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1. United Nations has appointed Indian official Chandramouli Ramanathan as the Controller,

Assistant

Secretary-General

for

Programme Planning, Budget and Finance in the Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance (DMSPC). 2. Dr G C Anupama has been elected president of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI). 3. Anirban Mukherjee has been appointed as the CEO of PayU India.

1. Union government has approved a threeyear extension of the Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Technology Up-gradation Scheme (CLCS-TUS) for MSMEs with a total outlay of Rs. 2,900 crores. This scheme will from 2017-18 to 2019-20. Under

this

scheme,

an

upfront

capital

subsidy of 15% will be provided to the MSMEs on institutional finance of up to Rs 1 crore. 2. Bihar government announced a Universal Old Age Pension scheme, named Mukhya Mantri Vriddha Pension Yojana (MMVPY), the scheme facilitates the amount of Rs. 400 monthly pension for all in the state above the age of 60 years.

1. Amazon in partnership with Axis Bank launched ‘Amazon Pay Unified Payment Interface (UPI)’ to facilitate secure payments

and financial transactions on its platform. 2. A loan agreement of $40 million was signed between

the

Government

Himachal

of

Union

Government, Pradesh

and

World Bank, for bringing clean and reliable drinking water to the citizens of Greater Shimla area. 3.

JP

Morgan

recently

became

the

first

US

bank

with

cryptocurrency. The bank will be using the cryptocurrency to see its potential in using digital coins to reduce risk and enable instant transfers. 4.  The government of India gets Rs.10,000 crore from Bharat-22 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) by additional offering. The government has till now accumulated approximately Rs.46000 crore by way of disinvestment through Bharat-22 ETF. 5. A first-of-its-kind ‘Trip Protector’ insurance policy was launched by HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company for non-life insurance segment in India. The policy aims for safeguarding holders financially against the cost of cancellation levied during cancellation of Air, hotel etc bookings. 6.

Life

Insurance

Corporation

(LIC)

of

India

launched

a

new

microinsurance plan ‘Micro Bachat’ recently. It provides coverage of up to 2 lakhs.

1. The government has announced new norms under the definition of Start-Ups. The new norms are:   Increasing the investment limit to Rs 25 crore from Rs. 10 crores. Now an entity shall be considered a start-up up

to

10

years

from

its

date

of

incorporation/registration instead of the previous period of 7 years. The entity would be considered as a start-up up to a turnover of Rs 100 crore as against the earlier limit of Rs 25 crore. 2. Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, launched SWAYATT which an initiative to promote Startups,

Women

and

Youth

Advantage

Government e Marketplace (GeM).

through

e-Transactions

on

Also, a dedicated GeM Start-up Runway-an initiative of GeM in association with Startup India to facilitate Start-ups registered with Startup India to access the public procurement market and sell innovative products and services to government buyers. 3. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), has become the first Indian company to buy U.S. crude oil by signing   USD 1.5 billion deal for 60,000 barrels.

1. In the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)’s Shehri Samriddhi Utsav Raigarh Municipal

Corporation,

won

“Swachhata

the

Chhattisgarh Excellence

has

award

2019”. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has been awarded the first prize under the “Million Plus Cities” category. 2. The 7th  National Photography Awards were presented recently. The winner’s list is: Lifetime Achievement Award: Shri Ashok Dilwali Professional Photographer of the Year:  Shri SL Shanth Kumar Amateur Photographer of the Year: Shri Gurdeep Dhiman 3. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) awarded actordirector Bradley Cooper ‘Oscat’ award for casting his own dog, rather than one supplied by animal exhibitors, in his movie A Star is Born. 4. Abdul Aziz Muhamat, who was detained in Manus Island in Papua New Guinea (Capital: Port Moresby, Currency: Kina) was given the Martin Ennals Award 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland, for exposing “the very cruel asylum seeker policy of the Australian Government”. 5. Mallakhambh coach-Uday Deshpande and Indian international batswoman Smriti Mandhana were awarded the Maharashtra State Government’s Shiv Chhatrapati Award.

1. Inaugurated by PM Modi, the Swachh Shakti

2019,

a

convention

of

Women

Sarpanches was held at Kurukshetra in Haryana recently. 2. Union Science & Technology Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan, inaugurated the 2-day long One Health India

Conference 2019 in New Delhi. 3. 40th  International Annual Desert Festival was recently held in Jaisalmer (Golden City), Rajasthan. 4. A mega exercise, EXERCISE VAYU SHAKTI-2019 was recently organised by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Pokhran, Rajasthan. 5. Early Ed Asia 2019, the two-day event, which is Asia’s largest conference on Early Childhood, was recently held in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The motto of the event was: ‘Our Children. Our Future’. 6. The Aero India 2019 was inaugurated by Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru. The Aero India 2019 has a tagline “The Runway to a Billion Opportunities”.   7.  The third edition of Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI), CREDAI YouthCon 2019 was held recently in New Delhi. Theme: NexGen – Next Generation. 8. PM Modi inaugurated the PETROTECH -2019, a three-day mega event at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, UP. The theme of PROTECH-2019 was “Shaping the New Energy World through Innovation & Collaboration”. Dealer Owned Dealer Operated (DODO) model for setting up CNG stations was also launched at the event. 9. India and the United States conducted the India-US CEO Forum and India-US Commercial Dialogue in New Delhi, the meeting was chaired by Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Suresh Prabhu. 10. 5th International Dam Safety Conference 2019 was recently held in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. 11. World Corporate Social Responsibility Congress (World CSR Congress 2019) which promotes Entrepreneurship, Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Social Development was recently held in Mumbai. 12. India Medical Device 2019 and India Pharma 2019, fourth edition of International Conference on Pharmaceutical & Medical Device sector took place in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Theme: for India Pharma 2019– ‘Enabling Quality Affordable Healthcare’ and that of India Medical Device 2019 – ‘Med-Tech India: Gearing up for

Ayushman Bharat’. 13. World Day of Social Justice: February 10 Theme: ‘If you want Peace and Development, Work for Social Justice’

Appearing for RRB JE or CWC? Click to take our FREE TEST? 1. India’s First District cooling system will come up in Amravati, Andhra Pradesh. 2. PM Modi flagged off the first ever dieselto-electric

converted

locomotive

at

the

Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) at Varanasi, UP. 3. Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti inaugurated first mega food park of Agartala, Sikaria Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd at Tulakona, Agartala. 4. Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma inaugurated India’s first ‘Fulldome 3D Digital Theatre’ in Kolkata, West Bengal. 5. Bandicoot, a drainage-cleaning robot, was recently launched in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

1. In the wake of the Pulwama terror attack, India withdrew the Most Favoured Nation or MFN Status accorded to Pakistan. This move would enable India to increase customs duty on goods coming from Pakistan. MFN status is given under WTO’s General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). 2. Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) launched a new portal called 'LADIS' – Least Available Depth Information System in to ensure optimum use of national waterways. 3. Flight Lieutenant Hina Jaiswal created history by becoming the first woman flight engineer of Indian Air Force (IAF).   4. An expert committee led by Anoop Satpath suggested Rs. 9,750 per month or Rs. 375 per day as National Minimum Wage (NMW) for a

worker. Present the NMW is Rs. 4,576. 5. Tapsee Pannu has signed as the brand ambassador of the snack brand ‘Kurkure’ owned by PepsiCo. 6. Tele-law mobile application ‘Nyaya Bandhu’ was launched by the Union Minister for Law and Justice, IT Ravi Shankar Prasad.

1. The International Labour Organization released

World

Employment

Outlook

Trends

2019

report

and

Social

which

says

unemployment rates will fall to 4.9% in 2019 and remains steady in 2020.

1. India won the First Mallakhamb World Championship which was held in Shivaji Park, Mumbai. 2. Sunil Chhetri was awarded India’s first-ever “Football Ratna” recently. 3. Malaysian squash legend and 8-time world champion,

Nicol

David,

announced

her

retirement recently after the 2018-19 Professional Squash Association (PSA) season. 4. International Hockey Federation (FIH) recently distributed annual Player of the Year Awards. FIH Player of the Year, Men: Arthur van Doren (Belgium) Women: Eva de Goede (Netherlands) 5. Belgium’s Elise Mertens defeated Simona Halep of Romania to win the Qatar Open held at Doha. 6. German sports and lifestyle brand PUMA have appointed the 6-time world champion woman M C Mary Kom as its new brand ambassador in India. Mary will promote campaign #DoYou that aims to motivate women across the nation to be strong and accomplish their goals. 7. 83rd Yonex Sunrise Senior Badminton Nationals was recently held at Guwahati, Assam. Sania Nehwal defeated PV Sindhu to lift the women championship and Sourabh Verma  defeated Lakshya Sen to win the men’s singles title.

8. Laureus World Sports Awards 2019 were given recently. The winners are: Sportsman of the Year: Novak Djokovic, (Serbia) (Capital: Belgrade, Currency: Dinar) Tennis.  Sportswoman of the Year: Simone Biles (USA) Gymnastics. The team of the Year: France World Cup Team (France) Football Lifetime Achievement Award: Arsene Wenger, France. Spirit for Sports Award: Lindsey Vonn, (USA). Sport for Good Award: Yuwa NGO (Jharkhand, India) 9. Domestic team Vidarbha, became only the 3rd team after Bombay and Karnataka in Indian domestic cricket history to defend their Irani cup titles after Vidarbha recently defeated Rest of India (RoI) in the Irani Cup title. 10. 70th  International Boxing Tournament Strandja 2019, was held at Sofia, Bulgaria. Russia topped the medals tally followed by India at second rank with 7 medals (3 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze).

1. Mr Namwar Singh from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh a famous Hindi author, known for his satirical approach in Hindi literature passed away recently. 2.

German

Manfred

Nobel

Eigen,

Prize-winning

passed

away

chemist,

recently

in

Germany. 3. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) hall of famer, Pedro Morales, passed away recently. 4. Wallace Smith Broker, popular as ‘Grandfather of Climate Science’ and popularised the term ‘global warming’ passed away recently.

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