (CCI) score is 133.
South Korea has the most
pessimistic consumer
Prime International Knight Frank Top 3 Cities:
Residential Index (PIRI 1.Manila(Philippines) 2.
100) Edinburgh (Scotland) 3.
Berlin(Germany) Mumbai-
16th , Delhi-55th &
Bengaluru56th
World’s most expensive Economist Intelligence 1.Singapore, Paris and
cities Unit (EIU) survey Hong Kong topped the
Index for the first time in
history. 4.Zurich in
Switzerland
5.Geneva in Switzerland
6. Osaka in Japan
` Global energy transition World Economic Forum Top 3 Countries:
index (WEF) 1.Sweden 2.Switzerland
3.Norway
World Happiness Report United Nations Top 5 Countries:
1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Norway
4. Islands
5. The Netherlands India
ranked 140th out of 156
nations. India shows a 7
spot decline along with
five other countries.
APRIL
Migration and World Bank World’s top 5 recipient of
Development Brief remittances in 2018:
1. India: 79$ billion
2. China: 67$ billion
3. Mexico: 36$ billion
4. Philippines: 34$ billion
5. Egypt: 29$ billion.
Most valuable market Bloomberg Top 3 World’s most
valuable market
1. US
2. China
3. Hong Kong
World Press Freedom Reporters Without Borders Top 5 countries in World
Index 2019 Press Freedom Index

2019:
1. Norway
2. Finland
3. Sweden
4. Netherlands
5. Denmark. India ranked
140.
Startup Ecosystem StartupBlink Top three countries:
Ranking for 2019 1.United States
2.United Kingdom
3.Canada. India ranked at
17th position.
2019 Index of Cancer Economist Intelligence Top 3 nations:.
Preparedness (ICP) Unit (EIU) 1. Australia
2. Netherlands
3. Germany. India ranked
19th position in the Index.
State of the Akamai Technologies Top 3 most targeted
internet/security nation by hackers in
2018:
1. US
2. India
3. Canada
World’s military Stockholm International World's top 4 military
expenditure Peace Research Institute spender in 2018:
(SIPRI) 1. US
2. China
3. Saudi Arabia
4. India
MAY
Kids Right Index 2019 Kids Right Index Top 2 countries:
1.Iceland
2. Portugal India ranked
117th out of 181 countries
Speedtest Global Index for Ookla Top country in mobile
April 2019 internet speeds:
1.Norway India ranked
121 in mobile Internet
speeds.
Top country in fixed
broadband:
1. Singapore India ranked
68 in fixed broadband
speeds.
Sand and Sustainability: United Nations India and China top a list
finding new solutions for Environment Programme of nations where illegal
environmental governance (UNEP) sand mining has become a
of global sand resources key environmental issue

World Competitiveness IMD (Institute for Top 5 Countries:

economy Rankings Management 1.Singapore
Development) 2. Hong Kong,
3. US,
4. Switzerland, and
5.UAE. India ranked in
43rd most competitive
economy in the world.
JUNE
SDG (Sustainable World Economic Forum Top 5 Countries: 1.
Development Goals) Denmark
Gender Equality Index 2. Finland
3. Sweden India ranked at
95th Position.
World's fastest-growing Reuters survey Top 2 countries: 1.
economy China(6.4% annual
growth in the January-
March quarter)
2. India(6.3% annual
growth in the January-
March quarter)
Top capital importing Knight Frank Top 3 capital importing
countries Countries:
1. United States($80.89
billion)
2. Canada($50.41 billion)
3. Germany($24.50
billion) India placed in
20th rank,India ranked
30th in outbound cross-
border investments.
JULY
Most Powerful Passport Henley & Partners Top 3 Countries Passport:
index 2019 (Henley 1. Japan and Singapore
Passport Index 2019) 2. South Korea, Finland
and Germany
3. Denmark, Italy, and
Luxembourg Indian
passport ranked at 86th
position
STATE WISE RANKING
Index/Report/Field State or City Points to be noted

JANUARY

Asia Competitiveness Andhra Pradesh topped Mahara shtra and Delhi

Institute’s (ACI), Ease of came in second and third
Doing Business (EDB) place
index 2018
JLL City Momentum: The Bengaluru pipped
World’s Top 20 Most Hyderabad
Dynamic Cities in 6th City
Momentum Index
FEBRUARY
Best practices followed by Transparency Top 3 State:
states in budget International 1. Assam
formulation 2. Andhra pradesh
3. Odisha.Meghalaya,
Manipur and Punjab were
figured at lower positions.
MARCH
Aspirational districts for NITI Aayog Top 3 Districts:
the period of December 1. Chatra,Jharkhand
2018- January 2019 2. Sahibganj, Jharkhand
3. Hazaribagh, Jharkhand
APRIL
'Political Leaders Position Climate Trends List of Top 3 Polluted
and Action on Air Quality Cities in the world by
in India 2014-2019 WHO & Climate Trends:
1. Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh
2. Faridabad in Haryana
3. Varanasi in Uttar
Pradesh
MAY
The Annual Threat Report Quick Heal Security Labs Top 5 Cities:
2019- Most vulnerable 1.Mumbai
cities to cyberattacks 2.Delhi
3.Bengaluru
4.Kolkata 5.Pune
JUNE
Traffic Index 2018 Location technology Top 5 Most traffic-
specialist TomTom congested city: 1. Mumbai
2. Bogota
3. Lima
4. New Delhi
5. Moscow
World University Ranking Quacquarelli Symonds Top 3 India's best
2020 (QS) institution:
1. Institute of Technology,
Bombay (IITBombay)
2. IIT Delhi
3. Indian Institute of

Science (IISc) Bangalore

Maximum number of United States Green Top 3 States:
Leadership in Energy and Building Council’s 1. Maharashtra
Environmental Design (USGBC) 2. Karnataka
(LEED) certified green 3. Tamil Nadu
buildings
Rankings of police stations Ministry of Home Affairs Top Station:
for the year 2018 (MHA) 1. Kalu police station,
Bikaner district of
Rajasthan.
2. Campbell Bay police
station in Nicobar district
of Andaman & Nicobar
Islands
3. Farakka police station
in Murshidabad, West
Bengal
25th Annual Cost of Living Mercer India's most expensive
Survey city- Mumbai Costliest city
in the world
1. Hong Kong
2. Tokyo
3. Singapore
4. Seoul
JULY
Agricultural Marketing and NITI (National Institution Top 5 States:
Farmer Friendly Reforms for Transforming India) 1.Maharashtra
Index(AMFFRI) Aayog 2.Gujarat
3.Rajasthan
4.Madhya Pradesh
5.Haryana
REPORT:
Report/Study Title Released by Points to be noted
JANUARY
The Potential Benefits of Air Quality Life Index Indians could live up to 3
India’s ‘War Against (AQLI) years more if there’s a
Pollution’ — Longer Lives 25% reduction in air
pollution
18th Fiscal Stability Sub-Committee of the To strength of the
Report Financial Stability and financial system and the
Development Council development and
(FSDC) regulation of the financial

sector
Report titled “Future of World Economic Forum Top 3 Countries:
Consumption in Fast- 1. USA
Growth Consumer Market- 2. China
India” 3. India
World Economic Situation United Nations The report was produced
and Prospects 2019 by the UN Department of
(WESP) report Economic and Social
Affairs (UN/DESA), the UN
Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD)
and the UN's five regional
economic
commissions((ECA),
(ECE), (ECLAC), (ESCAP)
and (ESCWA).
FEBRUARY
World Employment and International The report says
Social Outlook Trends LabourOrganization unemployment rates will
2019 fall to 4.9% in 2019 and
remains steady in 2020.
MARCH
2018 World Air Quality IQ Air AirVisual Gurugram-Most polluted
Report &Greenpeace region in the world in
2018.
Delhi -Most polluted
capital in the world.
Cheapest mobile data in Price comparison site India has the cheapest
the world cable.co.uk. mobile data in the world.
The global average was
USD 8.53 for 1GB.
Exports to Jobs : Boosting World Bank and Increasing exports can
the Gains from Trade in International Labour lead to better Jobs and
South Asia Organization (ILO) higher wages in India.
Delta ranking report NITI Aayog Assam’s Hailakandi
secured top position.
India and ASEAN: Federation of Indian India and 10 member
Cocreating the Future and Chambers of Commerce ASEAN are among the
consulting major KPMG and Industry (FICCI) fastest growing economies
in the world.
State of the Global World Meteorological The report warned that
Climate in 2018 Organization (WMO) the physical and socio-
economic impacts of
climate change are
accelerating day by day. It
is the 25th annual record
of the Global climate.

APRIL
‘India’s Electric Mobility NITI Aayog and Rocky The objective of the FAME
Transformation: Progress Mountain Institute (RMI) II scheme is to enhance
to Date and Future have released a report the government’s
Opportunities’ commitment to a clean
mobility future with a
major focus on electric
automobiles.
2019 Global Food Policy International Food Policy Rural areas continue to be
Report (GFPR) Research Institute (IFPRI) in a state of crisis and
threatening to slow the
progress toward the
Sustainable Development
Goals to hunger,
malnutrition, poverty,
environmental
degradation
MAY
Most valued Indian bank Top 3 Banks: 1. HDFC
Bank 2. State Bank of
India(SBI) 3. Kotak
Mahindra Bank 10. YES
Bank
World’s Best Airport Air Help Top 3 Airports: 1. Hamad
International airport,
Qatar
2. Tokyo International
airport, Japan
3. Athens International
airport, Greece 8. Rajiv
Gandhi International
airport, India(Hyderabad)
Forecasting the future WHO (World Health India faces critical
need and gaps in Organization) shortage of healthcare
requirements for public professionals, especially in
health professionals in Bihar, Jharkhand, U.P.
India up to 2026 (Uttar Pradesh) &
Rajasthan which have the
worst hit ratio as
compared to Delhi, Kerala,
Punjab and Gujarat which
are in a relatively better
position.
Global Status Report on World Health Organisation Over 1.35 million people
Road Safety (WHO) died every year due to
road accidents in the 5-29
age group and around 50
million people sustain

injuries during the road

accidents. Since 2008,
India has reported highest
number of deaths due to
road accident worldwide
JUNE
3rd End of Childhood ‘Save the Children’ Top 5 Countries:
Index as per the report 1. Singapore
titled “Changing Lives in 2. Sweden
Our Lifetime – Global 3. Finland
Childhood Report 2019” 4. Norway
5. Slovenia.India was
ranked 113 in 176
countries
‘Global peace index 2019’ Institute for Economics Iceland topped the
and Peace list.India ranked 141
among 163
countries.Afghanistan is
the least peaceful country
BrandZ Top 100 Most WPP research agency 1.Amazon
Valuable Global Brand 2.Apple,
2019 3.Google
Brand Trust Report, 2019 Trust Research Advisory Most trusted brands in
(TRA) India:
1. Dell
2. Jeep
3. LIC
4. Amazon
5. Apple
26th edition of the UN UN's Department of Top 2 populous countries:
population report 'The Economic and Social 1. China
World Population Affairs 2. India India will surpass
Prospects 2019: China as the world’s most
Highlights' populous country by 2027.
India currently ranks
second with 17 percent of
the world population.
Randstad Employer Brand Randstad Top 3 most attractive
Research 2019 report employer brand for the
(REBR) year 2019:
1. Amazon India
2. Microsoft India
3. Sony India
Renewable Power International Renewable Cheapest country to
Generation Costs in 2018 Energy Agency (IRENA) produce solar energy:
1. India
2. China
3. UK

4. Canada
5. France
The Periodic Labour Force National Sample Survey Highest unemployment
Survey (PLFS) for 2017- Organization (NSSO) rate among the states:
18 1. Nagaland(21.4%)
2. Goa(13.9%)
3. Manipur(11.6%) Lowest
unemployment rate
among the states:
1. Meghalaya (1.5%)
2. Chhattisgarh
3. Sikkim Female labour
force declined in India in
2017- 18. It is one among
the world's bottom 10. In
2011-12, India was placed
at 12th from the bottom
globally
India's data usage per smartphone is the highest in the world at 9.8GB per month
UN (United Nations) World Food Programme in partnership with Ministry of
Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) stated that 31.4% of Indian
children under five years will still be stunted by 2022.
JULY
Annual banking statistics Swiss National Bank Top 5 Countries:
report (SNB) 1.United Kingdom
2.United States
3.West Indies
4.France
5.Hong Kong India has
slipped to 74th place.
Working on a Warmer International Labour India is projected to lose
Planet: The Impact of Organisation (ILO) 5.8% of working hours in
Heat Stress on Labour 2030 equivalent to 34
Productivity and Decent million fulltime jobs due to
Work global warming.
India: Health of the Indian Council of Medical Total death in the country
Nation’s States Research (ICMR) due to NCDs was 61.8%
in 2016, as compared to
37.9% in 1990.
“Global Prime Office CBRE, an American real Top 5 Expensive office
Occupancy Costs survey” estate consulting firm location: 1. Hong Kong’s
Central district
2. London’s West End
3. Hong Kong’s Kowloon,
4. New York’s Midtown
Manhattan and
5. Beijing’s Finance
Street. New Delhi’s

Connaught Place (CP) -

9th most expensive office
location Mumbai’s Bandra
Kurla Complex (BKC)-
27th most expensive
office location Nariman
Point- Central Business
District (CBD) - 40th most
expensive office location.
Global Study on Homicide United Nations Office on It stated that the overall
2019 Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Homicide Rate declined by
10% in India over the
period 2009- 2015, from
3.8 to 3.4 per 100,000
population and it was
increased ‘Noticeably’ in
some Northern States.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
JANUARY
Overview Of Padma Awards-2019
 On January 25,2019 President of India Ram Nath Kovind announced Padma

Awards,which is the highest civilian Awards in the country.The Padma Awards
are conferred under 3 categorized viz- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan
and Padma Shri.President Ram Nath Kovind has approved conferment of 112
Padma Awards including one duo which is considered to be one award.The
Padma Awards consist of 4 Padma Vibhushan award,14 Padma Bhushan
Award and 94 Padma Shri awards……
An Overview of ICC Awards 2018
Smriti Mandhana(India) ‘Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for the

Women’s Cricketer of the Year‘ as well
as the ‘Women’s ODI Player of the Year
Alyssa Healy (Australia) ICC Women’s T20I Player of the Year
Sophie Ecclestone (England) ICC Women’s Emerging Player of the
Year
Suzie Bates (New Zealand) Captain ICC Women’s ODI Team of the
Year

FEBRUARY:
Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for 2017:
MUSIC
Category Winner
Hindustani Vocal Music Lalith J. Rao
Hindustani Vocal Music Umakant & Ramakant Gundecha
(Gundecha Brothers — Joint Award)
Hindustani Instrumental Music — Tabla Yogesh Samsi
Hindustani Instrumental — Rajendra Prasanna
Shehnai/Flute
Carnatic Vocal Music M.S. Sheela
Carnatic Instrumental Music — Veena Suma Sudhindra
Carnatic Instrumental Music — Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan
Mridangam
Carnatic Instrumental Music — Flute Shashank Subramanyam
Other Major Traditions Of Music — Madhurani
Sugam Sangeet
Other Major Traditions Of Music -Sugam Haimanti Sukla
Sangeet
Other Major Traditions Of Music — Gurnam Singh
Gurbani
DANCE
Category Winner
Bharatanatyam Rama Vaidyanathan
Kathak Shobha Koser
Kathakali Madambi Subramanian Namboothiri
Manipuri L.N. Oinam Ongbi Dhoni Devi
Kuchipudi Deepika Reddy
Odissi Sujata Mohapatra
Sattriya Ramkrishna Talukdar
Chhau Janmejoy Sai Babu
Music For Dance Ashit Desai
THEATRE
Category Winner
Playwriting Abhiram Damodar Bhadkamkar
Direction Sunil Ganesh Shanbag
Direction Bapi Bose
Acting Hema Singh
Acting Deepak Virat Tiwari
Acting Anil Tickoo
Allied Theatre Arts — Stagecraft Nuruddin Ahmed
Allied Theatre Arts — Lighting Avtar Sahni
Other Major Traditions Of Theatre — Shougrakpam Hemanta Singh
Shumang Leela
TRADITIONAL / FOLK / TRIBAL MUSIC / DANCE / THEATRE AND

PUPPETRY
Category Winner
Folk Music, Rajasthan Anwar Khan Manganiyar
Folk Arts, Maharashtra Prakash Sahadeo Khandge
Traditional Music — Khol, Assam Jagannath Bayan
Folk Music, Bihar Ramchandra Manjhi
Folk Theatre, Chhattisgarh Rakesh Kumar Tiwari
Folk Music (Baul), West Bengal Parvathy Baul
Folk Music, Punjab Sarvjeet Kaur
Folk Music, Mizoram K.C. Runremsangi
Folk Music, Jharkhand Mukund Nayak
Puppetry, West Bengal Sudip Gupta
OVERALL CONTRIBUTION / SCHOLARSHIP IN THE PERFORMING ARTS
Category Winner
Scholarship Vijay Verma
Overall Contribution — Dance Sandhya Purecha
61st Annual Grammy Awards:

The Award Ceremony held in Royal Albert Hall,London, United Kingdom.
Category Winner
Album of the Year Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves
Record of the Year “This is America”, Childish Gambino
Best New Artist Dua Lipa
Best Rap Album Invasion of Privacy by Cardi B
Best R&B Album Winner H.E.R
Best Rap Song “God’s Plan” by Drake
Best Country Album Golden Hour by Kacey Musgarves
Song of the Year “This is America”, Childish Gambino
Best Rock Album From the Fires by Greta Van Fleet
Best Rock Song “Masseducation” by St. Vincent
Dance/Electronic Album Woman Worldwide, Justice
Producer of the Year Blanton Alspaugh
Best Music Video “This is America”, Childish Gambinoq
Best Country Song “Space Cowboy” by Kacey Musgraves
Best Folk Song` All Ashore by Punch Brothers
Best Comedy Album Equanimity & the Bird Revelation by
Dave Chappelle
72nd British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards:
The award ceremony held in Royal Albert Hall,London, United Kingdom.
Category Winner

Best Film Roma

Best Director Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)
Best Actress Olivia Colman (The Favourite)
Best Actor Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
Best Supporting Actress Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali (Green Book)
Outstanding British Film The Favourite
Best Animated Film Spiderman : into the Spider-verse
Best British Short Animation Roughhouse
Best British Short Film 73 Cows
Best Documentary Free Solo
Outstanding Debut By a British Writer, Beast-Michael Pearce (Writer/Director
Director or Producer Category), Lauren Dark (Producer)
Best Film Not in the English Language Roma
Best Costume Design The Favourite
Best Makeup and Hair The Favourite
Best Production Design The Favourite
Best Editing Vice
Best Cinematography Roma
Best Special Visual Effects Black Panther
Best Original Screen Play The Favourite – Deborah Davis, Tony
McNamara
Best Adapted Screenplay BlacKkKlansman – Spike Lee, David
Rabinowitz, Charlie Dachtel, Kevin
Willmott
Best Sound Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Original Music A Star is Born
Outstanding British Contribution to Number 9 Films (Elizabeth Karlsen and
Cinema Stephen Woolley)
EE Rising Star Award Letitia Wright
BAFTA Fellowship Thelma Schoonmaker
Overview Of The 91st Academy Awards (Oscars 2019)
• The award is presented in Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
Category Winner
Best picture Green Book
Best actress Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Best actor Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
Best supporting actress Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Best supporting actor Mahershala Ali – Green Book
Best director Alfonso Cuaron – Roma
Best original screenplay Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie and Peter
Farrelly – Roma
Best adapted screenplay Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin

Willmott and Spike Lee –

BlacKkKlansman
Best animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best foreign language film Roma – Mexico
Best documentary feature Free Solo
Best original song Shallow (A Star Is Born) – Lady Gaga,
Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and
Andrew Wyatt
Best original score Ludwig Goransson – Black Panther
Best production design Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart – Black
Panther
Best costume design Ruth E Carter – Black Panther
Best cinematography Alfonso Cuaron – Roma
Best visual effects Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles
and JD Schwalm – First Man
Best make-up and hairstyling Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia
DeHaney – Vice
Best sound editing John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone –
Bohemian Rhapsody
Best sound mixing Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John
Casali – Bohemian Rhapsody
Best film editing John Ottman – Bohemian Rhapsody
Best animated short Bao
Best documentary short Period. End of Sentence
Best live action short Skin
MARCH
Overview Of 64th Film Fare Awards 2019
Category Winner
Best Film Raazi
Critics Best Film Andhadhun
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) Ranbir Kapoor (Sanju)
Critics Best Actor in Leading Role (Male) Ayushmann Khurrana (Andhadhun),
Ranveer Singh (Padmaavat)
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) Alia Bhatt (Raazi)
Critics Best Actor in Leading Role Neena Gupta (Badhaai Ho)
(Female)
Best Director Meghna Gulzar (Raazi)
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male) Gajarj Rao (Badhaai Ho), Vicky Kaushal
(Sanju)
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Female) Surekha Sikhri (Badhaai Ho)
Best Music Album Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Patmaavat)
Best Lyrics Gulzar (Raazi)
Best Playback Singer (Male) Arijit Singh (Raazi)

Best Playback Singer (Female) Shreya Ghoshal (Padmaavat)

Life Time Achievement Award Sridevi
Best Debut Female Sara Ali Khan (Kedar Nath)
Best Debut Male Ishaan Khattar (Beyond the Clouds)
50 Years of Outstanding Contribution to Hema Malini
Cinema
People’s Choice Award for Best Short Plus Minus
Film
Best Short Film in Fiction Rogan Josh
Best Short Film in Non-Fiction The Soccer City
Best Actor Female in Short Film Kirti Kulhari (Maya)
Best Actor Male in Short Film Hussain Dalal (Shameless)
Best Original Story Abubhav Sinha (Mulk)
Beat Screenplay Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Pooja
Ladha Surti, Yogesh Chandekar,
Hemanth Rao (Andhadhun)
Best Dialogue Akshat Ghildial (Badhaai Ho)
Best Editing Pooja Ladha Surti (Andhadhun)
Best Action Vikram Dahiya, Sunil Rodriguez
(Mukkabaaz)
Best Background Score Daniel B George (Andhadhun)
Best Choreography Kurti Mahesh Midya, Jyothi D Tommar
(Patmaavat)
Best Cinematography Pankaj Kumar (Tumbbad)
Best Costume Sheetal Sharma (Manto)
Best Production Design Nitin Zihani Choudhary, Rakesh Yadav
(Tumbbad)
Best Sound Design Kunal Sharma (Tumbbad)
Best VFX Red Chillies VFX (Zero)
MAY
72nd annual Cannes Film Festival held in Cannes, France:
i. Filmmaker of Mexico, Alejandro González Iñárritu served as jury

president of Cannes Film Festival 2019.
ii. The Festival honoured the French filmmaker Agnès Varda, by featuring
her on the official poster of the festival. She died in March 2019.
iii. South Korean film 'Parasite' wins Palme d'Or which is directed by Bong
Joon-ho at Cannes Film Festival. He became the first Korean director to
win the award.
iv. The opening film of the festival is “The Dead Don't Die” and the closing
film of the festival is “The Specials”
v.The film festival was hosted by Édouard Baer.
vi. The number of films participated were 21 (In Competition), 18 (Un
Certain Regard), 11 (Short films).

About Indian Participation: I&B Secretary Amit Khare leads Indian

Delegation to Cannes Film Festival.
Indian filmmaker, Achyutanand Dwivedi’s "Seed Mother", won the third
prize in the international section of Nespresso Talents 2019.
Indian and Israeli delegation hold the meeting in the Cannes festival
during which, Israel proposes “India to be the focus country in Jerusalem
Film Festival, 2020”.
Awards and their Categories:

i.In Competition:
Name of Award Winner Film

Palme d'Or Bong Joon-ho Parasite(Korean)
Grand Prix Mati Diop(Diop made Atlantics(Senegal)
history by becoming
the first black woman
to direct a film
featured In
Competition at the
festival)
Jury Prize Kleber Mendonça Filho Bacurau(Brazil)
and Juliano Dornelles
Ladj Ly Les Misérables(France)
Best Director Jean-Pierre and Luc Young Ahmed (Belgium)
Dardenne
Best Actress Emily Beecham Little Joe(UK-Austria)
Best Actor Antonio Banderas Pain and Glory(Spain)
Best Screenplay Céline Sciamma Portrait of a Lady on
Fire(France)
Special Mention Elia Suleiman It Must Be
Heaven(France –
Canada)
ii.Un Certain Regard:

Un Certain Regard Karim Aïnouz The Invisible Life of
Award Eurídice Gusmão(Brazil)
Un Certain Regard Jury Oliver Laxe Fire Will Come(Spain)
Prize
Un Certain Regard Kantemir Balagov Beanpole(Russia)
Award for Best
Director
Un Certain Regard Jury Chiara Mastroianni On a Magical
Award for Best Night(France)

Performance
Un Certain Regard Albert Serra Liberté(Spain)
Special Jury Prize Bruno Dumont Joan of Arc(France)
Coup de Cœur Award Monia Chokri A Brother's
Love(Canada)
Michael Angelo Covino The Climb(America)
iii.Golden Camera:
Caméra d'Or: Our Mothers by César Díaz
iv.Short Films:

Short Film Palme d'Or Vasilis Kekatos The Distance Between
Us and the Sky
Special Mention Agustina San Martín Monster God
v.Cinéfondation:

First Prize Louise Courvoisier Mano a mano
Second Prize Richard Van Hiêu
Third Prize Wisam Al Jafari Ambience
Barbara Rupik The Little Soul
vi.Honorary Palme d'Or:

Honorary Palme d'Or: Alain Delon.
Independent awards
i.FIPRESCI Prizes

In Competition Elia Suleiman It Must Be
Heaven(France)
Un Certain Regard Kantemir Balagov Beanpole(Russia)
Parallel section Robert Eggers The Lighthouse(America)
ii.Ecumenical Prize
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury: A Hidden Life by Terrence Malick
iii.International Critics' Week


Nespresso Grand Prize Jérémy Clapin I Lost My Body(France)
Leitz Cine Discovery Qiu Yang She Runs
Prize for Short Film
Louis Roederer Ingvar E. Sigurðsson A White, White Day
Foundation Rising Star
Award
Gan Foundation Award Lorcan Finnegan Vivarium
for Distribution
SACD Award César Díaz Our Mothers
Canal+ Award for Andrias Høgenni Ikki Illa Meint
Short Film
iv.Directors' Fortnight:

Europa Cinemas Label Nicolas Pariser Alice and the
Award for Best Mayor(France)
European Film
SACD Award for Best Rebecca Zlotowski An Easy Girl(France)
French-language Film
Illy Short Film Award Pham Thien An Stay Awake, Be Ready
Carrosse d'Or John Carpenter
v.L'Œil d'or :

L'Œil d'or Waad al-Kateab and Sama
Edward Watts
Patricio Guzmán The Cordillera of
Dreams
vi.Prix François Chalais
François Chalais Prize: A Hidden Life by Terrence Malick
vii.Queer Palm:
Queer Palm Award Céline Sciamma Portrait of a Lady on
Fire(France)
Short Film Queer Palm Vasilis Kekatos The Distance Between
Us and the Sky
viii.Cannes Soundtrack Award

Cannes Soundtrack Award: Alberto Iglesias for Pain and Glory
ix.Trophée Chopard:
Chopard Trophy: François Civil and Florence Pugh
x.Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography:
Pierre Angénieux Excellens in Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel
xi.Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist:

Vulcan Award Flora Volpelière Les Misérables
(editing) and Julien
Poupard
(cinematography)
Special Mention Claire Mathon Atlantics and Portrait of
a Lady on Fire
(cinematography)
Artistic Direction Lee Ha-jun Parasite
Mention
xii.Palm Dog:
Name of Award Winner Film/Awarded for

Palm Dog Award Brandy Once Upon a Time in
Hollywood
Grand Jury Prize Canine cast in Little Joe
Canine cast in Aasha and the Street Dogs
(Marché du Film)
Palm DogManitarian Google For their support of
Award dogs in the workplace
Underdog Award The Unadoptable
JUNE
Overview of Tony Awards 2019
 2019 Tony Awards was the 73rd edition of Tony Awards held on
June 9, 2019, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions

during the 2018–19 season. It was held in Radio City Music Hall,
New York City.It was hosted by James Corden.
Highlights:
 Hadestown, a musical about a young couple’s dark trip to the

Underworld, was the most winning production of the season by
winning eight awards, including Best Musical.
 The Ferryman won four awards, including Best Play. Original
musicals The Cher Show and Tootsie, the revival of Rodgers and
Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, and the new play Ink each won two
awards.
 31-year-old actress Ali Stroker, won best featured actress for her
outstanding role as Ado Annie in Rogers and Hammerstein’s
‘Oklahoma!’ and made history by becoming the first actor in a
wheelchair to win a Tony Award.
List of winners:
Categories Winner
Best play “The Ferryman” by Jez
Butterworth
Best revival of a musical Rodgers and Hammerstein’s
“Oklahoma!
Best musical “Hadestown”
Best revival of a play “The Boys in the Band” by Mart
Crowley
Best performance by an actor in a Santino Fontana, “Tootsie”
leading role in a musical
Best performance by an actress in Stephanie J. Block, “The Cher
a leading role in a musical Show”
Best performance by an actor in a Bryan Cranston, “Network”
leading role in a play
Best performance by an actress in Elaine May, “The Waverly Gallery”
a leading role in a play
Best book of a musical “Tootsie,” Robert Horn
Best original score (music and/or “Hadestown,” Anaïs Mitchell
lyrics) written for the theater
Best direction of a musical Rachel Chavkin, “Hadestown”
Best Direction of a Play Sam Mendes, “The Ferryman”
Best performance by an actor in a André De Shields, “Hadestown”
featured role in a musical
Best performance by an actress in Ali Stroker, “Oklahoma!”
a featured role in a musical
Best performance by an actor in a Bertie Carvel, “Ink”
featured role in a play

Best performance by an actress in Celia Keenan-Bolger, “To Kill a

a featured role in a play Mockingbird”
Best choreography Sergio Trujillo, “Ain’t Too Proud”
Best orchestrations Michael Chorney and Todd
Sickafoose, “Hadestown”
Best scenic design of a musica Rachel Hauck, “Hadestown”
Best scenic design of a play Rob Howell, “The Ferryman”
Best costume design of a musical Bob Mackie, “The Cher Show”
Best costume design of a play Rob Howell, “The Ferryman”
Best sound design of a musicaL Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz,
“Hadestown”
Best sound design of a play Fitz Patton, “Choir Boy”
Best lighting design of a musical Bradley King, “Hadestown”
Best lighting design of a play Neil Austin, “Ink”
JULY
29 new World Heritage sites for 2019 by UNESCO
 The 2019 list includes natural sites, such as Vatnajökull National Park in
Iceland; cultural sites, such as the historic city of Sheki in Azerbaijan and the
archaeological ruins of Liangzhu City in southeast China; and just one mixed
site this year the Paraty and Ilha Grande in Brazil, which combines natural
and cultural elements.
 Australia: Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
 Azerbaijan: Historic Centre of Sheki with the Khan's Palace
 Bahrain: Dilmun Burial Mounds
 Brazil: Paraty and Ilha Grande -- Culture and Biodiversity
 Burkina Faso: Ancient ferrous metallurgy sites of Burkina Faso
 Canada: Writing-on-Stone/Áísínai'pi
 China: Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City
 China: Migratory Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow
Sea-Bohai Gulf of China, Phase I
 Czech Republic: Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial
Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem
 Czech Republic/Germany: Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region
 France: French Austral Lands and Seas
 Germany: Water Management System of Augsburg
 Iceland: Vatnajökull National Park
 India: Jaipur City, Rajasthan
 Indonesia: Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto
 Iran: Hyrcanian Forests
 Iraq: Babylon

 Italy: Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano a Valdobbiadene

 Japan: Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan
 Republic of Korea: Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies
 Lao People's Democratic Republic: Megalithic Jar Sites in
Xiengkhuang -- Plain of Jars
 Myanmar: Bagan
 Poland: Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining Region
 Portugal: Royal Building of Mafra -- Palace, Basilica, Convent, Cerco
Garden and Hunting Park, Tapada
 Portugal: Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga
 Russian Federation: Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture
 Spain: Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria
Cultural Landscape
 United Kingdom: Jodrell Bank Observatory
 United States: The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
Name of Awards Award Winner Field Points to be noted

Awards given to the Sports Personalities
JANUARY
2018 Mohamed Salah Footballer He also won the BBC
Confederation of African Footballer of the
African Football Year award for the
Player of the Year second time in
award December 2018.
Sir Garfield Sobers Virat Kohli Cricket He is the first player to
Trophy for ICC bag all top three ICC
Cricketer of the Awards in a single year.
Year, the ICC
Men’s Test Player
of the Year and
the ICC Men’s ODI
Player of the year
FEBRUARY
Shiv Chhatrapati Uday Smriti Mandhana, was
lifetime Deshpande(Mallakh awarded with "Shiv
achievement amb coach) Chhatrapati award for
award players
Football Ratna by Sunil Chhetri
Football Delhi
2018 Player of the Harmanpreet Singh The award is presented
Year award by Asian Hockey
Federation
Rising Player of Lalremsiami The award is presented
The Year by Asian Hockey

Federation
Lifetime G.R. Karthikeyan He is the father of
Achievement Narain Karthikeyan–
award at the India’s first Formula
FMSCI(Federation One racer.
of Motor Sports
Clubs of India)
MARCH
Telangana Sports Saina Nehwal as Badminton Association
Journalist sportsperson of the of Telangana received
Association (TSJA) year, Pullella Association of the Year
Gopichand as Coach award, at the Annual
of the Year and PV Telangana Sports
Sindhu as Journalist Association
Outstanding Awards held in
Performer in Hyderabad.
women’s section.
APRIL
Outstanding Gaganjeet Bhullar Golfer 31 year old Bhullar was
achievement as a awarded Arjuna Award
player award in 2013.
Football Writers' Raheem Sterling Footballer Nikita Parris won the
Association (FWA) FWA's Women's
Footballer of the footballer of the year
Year 2019 2019 award.
MAY
Professional Virgil Van Dijk Football Van Dijk had joined
Footballers’ Liverpool from
Association (PFA) Southampton in
Players’ Player of January 2018 for a fee
the Year Award for of £75million (Euro 75
2018-19 million).
CEAT Cricket Virat Kohli and Smriti Cricket Virat Kohli has bagged
Rating (CCR) Mandhana the International
Awards 2019 Cricketer of the Year
Award and Smriti
Mandhana has won
International Woman
Cricketer of Year Award.
JULY
All India Football Sunil Chhetr - Men’s Football  Ashalata Devi-
Federation‘s Footballer of the year Women’s
(AIFF) Awards 2019 Footballer of the
year 2019
 AIFF Emerging
Men’s Footballer
of the Year Sahal

Abdul Samad
(Kerala)
 AIFF Emerging
Women’s
Footballer of the
Year Dangmei
Grace (Manipur)
 Best
grassrootsdevelo
pment
programme
Jammu and
Kashmir Football
Association AIFF
Award for the
Best Assistant
Referee Joseph
Tony (Karnataka)
AIFF Award for
the Best
Referee R
Venkatesh (Tamil
Nadu).
Awards for Literature/Journalism
JANUARY
Kabi Samrat Manoj Das English and
Upendra Bhanja Odia
National Award for Litterateur
Lifetime
Achievement
Lifetime Dinu Randive Journalist For his lifelong
achievement contributions in
award journalism, who started
his journalistic career in
1956. The award was
given by the Mantralaya
and Vidhimandal
Vartahar Sangh.
Sushila Devi Namita Gokhale Writer For her novel “Things to
Literature Award Leave Behind“.
in the ‘Best Book
of Fiction Written
by a Woman
Author’ category
Woman’s Voice Ranjani Murali Poet Objective of this award
Award with function to recognize
Apeejay Kolkata and encourage creative
Literary Festival writing by women in

(AKLF) India.
Saraswati Sitanshu Poet He was awarded for his
Samman for the Yashaschandra poetry collection,
year 2017 ‘Vakhar.
FEBRUARY
Australian literary Behrouz Boochani Non-fiction For his book “No
prize Literature Friends But the
Mountains”
MARCH
Vyas Samman Leeladhar Jagudi Writer For his collection of
2018 poems “Jitne Log Utne
Prem” published in
2013. He also authored
several poetry
anthologies. The award
carries an amount of
Rs. 4 lakhs and it was
started by K K Birla
foundation in 1991.
Abel Prize(Nobel Karen Uhlenbeck Mathematicia She was recognized for
prize of n her work in the field of
mathematics) gauge theory and
geometric analysis.
Global Teacher Peter Tabichi Kenyan math At a ceremony in Dubai
Prize for 2019 and physics hosted by Hollywood
teacher actor, Hugh Jackman.
APRIL
Maharshi Dr. Gyanaditya Literature He was conferred for his
Badrayan Vyas Shakya contributing in the field
Samman 2019 of Pali language &
literature.
Saraswati K Siva Reddy Poetry For his collection of
Samman 2018 poetry titled ‘Pakkaki
Ottigilite’
Cano Press Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Journalist For recognizing their
Freedom Prize Lone commitment, courage
2019 and resistance to
freedom of expression
Pulitzer Prize 2019 “The Overstory” by The Pulitzer Prize for
Richard Powers Journalism was
awarded to Staff of the
South Florida Sun
Sentinel under Public
service Category
Pandit Govind Sunil Kumar Gautam For writing ‘Samvidhan
Ballabh Pant Kavya’, a poetic verse
Award of the Indian

Constitution
Second edition of Rana Dasgupta For his 2010 novel
Rabindranath "Solo"
Tagore Literary
Prize 2019
MAY
Man Booker Jokha Alharthi Novel She is the first Arabic
International Prize author to win the
2019 award.The award was
presented for her novel
“Celestial Bodies”.
2019's Swansea Guy Gunaratne Novel He won for his debut
University novel ‘Mad and Furious
International City’ in Wales, United
Dylan Thomas Kingdom.
Prize
Nine Dots Prize Annie Zaidi Essay For her essay “Bread,
2019 Cement, Cactus.” She
won the cash prize of
USD 100,000 (Rs 69.83
lakh).
JUNE
Women's Prize for Tayari Jones For her novel The novel was praised
Fiction An American by Barack Obama and
Marriage Oprah Winfrey.She also
received Aspen Words
Literary Prize for the
same novel.
54th Jnanpith Amitav Ghosh The decision taken by
Award the Jnanpith Selection
Board chaired by
Jnanpith laureate
Pratibha Ray
RedInk Award for Rachna Khaira For her The article was
'Journalist of the expose on published in The
Year 2019 the Tribune edition dated
functioning January 4, 2018, and
of the the leads provided in
Unique the article became a
Identification part of Public Interest
Authority of Litigation (PIL).
India
(UIDAI)
Awards given to Film/Music Industry
JANUARY
National Nritya Anindita Neogy Dancer To the outstanding
Shiromani award Anaam Indian classical dance

performers.
FEBRUARY
People for the Bradley Cooper For casting his own dog,
Ethical Treatment rather than one
of Animals supplied by animal
(PETA)’s Oscat exhibitors, in his movie
award A Star is Born
Rabindranath Shri Rajkumar
Tagore Award for Singhajit
Cultural Harmony Singh(2014),
for the year 2014, Chhayanaut(2015),
2015 and 2016 Shri Ram Sutar
Vanji(2016)
2019’s META Mahesh Elkunchwar The award will be
Lifetime presented in 14th
Achievement Mahindra Excellence in
Award Theatre Awards (META)
festival to be held in
New Delhi
MARCH
Pritzker Arata Isozaki He is the 8th Japanese
Architecture Prize and 46th Pritzker
2019 laureate to be honoured
with this award. He
integrated the East and
West in his creative
designs.
APRIL
Deenanath Madhur Bhandarkar Salim Khan and dancing
Mangeshkar Award diva Helen was also
2019 felicitated.To encourage
legends from the fields
of music, drama, art
and social work.
MAY
19th New York Sunny Pawar Acting For his performance in
Indian Film ‘Chippa’
Festival
JUNE
Outstanding Veyil Marangal This is for the first
Artistic (Trees Under the Indian film to win a
Achievement Sun) major award at the
Award for the film festival.
in 22nd Shanghai
International Film
Festival

Best Asian Film by Gully Boy Film It was presented at

Network for the 23rd edition of Bucheon
Promotion of Asian International Fantastic
Cinema (NETPAC) Film Festival (BIFAN)
Award for the year 2019 held
at Bucheon City, South
Korea.
Awards given to Organizations/Banks/Ministries/State/City
JANUARY
Bharat Ratna Former President President Ram Nath
Pranab Mukherjee, Kovind announced the
social activist Nanaji conferment of the
Deshmukh award.
(posthumously) and
musician Dr Bhupen
Hazarika
(posthumously)
4th annual Carnot Union Finance This award rewards the
Prize Minister Piyush Goyal works done by Piyush
Goyal to reform the
electricity sector
National Bravery Wahengbam Bravery He will be honoured
Award Lamnganba Singh because he had saved
his two and half year’s
old cousin from
drowning in a pond
First-ever Philip Prime Minister, Shri The Award focuses on
Kotler Presidential Narendra Modi the triple P’s of the
award Nation: People, Profit
and Planet.
Gandhi Peace Prize Yohei Sasakawa Goodwill The award will be given
for 2018 Ambassador to Yohei Sasakawa in
of WHO recognition of his work
towards the eradication
of the disease in India
and across the world.
FEBRUARY
Aegis Graham Bell Yes Bank Innovation in For their industry-first
Award 2018 Data Science project ‘Yes EEE
(Engage Enrich Excel)’
Swachhata Raigarh (1st prize) Ambikapur (2nd prize)
Excellence Awards and Kumbakonam (3rd
2019 prize)
FICCI CSR Award Jindal Steel and For Women
Power Ltd (JSPL) Empowerment for its
innovative and high
impact women

empowerment
programmes
Energy and Oil and Natural Gas For sustained efforts in
Environment Corporation(ONGC) pursuit of Swachh
Bharat Mission
Foundation Global
Clean Awards-
2019
MARCH
Non-Life Insurer of Bharti AXA General
the Year Award Insurance
2019 by
ASSOCHAM
Best Bank Award Indian Bank For successfully
from Tamil Nadu meeting the needs of
State Government women’s self-help
groups (SHGs).
Golden Peacock ACKO General For their “Ola Ola Ride Insurance is a
Innovative Product Insurance Ride first of its kind
Award – 2019 Insurance“ insurance in the Indian
market where Acko
partnered with the
leading ride-sharing
company, Ola.
APRIL
Dr. Babasaheb Sudhanshu Kumar Business While his agency Digital
Ambedkar Nobel Sukoon, named as the
Award by Best Digital Agency of
International the Year 2019.
Human Rights
Council
Celent Model Bank Fincare Small Organization The award recognizes
2019 Finance Bank (SFB) LAP (Loans against
Property) D.Lite, which
is a tab-based solution
designed and developed
National Kerala Agricultural Organization For its contributions in
Intellectual University (KAU) best facilitation for
Property Award registration of
2019 Geographical
Indications and
promotion of registered
GI in the country.
National Kerala Agricultural Organization For its contributions in
Intellectual University (KAU) best facilitation for
Property Award registration of
2019 Geographical

Indications and
promotion of registered
GI in the country.
Swacchta All India Radio, Organization The award was given by
Pakhwada Award Publication Division Amit Khare, Secretary
2019 and Children’s Film Ministry of Information
Society of India and Broadcasting.
Intellectual Sree Chitra Tirunal The award was given
Property Award Institute for Medical under the category of
2019 Sciences and “Top Indian R&D
Technology Institution and
(SCTIMST) Organisation for Patents
& Commercialisation”.
MAY
Claims Excellence Bharti AXA Life Customer The award was
Award Insurance service presented for its
customer-friendly
claims services,
including dedicated
claims handler and one
of the best claim
settlement ratios, in the
life insurance sector.
JUNE
World Health Medical and Health Tobacco It was the only
Organization’s Department of control government body in
(WHO) Tobacco Rajasthan country to receive the
Control Award for award for its tobacco-
2019 free initiatives.
10th Equator Prize Telangana-based NGO Aprat from this there is
2019 NGO, the women 21 more winners.
sangams (groups) of
the Deccan
Development Society
(DDS)
Best-performing Rail Wheel Factory, The report on
Production Unit in Yelahanka, achievements of
the field of the Karnataka environment
environment management of Indian
Railways,
“Environmental
Sustainability Annual
Report 2018-19”.
Gold Award in Mahindra Group Organization It clinches the top spot
South Africa among 29 vehicle
brands for the award
BBC (British Akshaya Patra School lunch The award was
Broadcasting Foundation (TAPF) programme presented at the BBC
Corporation) ‘s Food and Farming

World Service Awards in Bristol in
Global Champion London, UK.
Award
JULY
World Economic Quantela Inc Digital It is a new age digital
Forum’s (WEF) technology technology solutions
Technology company company focused on
Pioneers IoT(Internet of Things).
It provides a
comprehensive,
customizable, scalable
platform, “Atlantis” that
helps cities to
proactively predict and
solve social, economic
and environmental
problems
Best innovation Northeast Frontier ‘Plan Bee ‘Plan Bee’, a strategy of
award from Indian Railway’s (NFR) using an amplified
Railways version of honey bees
sound to keep wild
elephants away from
train tracks.
Other Awards Conferred
FEBRUARY
K.Veeramani P.S. Krishnan For Social
Award for Social Justice 2018
Justice 2018
International Abdul Aziz Muhamat For exposing
human rights prize “the very
cruel asylum
seeker policy
of the
Australian
Government”
Gandhi Peace Prize 2015 – Vivekanand
Kendra,
Kanyakumari 2016 –
Akshaya Patra
Foundation and
Sulabh International
(jointly) 2017 – Ekal
Abhiyan Trust 2018 –
Yohei Sasakawa
National Youth 1st position- Shweta 2nd position-
Parliament Festival Umre from Anjanakshi M.S from
2019 Awards Maharashtra Karnataka 3rd

positionMamta Kumari
from Bihar.Award is
given during the festival
National Youth
Parliament Festival
2019 with the theme:
“Be the Voice of New
India” and “Find
solutions and contribute
to policy”
Yashwantrao Raghuram Rajan For his
Chavan National contribution
Award 2018 towards
economic
development
MARCH
Social Enterprise Sona Yukti For helping It is the only Indian
Network (SEN) youth to organisation to be
sustainability develop skills selected as part of the
award SEN awards for 2018.
Commonwealth Padmanaban For his work He was the founder of
Youth Award Gopalan towards Zero No Food Waste, was
Hunger named the winner of
the Commonwealth
Youth Award for the
Asian region worth
3,000 Pounds
Nari Shakti Seema Mehta Women
Puraskar empowerme
nt
DD Mahila Kisan Swati Shingade The Kisan Channel has
Award 2018-19 provided a platform to
the women farmers and
the main purpose of the
channel is to make
aware the people about
the various schemes of
the government.
BusinessLine Arun Jaitley For The 2nd edition of
Changemaker Of successfully BusinessLine
The Year award introducing Changemaker Awards
the Goods ceremony held at the
and Services Leela Palace, New Delhi.
Tax (GST)
Uttam Yudh Seva Anil Kumar Bhatt For successfully
Medal organizing the counter-
terrorist operations in
Jammu & Kashmir.

2019 National Kavya Kopparapu She has been awarded

STEM Education for her significant
Award invention in enhancing
treatments of
glioblastoma– which is
the deadliest form of
brain cancer. The prize
money for STEM
amounts to $10,000.
Turing Award Yoshua Bengio, They recognized their
2018(Nobel Prize Geoffrey Hinton, and work for developing the
of computing) Yann LeCun AI (Artificial
intelligence) subfield of
deep learning. The
troika has developed a
base for the recent
growth of AI
technologies, through
their work in the 1990s
and 2000.
APRIL
Zayed Medal PM Narendra Modi For boosting This is United Arab
the bilateral Emirates’s highest
ties between civilian honour.
India & UAE
Lifetime A K Singh Scientist The conclave was
Achievement organised by the
Award 2019 during university to note World
4th APJ Abdul Creativity and
Kalam Innovation Innovation Day.
Conclave
World Press Photo John Moore “For The little girl in this
of the Year theImage of picture name Yanela
Crying Girl and her mother Sandra
on the Sanchez illegally
Border” crossed the US-Mexican
border last year.
UN Mission in 150 Indian For serving
South Sudan peacekeepers with extreme
(UNMISS)’s Medals dedication
of Honour and sacrifice.
World Press Cyril Almeida Journalist For his “critical” and
Freedom Hero “tenacious coverage” of
award in 2019 the civil-military
relations in Pakistan.
And also MadaMasr, an
Egyptian news site
National (IP) Benny Antony He is the inventor of

Intellectual BCM-95, the world’s

Property Award, leading patented
2019 turmeric extract
formulation.
‘Compassionate Derek C Saved the life of a
Kid’ award 2019 Lalchhanhima chicken
by People for the
Ethical Treatment
of Animals(PETA)
India
Corporate Prasanna Kumar Rao Enterpreneur The prestigious Asia
Excellence award Pacific Entrepreneurship
Award (APEA) from
Enterprise Asia
MAY
Goldman  Bayarjargal
Environmental Agvaantseren
Prize 2019 from Mongolia
 Alfred Brownell
from Liberia
 Ana Colovic
Lesoska from
North
Macedonia
 Alberto
Curamil from
Chile
 Jacqueline
Evans
fromCook
Islands
 Linda
Garciafrom
United States
Knight of the Former ISRO chief This award is for his
Legion of Honour A.S. Kiran invaluable contribution
Kumar(Karnataka,In to the development of
dia ) the IndiaFrance space
cooperation.
Sasakawa Award Dr. Pramod Kumar For his constant
2019 by United Mishra dedication in improving
Nations Office for the strength of the
Disaster Risk communities which
Reduction were most exposed to
(UNDRR) disasters
‘Award for Honour’ Antano and Harini For their work to help
by Ministry of people change the
Social Justice and trajectory of their lives

Empowerment and create a personal

legacy in compressed
time. They were invited
to work with some
Government officers
across various levels.
Global Asian of the Hema Divakar For her yeomen
Year 2018-19' services and
Award contribution towards
Women's Healthcare
Ecosystem.She was
awarded under the 'In
Service of the Society
and the Nation'
category.
UN (United Jitender Kumar Late Jitender
Nations) Dag Kumar
Hammarskjold sacrificed his
Medal life while
serving the
UN Org.
Stabilisation
Mission in
the
Democratic
Republic of
the Congo
(MONUSCO).
'Lifetime N Kumar Professor He was awarded for his
Recognition contributions to the
Award' by the field of horticulture and
Confederation of academic leadership
Horticulture focused on human
Association of resource development
India in agriculture.
27th P.C. Chandra Devi Prasad Shetty Cardiac with Divine Hands’. In
Puraskaar (Karnataka,India) surgeon and 2003, he has won
humanitarian Padma Shri and Padma
Bhushan for medicine in
2013.
V K Krishna Menon G D ‘Robert’ Decolonised Govender is the first
Award 2019 Govender(Indian journalist person who has been
origin in South awarded the V K
Africa) Krishna Menon
posthumously. He had
died in the UK in 2016.
'Order Of The Shyam Saran It is Japan's second
Rising Sun, Gold highest national award

and Silver Star established by the

Award' Japanese Emperor Meiji
in 1875.
JUNE
Global Leadership Sundar Pichai (46) They were chosen by
Awards 2019 and NASDAQ ‘s business advocacy
(National Association group US-India
of Securities Dealers Business Council
Automated (USIBC) for “catalyzing
Quotations) growth in the USIndia
President Adena commercial corridor”.
Friedman (50)
Facebook ‘Hall of Zonel Sougaijam For discovering and
Fame’2019 reporting a WhatsApp
bug that violated the
privacy of a user.
Manas Order of Xi Jinping For developing the
the First Kyrgyzstan-China
Degree(Kyrgyzsta comprehensive strategic
n’s Highest partnership
National Award)
Miss India 2019 Suman Rao She was crowned by
Miss India 2018
Anukreethy Vas from
Tamil Nadu.
Innovative Dr Gaurav Nigam The event was
Research organized by Global
Excellence Award Leaders Foundation. He
2019 is the founder of iCare
'World's best Sameer Gulati The event was held at
coder' in 6th Reliance Corporate
Edition of TechGig Park, Navi Mumbai.
Code Gladiators
2019
'100 most Nirmala Sitharaman She was one among the
Influential in UK- 100 most influential
India Relations: women driving the UK-
Celebrating India relationship
Women forward
Commonwealth Nitesh Kumar Jangir For the For saving the lives of
Secretary- creation newborn babies.
General's lowcost
Innovation for neonatal
Sustainable breathing
Development device
Award 2019 in the named
“People” category “Saans”
Orden Mexicana Pratibha Patil She becomes the
del Aguila second Indian after the

Azteca(Order of late President S.
the Aztec Eagle) Radhakrishnan granted
(Highest civilian this honour. The award
award of Mexico) was presented by
Ambassador of Mexico
to India, Melba Pria
Amnesty Greta Thunberg For fighting She is known for
International’s, against the initiating a movement,
“Ambassador of peril of "Fridays for Future", a
Conscience award” global climate movement that
warming formed in November
2018.
Danny Kaye Priyanka Chopra Social causes She will be presented
Humanitarian and for being with this award at
Award” by United a voice for UNICEF American
Nations children’s chapter’s Snowflake Ball
International education which is to be held in
Children’s Fund’s December 2019 in New
(UNICEF) York.
Save Water Hero Makarand Tilloo Social He received this award
Award activist for his efforts to raise
awareness about water
conservation in the city.
The award ceremony
was held in Pune,
Maharashtra. He was
honoured by the
HridayMitra Foundation
JULY
US-India Strategic Azim Premji and For their contribution to
Partnership Forum Ajaypal Singh Banga strengthening economic
(USISPF)’s 2019 ties between the US
Global Excellence and India.
Award
4th World Wealth Toran Yadav Yoga He strikes two silver
Yoga medals in the rhythmic
Championship pair and artistic pair
2019 in Bulgaria, and a bronze medal in
Sofia. athletic yoga
Recognitions
Name of the Person Field

JANUARY
Arunima Sinha World’s first female amputee to climb
Mount Vinson, the highest peak of
Antarctica.
Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri Honorary membership of the Sydney
Cricket Ground (SCG)
Satyarup Siddhanta First Indian and World’s Youngest man
to climb the seven highest peaks and
volcanic summits across all continents
Rio de Janeiro World Capital of Architecture for 2020
Karthiyani Amma Commonwealth Learning Goodwill
Ambassador
Southern Railway Number one position for cleanliness in
country
FEBRUARY
Dhanya Sanal K. First woman to climb Agasthyarkoodam
peak in Kerala
Divya Karnad First Indian Woman to be honoured with
the “Global Future of Nature Award” for
her work on marine conservation
Noor Inayat Khan- British Indian World First Indian-origin woman to be
War II spy honoured with a Blue Plaque
Mukesh Ambani First Indian to join top 10 richest list of
Hurun Research
Tata Steel 2019 World’s Most Ethical Companies
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos-1st Mukesh Forbes World’s Billionaires list
Ambani-13th
Kane Tanaka World’s oldest living person by Guinness
World Records
Tashigang World’s highest polling station
APRIL
Batman First Inductee of Comic-Con Museum’s
Character Hall of Fame
Odisha’s Kandhamal Haldi (turmeric) Geographical Indications (GI) tag
Isaak Hayik World’s oldest person to play in a
professional soccer
Guwahati Railway Station First railway station to get an ISO
(International Organisation for
Standardisation) certification
Deepa Malik New Zealand Prime Minister’s Sir
Edmund Hillary Fellowship for 2019
Bhayanakam (Fear) Best cinematography award in Beijing
International Film Festival
Reliance Industries India’s first retail company
Gagandeep Kang First Indian Women In 359 Years To Join
Royal Society
Bajrang Punia First Indian wrestler invited by the

American governing body to take part in

the “Grapple at the Garden — Beat the
Streets” fight night
MAY
Bandana(Nepali teenager) Guinness World Records on “Longest
Dancing Marathon by an Individual”
surpassed Kalamandalam
Hemalatha(India)
Jitender Kumar and Shikha Garg Honoured for laying down their lives in
UN peace-service
Captain Aarohi Pandit(Mumbai) First woman in the world to cross the
Atlantic Ocean solo in a Light Sports
Aircraft (LSA). She has set another
world record as the 1st woman pilot to
fly solo above the dangerous Greenland
ice-cap in a LSA.
Saray Khumalo(Zambia) First black African woman to conquer Mt.
Everest in her fourth attempt.
Kailash Mansarovar popularly known as UNESCO incorporated in tentative list of
Mount Kailash World Heritage Sites
Bhawana Kanth First female fighter pilot of Indian Air
Force
Priyanka Mohite(Mumbai) First Indian woman to scale world’s fifth
highest mountain Mount Makalu
Architectural heritage of Orchha town in Added to the Tentative List of UNESCO's
Madhya Pradesh World Heritage Sites
Flight Lieutenant Parul Bhardwaj India’s first all-woman crew flies Mi-17
(Captain), Flying Officer Aman Nidhi (co- V5 medium-lift helicopter
pilot) and Flight Lieutenant Hina Jaiswal
(Flight Engineer)
Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport of Indore, Gets 'International' Status
Madhya Pradesh
Chandrani Murmu(Odisha)of Biju Janata Youngest MP in the country
Dal (BJD)
JUNE
Flight Lieutenant Mohana Singh First IAF woman pilot to become
completely operational by day on Hawk
advanced jet aircraft
Jay-Z, whose real name is Sean Carter World’s 1st Billionaire($1bn (£800m))
Rapper by Forbes
Rihanna World's richest female($600 million) by
Forbes magazine
Virat Kholi Forbes list of World’s highest-paid
athletes 2019.The list has been
topped by the Barcelona and
Argentina professional Footballer
Lionel Messi with the annual

earnings of $127mn
Reliance Industries leads the list of 57 Forbes World's 2,000 largest public
Indian companies (71st rank globally) companies
Mount Everest World’s Highest Operating Weather
Stations by National Geographic Society
Kolhapuri chappal Geographic Indication (GI) tag from The
Controller General of Patents, Designs
and Trade Mark
Srilankan Airlines World's most punctual airline tag
JULY
Aparna Kumar First civil servant & IPS Officer to
conquer the ‘Seven Summits’ challenge
Dipankar Banerjee Included as co-investigator in NASA
(National Aeronautics and Space
Administration) for its PUNCH mission
Aditya Birla World Academy Only Indian School to feature in ‘The
Commonwealth At 70: From
Westminster to the World’ Book
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

National
Name Appointed As Entity/Place Points To Be
Noted
JANUARY
VK Yadav Chairman Railway Board He succeeded
Ashwani Lohani.He
was the General
Manager of South-
Central Railway
(SCR).
Saurabh Kumar Chairman Ordnance Factory He Succeeds P.K.
Board (OFB) Shrivastava in
Kolkata.
M. Nageshwara Chief(Interim) CBI
Rao
Mohammed Ali Chief Coach Women’s Boxing He is India’s first
Qamar Commonwealth
Games gold
medalist. He
replaced veteran
Shiv Singh.
Thottathil Chief Justice Telangana High Governor
Bhaskaran Nair Court Narasimhan also

Radhakrishnan administered oath

to Justice Praveen
Kumar as the
acting Chief Justice
of Andhra Pradesh
High Court in
Vajaywada.
Lingappa Narayana Chief Karnataka High
Swamy Justice(Acting) Court
Jaideep Govind Secretary General National Human
Rights Commission
(NHRC)
Vice Admiral G Vice Chief Naval Staff He holded as a
Ashok Kumar deputy Chief of
naval Staff from
June 6,2016.
FEBRUARY
Shane Warne Brand ambassador Rajasthan Royals For upcoming 12th
edition of Indian
Premier League
(IPL)
Pramod Chandra Chairman Central Board of He will succeed
Mody Direct Taxes Sushil Chandra
(CBDT)
Govind Prasad Chairman National Book He will be replacing
Sharma Trust (NBT) Baldeo Sharma
Ashwani Lohani Chairman and Air India
Managing Director
(CMD)
B. P. Sharma Chairman & Pawan Hans
Managing Director
(CMD)
Ajit Kumar P Chief Western Naval He is an awardee
Command of Vishisht Seva
Medal in 2006, the
Ati Vishisht Seva
Medal in 2014 and
Param Vishist Seva
Medal in 2019 by
the President of
India
SN Gharmade Chief of Staff Eastern Naval
Command,
Vishakhapatnam
Depinder Singh Chief of Staff Southern
Ahuja Command
Anirban Mukherjee Chief Executive PayU India He will succeed

Officer (CEO) Amrish Rau.

Rishi K Shukla Director Central Bureau Pradesh DGP , as
ofInvestigation the new director of
(CBI) the Central Bureau
of Investigation
(CBI) for a fixed
tenure of two years
A.K. Sharma Director (Finance) Indian Oil He was appointed
Corporation (IOC) Director (Finance)
of IOC in October
2014 and
superannuated on
January 31, 2019.
Sushil Chandra Election He made this
Commissioner appointment by
exercising the
powers given
under clause (2) of
Article 324 of the
Constitution.
Justice D K Jain Ombudsman Board of Control He is the first
for Cricket in India ombudsman for the
(BCCI) Board of Control
for Cricket in India
(BCCI).
MARCH
Aamir Khan Brand Ambassador PhonePe
Virender Sehwag Brand Ambassador PolicyX.com He will be the face
of its biggest
marketing
campaign of
insurance products
covering term
insurance, health
insurance, life
insurance, car
insurance and
others.
P K Mishra Chief Chhattisgarh Chief Justice of
Justice(Acting) Chhattisgarh High
Court A K Tripathi
resigned from the
post after he got
appointed as the
Member of the
Lokpal.
Pramod Sawant Chief Goa He succeeds
Minister(13th) Manohar Parrikar,

who died due to

Cancer.
Veselin Matic Coach Indian Men’s He will succeed
basketball team Zoran Visic, who is
currently on the
charge of coach of
Indian women's
basketball team.
Ajit Kumar Director Bhabha Atomic By the Ministry of
Mohanty Research Centre Personnel for 3
(BARC) years
MA Hampiholi Director General Navy He will succeed
Naval Operations Satish Namdeo
(DGNO) Ghormade
Gauri Sawant Election Election The highest
ambassador(First Commission of enrolment of
Transgender) India transgenders (324)
is in Mumbai North
Lok Sabha
constituency.
Subhash Chandra Finance Secretary India He has succeeded
Garg Ajay Narayan Jha.
Pinaki Chandra Lokpal or the India Dilip B. Bhosale,
Ghose anticorruption Pradip Kumar
ombudsman(First) Mohanty, and
Abhilasha Kumari
and Ajay Kumar
Tripathi have been
appointed as
judicial members
under the Lokpal.
Rustom Irani Managing DirectorHitachi Payment He will succeed
Services Loney Antony
DK Jain Ombudsman BCCI (Board of
Control for Cricket
in India)
APRIL
Murali Kartik Brand Ambassador Fantasy 11,Gaming He is the’ official
startup Fan Management
Partner’ for
Premier Badminton
League.
Mahendra Singh Brand Ambassador RedBus RedBus started its
Dhoni operation in 2006,
works with over
2500 bus operator
and have sold

more than 180

million bus tickets
till date. It also a
part of the
MakeMyTrip group.
Vikas Khanna Brand Ambassador Indo-American Arts
Council (IAAC)
Keshav Murugesh Chairman NASSCOM Nasscom
(National designated Pravin
Association of Rao, Infosys COO
Software and UB as its Vice
services Chairman for
companies) 2019-20.
Jitendra Chaddah Chairman India Electronics He succeeds Anil
and Semiconductor Kumar Muniswamy
Association (IESA)
Ravinder Kumar Chairman Export Promotion He will take charge
Passi Council for for the post of
Handicraft (EPCH) Chairman shortly
from his
predecessor O P
Prahladka
M S Yadav General Secretary All India Federation
of PTI Employees'
Unions (AIFPTIEU)
Mukesh Kumar General Secretary Judo Union, the The present
Asian governing President of Judo
body Federation of
India, Partap Singh
Bajwa was elected
as Vice President of
Judo Union of Asia
and as president of
South Asia Judo
Federation.
Mithali Dorai Raj Goodwill Indian women's This is the first
ambassador cricket team cricket world cup
for streetconnected
children and final
will be played at
Lord’s in London on
May 7.
Vikramjit Singh President International He will succeed
Sahney Chamber of Jawahar Vadivelu.
Commerce- India
Gargi Kaul Secretary Defence Finance The senior
bureaucrat, Kaul is
currently serving

as Financial
Advisor (Defence
Services), Ministry
of Defence.
MAY
ViratKohli and Brand Myntra They were the first
Anushka Sharma ambassadors ever official brand
ambassadors.
Salman Khan Brand BharatPe The new Campaign
ambassadors will be directed
towards instructing
merchants and
users about UPI
payments along
with driving
adoption of
BharatPe app for
all their business
needs.
Sanjiv Puri Chairman ITC Limited Now Sanjiv Puri
became the
Chairman and
Managing Director
(CMD) of ITC.
Previous Manager
of ITC Yogesh
Chander
Deveshwar has
passed away
recently.
Birender Singh Chairman Chiefs of Staff Now BS Dhanoa
Dhanoa Committee (COSC) will be the
Chairman of COSC
with effect from
May 31, 2019 due
to the retirement
of Admiral Sunil
Lamba
Arjan Kumar Sikri Chairperson News Broadcasting His predecessor is
Standards Justice (retd) R V
Authority Raveendran
Admiral Karambir Chief of Naval Indian Navy He succeeded Chief
Singh Staff(24th) Admiral Sunil
Lanba, who retired
from the service
after completion of
3 years. Singh was
the Flag Officer

Commanding-in-
Chief (FOC-in-C) of
the Eastern Naval
Command(ENC)
headquartered at
Visakhapatnam,
Andhra Pradesh.
Jagan Mohan Chief Minister Andhra Pradesh Succeeds
Reddy(YSR Chandrababu
Congress) Naidu of Telugu
Desam Party
Prem Singh Chief Minister Sikkim He succeeded
Tamang(Sikkim Pawan Kumar
Krantikari Morcha Chamling of SDF,
(SKM)) the longest-serving
CM of the country
Naveen Chief Minister Odisha He is the longest-
Patnaik(Biju Janata serving chief
Dal) minister of the
state.
Pema Chief Minister Arunachal Pradesh Governor
Khandu(Bharatiya Brig(Retd) B D
Janata Party(BJP)) Mishra with 11
Cabinet Ministers
administered the
oath
Igor Stimac Coach Indian men’s He succeeds
football team Stephen
Constantine
Vice Admiral Atul Flag Officer Indian Navy The Ceremonial
Kumar Jain Commandingin- parade was held at
Chief (FOC-inC) of the naval base in
the Eastern Naval Visakhapatnam,
Command(ENC). Andhra Pradesh.
National Prime Minister India He sworn in for the
Democratic Alliance second consecutive
(NDA) leader term,
Narendra
Damodardas Modi
JUNE
Pradeep Kumar Cabinet Secretary India He was appointed
Sinha in 2015 for two
years. He became
the longestserving
bureaucrat in the
post in the last
seven decades.
Tiger Shroff Brand Ambassador Casio India For its popular
range of G-Shock
watches across
different touch
points including
television, media,
digital and social.
Yerry Fernando Brand Ambassador Hero MotoCorp Hero MotoCorp
Mina González became the first
Indian twowheeler
company to setup
a manufacturing
base in Latin
America when it
commenced
operations at Villa
Rica, in Cauca
province, Colombia
in 2016.
Amit Agarwal Chairman Internet and Mobile He succeeds Rajan
Association of India Anandan, who was
(IAMAI) the former Google
India Managing
Director (MD).
Dhruv Shringi,
Cofounder and
Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) of
Yatra was
appointed as the
Vice Chairman of
IAMAI.
Arvind Kumar Chief Intelligence Bureau He is currently
(IB) serving as special
director in the IB.
He will succeed
Rajiv Jain.
Samant Kumar Chief Research and He is presently
Goel Analysis serving as Special
Wing(RAW) Secretary in the
RAW. He will
succeed Anil K
Dhasmana.
Amitabh Kant Chief Executive NITI Aayog His tenure was
Officer extended by two
years, up to June
30, 2021.
Mrutyunjay Chief or Director India He is from Bhadrak
Mohapatra General (DG) Meteorological district of Odisha.

Department (IMD) He succeeds KJ

Ramesh.
Dinesh K Tripathi Commandant(7th ) Indian Naval He succeeded Vice
Academy (INA) Admiral RB Pandit,
AVSM, who
completed his
tenure of over 15
months.
Sanjay Mitra Defence Secretary India He was appointed
as the defence
secretary on May
24, 2017
succeeding G.
Mohan Kumar.
Lt Gen PJS Pannu Deputy Chief Integrated Defence He will look after
staff (operations) Air Marshal Rajeev
Sachdeva with
effect from June 1.
Mr. Ravinder Singh Director (Projects) Power Finance He is currently
Dhillon Corporation Ltd serving as an
(PFC) Executive Director
in PFC
Arun Kumar Director General Directorate General He assumed the
(DG) of Civil Aviation charge on June 1,
(DGCA) 2019, succeeding B
S Bhullar who
retired on May 31,
2019.
Alok Vardhan Director General Directorate General
Chaturvedi of Foreign Trade
(DGFT)
Krishnaswamy Director General Indian Coast Guard He succeeds
Natarajan (ICG) Rajendra Singh
who will be retiring
on 30 June 2019.
At present, he is
serving as
Additional Director
General (ADG) of
ICG’s Western
SeaBoard.
Padmanabha Governor Manipur Justice
Balakrishna Lanusungkum
Acharya Jamir of the High
Court of Manipur
administered the
swearing in
ceremony at the

Darbar Hall of the

Raj Bhavan,
Imphal.
Abhinav Bindra Independent World Archery To sort out the
person ongoing trouble in
the Archery
Association of India
(AAI). AAI,
headquartered at
New Delhi, had
violated the
constitution by
unanimously
electing two
parallel bodies in
Chandigarh and
New Delhi.
Sharad Kumar Interim Central India The move comes
Vigilance after the Central
Commissioner Vigilance
(CVC) Commissioner
(CVC) KV
Chowdary
completed his
tenure at anti-graft
body
Thawar Chand Leader Rajya Sabha He succeeds
Gehlot former Union
Minister of Finance
and Corporate
Affairs, Arun
Jaitley. He served
as the Minister of
Social Justice and
Empowerment
from 2014 to 2019.
Krishnamurthy Members(part- Insolvency and
Subramanian and time) Bankruptcy Board
B Sriram of India (IBBI)
V Ravi Anshuman Member(part-time) Securities and He is currently
Exchange Board of working as a
India (SEBI) professor in Indian
Institutes of
Management,
Bangalore.
Ajit Doval National security India His tenure is
Advisor (NSA) extended for 5
years as well as

given upgraded
position from the
minister of state to
a Cabinet rank
Debendranath President Squash Rackets Cyrus Poncha was
Sarangi Federation of India made secretary-
(SRFI) general. They were
elected unopposed
for a period of four
years from 2019 to
2023.
Sharad Kumar President Federation of He succeeded
Saraf Indian Export Ganesh Kumar
Organisations Gupta. He is the
(FIEO) Chairman and
Founder of
Technocraft
Industries (India).
Nripendra Misra Principal Secretary Prime Minister Pramod Kumar
(PS) Narendra Modi Mishra was re-
appointed as
Additional Principal
Secretary (Addl
PS) to Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi
Om Birla Speaker 17th Lok Sabha He will succeed
Sumitra Mahajan
(2014-2019) and
pro-tem speaker of
17th Lok Sabha
Virendra Kumar.
JULY
Manoj Kumar Chairman Microfinance Vineet Chattreem
Nambiar Institutions was selected as the
Network (MFIN) vice chairman
succeeding
Dibyajyoti
Pattanaik.
Dr.Nalin Shinghal Chairman and Bharat Heavy He succeeded D.
Managing Director Electricals
(CMD) Limited(BHEL)
B Harideesh Kumar Director Institute of He succeeded Anup
Banking Personnel Sankar
Selection Bhattacharya
Rahul Dravid Head of Cricket National Cricket
Academy (NCA)
Ashutosh Gupta Manager for LinkedIn He will replace
Business in India Mahesh Narayanan
International
Name Appointed as Entity/place Points to be noted
JANUARY
Sultan Abdullah King Malaysia
Shri Pranav R President Global Solar He is dubbed as the
Mehta Council Solar Man of India.
(GSC),USA
Nicolas Maduro President Venezuela He sworn in as
Venezuela’s President
for the 2nd term for a
new 6- year term.
Jair Bolsonaro President(42nd) Brazil
Andry Rajoelina President Madagascar He Succeeds Hery
Rajaonarimampianina.
Felix Tshisekedi President Congo He Succeeds the
Outgoing President
Joseph Kabila.
Kristin Scott President France’s Cesar
Thomas Award
Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Wins
Third Term as PM of
Bangladesh.
Su Tseng-chang Prime Minister Taiwan Tseng-chang will
replace Lai Ching-te
who resigned from
the post following the
defeat in the
elections.
Stefan Lofven Prime Minister Sweden He was appointed as
Prime Minister of
Sweden for a second
term.
Christophe Joseph Prime Minister Burkina Faso Dr.Poonam Khetrapal
Marie Dabire Singh
Dr.Poonam Regional Director World Health She is the first
Khetrapal Singh Organization woman to become
South-East Asia Regional Director of
WHO South-East Asia
Region.
FEBRUARY
Indra Nooyi Board of Directors Amazon With her
appointment,
Amazon’s 11-
member board now

has five women,

including
Nooyi,Brewer, Jamie
Gorelick, Judith
McGrath & Patricia
Stonesifer.
Abdel Fattah El Chairman African Union He will succeed
Sisi Rwanda’s President
Paul Kagame.32nd AU
Summit held in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia.
Juan Guaido Interim President Venezuela
Nayib Bukele President El Salvador He will assume the
chair of President on
June 1 ,2019.
Muhammadu President Nigeria He defeated Atiku
Buhari Abubakar
Mohamed Tahir Prime Minister Sudan
Ayala
Ajay Singh President AIBA He has been elected
(International to the post for a
Boxing tenure of four years.
Association)
Brij bhushan President Wrestling He was appointed for
Sharan Singh Federation of a third time for a
India (WFI) period of 3 years.
MARCH
Padma Lakshmi Goodwill United Nations She will have the
ambassador Development responsibility to
Programme support the agency’s
(UNDP) fight against
inequality and
discrimination which
can affect people in
rich and poor
countries alike.
Macky Sall President Senegal He is reappointed for
the second term.
Sheikh Ahmad President Olympic Council of He is appointed for
AlFahad Al-Sabah Asia five-year term until
2024
Azali Assoumani President Comoros He was re-elected as
the President of
Comoros after
defeating his closest
rival, Mohamoudou
Ahamada.

Zuzana President Slovakia She will succeed

Caputova(45) Andrej Kiska. She has
deafeated high-profile
diplomat Maros
Sefcovic by winning
58% votes.
Kaja Kallas Prime Minister Estonia She is the first female
Prime Minister of
Estonia, after the
liberal Reform Party
declared victory in the
elections against
centre-left Prime
Minister Juri Ratas’s
party.
Juha Sipila Prime Minister Finland He resigned along
with his cabinet, after
failing to push
through parliament
plans to overhaul
health services and
social care in the face
of an aging population
Mahmoud Abbas Prime Minister Palestine He succeeds Rami al-
Hamdallah who
resigned from this
post 6 weeks ago.
APRIL
Manu Sawhney Chief Executive International
Officer (CEO) Cricket Council
(ICC)
Sheikh Salman bin Chief Asian football
Ebrahim Al Khalifa
Lori Lightfoot Mayor Chicago She is the first Black
Women Mayor & also
the first lesbian
Leader for the City.
She will succeed
Rahm Emanue.
Praful Patel Member FIFA Executive He has become the
Council first Indian to enter
the elite panel of the
game's global
governing body.
Abdelkader President Algeria He has been
Bensalah (77) appointed as the
interim President of
the country.

Davis Malpass President World bank He will succeed Jim

Yong-Kim.
Volodymyr President Ukraine He defeated
Oleksandrovych incumbent Petro
Zelensky Poroshenko of Petro
Poroshenko Bloc
"Solidarity" party.
Benjamin Prime Minister Israel This is his 5th term
Netanyahu
Jean Michel Lapin Prime Minister Haiti He succeeds Jean-
Henry Ceant.
Mohammed Prime Minister Palestine The new 24 member
Ishtayeh cabinet replaces a
technocratic
government, which
was formed by Rami
Hamdallah in 2014.
MAY
Dia Mirza Advocates United Nations She was among 17
new advocates to
achieve Sustainable
Development Goals
(SDGs).
Tijjani Mohammad President United Nations He is the second
Bande General Nigerian to be
Assembly(UNGA) appointed to this
post, prior being Mr.
Joseph Nanven
Garba(1989-1990).
Prof. Tijjani Bande will
succeed María
Fernanda Espinosa
Garcés.
Kumar President Marylebone He was the first non-
Sangakkara Cricket Club British president of
(MCC) MCC.He succeeds
Anthony Wreford
Stevo Pendarovski President North Macedonia
Laurentino “Nito” President Panama He Succeeded Juan
Cortizo Carlos Varela
Cyril Ramaphosa President South Africa He was elected after
President Jacob Zuma
resigned from the
post due to charges of
corruption.
Joko Widodo President Indonesia He defeated his rival
Prabowo Subianto, a

retired general. Joko

Widodo belongs to
PDI-P, political party
where as his rival
Prabowo Subianto
belongs to Gerindra
Volodymyr President Ukraine He succeeded Petro
Zelenskiy Poroshenko. He won
73% of the vote cast
and became Ukraine's
youngest post-Soviet
President.
Peter Mutharika of President Malawi He won the elections
Democratic against the opposition
Progressive Party candidate Lazarus
(DPP) Chakwera from the
Malawi Congress
Party (MCP) who
secured 35.4% of the
votes.
Muhammadu President Nigeria He belongs to All
Buhari Progressives
Congress(APC) Party.
He won 56% of the
votes cast. He was in
power since 2015.
Scott Morrison Prime Australia Other members
Minister(30th ) include Deputy PM
Michael McCormack,
Australia’s first
Aboriginal federal
cabinet minister, Ken
Wyatt also sworn
alongside with Scott
Morrison at a
ceremony in the
Canberra. He replaced
Malcolm Turnbull as
chief of the ruling
Liberal Party
James Marape Prime Minister Papua New Guinea He succeeded Peter
O'Neill of People's
National Congress
party.
Rakesh Sharma Vice President International Decision was taken
Motorcycle during the annual
Manufactures general meeting of
Association (IMMA) at Yogyakarta

in Indonesia.
JUNE
Anita Bhatia Deputy Executive UN (United She has a famed
Director Nations) Entity for career at the World
Gender Equality Bank, serving in
and the various senior
Empowerment of leadership and
Women (UN management
Women) positions.
Qu Dongyu Director General United Nation's He will succeed
Food and Brazil’s Jose Graziano
Agriculture da Silva.
Organization
(FAO)
Inger Andersen Executive Director United Nations She succeeded Joyce
Environment Msuya of Tanzania.
Programme’s
(UNEP)
Narinder Batra Member International He is the first Indian
Olympic to become a member
Committee (IOC) while holding as
President of Indian
Olympic Association
(IOA) and Fédération
Internationale de
Hockey (FIH)
Gianni Infantino President Federation For a global governing
Internationale de body of football till
Football 2023. He was elected
Association (FIFA) President of FIFA in
2016.
Anton Aditya President Badminton Asia There were seven
subowo people selected as the
vice-presidents.
India’s Badminton
Asia’s president
Himanta Biswa Sarma
was one among them.
Tijjani President 74th session of He will be succeeding
MuhammadBande United Nations Maria Fernanda
General Assembly Espinosa. He is the
(UNGA) second Nigerian UNGA
president after Joseph
Nanven Garba.
Nayib Bukele President El Salvador He will succeed
Salvador Sanchez
Ceren, a leftist former
guerrill.

Kassym-Jomart President Kazakhstan He is the successor of

Tokayev veteran ruler
Nursultan
Nazarbayev.
KassymJomart
Tokayev belonged to
Nur Otan party.
Zuzana Caputova President Slovakia She is the first female
president. She
defeated Smer-SD
candidate Maros
Sefcovic. She is the
fifth president of
Slovakia.
Mohamed Ould President Mauritania He will succeed
Ghazouani Mohamed Ould Abdel
Aziz.
Prayuth Chan- Prime Minister Thailand For a second term. He
ocha of Palang defeated Thanathorn
Pracharat party Juangroongruangkit
leader of Future
Forward party
JULY
David Lipton Interim leader International He replaces Christine
Monetary Fund Lagarde who was
(IMF) nominated to head
the European Central
Bank.
Ursula von der President European She will be replacing
Leyen Designate Commission Jean-Claude Juncker.
Christine Lagarde President ECB (European She would succeed
Designate Central Bank) current ECB president
Mario Draghi (Italy),
whose term ends on
October 31.She is the
first woman to lead
the bank.
Kyriakos Prime Minister Greece He succeed current
Mitsotakis Prime Minister Alexis
Tsipras.
Complete list Of Union Council Of Ministers 2019: Cabinet Ministers with

their constituency:
Highlights

 Nirmala Sitharaman has become the first full-time female Finance Minister of
India.
 Central government had formed ‘Jal Shakti’ Ministry by Merging Water
Resources and Drinking Water Ministries.
 Subrahmanyam Jaishankar had become first career diplomat to be appointed as
External Affairs Minister of India.
 Smriti Irani is the youngest council of ministers in the second term of Modi
government. She is currently 43 years of age.
Resignation
JANUARY
Name Resigned as Entity/Place

JANUARY
Ashok Chawla Chairman National Stock
Exchange(NSE)
Sultan Muhammad V Malaysia’s monarch First time in History
stepped down before
completion of tenure
FEBRUARY
P C Mohanan and J V Non-governmental National Statistical
Meenakshi members Commission
MARCH
Kummanam Rajasekharan Governor of Mizoram Governor of Assam,
Jagdish
Mukhi has been
appointed in his
place temporarily
Nursultan Nazarbayev President Kazakhstan.He served as
the first and only
President of Kazakhstan.
He be succeeded by
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
(65).
Kazakhstan.He served as President of Amateur Rahimov will be replaced
the first and only International Boxing by an interim president.
President of Kazakhstan. Federation (AIBA)
He be succeeded by
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
(65).
Arjan Kumar Sikri Supreme Court Judge In this regard, President
Ram Nath Kovind has

nominated Justice S A
Bobde of the Supreme
Court as executive
chairman of the National
Legal Services Authority
(NALSA) in place of
Justice Sikri.
APRIL
Abdelaziz Bouteflika President Algeria
Soumeylou Boubeye Prime Minister Mali
Maiga
Uday Kumar Varma Secretary General Associated Chambers of
Commerce and Industry
(Assocham)
MAY
Vinay Dube Chief Executive Officer Jet Airways .Chief
Financial Officer and
deputy CEO Amit Agarwal,
Chief People’s Officer
Rahul Taneja and
Company Secretary and
Compliance Officer
Kuldeep Sharma resigned
from their positions with
immediate effect.
Akihito Emporer Japan
Juan Carlos I Former monarch Spain
Venkataraman Independent Director IL&FS Securities Services
Janakiraman Ltd (ISSL)
B.V.P. Rao President Archery Association of
India (AAI)
JUNE
Azim Premji Executive Chairman Wipro
Pankaj Razdan Chief Executive Officer Aditya Birla Sun Life
Insurance (ABSLI).Kotak
Securities Kamlesh Rao
will replace Razdan as
CEO. Razdan also resigned
from his other position as
deputy chief executive
officer of financial services
firm, Aditya Birla Capital.’
JULY
Azim Premji Executive Chairman Wipro
Pankaj Razdan Chief Executive Officer Aditya Birla Sun Life
Insurance (ABSLI).Kotak
Securities Kamlesh Rao

will replace Razdan as

CEO. Razdan also resigned
from his other position as
deputy chief executive
officer of financial services
firm, Aditya Birla Capital.’
Rahul Gandhi President Congress Party
BUSINESS
BUSINESS INITIATIVES
JANUARY
 “GAFA tax”( Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon )– introduced-France- to

pay a fair share of taxes on their massive businesses in Europe. SoftBank
Ventures Korea- renamed - SoftBank Ventures Asia GST on Haj has been
reduced from 18% to 5%.
FEBRUARY
 Government panel headed by Nitin Patel, recommended -reducing GST on

under-construction flats from 12% to 5%. Centre has increased Minimum
Selling Price of Sugar by Rs 2/kg.
 Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) released a
new 41-page "Draft National e-Commerce Policy-India’s Data for India’s
Development". Investments by listed companies with a net worth of Rs 100
crore or turnover of Rs 250 crore will be exempted up to Rs 25 crore.
 Investments of up to Rs 25 crore in eligible startups by Non-Residents, and
Alternate Investment Funds – Category I will also be exempt under Section
56 (2) (viib) of the Income Tax Act.
MARCH
 Govt increased the income tax exemption for gratuity from Rs 10 lakh to Rs
20 lakh.
 India’s Data Usage forecasted to rise at 73% CAGR by 2022.
 India sets ‘aspirational’ target for engineering exports by 2025.
 Microsoft launched Project ‘Sangam’ to boost India’s Swachh Bharat Mission.
APRIL
 Google opens its 1st African Lab in Ghana.

 Asian Tea Alliance launched in China India Post collaborates with TCS to
digitalize 1.5 lakh post offices & creating world’s largest EPostal network by
deploying largest SAP implementation. First Indian Platform for Wholesale
Cryptocurrency Trading has introduced by BuyUcoin.
MAY
 Vodafone Idea collaborates - IBM and signs a multi-million dollar IT deal.

 Facebook registers - secretive cryptocurrency firm ‘Libra Networks LLC’ in
Geneva, Switzerland. Wirecard teams up with India to issue PAN cards.
 US Government removed India and Switzerland from its currency monitoring
list.
JUNE
 ONGC - become India’s most profitable Public sector undertaking after

surpassing Indian Oil Corp (IOC).
 Indian Oil Corporation Limited(IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
(BPCL) andHindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited(HPCL) - to form a
Joint Venture(JV) in New Delhi for laying the world’s longest Liquefied
petroleum gas(LPG) pipeline ie 2757 Km from Kandla, Gujarat to
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. FDI in India grew by 6% to $ 42 billion in 2018:
UNCTAD.
 Bangladesh emerged as the fastest economy in Asia-Pacific: Asian
Development Bank
JULY
 Govt sets a target to raise health services expenditure to 2.5% of GDP by

2025.
 Railways aim to install CCTV cameras in over 7,020 train coaches by March
2021.
 India’s turnover ratio2018 fell by 60% in 10 years- by-World Bank data.
 RIL outpace TCS to become the most valued firm by m-cap with more than
8 Lakh Crore
ANTI DUMPING DUTY
JANUARY
 Chinese synthetic rubber ‘fluoroelastomers’ –for 18 months.
FEBRUARY
 India boosts Customs Duty to 200% on goods imported from Pakistan.

APRIL
 Anti dumping duty on -solar cell components (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Sheet
for Solar Module) from China, Malaysia, Saudia Arabia and Thailand for a
period of 5 years.
MAY
 Anti-dumping duty of 1,633.17 $ per tonne imposed on saccharin imports

from Indonesia
 Trade between India and US in goods and services registers 12.6% growth in
2018
 Facebook has selected London as the center to develop WhatsApp’s mobile
payment service.
JULY
 200% duty on all goods originating in or exported from Pakistan.
ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS
JANUARY
 India enter - merger and acquisition (M&A) club –by-1,200 deals worth
around $ 110 billion or Rs 71,000 crore in 2018.
FEBRUARY
 Asian Development Bank acquires Annapurna Finance Facebook acquired

US-based virtual search start-up, GrokStyle
MARCH
 ICICI Bank acquired 9.9% stake in Kisan Finance for cash consideration-for-
Rs 17.82 crore.
 Bandhan Bank acquired of Gruh Finance Power Finance Corporation (PFC)
acquired REC Ltd -for- Rs 14,500 crore.
APRIL
 PayU acquired Wibmo-for-USD 70 million.

 Quikr has acquired Bengaluru-based secondhand goods marketplace Zefo-
for- INR 200 Crore.
MAY

 Bharti Airtel acquired Hughes Communication India for Undisclosed.

 Reliance Brands acquired Hamleys Global Holdings Limited for USD 88.6
million (Rs 620 crore).
 Infosys, technology giant has acquired 75% stake in Stater N.V, a
subsidiary of the Netherlandsbased ABN AMRO Bank for $144 million (Rs
999 crore) in cash
JUNE
 Blackstone group acquired 97.7 percent stake in Aadhar Housing Finance

Ltd for Rs 2,200 crore.
 Indiabulls Housing Finance & Lakshmi Vilas Bank merged – bank -will get
14 shares of Indiabulls Housing Finance for every 100 shares they hold
Private sector lender, IndusInd Bank, and country's leading microfinance
player, Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd (BFIL) of Hyderabad merged. Click
here to read more.
JULY
 Bharti Airtel Limited and Bharti Hexacom Limited –merged with - consumer
mobile businesses (CMB) of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) and Tata
Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited (TTML).
 YES Bank acquires 9.47% stake in Eveready Industries by invoking
pledged shares

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

APP & WEB PORTAL
Mobile apps/portal Launched by Purpose

JANUARY
M-Aarogya App Prime Minister For better health care
Narendra Modi facilities in Dadra and
Nagar Haveli.
Roshni Indian Institute of To help Visually
Technology (IIT), Impaired to recognise
Ropar currency notes
FEBRUARY
PM-JAY App Indu Bhushan World’s largest
cashless health
insurance scheme
e-AUSHADHI Minister of State (IC) For online licensing of
for AYUSH, Shripad Ayurveda, Siddha,
Yesso Naik Unani and
Homoeopathy drugs
and related matters
Nyaya Bandhu Union Minister for Law It is pro bono legal
and Justice and IT Ravi service which is
Shankar Prasad designed to connect
practising lawyers and
the registered eligible
beneficiaries in a
hassle-free manner.
SAFAR Mobile App Suresh Prabhu SAFAR Mobile App was
launched to gauge the
actual issues faced by
transporters on the
road.
MARCH
Banglar West Bengal Education To provide real-time
Shiksha“(banglarshiksha.gov.in), Minister, Partha data on staterun and
Chatterjee aided schools. This
portal is first of its kind
in the country.
e-Dharti App Hardeep S Puri, To make all the three
Minister of Housing and modules – Conversion,
Urban Affairs Substitution and
Mutation online.

Shiksha Vani Central Board of To publicize crucial

Secondary Education information to students
(CBSE) and parents in a timely
manner". As a part of
it, the app has already
uploaded the circular
regarding the
evaluation procedure
for the 2019 Board
Examinations.
Bhonga Linkus To connect users to
Infratech,Mumbai their neighborhood
people in the city even
without an Internet
connection. “Bhonga”
is a Marathi word which
means megaphone or
loudspeaker.
APRIL
My Circle Bharti Airtel has To assist women in
launched a mobile app case they face any
in collaboration with panic situation or
FICCI Ladies problem.
Organisation (FLO)
Voter Turnout App Election commission of To enable the people of
India India to watch realtime
voter turnout.After
collecting the
information from
officers, compiled
&displayed in app.
Money Loji App Money lending platform Offers loan to salaried
Money Loji professionals within 5
minutes with flexible
repayment options
starting from 7 days to
a maximum of 90
days. The eligibility
criterion is a minimum
inhand salary of Rs
20,000 per month and
a minimum age of 23
years
MAY
BSE StAR MF BSE (Bombay Stock In order to enable
Exchange) more participation and
aid mutual fund
distributors to

accelerate transactions
process. It helps
distributors in
purchasing and
redeeming the mutual
fund units on behalf of
their clients.
JUNE
Yoga locator Ministry of AYUSH An app to locate yoga
events and centers
providing training and
instructor within the
users range.
Retired Officers Digital Records Indian Army With an aim to have a
Archive (RODRA) better connection with
armed forces veteran
officers and
familypensioners. It
will act as an interface
between the custodian
of officers' records,
AG/MP 5&6 and
veteran officers, next
of kin (NOK).
Education USA American Embassy To help Indian students
who wish to study in
the US (United States)
Universities. The app
was launched in
collaboration with the
United States India
Educational
Foundation.
Susthome BSES Yamuna Power It is developed by BYPL
Limited (BYPL) and TERIThe Energy
and Resources
Institute, to bring
about a behavioural
change in how
consumers use
electricity and it will
track energy
consumption patterns.
JULY
Meri Fasal Mera Byora” Haryana Government For farmers to directly
(https://www.fasalhry.in/ ) avail crop related
benefits of state
government schemes

after self -reporting

their land and crop-
related details.
SATELLITES
JANUARY
 SpaceX Falcon 9 launched - Iridium Communications satellite comprises of 10

voice and data satellites.
 Japan –launched-Epsilon – 4 rocket - carrying 7 satellites including world’s
first artificial meteor shower.
 ISRO-launched PSLV C44 carrying Kalamsat V2 and imaging satellite Microsat
R from Sathish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
FEBRUARY
 GSAT-31-40th communication satellite- by Arianespace launch vehicle- will

replace the InSAT satellite.
MARCH
 ChinaSat 6C-China-launched from- Xichang Satellite Launch Center in

Sichuan province.
APRIL
 China-launched-Tianhui II-01 Satellite- to perform scientific experiments.

 EMISAT-launched by- India- This was the 71st launch vehicle. Raavana-1-
First Satellite of Srilanka.
 NepaliSat-1-First Satellite of Nepal.
JUNE
Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX)- launched hefty rocket with 24

payload military and scientific research satellites.
JULY
 Russian space agency Roscosmos - launched its Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket -

with a hydrometeorological satellite and 32 small satellites- from the
Vostochny spaceport.
INVENTIONS

JANUARY
 NASA’s transiting exoplanet survey satellite (TESS) has discovered a planet

named HD21749b.
 Scientists – discovered- new planet K2-288Bb-twice the size of Earth
FEBRUARY
 Chinese news agency Xinhua unveiled the world’s first female AI news anchor
Xin Xiaomeng.
MARCH
 Astronomers from the University of Texas at Austin- discovered -by the

Kepler space telescope.
 K2-293b – It orbits a star 1,300 light-years away in the
constellation Aquarius.
 K2-294b – It orbits a star 1,230 light-years away, also located in
Aquarius.
APRIL
 Scientists developed Ultrasensitive Quantum Thermometer.

 Third Transiting Planet in the Kepler-47 Circumbinary System,"Kepler-47d" -
discovered.
 First Earth-Size planet: HD 21749b discovered by NASA’s TESS Exoplanet
Mission.
 New exoplanet named TOI-197.0 has been discovered by NASA's TESS.
MAY
 U.S. Department of Energy creates a new 100% recyclable plastic named

Polydiketoenamine(PDK).
 Samsung launched world’s Highest Resolution Image Sensor.
JUNE
 Japanese researchers from Hiroshima University-developed a new type of

cooling vest for sports athletes - to compete safely in sweltering summer
conditions. Hemant Pandey, a senior scientist from DRDO, developed
‘Lukoskin’, (also called 'vitiligo'),- to treat - a condition in which white
patches develop on the skin.
JULY

 NASA’s TESS space telescope discovers its smallest planet named L 98-
59b.
 Manav-a new human atlas initiative has been launched by the Department
of Biotechnology (DBT) and Persistent Systems.
ENVIRONMENT
JANUARY
 Cyclonic storm “PABUK” - Andaman Sea and neighbourhood.
FEBRUARY
 A new Snake Species "Hebius lacrima" discovered in Arunachal Pradesh.

 Australian small brown rat becomes World’s first mammal to go extinct due
to climate change World’s largest bee- Megachile pluto- spotted the first time
since 1981
 Himachal Pradesh government declared Monkeys as vermin
MARCH
 Cyclone Idai hit the Mozambique city of Beira India’s deepest shaft at Krem
Um Ladaw. It has 105 m deep shaft entrance passage.
 A new species of frog known as ‘Starry Dwarf Frog’ / ‘Astrobatrachus
kurichiyana’ has been discovered in Kurichiyarmala, Kerala. Indian
Sundarbans became ‘Wetland of International Importance’
APRIL
 Callichimaeraperplexa: New 95 million-year-old ‘cartoon-eyed’ crab species

found in Columbia.
 UN List Bhopal Gas Tragedy as one of the world’s ‘Major Industrial Accident’
in 20th century.
 A group of jumping spiders named "Habrocestum longispinum" spotted for
the first time in Ernakulam’s Illithodu forests, Kerala.
 India's "Hump-backed mahseer", freshwater fish added in "Critically
Endangered" list.
MAY
 Cyclone Fani hits Odisha and West Bengal.

 India’s Smallest Orchids named “Lecanorchis Taiwaniana”- discovered in
Assam.

 Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu called to protect and

promote Ongole cattle breed.
 First time- world's rarest Albino Panda-found in- southwestern Sichuan
province of China
JUNE
 Europe’s highest volcano Mount Etna erupted spitting molten lava in the
island of Sicily, Italylargest of the three volcanoes -2 other volcano’s are
Mount Vesuvius and Mount Stromboli.
 Mount Sinabung volcano has been erupted spreading a column of ash at 7
km high in the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia.
DEFENCE
MISSILES
JANUARY
 Israel successfully – tested- Arrow 3 missile system from Central Israel.

Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) - launched Long
Range Surface to Air Missile (LR-SAM) jointly developed by - Israel Aerospace
Industries - off the coast of Odisha.
 India – tested - anti-radiation missile(NGRAM)-Odisha.
FEBRUARY
 Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM)-tested from- Chandipur in

Balasore district, Odisha- will replace the ‘Akash’ missile.
 Nasr - short range surface-to-surface ballistic missile- tested from- Pakistan-
Strike range of about 70-km.
 Helina, a helicopter-launched version of the Nag anti-tank guided missile-
Odisha Coast- Hit range of 7-8 km.
MARCH
 Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM)-tested from- Pokhran

ranges of Rajasthan desert.
 Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile test “Mission Shakti”-tested from- Dr APJ
Abdul Kalam Island (earlier, Wheeler island) in Odisha.
APRIL

 ‘Nirbhay’- Long range sub sonic cruise missile-launched in- Chandipur,

Odisha.
MAY
 Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM)-test fired in- Western

seaboard, carried out by Indian naval ships Kochi and Chennai.
 Aerial version of supersonic BrahMos cruise missile(weighed 2.5 tonnes and
a target range of around 300 km.) from Su-30 MKI fighter aircraft – test
fired- Andaman and Nicobar archipelago.
 Shaheen-II missile-test fired- Pakistan.
 Akash-1S surface-to-air defence missile system-test fired – from- Balasore
off the Odisha coast.
JUNE
 Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos-test fired in- Chandipur in Odisha-with a

strike range of around 290 km, can be fired from land, sea, and air.
 Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) –test fired in- Coast
of Odisha- It is developed by DRDO with help from Israel and the UK. With
this launch, India has joined the US, Russia, and China that possess this
technology.
 Nuclear-capable missile Prithvi-II- test fired in- Odisha coast- first missile
developed by the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO)
under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP)
JULY
 China has tested its latest submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), JL-3.
 DRDO successfully carried out 3 successful test firings of Nag missiles in one
day (day & night) in Pokhran, Rajasthan.
COMMISSION/DECOMMISSION
JANUARY
 ‘INS KOHASSA’ –Commissioned-at Diglipur, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
APRIL
 Guided Missile Destroyer ‘INS Imphal’-launched. Indian Coast Guard Vessel

ICGS C-441 -at Vizhinjam Harbour, Thiruvananthapuram.
MAY

 Indian Navy's frontline missile destroyer, INS Ranjit-decommissioned-after

36 years- at the naval dockyard in Visakhapatnam.
 Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Vigraha’ decommissioned at Vishakhapatnam
EXERCISES
Name of the Exercise Participating Countries Venue

JANUARY
IMBEX India-Myanmar(Army) Chandimandir ,
Chandigarh
SEA VIGIL(Largest ever Indian Navy Indian Coast
coastal defence exercise )
India Africa Field Training India-Africa Pune, Maharashtra
Exercise (IAFTX)
FEBRUARY
Exercise Rahat Joint Humanitarian Jaipur, Rajasthan
Assistance and Disaster
Relief Exercise(Indian
Army)
Exercise Topchi Indian army demonstrated Nashik,Maharashtra
its artillery firepower,
aviation and surveillance
capacity
Exercise ‘AMAN-19’ The 5-day multinational Karachi,Pakistan
maritime exercise in which
46 nations participated
from all over the world.
CUTCLASS EXPRESS 2019 INS Trikand, the frontline Vicinity of Djibouti,
warship of the Indian Mozambique and
Navy, participated in a Seychelles
multinational training
exercise
Exercise ‘Vayu Shakti’ Indian Air Force conducted Pokhran, Rajasthan
mega exercise. Advanced
Light Helicopter (ALP) and
the Akash surface-to-air
missile were deployed in
military exercise for the
first time.
Exercise Velayat 97 3-day annual navy drill of It will be held in the
Iran waters of Strait of
Hormuz, Makran coast,
Oman Sea and the north
of the Indian ocean and
will cover an area of 2
million square kilometres.

Cobra Gold military 29 nations took part as

exercise participants or observers
MARCH
Mainamati Maitree India’s BSF and Agartala, Tripura
Exercise 2019 Bangladesh’s Border
Guards Bangladesh(BGB)
Sampriti-2019 India and Tangail, Bangladesh
Bangladesh(Army)
Red Flag 2019 Air forces from United United States
States, the United Arab
Emirates, Belgium, the
Netherlands, Singapore
and Saudi Arabia
Exercise Al Nagah III India and Oman Jabel Al Akhdar Mountains
in Oman
Africa-India Joint Field Indian Army and 16 Pune, Maharashtra
Training Exercise African nations
(AFINDEX-19)
Theatre Level Operational Inter-service military Andaman & Nicobar
Readiness Exercise exercise Islands
(TROPEX 19)
MITRASHAKTI – VI Indian and Sri Lanka Army Diyatalawa in Sri Lanka
33rd edition of the India and Indonesia Port Blair, Andaman &
IndiaIndonesia Nicobar Islands
Coordinated Patrol (Ind-
Indo Corpat)
APRIL
AUSINDEX 19 India & Australia military Vishakhapatnam, India

exercise
Bold Kurukshetra–2019 India and Singapore Jhansi’s Babina
Cantonment, Uttar
Pradesh,India
IN – VPN BILAT EX Indian Navy and Vietnam Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam
Peoples’ Navy
Sea Vigil Indian Navy Exercise Sea Vigil's prime
objective is to safeguard
India’s 7516.6 km
coastline and its exclusive
economic zone
MAY
17th edition of the Indo- India and France The 2nd part of the naval
French naval exercise, exercise, Varuna 19.2, will
Varuna 19.1 be held at May-end in
Djibouti.
Bull Strike Indian Army, Indian Navy Teressa Island in
and Indian Air Force Andaman and Nicobar

Group Sail India(INS Kolkata and South China Sea

Fleet Support Ship, INS
Shakti), Japan, Philippines
and US
26th edition of Singapore Singapore & India(INS Singapore
India Maritime Bilateral Kolkata and INS Shakti)
Exercise (SIMBEX) -
longest uninterrupted
naval exercise
Pacific Vanguard Naval US, Japan, South Korea Guam
Exercise and Australia
JULY
International Security UAE, France, the Italian Abu Dhabi, UAE (United
Alliance (ISA), ISALEX19 Republic, Bahrain, Arab Emirates)
Morocco, Spain, Senegal,
Singapore, and the Slovak
Republic.
Garuda VI Indian Air Force (IAF) and Mont de Marsan in France
Armée de l’Air (French Air
Force)
OTHER DEFENCE NEWS:
 IAF formally inducted four heavy-lift Chinook helicopters-in- Air Force Station,
Chandigarh.
 Indian Army inducted Four Indigenous ‘Dhanush’ Howitzers guns- first long-
range artillery gun-38km US has consented the sale of 24 "MH-60R Seahawk"
helicopters to India for $2.6 bn.
 Indian Government clears procurement of 464 Russian tanks under the T-90
Project.
 Indian Navy’s –to buy-10 ‘Kamov Ka-31’ Helicopters worth of Rs 3,600 crore
from Russia. INS Vela, Indian Navy's 4th Scorpene-class submarine was
launched at Mazagon Dockyard in Mumbai. India receives its first Apache
Guardian attack helicopter in Boeing’s production facility in Mesa, Arizona US.
 Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) successfully
conducted the flight test of ABHYAS in Odisha.
 ‘Operation Sunrise 2’- India and Myanmar- targeted the militant groups
operating in Manipur, Nagaland, and Assam to bust terror camps.
 “Operation Sankalp”- in the Gulf of Oman- INS Chennai and INS Sunayna in
the region to undertake maritime security operations.
 India scraped $500 million arms deal with Israel for the purchase of Spike
anti-tank missiles from defence contractor Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.
INS Tarkash reaches Alexandria as part of the Overseas Deployment
programme.

 India signed a deal with Russia for acquiring the ‘Strum Ataka’ anti-tank
missiles -worth - around Rs 200 Crore. ISRO signed a contract with Russian
company Glavkosmos to train Indian astronauts for ‘Gaganyaan’.
 Indian Army & National eGovernance Division (NeGD), a part of the Ministry of
Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), signed a MoU to develop a
revamped application.
 Operation Sudarshan launched by BSF to fortify the anti-infiltration grid along
Pakistan border.
 Indian Army -will buy the Excalibur artillery ammunition from the US (United
States) under the emergency procurement procedures which can strike targets
more than 50 km away. Two new heavy-lift Chinook helicopters for IAF
arrived at the Mundra port, Gujarat – manufactured by Boeing.
SPORTS
WINNERS OF TOURNAMENT/CHAMPIONSHIP:
Sports/Tournament/title Venue Winner Points to be

noted
Australian F1 Grand Prix Australia Mercedes He was followed
2019 Formula One (F1) by Lewis
driver Valtteri Hamilton of
Bottas Mercedes and
Red Bull’s Max
Verstappen.
Asian Youth Athletes Hong Kong China topped the India secured
Championship championship second position in

with 31 medals the overall

including 12 medals tally with
gold, 11 silver 26 medals
and 8 bronze. including 8 gold,
9 silver and 9
bronze medals.
15th Special Olympics Abu Dhabi, India wins 368 Motto “Meet the
World Summer Games United Arab medals at the Determined”. The
2019 Emirates Special Olympics next Special
World Summer Olympic Games
Games including are set to take
85 gold, 154 place in Sweden
silver and 129 in 2021.
bronze.
Bahrain Grand Prix 2019 Bahrain Lewis Hamilton of Mercede's Valtteri
Mercedes Bottas of Finland
ranked second
position.
Chinese Grand Prix China Lewis Hamilton
23rd edition of Asian Khalifa Bahrain (BHR) India won 17
Athletics Championship Internation al won 22 medals medals which
Stadium in include 3 gold, 7
Doha, Qatar silver and 7
bronze. Gomathi
Marimuthu wins
gold in women’s
800m race.
Tejinder Pal
Singh Toor wins
gold in men’s
shot put. PU
Chitra wins gold
in women’s
1500m race.
Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2019 Baku, Valtteri Viktor Top 5 rank: 1.
Azerbaijan Bottas (Finland) Valtteri Viktor
of Mercedes Bottas 2.
Hamilton 3.
Sebastian Vettel
4. Max
Verstappen
Asian Wrestling Xi’an, China Iran topped the India won 16
Championship 2019 medal tally by medals which
winning 11 gold include 1 gold, 3
and 6 Bronze.It silver and 4
is followed by bronze by men’s
China, Japan. freestyle
wrestlers.

Bajrang Punia
bags gold in 65-
kg Category
Asian Road Para-Cycling Tashkent, Indian para Divij Shah has
Championships 2019 Uzbekistan cyclists won a clinched silver
silver and two medal in the C5
bronze medals category.
GurlalSingh,
became the only
Indian cyclist
(able-bodied or
otherwise) to win
a medal at the
Asian Games
level grabbed a
bronze in the C4
section.Sudhakar
Marathe, a Hand
cyclist from
Maharashtra has
claimed bronze
for India in H5
category.
Asian Weightlifting Ningbo, China Overall medal India won 5
Championships 2019 tally was clinched medals which
by China. include 3 silver
and 2 bronze
medals, finished
tenth place in the
tournament.
Spanish Grand Prix Barcelona Lewis Hamilton This is third
(Mercedes) of victory of 2019
United and fourth in
Kingdom.He Spain following
celebrated the victories in 2014,
76th win of his 2017 and 2018.
Formula 1
career,
Monaco Grand Prix that Monte Carlo, Lewis Hamilton of This was his sixth
was held in Circuit de Monaco. Mercedes straight win in
Monaco La Condamine the year 2019.
Archery World Cup Stage 3 Antalya, Indian men’s The trio
Turkey compound team performed
of Abhishek against Anton
Verma, Rajat Bulaev, Alexander
Chauhan and Dambaev and
Aman Saini won Pavel Krylov of
bronze medal Russia and

registered a win
with 235-230.
India scored 59,
58, 59, 59 in four
rounds.
Ali Aliev Tournament 2019 Kaspiysk Bajrang Punia He defeated
Dagestan, Russian wrestler
Russia Viktor Rassadin in
65-kg category
by 13-8.
Under-20 Eurasian Athletics Almaty, Indian juniors The national
Championships Kazakshsta n bagged 5 gold teams from
and 3 silver Kazakhstan,
medals Kyrgyzstan,
Uzbekistan, Iran,
India and
Tajikistan
participated in a
2-day event held
on May 29-30,
2019.
Cantor Fitzgerald U21 Dublin, Indian Junior They defeated
International 4-Nations title Ireland Women Hockey Ireland
team
2019 Canadian Grand Prix Montreal, Lewis Hamilton
Quebec, (Mercedes) of
Canada United Kingdom
2019 Pacific International Reventon Sourav Kothari He defeated
Snooker Championship, Classic, in Tyson Crinis of
Melbourne, Australia to win
Australia the title.
2019 Pacific International Melbourne, Peter Gilchrist of He defeated
Billiards Championship at Australia Singapore India’s Sourav
the Yarraville Club Kothari (Kolkata)
76th Senior National Pune, Joshna Chinappa She has
Squash Championship, Maharastra surpassed the
2019 record of 16
titles, which
stood for 27
years held by
Bhuvneshwari
Kumari of
Rajastan
FIH (Federation Kalinga India India defeated
Internationale de Hockey) Stadium in South Africa.
Men’s Series Finals hockey Bhubanesw Manpreet Singh
tournament 2019 ar, Odisha won the Best
Player of the

Tournament
Award, while
Vivek Sagar wins
the Best Junior
Player Award.
2019 Asian Continental Xingtai, China Nihal Sarin He scored eight
Chess Championship points from nine
rounds of the
event which
meant that he
ended the
tournament with
a lead of a full
point
33rd Federation Cup Gautam Punjab Police It is organised by
Basketball Championship Buddha (Men) and the Basketball
for Men and Women for the University, Eastern Railway Federation of
year 2019 Greater Noida, (Women) India (BFI) and
Uttar Pradesh the Uttar Pradesh
Basketball
Association
(UPBA).
119th United States (US) Pebble Beach Gary Woodland He secured his
open 2019 Golf Links, first major career
California title after
defeating two-
time defending
champion Brooks
Koepka(US).
Folksam Grand Prix 2019 Sollentuna, PU She ran her
Sweden Chitra(1500m) season best by
clocking 4
minutes 12.65
seconds
(4:12.65s). While
in men’s 1500m,
Jinson Johnson
from India won a
silver medal.
8th edition of Senior Asian Buyant Ukhaa Pranati She hails from
Artistic Championships Sport Palace, Nayak(won West Bengal,
Ulaanbaatar , bronze) India
Mongolia
35th men’s Asian snooker Doha, Qatar Pankaj Advani He defeated
championship Thai’s Thanawat
Tirapongpaiboon.
FIH ( Fédération Hiroshima, India They defeated
Internationale de Hockey) Japan Japan. Rani

Women's Series Finals Rampal, Indian

Hiroshima 2019 Team Captain
was the best
player of the
tournament and
Gurjit Kaur
emerged as the
topscorer.
International 15s rugby Manila, India(Bronze) They defeated
match Philippines Singapore.
French Grand Prix 2019 Circuit Paul Lewis Hamilton of This was his sixth
Ricard, Le Mercedes win from eight
Castellet, Grand Prix of the
France season 2019 and
79th of his
career.
26th Asian junior Individual Macau, China Veer Chotrani He defeated
squash championship another Indian
2019(U-19) seed Yash Fadte
2019 Austrian Grand Prix Red Bull Ring, Red Bull’s Max He defeated
Spielberg, Verstappen Ferrari’s Charles
Austria (Belgium) Leclerc
Poznań Athletics Grand Prix Golecin Hima V.K. Vismaya won
2019 Stadium, Das(women’s bronze medal in
Poznań, 200m) the women’s
Poland 200m,In men’s
200m,
Muhammed Anas
won bronze, In
men’s 400-metre,
KS Jeevan won
bronze medal,In
men’s Shotput,
Asian champion
Tajinder Pal
Singh Toor won
bronze medal.
30th Summer Universiade Napoli, Italy Elavenil Valarivan She won silver
Games 2019 (19) medal in 10m Air
Rifle Women’s
event.
World Youth Cup 2019 Umag, Croatia Arinjeeta Dey She won a silver
medal in the
Karate under 12
age category. It
was organized by
World Karate
Federation

affiliated to the
International
Olympic
Association
Grand Prix of Spain Madrid, Spain Vinesh Phogat She won gold
Women’s Wrestling for the medal in 53kg
year 2019 category. Divya
Kakran won gold
in the 68 kg
category. Silver
Medals Pooja
Dhanda in 57kg
category Seema
(50kg), Manju
Kumari (59kg)
and Kiran (76kg)
2019 Kutno Athletics Meet Poland Hima Das She won gold in
Women’s 200 m
VK Vismaya
bagged silver in
Women’s 200 m.
Muhammed Anas
won gold in Men’s
200m race. M P
Jabir won gold in
Men’s 400m
hurdles Jithin
Paul won bronze
in Men’s 400m
hurdles.
Croatia Grand Chess Tour Croatia Magnus He defeated
2019 Carlsen(Norway) Maxime Vachier
Lagrav of France
Badminton
JANUARY
 Premier Badminton League (PBL) 2019- Bengaluru Raptors .
 Indonesia Masters Title 2019:

 Women’s single-India’s Saina Nehwal Wins Title After Spain’s
Carolina Marin Retires(first Indian women’s player to win the
Indonesia Masters title)

 Men’s Single-Danish player Anders Antonsen won his first ever

Indonesia Masters after defeating world number one Kento Momota
of Japan
 Men’s double-world number one doubles Indonesian pair Marcus
Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo defeated Indonesian
duo Muhammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan
 Women’s Double-Ayaka Takahashi (L) and Misaki Matsutomo of
Japan defeated Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong of South Korea.
 Mixed doubles-the first-seeded duo Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong
of China defeated the Indonesia’s favourite team Tontowi Ahmad
and Liliyana Natsir.
MARCH
 2019 All England Open Badminton Championships in Arena

Birmingham, England
Category Winner Runner

Men’s Single Kento Momota(Japan) Viktor Axelsen(Denmark)
Women’s Single Chen Yufei(China) Tai Tzu-ying(Taiwan)
Men’s Doubles Mohammad Ahsan and Aaron Chia and Soh
Hendra Setiawan Wooi Yik(Malaysia)
(Indonesia)
Women’s Double Chen Qingchen and Jia Mayu Matsumoto and
Yifan(China) Wakana Nagahara
(Japan)
Mixed Double Zheng Siwei and Huang Yuta Watanabe and Arisa
Yaqiong(China) Higashino (Japan)
 Joachim Persson of Denmark was banned for 18 months.
APRIL
Badminton Asia Championship 2019 held in Wuhan Sports Center

Gymnasium in Wuhan, China
S.No. Event Winner Runner

Men’s Single Kento Momota Shi Yuqi (China)
(Japan)
1. Women’s Single Akane Yamaguchi He Bingjiao (China)
(Japan)
2. Men’s Doubles Hiroyuki Endo Marcus Fernaldi
(Japan) Yuta Gideon (Indonesia)
Watanabe (Japan) Kevin Sanjaya

Sukamuljo
(Indonesia)
3. Women’s Doubles Chen Qingchen Mayu Matsumoto
(China) Jia Yifan (Japan) Wakana
(China) Nagahara (Japan)
4. Mixed Doubles Wang Yilu (China) He Jiting (China)
Huang Dongping Du Yue (China)
(China)
MAY
 Badminton World Federation (BWF) launched two new formats of Badminton

named as AirBadminton & Triples.
 16th Edition of Sudirman Cup i.e. 2019 Sudirman Cup Badminton title-China
won defeating Japan.
JULY
Canada Open 2019 (Badminton Tournament) held in Markin-MacPhail

Centre, Canada
Event Winner Runner

Men’s Singles Li Shi feng ( China) Parupalli Kashyap(India)
Women’s Singles An Se-young (South Wang Zhiyi (China)
Korea)
Men’s Doubles Mathias Boe & Mads Hiroki Okamura &
ConradPetersen(Denmark) Masayuki
Onodera(Japan)
Women’s Doubles Setyana Mapasa & Gronya Chang Ye-na & Kim
Somerville(Australia) Hyerin(South Korea)
Mixed Doubles Ko Sung-hyun & Eom Guo Xinwa & Zhang
Hyewon(South Korea) Shuxian(China)
Boxing
FEBRUARY
70th International Boxing Russia topped the medals India at 2nd rank with 7
Tournament Strandja tally with 9 medals (5 medals (3 Gold, 1 Silver,
2019 in Sofia, Bulgaria Gold and 4 Bronze) 3 Bronze) and USA at 3rd
with 8 medals (2 Gold, 1
Silver, 5 Bronze).
MARCH
Makran Cup boxing India won 8 medals, Gold-Deepak Singh(46-
tournament in Chabahar, including one gold, five 49kg) light fly category.
Iran silver and two bronze Silver -P Lalitha Prasad

(52kg), Manish Kaushik

(60kg), Duryodhan Singh
Negi (69kg), Sanjeet
(91kg) and Satish Kumar
(+91kg).
APRIL
Asian Boxing India finished with 13 Boxer Amit Panghal won
Championship 2019 held medals that include 2 gold medal in 52-kg
in Huamark Indoor gold medals, 4 silver category & Pooja Rani
Stadium in Bangkok, medals and 7 bronze won gold medal in 81-kg
Thailand. medals category
MAY
XXXVI Feliks Stamm India won a total 6 2 gold, 1 silver and 3
International Boxing medals bronze medal.Gaurav
Tournament 2019 in Solanki in Fly (52-kg)
Warsaw, Poland category and Manish
Kaushik in Light (60-kg)
category.
2nd edition of India Open India won a total 57 The event was organized
International Boxing medals which include 12 by the Boxing Federation
Tournament 2019 was gold, 18 silver, and 27 of India (BFI).
held in at Karmabir Nabin bronze medals.
Chandra Bordoloi Indoor
Stadium in Guwahati,
Assam
JUNE
Madison Square Garden, Andres Ponce Ruiz Jr He defeated Anthony
New York Joshua.The win made
Andres Ruiz the first
Mexican heavyweight
champion of the world
5th Black Forest Cup held India's junior Boxing The team won 7 medals,
in Villingen, women's team including 5 gold.
Schwenningen, Germany Tamanna (48kg), Anju,
Neha, H. Ambeshori Devi
(57kg), and Preeti
Dahiya (60kg) won gold
medals out of the 13-
member Indian squad.
JULY
World Boxing Council Vaibhav Yadav(India) He defeated Fahpetch
(WBC) Asia silver Singmanassak of
welterweight Thailand
championship 2019in
Pattaya, Thailand

Cricket
JANUARY
 India 1st team- to win bilateral series in all formats in Australia.

 USA Cricket announced as ICC’s 105th member.
FEBRUARY
 ODI Series between New Zealand and India: India defeated New Zealand by
4-1.
 85th season - Ranji Trophy -Vidarbha won by defeating Saurashtra.
 Irani cup titles- Vidarbha won by defeating Rest of India (RoI).
MARCH
 WODI series of England Women tour of India 2019-India won- Smriti

Mandhana was named the Player of the Series.
 WT20I series of England Women tour of India 2019- England won- Danielle
Wyatt won the Player of the Series.
 ODI series of Australia Men tour of India 2019-Australia won- Usman
Khawaja won the player of the series.
 T20I series of Australia Men tour of India 2019-Australia won- Glenn
Maxwell was declared the Man of the Series.
 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore-Karnataka
won-defeating Maharashtra.
 T10(Shortest form) cricket League is set to be played in Zayed Cricket
Stadium of Abu Dhabi for the next five years.
MAY
 12th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL)- Mumbai Indians- won-by

defeating- Chennai Super Kings by 1 run at Rajiv Gandhi International
Stadium, Hyderabad.Read the detailed article.
 Amul - sponsor Afghanistan team in - World Cup 2019.
Recognition/Person in News:
JANUARY
 Ishant, Shami, Bumrah breaks 34 year old record with 131 wickets in 2018.
 Rishabh Pant became 1st ever Indian wicket-keeper to take 20 catches in a
Test series.

 Virat Kohli fastest to 19000 international runs, breaks Sachin’s record

 Rishabh Pant 1st ever Indian wicketkeeper to slam Test ton in Australia
 Rohit Sharma 1st Indian to slam 5 ODI hundreds in Australia.
 Wasim Jaffer - first Indian and the first Asian batsman -to score two double
centuries after turning 40 in first-class cricket.
FEBRUARY:
 Irfan Ansari(UAE)-coach -banned-for 10 years.

 Sanath Jayasuriya(Srilanka) - banned from all forms of cricket for 2 years.
 Rohit Sharma(India)-First-to score-100 sixes-in-T20I.
 Sana Mir(Pakistan)- First Asian woman to play hundred T20Is.
 Mithali Raj(India)-First female player to play 200 ODIs.
APRIL
 Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mark Boucher: inducted by MCC as honorary life

members for outstanding achievements in cricket.
 Ajinkya Rahane becomes 1st Indian cricketer to join Hampshire Australia’s
Claire Polosak became first female umpire to stand in men’s ODI
 Papua New Guinea got ODI status after USA and Oman
MAY
 GS Lakshmi- first ever, female match referee-inducted in- International

Cricket Council (ICC)’s International Panel of Match Referees.
JUNE
 Jemimah Rodrigues - the third Indian woman cricket player -to feature in Kia
Super League (KSL) after Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur.
Football
FEBRUARY
 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup -held in UAE-Qatar won by defeating four-
time champion Japan 3-1.
MARCH
 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship 2019-India

won-defeatedNepal.
 Indian Super League (ISL) title-Bengaluru Football Club (FC)-won-by
defeating- FC Goa. APRIL Stephanie Frappart first woman to referee Ligue
1 match.

 FIFA world football rankings- Belgium stayed on top spot
MAY
 Tai Nicholas, former secretary of Oceania Football Confederation banned

from football for next eight years by FIFA.
 Indian Women’s League Champions in Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana,
Punjab-Sethu FC-wonby defeating Manipur Police SC.
JUNE
 UEFA Europa League 2019 in Baku Olympic Stadium, Azarbaijan – Chealsea

won by defeating Arsenal.It is their fifth major UEFA European competition
final.
 UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) Champions League in
Madrid, Spain –Liverpool won by defeating Tottenham Hotspur.
 India’s Sunil Chhetri has been named most capped football player succeeds
former Indian captain Bhaichung Bhutia.
JULY
 Overview of FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019-FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019
or 8th edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup was held in France in 9 cities.
 United States(US) - won -by defeating the Netherlands.
 Golden Boot Award -Megan Rapinoe(United States), Silver Boot:
Alex Morgan (USA) and Bronze Boot: Ellen White (ENG).
 Golden Ball Award -Megan Rapinoe(United States),Silver Ball:
Lucy Bronze (ENG) & Bronze Ball: Rose Lavelle (USA).
 Giulia Gwinn of Germany won the Best young player of the
tournament award.
 Sari van Veenendaal of Netherland won the Best goalkeeper of
the tournament award (Golden Glove).
 France won the Fair Play award in the tournament.
 46th Edition of Copa America-Brazil won by defeating Peru. It was the 9th
title for Brazil and first since 2007.
 15th edition of the CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American
and Caribbean Association Football) Gold Cup 2019- Mexico won by
defeating United States. It was the 8th title for Mexico.
Tennis
JANUARY

Australian Open 2019 held in Melbourne Park, Australia.
Event Winner Runner

Men’s Singles Novak Djokovik(Serbia) Rafael Nadal(Spain)
Women’s Singles Naomi Osaka(Japan)( first Petra Kvitova(Czech
ever Asian to become Republic)
world No.1)
Men’s Doubles Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Henri Kontinen(Finland) &
Nicolas Mahut(France) John Peers(Australia)
Women’s Doubles Samantha Timea Babos(Hungary) &
Stosur(Australia) & Shuai Kristina
Zhang (China) Mladenovic(France)
Mixed Doubles Barbora Krejcikova(Czech Astra Sharma and John
Republic) & Rajeev Patrick Smith(Australia)
Ram(United States)
FEBRUARY:
Overview of the 2019 Qatar ExxonMobil Open and 2019 Qatar Total Open:
2019 Qatar ExxonMobil Open
Category Winner Runner-up

Men’s Singles Roberto Bautista Agut Tomas Berdych (Czech
(Spain) Republic)
Men’s Doubles David Goffin (Belgium) / Robin Haase(Netherlands) /
PierreHugues Herbert MatweMiddelkoop(Netherlands)
(France)
2019 Qatar Total Open

Women’s Singles Elise Mertens (Belgium) Simona Halep (Romania)
Women’s Double Chan Hao-ching (Chinese Anna-Lena Gronefeld
Taipei)/ Latisha Chan (Germany) / Demi
(Chinese Taipei) Schuurs (Netherlands)
 Hopman Cup-Roger Federer & Belinda Bencic retain title for Switzerland.
 Maharashtra Open – 2019- Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan defeated – UK’s
Luke Bambridge and Jonny O’Mara.
MARCH:
Overview of Indian Wells Masters 2019 held in California, United States


Men’s Singles Dominic Thiem (Austria) Roger Federer
(Switzerland)
Women’s Singles Bianca Andreescu Angelique Kerber
(Canada) (German)
Men’s Doubles Nikola Mektic (Croatia) Lukasz Kubot (Poland)
and Horacio Zeballo and Marcelo Melo (Brazil)
(Argentina)
Women’s Doubles Elise Mertens (Belgium) Barbora Krejcikova (Czech
and Aryna Sabalenka Republic) and Katerina
(Belarus) Siniakova (Czech
Republic)
 India lost hosting rights of -Junior Davis Cup and Fed Cup.
APRIL
2019 Miami Open held in Florida
Category Winner Runner Up

Men’s Single Roger Federer John Isner (USA)
(Switzerland)
Women’s Single Ashleigh Barty (Australia) Karolina Pliskova (Czech
Republic)
Men’s Double Bob Bryan (USA) and Mike Wasley Koolhof
Bryan (USA) (Netherlands) and
Stefanos Tsitsipas
(Greece)
Women’s Doubles Elise Mertens (Belgium) Samantha Stosur
and Aryna Sabalenka (Australia) and Zhang
(Belarus) Shuai (China)
MAY
Mutua Madrid Open 2019 in Madrid, Spain:
Events WINNER RUNNER UP

Men's Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) StefanosTsitsipas (Greece)
Men's Doubles HoriaTecau (Romania). Dominic Thiem (Austria),
Jean-Julien Rojer Diego Schwartzman(
(Curacao) Argentina)
Women's Singles Kiki Bertens (Netherlands) SimonaHalep(Romania)
Women' Doubles Hsieh Su-wei (Taiwan), Xu Yifan (China), Gabriela
Barbora Strycova Dabrowski (Canada)
(Czechia)

76th edition of Italian Open which is also known as “Rome Masters” or

“the Internazionali BNL d’Italia” held at Foro Italico in Rome, Italy:
Event Winner Runner-up

Men’s Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Men’s Doubles Juan Sebastian Cabal Raven Klaasen (South
(Columbia) Robert Farah Africa) Michael Venus
(Columbia) (New Zealand)
Women’s Singles Karolina Pliskova (Czech Johanna Konta (UK)
Republic)
Women’s Doubles Victoria Azarenka
(Belarus) Ashleigh Barty
(Australia)
JUNE
 International Tennis Federation(ITF) men’s Futures Tennis Tournament held

in Nonthaburi, Thailand - Sidharth Rawat won by defeating Japan's Rio
Noguchi.
 27th edition of the Halle Open 2019 (also known as Noventi Open 2019) held
in Gerry Weber Stadion in Halle, Germany -Roger Federer of Switzerland –
won – by defeating David Goffin (Belgium).
2019 ITTF world Tour Hong kong open:
Events Winners Runners

Men’s Singles Lin Gaoyuan (China) Tomokazu Harimoto
(Japan)
Women’s Singles Wang Yidi(China) Mima Ito (Japan)
Men’s Doubles Liang Jingkun and Lin Jang Woo-jin and Lim
Gaoyuan ( China) Jong-hoon (South Korea)
Women’s Doubles Chen Ke and Mu Zi(China) Jeon Ji-hee and You Eun-
chong (South Korea)\
French Open 2019 or 123rd Edition of French Open in Paris, France:
Event Winners Runners

Men’s Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Dominic Thiem (Austria)
Women’s Singles Ashleigh Barty (Australia) Marketa Vondrousova
(Czech Republic)
Men’s Doubles Kevin Krawietz and Fabrice Martin and Jeremy
Andreas Mies (Germany) Chardy (France)
Women’s Doubles Kristina Mladenovic Duan Yingying and Zheng
(France) Timea Babos Saisai (China)
(Hungary)

Mixed Doubles Latisha Chan (Taiwan) Gabriela Dabrowski

Ivan Dodig (Croatia) (Canada) Mate Pavic
(Croatia)
Shooting
MARCH:
 International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) in NewDelhi, India-India won

3 gold and topped.
 Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary won gold in 10m Air Pistol Mixed
Category.
 Saurabh Chaudhary won gold in 10m Air Pistol
 Apurvi Chandela bags gold in women’s 10m Air Rifle
APRIL
 12th Asian Airgun Championship 10m, Rifle/Pistol-held in- Taoyuan City,

Chinese Taipei-India topped the medal tally by winning 25 medals viz, 16
gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals.
 ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Cup 2019 held in Beijing, China-India won 4 medals
which include 3 gold and 1 silver:
 Gold:10m Air Rifle Mixed-Anjum Moudgil Divyansh Singh Panwar,
10m Air Pistol Mixed-Manu Bhaker Saurabh Chaudhary, 10m Air
Pistol-Abhishek Verma,
 Silver:10m Air Rifle-Divyansh Singh Panwar.
MAY
 2019 ISSF World Cup 3-Overview held in Munich, Germany- India topped -
winning 5 gold medal and a silver medal totaling 6 medals.
 Gold: Saurabh Chaudhary(10 metre air pistol and broke down his own
world record),Apurvi Chandela(10 metre air rifle),Rahi Sarnobat(25
metre pistol),Divyansh Singh Panwar & Anjum Moudgil(10 metre air
rifle(Mixed Team)),Saurabh Chaudhary & Manu Bhaker(gold in 10
metre air pistol(Mixed Team))
 Silver: Apurvi Chandela & Deepak Kumar (10 metre air rifle(Mixed
Team))
Retirement:
Name of the Person Country/Sport they Points to be Noted

belong to
JANUARY
Albie Morkel Cricket/ South Africa
Johan Botha Cricket/ South Africa
Danielle Hazelle Cricket /England
Ewen Chatfield Cricket /New Zealand
PetrCech Footballer/ Czech
Andy Murray Tennis/ United Kingdom Former World No. 1
FEBRUARY
Chris Gayle Cricket/ West Indies Announced Retirement
from One Day
Internationals (ODIs)
Nicol David Squash/ Malaysia She will be retiring at the
end of the 2018-19
Professional Squash
Association (PSA
MARCH
James DeGale Boxing/U.K He is Britain’s first boxer
to win an Olympic gold
medal and become a
world champion.
Imran Tahir Cricket/South Africa Will retire from One Day
International (ODI) cricket
after the ICC Men’s
Cricket World Cup 2019.
He will continue to play in
the T20 internationals and
participate in the 2020
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
in Australia.
Jean Paul Duminy Cricket/South Africa Will retire from One Day
International (ODI) cricket
after the ICC Men’s
Cricket World Cup 2019.
Lasith Malinga Cricket/Sri lanka Will retire after T20 World
Cup 2020.
Mehtab Hossain Football/India He currently plays for
Mohun Bagan in the Hero
I-League.
Tim Cahill Football/Australia
Conor McGregor Mixed Martial Art
(MMA)/Ireland
Stephanie Nicole WWE (World Wrestling
GarciaColace aka Nikki Entertainment)/U.S.
Bella
Kurt Angle WWE (World Wrestling
Entertainment)/U.S.

APRIL
Shane Watson Cricket/Australia Retires from Big Bash
League
Dave Bautista WWE (World Wrestling
Entertainment)/U.S
MAY
Xavi Hernandez(39) Football/Spain Barcelona Midfielder
retires from football
Yaya Toure(35) Football / Ivory Coast Manchester City and
Barcelona midfielder
retired from football
JUNE
Lee Chong Wei(36) Badminton/ Bagan Serai, He announced retirement
Perak, Malaysia after 19 years of a
successful career.
Yuvraj Singh Cricket/ Chandigarh, India He is an awardee of 2012
Arjuna Award and 2014
Padma Shri Award.
Chris Gayle(39) Cricket/ Kingston, Jamaica He will retire from
international cricket after
the home Test series
against India in August-
September 2019.
Marcus Trescothick(43) Cricket/ Keynsham, United He holds a record for the
Kingdom most first-class catches
(445) for the county.
JULY
Ambati Rayudu(33) Cricket/ Andhra Pradesh, He Played 55 One Day
India International(ODI’s), 6
Twenty20
International(T20I’s), 97
First Class Cricket and 160
List A Cricket.He also
played for Hyderabad in
domestic cricket, and
Chennai Super Kings in
the Indian Premier League
(IPL).
Shoaib Malik(37) Cricket/Pakistan He played his last ODI
match against India at
2019 World Cup in
Manchester. Malik played
287 ODIs and scored
7,534 runs at an average
of 34.55. He scored nine
centuries and 44 half-
halfcenturies. He also took

158 wickets in his ODI

career.
Arjen Robben(35) Football/ Bedum, He made his professional
Netherlands debut in the year 2000 for
FC Groningen. In April
2003 he made a debut to
the International football
matches.In 2004, he
joined Chelsea Football
cup.He joined Bayern in
2009 from Real Madrid,
played 309 competitive
games.
Other sports
JANUARY
 Khelo India Youth Games

 Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi in Pune
 Maharashtra won 85 gold, 62 silver and 81 bronze for a total of 228
medals.
FEBRUARY
 National Games 2022 - held in Meghalaya -Mascot -Smiling Clouded Leopard.
MARCH
 International Olympics Committee (IOC)-included- Breakdancing, Surfing,

Skateboarding and sport climbing-in- Paris Olympics 2024.
 K.T. Irfan- qualified- Tokyo Olympics(2020)-belongs to 20 km Walking.
 All India Carrom Federation (AICF)- included-in National Sport Federation
Kudo International Federation India (KIFI) –included- in National Sport
Federation
APRIL
 Saurav Ghosal- first Indian male squash player to break into the top 10 of
the latest PSA (Professional Squash Association) world ranking.
JUNE
 The international governing body for the sport of athletics, International

Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is to change its name as World
Athletics.

 International Olympic Committee (IOC) inaugurated its 145 million Swiss

francs ($145 million) new headquarters named Olympic House –in lakeside
grounds of Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland.
 4 Archers-Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and Atul Verma incuded
in Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Overview of 2019 World Archery Championships held in Hertogenbosch,

Netherlands:
Event Name Winners Medal won

Women's compound team Raj Kaur, Muskan Kirar, Bronze
Jyothi Surekha Vennam
Women’s Compound Jyothi Surekha Vennam Bronze
individual event
Recurve men’s team Atanu Das, Pravin Ramesh Silver
Jadhav,Tarundeep Rai
JULY
 International Olympic Committee (IOC) has removed a ban on the Kuwait

Olympic Committee (KOC) and permitted to compete in the 2020 Olympics.
Upcoming Sports Events
Asian Games :
 Venue of Asian Games 2018 - Jakarta-Palembang, Indonesia.

 Venue of Asian Games 2022 – Hangzhou, China.
 Venue of Asian Games 2026 – Nagoya, Japan
Commonwealth Games (CWG)
 Venue of CWG Games 2018 – Gold Coast, Australia.

 Venue of CWG Games 2022 – Birmingham, England.
Olympics Games
Summer Olympic :
 Venue of Summer Olympic Games 2020 – Tokyo, Japan

 Miraitowa is the mascot of 2020 Tokyo Olympics
 Someity is the mascot of Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
 Torch unveiled, on the concept of "“Share Your Light". The torch is
made from the same recycled aluminum and is modeled after the
Japanese cherry blossom or “sakura”. The color of the torch is “Sakura
Pink”.

 Venue of Summer Olympic Games 2024 – Paris, France
Winter Olympic :
 Venue of Winter Olympic Games 2018 – Pyeongchang, South Korea.

 Venue of Winter Olympic Games 2022 – Beijing, China
 Venue of Winter Olympic Games 2026 – Italy’s Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo
ICC World Cup Cricket
 Venue of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 – England, Wales.

 Venue of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 – India.
ICC World Cup T20
 Venue of World Cup T20 2016– India.

 Venue of World Cup 2020 – Australia.
ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup
 Venue of ICC Women Cricket World Cup 2017 – England.

 Venue of ICC Women Cricket World Cup 2021 – New Zealand.
ICC Women’s World Cup T20
 Venue of World Cup 2014 – Bangladesh.

 Venue of World Cup T20 2016– India.
 Venue of World Cup T20 2018– West Indies
 Venue of World Cup 2020 – Australia.
Hockey Men’s World Cup
 Venue of Hockey Men’s World Cup 2014 – The Hague, Netherlands.

 Venue of Hockey Men’s World Cup 2018- Bhubaneswar, India
Hockey Women’s World Cup
 Venue of Hockey Men’s World Cup 2018 – London, England
FIFA (Football) World Cup
 Venue of FIFA World Cup 2018 – Russia

 Venue of FIFA World Cup 2022 – Qatar
FIFA Women's World Cup
 Venue of FIFA World Cup 2019 – France

23rd edition of the World Corporate Game
 23rd edition of the World Corporate Games-Qatar.
 Formula 1 race 2020:Hanoi,Vietnam.

 2023 IAAF World Championships- Budapest,Hungary.
 Pakistan to host 2020 Asia Cricket Cup.
 Khelo India Youth Games 2019-Pune,Maharashtra.
 Egypt to host 2019 Africa Cup of Nations(Football).
 Beijing, China to host FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019-Son of Dreams was
unveiled as official Mascot. 39th National Games in 2022-Meghalaya.
 24 team ATP Cup in 2020- Australian cities Sydney and Brisbane (First 2
host locations).
 Egypt-to host-African Cup for the fifth time in 2019.
 China-to host-football Asian Cup 2023.
 Odisha to host -21st Commonwealth Championship from July 17-22, 2019.
BOOKS & AUTHORS

Book Name Author Other Information
JANUARY
A Crusade Against Manohar Manoj Vice-Chairman of Rajya
Corruption’ Sabha, Harivansh
Narayan Singh launched
the book
We Are Displaced Malala yousafzai The book is all about the
Journey and Stories
from Refugee Girls
Around the World
Universal Brotherhood The book is compiled by Vice President M.
Through Yoga Bharatiya Sanskrit Venkaiah Naidu
Pitham launched the book
FEBRUARY
Law, Justice and Judicial Mool Chand Sharma The book was launched
Power – Justice P N by the Chief Justice of
Bhagwati’s Approach India, Shri Justice
Ranjan Gogoi.
Undaunted: Saving the P Chidambaram Former Vice President
Idea of India Hamid Ansari launched
the book
Simplicity & Wisdom Dinesh Shahra The Book was launched
by the Governor of West
Bengal– Keshari Nath
Tripathi and Swami

Chidanand Saraswati,
Head of Parmarth
Ashram, this book is
dedicated to Late
Vedanti Swami
Pragananandji.
Quality, Accreditation EPSI’s Alternate Vice President M
and Ranking – A Silent President, Dr. H Venkaiah Naidu
Revolution in the Offing Chaturvedi publicized the book
in Indian Higher
Education
MARCH
Mann Ki Baat – A Social Union Finance Minister,
Revolution on Radio Arun Jaitley released a
book .The book contains
50 episodes of PM
Modi’s sincere talk with
the citizens of India
which is broadcasted by
All India Radio.
Sabka Saath Sabka Union Minister of
Vikas Finance and Corporate
Affairs Arun Jaitley
released a book.It is a
compilation of selected
speeches of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
Dictionary of Martyrs of It was released by Prime
India’s Freedom Struggle Minister Narendra Modi,
(1857-1947) at Lok Kalyan Marg,
New Delhi. The project
for compilation of
“Dictionary of Martyrs”
of India’s Freedom
Struggle was
commissioned by the
Ministry of Culture, to
the Indian Council of
Historical Research
(ICHR) to commemorate
the 150th anniversary of
uprising of 1857.
Every Vote Counts Chief Election It was launched by
Commissioner of India, former Vice President of
Navin Chawla India, Hamid Ansari in
New Delhi. This book is
about, how the electoral
machinery works in

India.
Indian Fiscal Federalism Dr. Y.V. Reddy and G.R. The launch event of the
Reddy book was addressed by
the Chairman of the
15th Finance
Commission NK Singh,
in New Delhi
APRIL
“Saffron Swords: Manoshi Sinha Rawal The Indian Publishing
Centuries of Indic company, Garuda
Resistance to Invaders” Prakashan Private
Limited, launched the
book.
"Kundan: Saigal’s Life & Sharad Dutt Kundanlal Saigal was an
Music" Indian singer and actor
who is considered the
first superstar of the
Hindi film industry.
Selected speeches of Dr. It was released by
Bhimrao Ambedkar in Prasar Bharati
the Constituent Chairman, A Surya
Assembly’ Prakash.Ambedkar was
architect of the
Constitution of India and
also the independent
India's first law minister.
“Diary of an Awesome Jeff Kinney The book is written from
Friendly Kid: Rowley the opinion of Rowley
Jefferson’s Journal” Jefferson, the best
friend of ‘Diary of a
Wimpy Kid’ supporter
Greg Heffley.
Khooni Vaisakhi Mr. Suri A book containing
English translation of
the 100 year old classic
Punjabi poem about
Jallianwala Bagh
massacre.
Indian constitution in Prof Stephen Quadros Has translated the book
Konkani Permude in Konkani. The
Mangaluru Bishop Peter
Paul Saldanha has
released the book.
Politics of Jugaad: The Journalist Saba Naqvi She examines the
Coalition Handbook possibility of a coalition
government after the
2019 Lok Sabha polls
Chequered Brilliance: Former union minister A biography of Indian
The Many Lives of V K and writer Jairam nationalist, diplomat,

Krishna Menon Ramesh and politician V K
Krishna Menon.This
book will be released in
first quarter of 2020.
MAY
Work of Beauty: Work of Beauty:
Architecture and Architecture and
Landscape of Rashtrapati Landscape of
Bhawan Rashtrapati Bhawan
Game Changer Afridi and journalist Shahid Afridi, former
Wajahat S Khan captain of the 'Pakistan
national cricket team'
has written his
autobiography titled,
‘Game Changer’ which
will unveil answers to
the much- contemplated
questions about him.
Coming Round the Ruskin Bond The book is published by
Mountain Penguin India. "Coming
Round the Mountain" is
third of Ruskin Bond's
award-winning memoir
series for children, prior
being "Looking for the
Rainbow" &"Till the
Clouds Roll By".
Naxal movement in West Nabaneeta Dev Sen It was first published in
Bengal Bengali in 1978.It is
translated from Bengali
to English by Paulami
Sengupta, Tias Basu and
the author.
'Darkness to light' Lamar Odom The book reveals the
dark secrets of his life.
He is the ex-husband of
Khloe Kardashian, an
American media
personality, socialite,
model, businesswoman,
and entrepreneur.
Voyage to Antarctica Dr. Felix Bast It was released by Prof.
Ashutosh Sharma,
Secretary of Department
of Science and
Technology(DST). Story
of Consciousness by Dr.

Govind Bhattacharya.An
Autobiography of Moon
by Dr. Ramesh
Shishu.Sambhu Nath De
- The Discovery of
Cholera Toxin by Dr.
M.S.S Murthy were also
released at the same
event.
Digital Dilemma Milt Shelton and Andy The Hindi translation of
Maltz an Academy Publication,
Digital Dilemma, has
been launched by
Academy of Motion
Picture Arts & Sciences
(AMPAS) aka Oscar
Academy President,
John Bailey, at New
Delhi
JUNE
‘My Life, My Mission' Baba Ramdev He will unveil the trials,
tribulations, and
triumphs of his life and
provide insights into his
childhood in his
autobiography. It is
being published by
Penguin Random House.
Function of Data Vinit Goenka, Secretary,
Sovereignty - The Centre for Knowledge
Pursuit of Supremacy Sovereignty (CKS) and
Member Governing
Council- CRIS (Centre
for Railway Information
Systems), Ministry of
Railways, Government of
India
Lessons Life Taught Me, Anupam Kher It will be launched on
Unknowingly August 5, 2019. It will
look into the life and
times of the actor. The
book will be published
by Penguin Random
House
The New Delhi Meenakshi Lekhi The book is published by
Conspiracy Harper Collins and has
been co-written by
Krishna Kumar who

works with her.
A Prime Minister to Sushil Kumar The book is published by

Remember- Memories of Konark Publishers Pvt
a Military Chief Ltd, New Delhi. The
book talks about his
distinguished career in
the Indian Navy during
the Kargil War and
Chairman of the Chiefs
of Staff Committee
when Operation
Parakram was launched
after the terror attack
on the Indian
Parliament.
JULY
Whispers of Time Dr. Krishna Saksena Minister of Textiles and
(91) Minister of Women and
Child Development,
Smriti Zubin Irani
launched the book ‘at
India International
Centre in New Delhi.
Vivekadeepini Adi Shankaracharya It is a concise book of
aphorisms (a
memorable expression
of a general truth or
principle).
War over Words: Devika Sethi It explains the state
Censorship in India, censorship in India in
1930- 1960 the transition period
from colonial to national
rule, when historical
actors behaved in
unpredictable ways
JANUARY
 ‘Nari-Shakti’ is the Oxford Dictionaries Hindi Word of the year for 2018
MARCH

 Indian English word ‘chuddies’ recognized as official English word by the Oxford
English Dictionary (OED). The word is one of the new 650 entries.It means
underpants or short trousers or shorts.
MAY
 World’s most mysterious 600-year old manuscript named ‘Voynich Manuscript’

was finally deciphered by Bristol academician Dr. Gerard Cheshire
OBITUARY
NATIONAL
Name of the person who Place of Demise,Field Points to be noted
passed away
JANUARY
Dibyendu Palit Bengali Writer, Kolkata Palit was conferred the
Sahitya Akademi for his
novel ‘Anubhab’ in 1998.
Atin Bandyopadhyay Bengali Writer, Kolkata Some of other ficition
written by him are
‘Aloukik Jaljaan’, ‘Nil Timi’,
‘Ekti Jaler Rekha’
Ramakant Achrekar Coach, Mumbai He coached Cricketer
Sachin Tendulkar.He won
Dronacharya award.
Lenin Rajendran Director(Malayalam) and He was a five-time
screenwriter, Chennai recipient of the Kerala
State Film Awards and
also received the
International Federation of
Film Critics Award for the
best Malayalam film for
his ‘Makaramanju’
screened at the 2010
IFFK.
Geroge Fernandes Former defence minister, He served as the Defence
New Delhi Minister in the year 1998.
Mohammed Zulfiqaruddin Footballer, Hyderabad Former India and 1956
Olympian footballer. He
also represented India in
the 1958 Tokyo Asian
Games and the Merdeka
Cup in Malaysia.
Jagjit Singh Chopra Neurologist, Chandigarh He won Padma Bhushan
award and was the
founder of the department
of neurology at PGIMER,

Chandigarh
Bhanu Prakash Singh Politician, Indore He was former ex Goa
Governor and head of the
Narsinghgarh royal family
Sri Shivakumara Swamiji Saint, He was popularly known
Tumakuru,Karnataka as “Nadedaduva Devaru”
(Walking God) passed
away at the age of 111.
Krishna Sobti Writer and essayist, New She was a Jnanpith
Delhi awardee. She won the
Sahitya Akademi Award in
1980 for her novel
Zindaginama
FEBRUARY
Namwar Singh Author,New Delhi He died in New Delhi at
the age of 92
Dara Dotiwalla Cricket Umpire,Chennai He organized the famous
tied Test match between
India and Australia.
Priyanath Dey Politician and Freedom Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP,
Fighter, Bhubaneswa Ladu Kishore Swain
passed away at the age of
71 due to kidneyrelated
ailments
Francis D’Souza Politician,Goa He was former Goa
Deputy Chief Minister and
BJP Lawmaker
Vishnu Wagh Writer and Speaker, Cape He was eminent writer
Town, South Africa and former Deputy
Speaker of Goa Legislative
Assembly
MARCH
Haku Shah Artist, Ahmedabad, His memoir Manush
Gujarat received several awards
including the Padma Shri
in 1989.
Muni Hitruchivijayji Jain monk, Ahmedabad He is the last disciples of
Gujarat Acharya
Ramchandrasurishwarji.
Maate Mahadevi Lingayat Basava Dharma Peetha
pontiff,Bengaluru, President
Karnataka
Vinod Kashyap Newsreader ,NewDelhi She worked at the All
India Radio for around 30
years.
Manohar Parrikar Politician(CM),Goa He is the India’s 18th and
Goa’s second chief

minister to die in office

Satya Brata Singh Supreme Court judge,New His native was
Delhi Dhanbad,Jharkhand.
Ghulam Nabi Rathar Social activist, Manigam
Kangan, Jammu and
Kashmir
Ashita Writer and poet, She won Kerala Sahitya
Thrissur,Kerala Akademi Award
APRIL
J. Mahendran Director, Screenwriter and Mahendran was born on
actor/Tamil Nadu 25th July 1939 in
Ilaiyangudi, Madurai.
Holkhomang Haokip Politician/Manipur He was a leader of the
Kuki community (of North-
east India) and being
elected to the 13th Lok
Sabha (in 1999). He was a
former Member of
Parliament.
KM Mani Politician/Kerala He was the only politician
who has been elected
from the same
constituency for 13
consecutive elections.
Drupad Borgohain Politician/Assam He was a Rajya Sabha
member between 1998
and 2004 and served as a
legislator from Nazira
constituency from 2006-
2011 in the Assam
assembly
Paripooranand Painuli i Politician/ Delhi He was elected to the 5th
Lok Sabha in 1971.
SK Shivakumar Scientist/ Bengaluru The Padma shree awardee
was a part of team which
had developed telemetry
system for India’s first
moon mission Chandrayan
– I.
Amar Paul Singer/Kolkata He was awarded by
Sangeet Natak Akademi
Award for his contribution
to the folk music of West
Bengal.
MAY
Yogesh Chander Business Man/ Gurugram Born in Lahore, Pakistan.
Deveshwar He is the founder of ITC .

Derek Sippy Cue sports Player, Coach He was born in Mumbai,

and administrator / Maharashtra.He served as
Mumbai, Maharashtra Secretary of the Billiards
and Snooker Association
of Maharashtra (BSAM)
Naik Narayan Singh Mountaineer/ Mt Makalu, He was born in
Mahalangur Himalayas Pithoragarh in
Uttarakhand. He was one
among the 18 member of
Indian Army
Mountaineering Expedition
team to Mt Makalu
(8485m) which found
footprints of mythical
creature ‘Yeti’.
Thoppil Mohamed Meeran Novelist/ Pettai in He was born in
Tirunelveli,Tamil Nadu Thaengaaipattinam in
Kanniyakumar, Tamil
Nadu. His novel “Saaivu
Naarkkali” (The Reclining
Chair) won the Sahitya
Akademi Award in 1997.
V Viswanatha Menon Politician /Kochi, Kerala He was born in
Ernakulam, Kerala. He
served as the Finance
Minister in 1987 during
the Left Democratic Front
government led by E.K.
Nayanar
MB Balakrishnan Swimmer/Chennai, Tamil He was born in Tamil
Nadu Nadu. He won South Asian
Games Gold medalist.
The last captive white tiger at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Borivali,
Mumbai named Bajirao died due to old age related problems at the age of 18.
India's only orangutan, Binny died at Odisha's Nandankanan Zoological Park after a
prolonged illness. It was 41 years old.
JUNE
Girish Karnad Actor, Writer & He was born in Mathern,
Playwright/ Bengaluru Maharastra & was a
recipient of 1998 Jnanpith
award, 1974 Padma Shri
and 1992 Padma Bhushan
award for literature.
G Vijaya Nirmala Actor-film Maker/ She was born in Tamil
Hyderabad Nadu. In 2002, she holds
Guinness Book of World
Records as the female
director with most films

Dinyar Contractor Actor-Comedian/ Mumbai, He was born in Mumbai,

Maharashtra Maharashtra & was
awarded the Padma Shri
in January 2019.
N. Lingappa Athletics coach/ He was born in Karnataka.
Bengaluru, Karnataka In 2014, he won
prestigious Dronacharya
award in recognition of his
work as a coach
Jaspal Inder Singh Kalra Chef and culinary He was born in New Delhi
revivalist/ New Delhi & has many titles like
“Czar of Indian Cuisine”
and “Tastemaker to the
Nation”.
Shyam Sundar Mitra Cricketer/Kolkata He was born in Kolkata
and was popularly known
as ‘SS’. He played his club
cricket for Mohun
Bagan(Football club), who
honored him with the
Lifetime Achievement
award in 2017
Mohan Ranade Freedom fighter/ Pune, He was born in Sangli in
Maharashtra Maharashtra & was a
lawyer by profession, was
awarded the Padma Shri
in 2001.
Mohammed Baji (Md Bazi) Freedom fighter/ Sunari He was 103.
Sahi in Nabarangpur
district of Odisha
Brij Mohan Khaitan Industrialist/ Kolkata, He was born in Kolkata,
West Bengal West Bengal & recently
resigned as chairman of
Eveready Industries and
McLeod Russel. He is also
known as Evergreen tea
man of India.
E Gopinath Journalist/ Chennai He was born in Tamil
Nadu.It is noteworthy that
Journalist E Gopinath was
on first general elections
for Press Trust of India
(PTI) of Independent India
Thanjavoor Ramamoorthy Mridangam exponent/ He was born in Trichy,
Trichy, Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu. Thanjavoor
Ramamoorthy, Veteran
Mridangam exponent and
former top grade staff

artist of All India Radio

(AIR)
Rajanath Singh 'Surya' Politician/ Lucknow, Uttar He was born in Sultanpur
Pradesh district of Uttar Pradesh.
He was a lawyer by
profession, was awarded
the Padma Shri in 2001.
Swami Satyamitranand Seer/ Dehradun in He was born in Agra, Uttar
Giri Maharaj (Swami Uttarakhand Pradesh. He was the
Satyamitranand) recipient of Padma
Bhushan in 2015
Jharna Dhara Chowdhury Social activist/ Noakhali, She was born in
Bangladesh Lakshmipur of
Bangladesh. She was
honored with Padma Shri
in 2013, Jamnalal Bajaj
award in 1998 and
Ekushey Award, the
highest civilian honor in
Bangladesh in 2015.
JULY
Basant Kumar Birla Businessman/Mumbai He was born in Kolkata,
West Bengal. He wrote
several books including an
autobiography titled
‘Svantah Sukhaya’
Rakesh Shukla Cricketer/Delhi Ver
AU Celestine Football Player/Tamil He played for the Tamil

Nadu Nadu state men’s team as
a goalkeeper in Senior
Nationals in the 1965 and
1969 National
Championships and also
represented India in the
Merdeka Cup in Malaysia
in 1969.
Barun Haldar News Reader/Kolkata. He was born in Kolkata,
West Bengal. He was a
popular presenter of
Western Music in All India
Radio Kolkata
Sudershan Agarwal Politician/ New Delhi He was born in Ludhiana,
Punjab. He served as the
second Governor of
Uttarakhand between
2003 and 2007 during
which he also established

a Him Jyoti School in the

Sahastradhara.He was
appointed as Governor of
Sikkim in 2007.
Dr. Jaya Arunachalam Social Activist/ Chennai, She was born in Tamil
Tamil Nadu Nadu .She is the founder
of Working Women’s
Forum (WWF). She was
the recipient of Padma
Shri in 1987, International
Activist Award by
Gleitsman Foundation in
2003, Jamnalal Bajaj
Award in 2009, Bharat
Ratna Rajiv Gandhi Mahila
Shakthi Award in 2009,
INTERNATIONAL
Name of the person Place of Demise,Field Points to be noted
who passed away
JANUARY
Kader Khan Actor-writer, Canada He passed away at 81 in
Canada.debut film with
Rajesh Khanna’s “Daag”,
he has featured in over
300 films. He wrote
dialogues for over 250
movies and was also a
screenwriter.
Russell Baker Author, US He won Pulitzer Prize for
satirical commentary and
self-critical prose, and
author of Pulitzer Prize-
winning autobiography
Growing Up (1983).
Tony Mendez CIA agent, US He inspired the Oscar-
winning film “Argo”.
Sir Michael Atiyah Mathematician He was best known for his
contribution to a branch of
mathematics called
topological Ktheory and
the Atiyah-Singer index
theorem
Michel Legrand Music composer Legrand won Oscar award
three times
Masazo Nonaka Oldest man He belong’s to Japan’s
northern most island of
Hokkaido at the age of
113
Mary Oliver Poet She won Pulitzer Prize

FEBRUARY
Albert Finney Actor,London The veteran actor was
best known for his roles in
Tom Jones, Erin
Brockovich and Annie.
Manfred Eigen Chemist, Bochum, He also won Nobel Prize
Germany
Wallace Smith Broker Scientist, New York, He popularly known as
United States ‘Grandfather of Climate
Science’
Pedro Morales Wrestler, Puerto Rico He passed away at the
age of 76.He was the first
ever WWE Triple Crown
Champion
MARCH
John Richardson Art historian Manhattan, He devoted more than a
New York quarter century in writing
four-volume biography of
Pablo Picasso
Andre Previn Composer and Pianist He was a 10-time
,Manhattan, New York, Grammy Award winner
USA and had won 4 Oscars.
Bill Playle Cricketer,New South He was natively from
Wales, Australia Manawatu, New Zealand
Alan B. Krueger Economist, Princeton, New He advised two presidents
Jersey, United States and helped lead
economics toward a more
scientific approach to
research and
policymaking. He was
born on 17th September
1960 in Livingston, New
Jersey, United States.
Jerry Merryman Electrical engineer,Dallas, He was credited with
Texas inventing the world’s first
handheld electronic
calculator in 1960s
Charlie Whiting FIA’s director Melbourne, He was the FIA’s director
Australia of Formula One. He was
born in Kent, United
Kingdom.
Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi Folk artist, radio Hailed from Kakinada,
commentator, Houston, Andhra Pradesh, she was
USA also awarded ‘Queen of
Folk’ award in Paris and
Kala Prapoorna award

Rafi Eitan Mossad agent and He was born on 23rd

Spymaster, Tel Aviv, November 1926 at Ein
Israel Harod, Mandatory
Palestine in Israel.
Zhores Alferov Physicist,St. Petersburg, He won the Nobel Prize in
Russia Physics in 2000. He
researched in the field of
information technology
and his research was the
backbone of computers,
CD players, mobile phones
etc
Bharat Mohan Adhikari Politician ,Kathmandu, He is natively from
Nepal Mahottari district of Nepal.
Bruce Yardley Spinner, Coach and He played 33 Tests and 7
commentator ,Kununurra, ODIs for Australia as an
Western Australia off-spinner
Scott Walker aka Noel Songwriter and producer, He was born in Hamilton,
Scott Engel London, England Ohio in 1943.
Kelly Catlin Stanford He had thrice been the
University,California world champion and had
been a member of the
U.S. women’s pursuit
team that won silver in
2016 Rio Olympics
King Kong Bundy real Wrestler,Atlantic City, WWE legend
name was Christopher New Jersey, U.S.A.
Pallies
APRIL
Jerrie Cobb Astronaut/ Florida She became the first
woman to pass astronaut
testing in 1961. Total 13
women passed the
physical testing and
became known as the
Mercury 13. She was born
on 5th March 1931, in
Norman, Oklahoma
Elriesa Theunissen-Fourie Cricketer/ South Africa She represented South
Africa in four
internationals – three
ODIs and one T20I match
of 2013 ICC Women’s
Cricket World Cup squad
PatrickRousseau Cricketer/Jamaica He was former president
of West Indies cricket
Board (WICB), from 1996
to 2001,and Jamaican
Attorney at law has died

in Jamaica
John Singleton Director/ United States He was the youngest-ever
film-maker to be
nominated for the best
director Oscar and know
for the film Boyz n the
Hood.
Terry Rawlings Editor/ England He was nominated for
BAFTA awards for his work
on ‘Alien’ in 1980 & ‘Blade
Runner’ in 1983 as well as
Oscar nomination for
‘Chariots of Fire’ in 1982.
Lorraine Warren Paranormal investigator/ She investigated haunted
Monroe, Connecticut houses and other
manifestation of
paranormal
activitiesthroughout her
life
Alan Garcia Politician/ Peru He served two terms as
Peru’s president, from
1985 to 1990 and from
2006 to 2011, shot
himself in his bedroom at
his home in Lima
Grand Duke Jean Politician/ Luxembourg In 1963, he became the
sixth Grand Duke of
Luxembourg
Negasso Gidada President/Ethiopia He was the president
between 1995 and 2001
and was the first head of
state after Ethiopia
adopted a new
constitution transforming
country into a federal
state.
Mark Medoff Writer/ New Mexico He won Olivier and Tony
awards for writing
‘Children of a Lesser God’.
The screen adaptation of
"Children of a Lesser God"
earned an Oscar
nomination
MAY
Ieoh Ming Pei Architect/ New York He was born in
Guangzhou, Republic of
China. He designed Louvre

Pyramid in Paris France

Bob Hawke Politician/ Sydney, He was born in
Australia Bordertown, South
Australia. He was 23rd
Prime Minister of
Australia.He led the Labor
Party from 1983 to 1991.
Prem Tinsulanonda Politician/ Bangkok, He was born in Southern
Thailand Thailand.He served as the
16th prime minister of
Thailand from 1980 to
1988.
Binyavanga Wainaina Writer, gay right activist/ He was born in Nakuru,
Nairobi Kenya. In 2002, he won
Caine Prize for his short
story "Discovering Home"
John Pinto World War II Navajo Code He was born in Lupton,
Talker, Lawmaker/ Gallup, Arizona, US. Pinto was the
New Mexico, USA longest-serving senator in
the state, first elected in
1977 and served until his
death on May 24, 2019
JUNE
Sylvia Miles American actress/ She was born in
Manhattan, New York, U.S Greenwich Village, New
York, U.S. and was
nominated for the
Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress twice
Ahmed Essop Author and former He was born in India and
educationist/ South Africa his 1978 book ‘The Haji
and other Short Stories’
received the Olive
Schreiner Award in 1979.
José Antonio Reyes Football Player/ Utrera, He was born in Utrera,
Spain Spain and was former
Spain midfielder and won
five Europa League titles
and was part of Arsenal's
unbeaten "Invincibles"
squad. He also won 21
international caps for
Spain
Mohamed Morsi Politician/ Cairo, Egypt He was born in El Adwah,
Sharqia Governorate,
Kingdom of Egypt & was
the 5th President of
Egypt. He served the

country from 30 June

2012 – 3 July 2013.
JULY
Lee Iacocca Businessman/ California He was born in
Pennsylvania, United
States. In 1984, he
released his
autobiography titled
“Iacocca-An
Autobiography” and in
1988, hereleased a book
titled “Talking Straight”
which was his best seller
books.
Momir Bulatovic Politician/ Raći, He was born in Belgrade,
Montenegro PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia.
He served as
Montenegro’s President
from 1990 until 1998
IMPORTANT DAYS
Observed date/week Day Other information
JANUARY
1st January 2019 Defence Research and DRDO has made the
Development country self-reliant in
Organisation(DRDO) areas of missiles, radars,
sonars and torpedoes and
many other systems
4th January 2019 World Braille Day It is celebrated in the
rememberance of Louis
Braille who was the
inventor of Braille
9th January 2019 Non Resident Day or Marks the contribution of
Bharatiya Pravasi Day overseas Indian
community in the
development of India
10th January 2019 World Hindi day The main focus of World
Hindi Day is “to promote
the language at the global
stage”.
12th January 2019 National Youth Day (also To honour the birthday of
known as Yuva Diwas) Swami Vivekananda.
Theme of “Be The Voice of
New India” and “Find
solutions and contribute to
policy”
14th January 2019 Armed Forces Veterans This Day is
Day commemorated in the

memory of first Indian

Commander-in-Chief of
the Armed Forces Field
Marshal K M Cariappa
becoming a veteran in
1953.
15th January 2019 71st Army Day To commemorate our
soldiers for their bravery
and sacrifice
21st January 19 47th statehood day Manipur, Meghalaya and
Tripura
23rd January 2019 122nd Birth Anniversary He was a member of the
of the great Freedom Indian National Congress
Fighter Subhas Chandra and later he formed
Bose Indian National Army also
known as Azad Hind Fauz
24th January 2019 National Girl Child Day The theme for National
Girl Child Day 2019 is
“Empowering Girls for a
Brighter Tomorrow
24th January 2019 69th foundation day of
Uttar Pradesh
24th January 2019 International Day of Theme for 2019 as
Education “Empowering Girls for a
Brighter Tomorrow”
25th January, 2019 49th full Statehood Day of
Himachal Pradesh
25th January, 2019 9th National Voters Day Theme-‘No voter to be left
(NVD) behind’
26th January 2019 70th Republic Day South Africa’s President
Cyril Ramaphosa,was the
Chief Guest of the 70th
Republic Day
27th January 2019 International Holocaust
Remembrance Day
28th January 2019 Data Protection Day also To raise awareness and
known as Data Privacy promote privacy and data
Day protection
30th January 2019 World Leprosy Eradication Theme for World Leprosy
Day Day is ‘ending
discrimination, stigma,
and prejudice’
30th January 2019 National Martyr’s Day or The day was observed to
Sarvodaya Day mark the death
anniversary of our
greatest Hero and father
of the nation, Mahatma

Gandhi who was

assassinated by Nathuram
Dodse on 30th January
1948.
FEBRUARY
2nd February World Wetlands Day Theme- “Wetlands and
Climate Change”.
4th February World Cancer Day Theme- “I Am and I will”
4th -10th February 30th National Road Safety Theme-“Sadak Suraksha-
Week, 2019 Jeevan Raksha”
6th February International Day of Zero The theme for the year
Tolerance for Female 2019 is #EndGFM
Genital Mutilation (FGM)
8th February National Cleft Day India’s first toll free
national cleft helpline
named Smile Train India
cleft Helpline launched
8th February National Deworming Day National Deworming Day
(NDD) (NDD) is observed
biannually on 10th
February and 10th August
every year in all
states.This year is
celebrated on 8th Feb
since 10th February is
Sunday.
10th February World Pulses Day
11th February International Day of The theme 2019 was
Women and Girls in “Investment in Women
Science and Girls in Science for
Inclusive Green Growth".
11th February World Day of the Sick It was initiated by Pope
John Paul II in 1992 with
an aim to encourage
people to pray for those
who suffer from ill and for
their caregivers.
12th February Productivity Day NPC also celebrates
National Productivity
Week from 12th Feb to
18th Feb, 2019.
12th February International Darwin Day
13th February World Radio Day Theme 2019 -“Dialogue,
Tolerance and Peace”
20th February World Day of Social Theme of 2019 – ‘If you
Justice want Peace and
Development, Work for

Social Justice’
21st February International Mother Theme for the year 2019-
Language day “Indigenous languages
matter for development,
peace building and
reconciliation”
22nd February World Thinking Day The theme 2019 was
"Leadership".
24th February Central Excise day
27th February World NGO Day It was officially recognized
and declared by the 12
member countries of the
IX Baltic Sea NGO Forum
of the Council of the Baltic
Sea States
28th February National Science Day To mark the discovery of
the ‘Raman Effect‘ by the
physicist Sir
Chandrashekhara Venkata
Raman
28th February Rare Disease Day Theme - “Bridging health
and social care”
March
1st March Zero Discrimination Day Theme - "Act to change
laws that Discriminate"
1st March Civil Accounts Day It showcased the progress
of the flagship project of
the Indian Civil Accounts
Organization namely the
Public Financial
Management System
(PFMS).
1st March World Civil Defence Day Theme - “Children’s
safety, our responsibility”
3rd March World Hearing Day Theme - “Check your
Hearing”
3rd March World Wildlife Day Theme - ‘Life below
water: for people and
planet’
4th March National Safety Day (NSC) Theme - “Cultivate and
Sustain a safety culture
for building nation”.
4th March National Security Day also To praise the work of
known as Rashtriya security forces such as
Suraksha Diwas army officers, para-
military, policemen and
commandos.

4th March World Day of Fight against It aims to spread

Sexual Exploitation awareness about the
prevalent sexual
exploitation, largely
among women and
children
7th March Janaushadhi Divas To create awareness and
provide further impetus to
the Pradhan Mantri
Bhartiya Janaushadhi
Pariyojana (PMBJP)
scheme. The government
plans to have at least one
PMBJP Kendra in each
block by 2020.
8th March International Women’s Theme –“Think equal,
Day build smart, innovate for
change.
10th March National Immunisation Pulse Polio programme
Day was launched by the
President of India
10th March 50th Raising Day of History Book of CISF
Central Industrial Security “CISF: Force of the
Force (CISF) Future” and Annual
Publication “Special Issue
of Sentinel” were released
by PM Narendra Modi.
11th March 34th inception day of Rajiv Gauba was the chief
National Crime Records guest
Bureau (NCRB)
12th March to 16th March India Smart Utility Week It is organized by India
2019 (ISUW) 2019 Smart Grid Forum (ISGF)
as an International
Conference and Exhibition
on Smart Energy, Gas and
Water for Smarter Cities
12th March 89th anniversary of the The 400 km Dandi March
Dandi Satyagraha or Salt was started from
Satyagraha Sabarmati Ashram on
from March 12, 1930.
14th March World Kidney Day Theme for World Kidney
Day 2019 is Kidney Health
for Everyone Everywhere
15th March World Consumer Rights Theme for World
Day Consumer Rights Day
“Trusted Smart Products”.
15th March World Sleep Day Theme for World Sleep
Day was ‘Healthy Sleep,
Healthy Aging’.
16th March National Vaccination Day On this day in 1995, the
first dose of oral vaccine
against polio was given in
India.
18th March Ordnance Factories Day Indian Ordnance Factories
are regarded as the
backbone of India’s
Defence. On 18th March
1802, the production of
the oldest Ordnance
Factory of India was
commenced at Cossipore,
Kolkata.
18th March Global Recycling Day The theme for Global
Recycling Day 2019 was
“Recycling into the
Future”.
20th March World Sparrow Day(WSD) Theme for World Sparrow
Day 2019 was “I love
sparrows”.
20th March International Happiness Theme of International
Day Day of Happiness 2019 is
‘Happier Together’.
21st March International Day for the Theme “Mitigating and
Elimination of Racial countering rising
Discrimination nationalist populism and
extreme supremacist
ideologies”.
21st March World Down Syndrome This year the focus of the
Day day was on “Leave no one
behind” by creating
opportunities for people
with Down syndrome to
live fulfilling lives.
21st March World Poetry Day To encourage the reading,
writing, and teaching of
poetry throughout the
world.
21st March International Day of Theme for International
Forests (IDF) Day of Forests: “Forests
and Education – Learn to
Love Forests”.
22nd March World Water Day (WWD) Theme for World Water
Day 2019 is “Leaving no
one behind”.
22nd March 107th foundation day To commemorate Bihar’s

called Bihar Diwas 2019 or separation from Bengal

Bihar Day Presidency in 1912. It is a
public holiday in Bihar.
23rd March World Meteorological Day The theme 2019 was “The
Sun, the Earth and the
Weather”.
23rd March Martyr’s Day (88th) or To commemorate the
Shaheed Diwas death anniversary of three
of India’s freedom fighter
Bhagat Singh, Shivaram
Hari Rajguru and Sukhdev
Thapar.
24th March International Day for the To Honor the memory of
Right to the Truth victims of gross and
Concerning Gross Human systematic human rights
Rights Violations and for violations and to promote
the Dignity of Victims the importance of justice.
24th March International Day for To honor the achievers
Achievers (IDA) who have shown
determination and
confidence on their
journey.
24th March World Tuberculosis Day Theme for World
Tuberculosis Day 2019
was "Its time"
25th March International Day of To mark the anniversary
Solidarity with detained of the abduction of Alec
and missing staff Collett, a former journalist
members who was kidnapped by
armed gunman in 1985.
The day aims to prepare
action, demand justice
and to protect UN staff
and peacekeepers, the
workers in non-
governmental community
and the press.
25th March International Day of Theme 2019 was
Remembrance of the “Remember Slavery: The
Victims of Slavery and the Power of the Arts for
Transatlantic Slave Trade Justice”.
26th March Epilepsy Awareness Day In order to encourage the
also known as World people to wear the colour
Purple Day to increase the awareness
of Epilepsy. Epilepsy is
eurological disorder in
which brain activity
becomes abnormal

causing seizures.
27th March World Theatre Day For 2019, famous theatre
director, playwright,
academic and faculty
member, Carlos CELDRAN
from Cuba was selected as
the speaker of World
Theatre Day message
2019.
29th March World Piano Day
30th March World Idli Day
APRIL
1st April Odisha Day is also known It is celebrated to
as “Utkal Divas” commemorate the
sacrifices of people for
formation of Odisha
province in 1936.
2nd April World Autism Awareness The theme for 2019 was
Day (WAAD) “Assistive Technologies,
Active Participation”.
4th April International Mine Theme - “United nations
Awareness Day promotes SDGs –Safe
Ground –Safe Home”
(SDG –Sustainable
Development Goals)
5th April National Maritime day The theme - "Indian
Ocean- An Ocean of
Opportunity".
7th April World Health Day Theme - "Universal health
Coverage: Everyone,
Everywhere" under the
WHO slogan "Health for
All".
1st to 7th April Prevention of Blindness Prevention of Blindness
Week Week was launched by
Jawaharlal Nehru and Raj
Kumari Amrit Kaur, under
Societies Registration Act
of 1860.
7th April to 14th April National Handloom week ‘The Indian textile
Sourcebook’ authored by
Avalon Fotheringham and
published by Thames &
Hudson will launch on 9th
April.
7th April Platinum Jubilee The commemoration day
Commemoration of the was observed to honour

Battle of Kangla Tongbi the supreme sacrifice

made by the courageous
Ordnance Personnel of
221 Advance Ordnance
Depot in the line of duty
during the night of 6/ 7
April 1944 (during World
War-II). It was fought
against Japanese forces.
7th April International Day of The day commemorates
Reflection on the 1994 the slaughter of 800,000
Rwanda Genocide people (where Tutsis and
moderate Hutus were
killed by members of the
army, militias,civilians of
the Hutu community) for a
period of 100 days during
the 1994 genocide in
Rwanda,central Africa.
8th April International Roma Day It brings into limelight the
2019 grave fact about the 6
million Romani people
(living in the EU,
European Union) and 4
million living in the
enlargement region
(Montenegro, Serbia,
North Macedonia, Albania,
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
9th April 54th Valour Day of Central To Pay Tribute to Martyrs
Reserve Police Force of police at the National
(CRPF) Police Memorial in New
Delhi. On this day,
President Ram Nath
Kovind launched Veer
Parivar App for assistance
to the next of kin of the
CRPF martyrs.
10th April World Homoeopathy Day Theme - "Linking
2019 Education and Clinical
Practice with Research:
Advancing Scientific
Collaborations".
11th April National Safe Motherhood Theme - "Midwives for
Day 2019 Mothers"
12th April International Day of This day is also celebrated
Human Space Flight as ‘Cosmonautics Day’ in
Russia since 1963.

12th April World Aviation and On April 12, 1961, Soviet

Cosmonautics Day 2019 cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
carried out the famous
flight in spacecraft Vostok
1 started from Baikonur
Cosmodrome.
10th to 16th April 64th Railway Week 2019 During this, the Running
Efficiency Shield was
presented to Stationery
and O&M Branches (joint
winners) which were
selected as "Best
Maintained Branch" of the
Railway Board
13th April Rajouri Day 2019 The Year 2019 is being
celebrated as the ‘Year of
Next of Kin’ to help
families of martyrs.
7th to 13th April World Allergy Week 2019 Theme - "The Global
Problem of Food Allergy".
13th April 100th anniversary To celebrate the harvest
Jallianwallah Bagh festival of Baisakhi and to
Massacre also known as protest against the
the Amritsar massacre Rowlatt Act. On that
event, troops of the
British Indian Army under
the command of Colonel
Dyer opened fire at the
people.
17th April Bangladesh celebrated To commemorate the
Mujeebnagar Day formation of a provisional
government in
Baidyanathtala, (later
renamed as Mujibnagar)
Meherpur in 1971 of
independent Bangladesh.
17th April World Hemophilia Day Theme- ‘Outreach and
Identification’
18th April World Heritage Day 2019 Theme-"Rural
Landscapes"
19th April World Liver Day 2019 As per World Health
Organisation liver diseases
are 10th most common
cause of death in India.
19th April Good Friday also known as The day is observed every
Holy Friday or Black Friday year in honor and
remembrance of Jesus's
Crucifixion and Christians

believe Jesus was crucified

on Good Friday and rose
again three days later
which is marked as
Easter.
21st April World Creativity and The United Nations (UN)
Innovation Day 2019 recognized 21st April as
an official World Creativity
and Innovation Day and
2018 marks the first year
the UN was observed
WCID.
21st April Secretary’s day or Admin To recognize the work of
Day secretaries, receptionists,
administrative assistants,
and other administrative
support professionals.
21st April National Civil Service Day The function was
organized by the
Department of
Administrative Reforms
and Public Grievances and
Pensions during which PM
gave “Prime Minister
Award for Excellence in
Public Administration”
22nd April Global Earth Day 2019 Theme for 2019 was
Protecting Our Species
14th to 20th April National Fire Service Week Theme : "Fire Prevention
is better than Fire
Fighting".
22nd April International Mother Earth United Nations General
Day Assembly (UNGA) has
passed a resolution and
This year marked the 10th
anniversary of
International Mother Earth
Day.
23rd April World Book and Copyright Also known as World Book
Day Day. This year Sharjah,
UAE has been selected as
a World Book Capital for
2019.
24th April National Panchayati Raj The Constitution (73rd
Day (NPRD) Amendment) Act, 1992
that came into force on
24th April 1993 has
vested constitutional

status on Panchayati Raj

institutions
24th April World Day for Animals in The adjoining week is
Laboratories also known known as “World Week for
as World Lab Animal Day` Animals in Laboratories”
(WWAIL) which is
observed from April 21-
28.
24th April International Day of To promote the day, the
Multilateralism and UN General Assembly
Diplomacy for Peace convened a one-day high-
level plenary meeting on
the same day.
24th -30th April World Immunization Week Theme : “Protected
Together: Vaccines Work”
25th April World Malaria Day Theme : “Zero malaria
starts with me”
25th April International Girls in ICT A specialized agency of UN
(Information and i.e. International
Communications Telecommunication Union
Technology) Day (ITU) and 171 countries
celebrate this day
worldwide. The aim is to
bridge the gender digital
divide.
27th April World Veterinary Day `Theme : 'Value of
Vaccination'.`
28th April World Day for Safety and Theme : “Safety and
Health at Work Health and the Future of
Work”.
29th April International Dance Day Theme : "Dance and
Spirituality"
30th April International Jazz Day The day was designated in
2011 by UNESCO.
MAY
May 1 International Labour Day The theme of
or Workers day International Labour Day
2019 was “Sustainable
Pension for all: The Role
of Social Partners”.
May 2 World Tuna Day To highlight the
importance of tuna fish,to
promote more sustainable
fishing practices help in
achieving the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable
Development

May 2(First Thursday of World Password Day This day is celebrated to

May) promote better password
habits for digital
protection for online
shopping, dating, banking,
social media, private
work, and life
communications.
May 3 World Press Freedom Day Theme “Media for
Democracy: Journalism
and Elections in Times of
Disinformation”.
May 3(First Friday of May) National Space Day To promote Science,
Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics (STEM)
education in young people
and to inspire them to
pursue a carrier in
spacerelated jobs.
May 4 International Firefighters’ The symbol for
Day (IFFD) International Firefighters
Day is a red and blue
ribbon. The color red
signifies fire and the blue
denotes water.
May 4 Coal Miners Day Several communities raise
awareness and funds on
this day for other
organizations in the coal
mining area and workers.
May 5(First Sunday of World Laughter Day The day was first
May) celebrated on May 10,
1998, in Mumbai and
arranged by Dr. Madan
Kataria, founder of the
worldwide Laughter Yoga
Movement. The purpose is
to raise awareness about
laughter and its many
healing benefits.
May 5 International Midwives The theme for this year’s
Day celebration is “Midwives:
Defenders of Women’s
Rights“
May 6 International No Diet Day The INDD symbol is a blue
(INDD) ribbon.The INDD was first
created in 1992 by Mary
Evans Young to help

people appreciate their

own bodies.
May 7 World Asthma Day The theme of this year is
"STOP for Asthma". STOP
means Symptom
evaluation, Test response,
Observe and assess,
Proceed to adjust
treatment.
May 7 World Athletics Day Observed to promote
Athletics as the primary
sport in schools and
institutions, to raise
awareness about the
sports and to educate
youngsters about the
importance of the sports.
May 7 59th Raising Day of It is a nodal road
Border Roads Organization construction agency under
(BRO) the Ministry of Defence. It
was formed on 7th May
1960, with the primary
role of providing road
connectivity in border
areas.
May 8 World Thalassaemia Day Theme - “Universal Access
2019 to Quality Thalassaemia
Healthcare Services:
Building Bridges with and
for Patients”.
May 8 World Red Cross Day Theme - “#Love”.
May 8 Day of Remembrance and On May 9, 74th
Reconciliation anniversary of victory
over Nazism in Europe in
Second World War was
aobserved.
May 9 158th birth anniversary of He is Asia’s first Nobel
Rabindra Nath Tagore laureate and composer of
India’s National Anthem.
This day is also called
‘Rabindra Jayanti‘
symbolising his birth
anniversary.
May 11 National Technology Day This day marks the
remembrance of the
successful launch of
Shakti-I nuclear missile at
Pokhran Test Range in

Rajasthan on May 11,

1998.
May 11 World Migratory Bird Day Theme –“Protect Birds: Be
2019 the Solution to Plastic
Pollution!” .It is celebrated
twice in the year, which
falls on the second
Saturday in May and
October. In 2019, it was
celebrated on May 11 and
will on October 10.
May 12 International Nurses Day Theme –‘Nurses – A Voice
to Lead –Health for All’.
May 6 to 12 5th United Nations Global Theme – “Leadership for
Road Safety Week road safety”. It launched
an ongoing campaign
“Save Lives – #SpeakUp”
to achieve global goals by
ensuring the safety of
human life. It runs on the
philosophy of “Decade of
Action for Road Safety
2011-2020”.
May 15 International Day of Theme –"Families and
Families or IDF Climate Action: Focus on
SDG 13".
May 16 International Day of Living This day was declared by
Together in Peace the United Nations
General Assembly in its
resolution 72/130. This
day is celebrated to
promote peace, tolerance,
inclusion, solidarity and
understanding across the
world.
May 16 International Day of Light This the 2nd edition of the
International Day of Light.
May 16 World Hypertension Day Theme - "Know Your
(WHD) 2019 Numbers"
May 16 National Dengue Day In India, Directorate of
National Vector Borne
Disease Control Programe
(NVBDCP) is the nodal
centre for the surveillance
and prevention of dengue.
Dengue is caused due to
the dengue virus - DENV,
1-4 serotype, which is

transmitted by the bite of

female Aedes aegypti
(Linnaeus).
May 17 World Telecommunication Theme - “Bridging the
and Information Society Standardization Gap”
Day
May 18 International Museum Day Theme - “Museums as
2019 Cultural Hubs: The future
of tradition”.
May 18 Day of Vesak also known This day commemorates
as Buddha Purnima, the birth anniversary of
Buddha Day or Buddha Gautama Buddha (or Lord
Jayanti Buddha). This year it day
coincides with May 18,
which witnessed the
2,563rd birth anniversary
of the Lord Buddha.
May 18 World AIDS Vaccine Day The day is also known as
(WAVD) HIV Vaccine Awareness
Day. It is headed by
National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious
Disease (NIAID),
Washington DC, USA.
May 20 World Bee Day Theme - “Save the Bees”.
This day marks the
birthday of Anton Janša
(1734) who pioneered the
modern beekeeping
techniques in his native
Slovenia in the 18th
century.
May 20 World Metrology Day Theme - “The
International System of
Units – Fundamentally
better”.
May 21 World Day for Cultural The objective is to bridge
Diversity for Dialogue and the gap between cultures
Development which is urgent and
necessary for peace,
stability and development.
May 21 National Anti-Terrorism This day is celebrated as a
Day Anti-terrorism Day
because on the same day
in 1991, former Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi was
killed by a woman
operative of the separatist

Lankan Tamil outfit

Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE).
May 15 to 21 National Vesak week Sri Lanka declared
National Vesak week from
May 15 to 21, 2019 to
mark the celebrations of
one of the most important
events of Buddhists all
over the world.
May 23 International Day to End An obstetric fistula is a
Obstetric Fistula hole between the vagina
and rectum or bladder
that is caused by
prolonged obstructed
labor, leaving a woman
incontinent of urine or
feces or both. Obstructed
labor means, labor that
goes unattended, the
labor can last up to six or
seven days.
May 24 International Theme - ‘A Connected
Commonwealth Day Commonwealth’.
May 23 World Turtle Day Theme - “Adopt, Don’t
Shop".
May 28 World Hunger Day Theme -
“#SustainabilityIs”.
May 28 Veer Savarkar aka To commemorate the
Vinayak Damodar sacrifices made by him
Savarkar during the freedom
struggle. He was born on
May 28, 1883 in Bhagpur
village near Nasik in
Maharashtra. He was a
freedom fighter who called
1857 revolt as the first
war of independence.
May 29 International Day of Theme - “Protecting
United Nations Civilians, Protecting
Peacekeepers Peace”.
May 29 World Digestive Health Theme - “Early Diagnosis
Day and Treatment of
Gastrointestinal (GI)
Cancer”
May 29 International Everest Day On this day, Nepalese
Tenzing Norgay and New
Zealand's Edmund Hillary

had climbed the Mt.

Everest for the first time
in 1953. Nepal decided to
observe the day as
International Everest Day
since 2008 when the
legendary climber Edmund
Hillary passed away.
May 31 World No-Tobacco Day Theme - "Tobacco and
(WNTD) Lung health". In India,
Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare (MoHFW),
in partnership with WHO
India, organized a
'National Consultation on
Tobacco and Lung Health’
in New Delhi. The theme
of the event was "Don't
Let Tobacco Take Your
Breath Away - Choose
Health Not Tobacco".
June 1 World Milk Day Theme - "Drink Milk:
Today & Everyday".
June 1 Global Day of Parents Theme – “Honor your
parents”
June 3 World Bicycle Day The main aim of this day
is to recognize the bicycle
as a clean, affordable and
environment-friendly
mode of transport.
June 3 – 7 Financial Literacy (FL) The theme is "Farmers"
Week
June 4 International Day of It aims to spread
Innocent Children Victims awareness about the pain
of Aggression and sufferings faced by
the children who are the
victims of physical, mental
and emotional abuse. On
April 2, 2019, a campaign
"Act to Protect Children
affected by Conflict" was
launched by Ms. Virginia
Gamba, the Special
Representative of the
SecretaryGeneral for
Children and Armed
Conflict.
June 5 International Day for the To promote awareness in

Fight Against Illegal, combating IUU. The day

Unreported and was first celebrated in
Unregulated (IUU) Fishing 2018. The day June 5 is
chosen to mark the day
on which Agreement on
Port State Measures came
into existence in 2016.
The proposal was
endorsed by the
Committee on Fisheries
(COFI).
June 5 World Environment Day The theme of the year is
(WED) ‘Beat Air Pollution’. In
2018, India was the host
country. China is the
country for World
Environment Day 2019.
June 6 Maharana Pratap Singh He is renowned as a true
Jayanti patriot who commenced
the first war of
independence. The year
2019 commemorated the
479th birth anniversary of
the great warrior. He was
the 13th Rajput king of
Mewar, a province in
modern-day Rajasthan.
June 7 World Food Safety Day The theme for the year
2019 is “Food Safety,
everyone’s business”. On
this occasion, an event
was launched in New York
with a panel discussion.
June 8 World Brain Tumor Day This day is observed on
8th June every year since
2000. It aimed at creating
awareness among the
public about the brain and
also focuses on helping
people suffering from a
brain tumor.
June 8 World Ocean Day The theme of World Ocean
Day 2019 was 'Gender
and the Ocean'.World
celebrates Oceans Day to
raise awareness of the
challenges humanity
facing to protect the

world’s ocean.
June 12 World Day Against Child It was introduced to focus
Labour (WDACL) on the extent of child
labour worldwide and the
efforts required to
eliminate it. The theme for
the year is “Children
shouldn’t work in fields,
but on dreams!”
June 13 International Albinism The day is observed to
Awareness Day (IAAD) preserve the rights of
persons with albinism and
take efforts to ensure
equal access for them in
employment, education,
justice, and good health.
The theme for 2019 is
"Still Standing Strong".
June 14 World Blood Donor Day It is celebrated by the
2019 (WBDD) World Health Organization
(WHO) to raise awareness
of blood donation. The
theme of this year’s
campaign is blood
donation and universal
access to safe blood
transfusion, as a
component of achieving
universal health coverage.
The Slogan for World
Blood Day 2019 is "Safe
blood for all”.
June 15 World Elder Abuse The theme of World Elder
Awareness Day (WEAAD) Abuse Awareness Day
2019 is "Lifting Up
Voices".
June 1-15 Swachhta Pakhwada Ministry of New and
(cleanliness fortnight) Renewable Energy (MNRE)
and institutions under it,
successfully observed
Swachhta Pakhwada
(cleanliness fortnight)
from June 1-15 2019. The
campaign was
inaugurated by Secretary,
MNRE Shri Aanand Kumar
by delivering a lecture on
the importance of

Swachhata in life.
June 16 International Day of This day recognizes the
Family Remittances contribution of migrant
workers to their families
and communities back
home, and to the
sustainable development
of their native countries.
June 17 World Day to Combat 2019 Theme of WDCD is
Desertification and “Let’s Grow the Future
Drought (WDCD) Together”. Desertification
is the degradation of land
in various areas like arid,
semi-arid and dry sub-
humid. It is caused by
human activities and then
by climatic variations.
June 18 International Picnic Day It is a day to encourage
people to go outdoors and
enjoy each other’s
company. According to the
Guinness Book of World
Records, the world's
largest picnic was held in
Lisbon, Portugal.
June 18 Sustainable Gastronomy It highlights the need to
Day focus the attention on the
role that sustainable
gastronomy can play. The
United Nations General
Assembly (UNGA)
designated to celebrate
June 18 as Sustainable
Gastronomy Day through
its resolution
A/RES/71/246 adopted on
21 December 2016.
June 18 Autistic Pride Day Autism is a neurological
developmental disability
that affect the
development of normal
brain, hampers
communication, social
interaction, cognition and
behavior.
June 19 International Day for the This day aims to create
Elimination of Sexual awareness on the
Violence in Conflict necessity to curb conflict-

related sexual violence,

and to honour the victims
and survivors of sexual
violence throughout the
world.
June 19 World sickle cell day This day was organized by
the United Nation General
Assembly in 2008 to raise
awareness Sickle cell
disease (SCD) is an
inherited genetic
abnormality of hemoglobin
(the oxygen-carrying
protein found in red blood
cells).
June 20 World Refugee Day The Theme for the 2019
World Refugee Day is
#Step With Refugees —
Take A Step on World
Refugee Day.
June 21 Summer Solstice day It is also known as the
‘June Solstice’. Summer
Solstice is the longest day
of the year which is
considered as the start of
the summer season.
June 21 World Music Day It is also known as Fête de
la Musique’ meaning
“festival of music”.It aims
to honor both amateur
and professional
musicians. The theme of
world music day 2019 is
“Music at the
intersections”.
June 21 International Day of Yoga There are two themes for
(IDY) World Yoga Day 2019 ,
United Nation has
declared theme as “Yoga
for Climate Action” and
Ministry of Ayush , India
has declared theme for
Yoga Day is ” Yoga for
Heart“
June 21 World Hydrography Day The theme for WHD 2019
(WHD) is "Hydrographic
information driving marine
knowledge".

June 23 International Widows Day It is observed to address

the issues that widows
and their children face in
some countries. Loomba
Foundation initiated the
International Widow’s Day
in 2005. It was on June
23, 1954, Shrimati Pushpa
Wati Loomba, mother of
the foundation’s founder,
Lord Loomba, became a
widow.
June 23 United Nations Public The United Nations Public
Service Day Service Forum (UNPSF)
2019 will take place in the
Republic of Azerbaijan
from 24-26 June 2019,
with the theme of
‘Achieving the Sustainable
Development Goals
through effective Delivery
of Services, Innovative
Transformation, and
Accountable Institutions’.
June 23 International Olympic Day This day marks the birth
of modern Olympic games
on June 23, 1894, at
Sorbonne in Paris.Olympic
Day is based on the three
pillars:Move, Learn,
Discover.
June 24 Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Chief Marshal BS
commemorated 20 years Dhanoa was the chief
of Kargil war guest of the event. IAF
used Mirage 2000 fighter
aircraft to reenact Tiger
Hill attack.
June 25 Day of the seafarer The theme for Day of the
Seafarer 2019 is, “Get on
board with gender
equality”. The 2019
campaign is dubbed as "I
Am On Board with gender
equality".
June 25 World Vitiligo Day (WVD) The theme for this year is
“The Quality of Life of a
Vitiligo Patient”.The first
WVD was observed in

2011.
June 26 BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal The member countries
Initiative for Multi-Sectoral consisting of Bangladesh,
Technical and Economic India, Myanmar, Sri
Cooperation) Day in Lanka, Thailand, Nepal,
Dhaka, Bangladesh and Bhutan in Dhaka,
Bangladesh. Bishwadip
Dey, Acting High
Commissioner represented
India in the BIMSTEC
founding day event.
June 26 International Day in In 1997, by resolution
Support of Victims of 52/149, the UN General
Torture Assembly declared 26
June as the International
Day in Support of Victims
of Torture.
June 26 International Day against The theme for 2019 was
Drug Abuse and Illicit "Health for Justice. Justice
Trafficking for Health". The theme for
the day in India is ‘Listen
First’.
June 27 International Micro, Small International Trade
and Medium-sized (MSME) Center, the United Nations
Enterprises Day launched its flagship
report: “The SME
Competitiveness Outlook
2019: Big money for small
businesses”. The Ministry
of Micro Small and
Medium Enterprises
organized an international
convention on the theme
“Indian MSMEs, Global
Aspirations” in New Delhi
June 29 Statistics Day(13th The theme for Statistics
Statistics Day) Day 2019 is “Sustainable
Development Goals”. The
Prof. C.R. Rao Award 2019
was conferred to Dr.
Subhra Sankar Dhar,
Associate Professor, IIT
(Indian Institute of
Technology), Kanpur for
his contribution in the field
of Statistics.
June 29 International Day of the It is observed to create
Tropics awareness on specific

challenges faced by
tropical areas and to
highlight the important
role that the countries in
the tropics play in
achieving Sustainable
Development Goals
(SDGs). Nobel Laureate
Aung San Suu Kyi
launched the first State of
the Tropics Report on June
29, 2014.
June 30 International Day of It is also the date, in
Parliamentarism 1889, on which the
InterParliamentary Union,
the global organization of
parliaments was
established.
June 30 International Asteroid Day It is aimed to create
awareness about the
asteroid impact hazard. It
also informs people about
the crisis communication
actions to be taken in case
of a possible near-Earth
object threat. The day
marks the anniversary of
the Tunguska impact over
Siberia, Russian
Federation, on 30 June
1908.
July 1 2nd anniversary of Sahaj and Sugam returns
GST(Goods and Services for small taxpayers are
Tax) proposed by the Finance
ministry.
July 1 National Doctors’ Day The theme of National
Doctor’s day 2019 is “Zero
tolerance to violence
against doctors and
clinical establishment”.
July 2 World Sports Journalists It was established by the
Day International Sports and
Press Association (AIPS-
Association Internationale
de la Presse Sportive) in
1994 to mark the 70th
anniversary of its
foundation which was

founded on July 2, 1924,

during the Summer
Olympics in Paris.
July 2 World UFO (Unidentified To increase awareness
Flying Objects) day among people about the
existence of UFO. The first
World UFO Day was
celebrated in 2001.
July 6 International Day of The theme for 2019 is
Cooperatives “Coops 4 decent work”.
July 6 World Zoonoses Day To create awareness on
zoonotic diseases and to
teach people to take the
right action on diseases.
The word zoonoses is
derived from the Greek
words zoon (animal) and
nosos (ailment).
Other News Related On Important Days
 UNESCO has named the year 2019 as The International Year of the Periodic
Table of Chemical Elements in Paris.
 Indian Army is commemorating ‘2019’ as the ‘Year of Next of Kin’.

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