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Monthly One Liner Current Affairs – January 2020
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January 2020 Monthly Current Affairs One Liners

Financial One Liner Page No Page No: 1 to 5
Non-Financial One Liner Page No Page No: 5 to 36
Financial One Liners

 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das launched a mobile app MANI to help visually-
impaired people to identify the denomination of currency notes.
 State Bank of India (SBI) introduced OTP-based ATM withdrawals with effect from 1st January 2020.
 The Reserve Bank of India has revised its supervisory framework for Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs).
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted “in-principle” approval to Shivalik Mercantile Co-operative
Bank Limited for transition into a Small Finance Bank (SFB).
 The Union Finance Ministry, Government of India (GoI), has not made any changes in the interest rates on its
small savings schemes (SSS) of the post office for the fourth quarter of the financial year(FY) 2019-20
starting from January 1, 2020- March 31, 2020 due to softening in the bank deposit rate.
 Bank of Baroda (BoB), an Indian Multinational, public sector Bank has signed a co-lending partnership
agreement with JM Financial Home Loans Limited (JMFHL), the housing finance arm of JM Financial
Group, to provide retail loans to home buyers.
 India’s current account deficit (CAD) narrowed to 0.9 per cent of GDP, or USD 6.3 billion, in the September
2019 quarter, on account of lower trade deficit.
 Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has announced that it has paid Rs 1,12,000 crore as
Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) refunds to exporters. According to CBIC, over 83,000 exporters
have been benefited by these refunds.
 HexGn released a study of the funding trends in the global start-up ecosystem in 2019; the team analyzed over
60,000 deals and one million data points for the report.
 Export-Import (Exim)Bank, the premier export finance institution of India has given a $75 million (over Rs
500 crore) line of credit (LoC, a soft loan/loan with low-interest rate) to Cuba for financing 75
MW (megawatt) Photovoltaic Solar Parks.
 CSC e-Governance services India ltd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Paytm
Payments Bank ltd (PPBL) for selling FASTags.
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 The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has mandated all the health and
General Insurance Companies(GICs) to offer 1st of its kind standardised health insurance products (SHIP) in
the name “Arogya Sanjeevani” policy with effect from April 1, 2020.
 In order to promote parental support benefits for employees, online digital payments player, PayPal India
Private Limited has launched a new Adoption Assistance Program, where it will be offering financial
assistance of up to Rs 1 lakh per adoption for the parents.
 India’s leading Digital lending startup, RevFin has joined hands with PNB MetLife India Insurance
Company to offer protection to the RevFin’s customers by bundling life insurance cover on their loans. This
insurance covers loans up to ₹3 lakh for a period of 3 years.
 India’s largest private sector port operator agreed to buy a 75% stake in Krishnapatnam Port Co. Ltd (KPCL)
at an enterprise value of Rs 13,500 crores, APSEZ.
 India's foreign exchange reserves got by 2.520 billion USD to touch a record high of 457.468 billion USD in
the week on 27th December 2019.
 The two Indian private sector lenders Axis Bank and ICICI Bank to close their operations in Sri Lanka after
the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has permitted.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has enabled select banks in India to offer round-the-clock (24×7) trading in
the Indian rupee to allow Indians to safeguard their foreign exchange (Forex) risks at any time.
 The State Bank of India has announced ‘residential builder finance with buyer guarantee’ (RBBG) scheme.
 The Reserve Bank of India has revised the Know Your Customer (KYC) norms for banks and other lending
institutions. New amendments in KYC norms by RBI allows banks and other lending institutions to use
“Video based Customer Identification Process (V-CIP)”.
 HDFC Bank launched myApps application. The app aims to boost digital payments in India.
 The Union Government has appointed Michael Debaprata Patra as the Reserve Bank of India’s Deputy
Governor.
 Stock market regulator SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) has extended the deadline for the
separation of the posts of Chairman and MD (Managing Director) or chief executive officer (CEO) for 500
listed companies by 2 years. Now this rule has to be followed by April 1, 2022. It’s aim to separate the board
and the management of the top companies.The first deadline issued by SEBI was April 2020
 The central govt in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)has announced an increase in the
authorized capital of Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) to Rs 25,000 crores .The previous authorized capital was
Rs. 15,000 crores.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) under the aegis of Financial Inclusion Advisory Committee (FIAC) has set
up a 5 year plan of formulation of National Strategy for Financial Inclusion (NSFI) for the period 2019-
2024. This has been done keeping in view the global trend of financial inclusion which acts as a key driver of
economic growth
 In view of the promotion of digital payments, India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
permitted processing of e-mandate for recurring payments through UPI (Unified Payments Interface).Under
this facility, an agreement is formed between the consumer and the merchant bodies and the payment of the
outstanding dues is done automatically on the fixed date of the month. However, the maximum permissible
limit under this payment system shall be Rs 2,000 per transaction.
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 RBI has released the revised framework for imposing monetary penalty on authorised payment system
operators / banks under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 for not complying with regulatory
requirements.RBI has provision to levy monetary penalty levied for a contravention shall not exceed Rs 5
lakh or double the amount of contravention or default, whichever is higher, where such amount is
quantifiable.For non-quantifiable contravention, the maximum penalty imposed by RBI shall be Rs 5 lakh per
contravention.In addition, RBI will impose further penalty up to ₹ 25,000/- for every day, if such
contravention / default is a continuously performed.
 ICICI (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India) bank,an Indian multinational banking and
financial services company has launched India’s largest API (application programming interfaces) Banking
portal called ‘ICICI Bank API Banking portal’(https://developer.icicibank.com/), which consists of 250
APIs & allows bank’s partner companies across the globe to sign up on it, create an application, select the
application, test it out and get the sample code.
 State Bank of India (SBI) has reduced the fixed deposit rates. It reduced the FD rates by 15 basis points (bps)
on long-term deposits maturing in 1 year to 10 years
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed banks and other card-issuing companies to provide a facility to
customers to switch on and off their debit or credit cards.
 National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI),an umbrella organisation for operating retail payments has
launched blockchain technology based “Vajra Platform” to make payments fast & secure.
 India’s central bank i.e., the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been ranked 6th largest buyer of sovereign gold
abroad after it purchased 25.2 tonnes in the first 10 months of 2019 according to World Gold Council(WGC)
report titled “Outlook 2020: Global economic trends and their impact on gold”. The central banks of China,
Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Poland have purchased more gold than India in 2019.
 ICICI Bank announced the launch of a 'Cardless Cash Withdrawal' facility from its ATMs on 21 January
2020.
 The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has launched a blockchain-technology based payment
system ‘Vajra Platform’.
 The investment limit for Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) in government and corporate bonds have been
raised by the Reserve Bank of India.
 The Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the Certificate of Authorisation (CoA) of Vodafone m-pesa.
 For the 1st time India, the City Union Bank (CUB) Limited , one of the leading Indian banks in India, has
launched a multilingual voice-enabled mobile banking application. Now the CUB customers can converse
with the chat–bot ‘Ask Lakshmi’ of the app in Tamil, English, Hindi / Telugu language for their general
banking queries including transactions like Balance enquiry, mini statement, fund transfer over voice/text
instructions.
 New India Co-operative Bank (NICB) has been decided to be converted into a Small Finance Bank (SFB)
after being agreed by its shareholders under Voluntary Transition of Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks
(UCBs) into SFB.
 Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM bank) has extended $35.80 million (nearly Rs 250 crore) million Line of
Credit (LoC) to South American country Suriname to fund its rural electrification programme through solar
Diesel Generator (DG) hybrid Photo-Voltaic(PV) systems in Suriname’s 50 remote villages.
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 Central Banks in India approve that they will not charge a part of the fees on Unified Payments Interface UPI
and RuPay card transactions as long as the merchant discount rate MDR remains zero following the
government announcement.
 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appoints its Executive Director, Janak Raj, as a member of the Monetary Policy
Committee (MPC).
 The IRDAI has imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore each on ICICI Lombard General Insurance and Tata AIG
General Insurance company.
 The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a penalty of ₹1 crore on HDFC Bank for non-compliance of master
directions of KYC directions.
 National Statistical Office (NSO) projects India’s GDP growth rate for 2019-20 at 5%.
 World Bank has released Global Economic Prospects report. In its report, the World Bank has projected
India’s growth rate at 5% for fiscal year 2020.It has also projected India’s growth rate at 5.8% for fiscal year
2021.
 The State Bank of India has released its research report ‘Ecowrap’. In the report ‘Ecowrap’, the economic
research department of SBI has lowered India’s growth rate to 4.6% in the fiscal year 2020.
 According to the ‘World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2020’ report released by the United
Nations (UN), it has slashed India’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth forecast for the year 2019-20 by
1.9% to 5.7%. Earlier in 2019, it had projected GDP growth rate of 7.6% for FY 2019-20.
 United Nations (UN), an intergovernmental organization responsible for maintaining international peace and
security, has predicted the India’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth forecast for the year 2019-
20 to 5% .
 Global payments company Mastercard planned to invest nearly $1 billion in India over the next five years.The
proposed investment will be made over five years in our India operations includes an R&D facility at Pune
and another center at Vadodara.
 A loan amount of nearly seventy thousand crore rupees has been disbursed till 13th of this month under the
scheme of providing loan to Micro Small and Medium Enterprises - MSMEs within 59 minutes.For ease of
access to credit for MSMEs, the government has introduced loan provision to MSMEs through a dedicated
online portal- www.psbloansin59 minutes.com.
 Gurgaon-based Food delivery startup and restaurant aggregator “Zomato” has announced the acquisition of
Uber Eats business in India.
 State-owned Indian Telephone Industries (ITI), the telecom equipment maker, has announced that it is to
launch its follow-on public offering (FPO)
 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reduced India's economic growth forecast to 4.8% for the current
fiscal year.
 The Telecom department of India has approved the Bharti Airtel Ltd to increase Foreign Direct Investment
(FDI) in the company to 100%.
 Adani Capital Private Ltd has acquired Essel Finance’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) loan
business.
 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has estimated India’s growth rate for the fiscal year 2019 as 4.8%.
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 The United Nations has lowered India’s GDP growth rate to 5.7% for the Fiscal Year 2019-20 in its World
Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2020 report.
 GAIL India Ltd. plans to invest over Rs.45,000 crore over the next five years. The move is to expand the
National Gas Pipeline Grid and city gas distribution network.
 Reliance Jio becomes the 1st telecom operator to facilitate UPI payments feature through its platform.It has
launched the feature on the MyJio app rather than its wallet app, JioMoney.
 NITI Aayog has announced that it is to develop the National Data and Analytics Platform (NDAP)
 Apollo Hospitals Group in collaboration with Bajaj Finserv has launched digitized “Health EMI Card” which
will be provided to patients and will be offered a credit limit of Rs.4 Lakhs.
 The country's foreign exchange reserves rose 943 million US Dollars to touch a life-time high of 462.16
billion US Dollars in the week ended January 17.
 Foreign portfolio investors have infused a net sum of 1,624 crore rupees into the domestic capital markets in
January so far.
 IT services major Tech Mahindra to set up a dedicated Google Cloud Centre of Excellence (CoE) in
Hyderabad.
 Reliance Industries organization will try to work with India's highway authority and individual states to
possibly supply a plastics-implanted blend.
 Google announced a 1-million USD grant to promote news literacy among Indians.
 Google search engine directing the users searching coronavirus to systematically arranged results about safety
tips, situation updates, and resources from the World Health Organisation. According to the Verge, Google
announced this joint effort with the WHO.
Non Financial One liners:
National:
 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) made amendments to the new regulatory framework for cable
and broadcasting services with a view to protecting consumer interests.
 The Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Vijay Ramniklal Rupani unveiled the world’s 2nd largest statue of Sardar
vallabhbhai Patel at Sardardham campus near Vaishnodevi circle in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
 The Election Commission of India has launched a Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System
(PPRTMS).
 The Ministry of Railways accorded Organised Group 'A' status to Railway Protection Force (RPF) and
renamed it Indian Railway Protection Force Service.
 Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) awarded the first civil contract for the Tughlakabad-Aerocity corridor
of its Phase 4 project.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicates Five DRDO Young Scientists Laboratories to the nation.
 Union Home Minister Amit Shah dedicate the new campus of National Fire Service College (NFSC) in
Nagpur.
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 Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched a National Infrastructure Pipeline coordination mechanism
with an investment plan worth Rs102 trillion in the next five years.
 The union Government launched a new scheme National Animal Disease Control Programme for FMD and
Brucellosis with a financial outlay of Rs. 13,343.00 crore for five years (2019-20 to 2023-24) by vaccinating
100% cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, and pig population for FMD.
 Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) opened 28 Aadhaar Seva Kendras (ASK) as part of its plan
to open 114 stand-alone Aadhaar Enrolments & Update Centres across the country.
 The Indian government decided to allocate spectrum to all telecom operators and equipment makers for the
upcoming 5G trials in the country.
 The Indian Railways made to overcome the inconvenience over multiple helpline numbers for grievances and
inquiry during railway travel, Indian Railway integrated railway helplines into single number 139 for the
passengers for quick grievance redressal and inquiry during their journey.
 The Wildlife Institute of India (WII),an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Environment Forest and
Climate change(MoFCC), is set to conduct the Asiatic Lion Census in May 2020 by using around 8,000-
10,000 cameras across 25,000 sqkm (Square kilometre) area spanning 7 districts in Gujarat.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi electronically released 12,000 crore rupees under Pradhan Mantri Samaan
Yojana to six crore farmers in Tumakuru.
 World Health Organization (WHO) designated 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife to honor the
200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale.
 Union Minister of State Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region inaugurated the first Capacity
Building Programme on General Financial Rules-2017, e-Procurement and Government e-Marketplace (GeM)
at Convention Centre, Jammu.
 The State Government of Odisha has launched an online platform called “e-Gazette portal”(
http://egazetteodisha.nic.in), a first-of-its-kind initiative in India designed and developed by the NIC(National
Informatics Centre) for all departments.
 Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said that the ‘one nation, one ration card’ facility has been started in 12
states in the country on the first day of the new year.
 The Delhi government announced that Pragati Maidan metro station will be rechristened as the Supreme
Court metro station.
 Visakhapatnam will host the prestigious three-day 14th Global Healthcare Summit from January 3, 2021
 Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) a first Silk Processing Plant inaugurated at Surendranagar
in Gujarat.
 Indian paddler Manav Thakkar became world no.1 in the latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)
rankings in the Under-21 men’s singles category.
 Indian mountaineer Malavath Poorna, the youngest girl to have climbed the world’s highest mountain Mt.
Everest 5 years ago, accomplished another feat by conquering Mt. Vinson Massif, Antarctica’s highest
mountain peak (4,987 mts).
 India and Pakistan exchanged lists of nuclear installations.
 The External affairs ministry announced the setting up of new emerging and strategic technologies (NEST)
division.
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 India has extended a line of credit (LoC) of USD 75 million (over Rs 500 crore) to Cuba.
 The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has announced its first Antarrashtriya Yoga Diwas Media
Samman.
 Government's flagship programme Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) and LED Street
Lighting National Programme (SLNP), marked its fifth anniversary on 5 January 2020. The schemes are being
implemented and monitored by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of PSUs under
the Power Ministry.
 Union Home Minister has laid the foundation stone of Delhi Cycle Walk project.
 The Union Minister of Commerce and Industries inaugurated the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Knowledge
Hub in New Delhi.
 Uttar Pradesh (UP) became the 1st state in India to conduct an exercise to shortlist migrants from Pakistan,
Bangladesh and Afghanistan for eligibility under the new Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019.
 Himachal State government unveiled the Himachal MyGov portal on 6 January 2020
 Navigation facilities for visually impaired was inaugurated in Chandigarh railway station in Mohali, Punjab
by Shri Gurinder Mohan Singh, Divisional Railway Manager- Ambala Division.
 Commerce and Industry & Railways Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated the National Stock Exchange (NSE)
Knowledge Hub in New Delhi on 6 January 2020.
 Over eight crore farmer families have been benefitted under PM Kisan Scheme.
 The Union Government has authorized the amount of Rs 5559 crore for 1656 Km long Indradhanush Natural
Gas Pipeline Grid project.
 A panel, set up by Union Minister Piyush Goyal approved to 150 private trains on 100 routes. Railway Board
chairman VK Yadav flagged off private trains in the Centre's 100 days' agenda.
 The government has set a fresh deadline for the completion of the world's highest railway bridge that connects
Kashmir to the rest of India by December 2021.
 Census exercise India-2021 to begin on 1st April 2020 and will end on 30th of September 2020.
 Indian Railways is in the process of installing Internet Protocol (IP) based Video Surveillance System (VSS)
at stations to enhance security.
 Seven students from Jammu Division have been selected for the 3rd edition of the Pariksha Pe Charcha 2020
programme
 Union Home Minister has inaugurated the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal and Indian Cyber Crime
Coordination Centre (I4C) located in New Delhi.
 The 23rd National Youth Festival (NYF) 2020 has been scheduled to be held from 12-16 January at Indira
Pratishthan, Lucknow.
 The Union minister for women and child development Smriti Irani launched 3 welfare schemes for women in
Goa.
 Union Minister of Steel launched mission PURVODAYA for the development of eastern India through
integrated steel hub in Kolkata, West Bengal. AIM: to transform logistics and utility infrastructure which
would change the socio-economic landscape in eastern India.
 India is planning to double crude oil imports from the US
 India’s Statue of Unity has become the part of ‘8 Wonders of SCO’ list.
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 The 6th meeting of the Island Development Agency (IDA) was chaired by the Union Home Minister Amit
Shah in New Delhi.
 The “Paperless Licensing Process” has been launched by the Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade (DPIIT), for Petroleum Road Tankers.
 Income-Tax Department was launched 24×7 control room to monitor black money and illegal inducements in
poll-bound Delhi. This facility will also host a toll-free number (1800117574). People can inform the
department about any activity of use of money power, illegal distribution of cash etc.
 The govt has released the National draft policy on Rare Disease in which financial support of Rs. 15 lakh will
be provided under the Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi scheme for one-time treatment of rare diseases.
 Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Gas MM Kutty inaugurated fuel conservation mega campaign - Saksham of
Petroleum Conservation Research Association, PCRA in New Delhi.
 Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inaugurated the 7th Conference of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
India Region in the legislative assembly building in Lucknow.
 Super Senior Citizens (over 80 years of age) and PwDs now vote through Postal Ballot in Delhi Assembly
Election.
 Union Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel launched an exhibition titled “Indian Heritage in
Digital Space” at National Museum, New Delhi.
 The 5th edition of Science Film Festival of India (SCI-FFI 2020) was started in Goa’s capital city Panaji.
 Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) celebrated its 5th Annual Day in New Delhi on 15 January
2020.
 The state of art- new Tejas Express train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai Central has been flagged off by
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani at Ahmedabad Railway Station today.
 The 1st edition of Krishi Manthan– the largest Food, Agri-business and Rural Development Summit of Asia
begins in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
 Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has announced that this will provide support to state governments
to help them set up monitoring centres that will track public service vehicles including buses and cab
operators like Ola and Uber.
 The government has notified that it is to mandate hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts with effect from
15 January 2021.
 Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda unveiled the logo and brand ‘Apna Urea
Sona Ugle‘of Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Ltd (HURL).
 Union Minister for Heavy Industries Prakash Javadekar was inaugurating ELECRAMA 2020 in Greater
Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
 The 14th Foundation day of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India (DFCCIL) was celebrated in
New Delhi
 The Indian Railway authorities have decided to replace the Urdu language on signboards at the Uttarakhand
state platforms with Sanskrit.
 The Indian Army(IA) conducted its biggest airborne exercise ‘Winged Raider’.
 According to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the central government, for the 1st time, will collect data
on households headed by a transgender and members living in the family for census 2021.
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 In a major step to avoid fiscal downfall, the central Government has decided to reduce wasteful
expenditure on items such as travel, food and conferences by 20%.
 Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Nepal Shri K.P. Oli has jointly
inaugurated the second Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Jogbani-Biratnagar
 The One Nation, One Ration Card scheme will be implemented by 1 June 2020 in India
 President Bolsonaro will be the chief guest at the 71st Republic Day Parade at Raj Path in the national capital
on January 26.
 National Girl Child Day will be celebrated on 24 January in Madhya Pradesh on the theme of “Aware girl
child-able Madhya Pradesh" (Jagruk Balika-Samarth Madhya Pradesh) under the "Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao"
scheme.
 External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and President of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou jointly inaugurated the
first convention centre established in Africa by India to honour the memory of Mahatma Gandhi.
 7 airports across India start thermal screening of passengers arriving from China and Hong Kong. These
airports are Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Cochin.
 The Government of India has created “National Startup Advisory Council“.
 Union Cabinet approved to revised cost estimates for the establishment of permanent campuses of new
National Institutes of Technology (NITs).
 India joined the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Reskilling Revolution on 22 January which is being held in
Davos, Switzerland. The 50th WEF Annual Meeting is being held from 21-24 January 2020.
 The 44th International Kolkata Book Fair (IKBF) will be held from 29th January to 9th February 2020.Russia
will be focal theme country of the 44th edition of the International Kolkata Book Fair.The theme gate will be
a replica of the iconic Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
 ‘Women with wheels’, a unique taxi service has been launched at the Indira Gandhi International Airport,
New Delhi.
 Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2020 was announced on the occasion of Subhash
Chandra Bose birth anniversary which was celebrated on 23 January 2020.
 Country’s first e-waste clinic is being opened in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. It would enable segregation,
processing and disposal of waste from both household and commercial units.
 A festival to celebrate the spirit of India “Bharat Parv 2020” has begun at Red Fort Ground in New Delhi.
 Government has launched a 24x7 helpline number to provide support regarding queries on novel coronavirus.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the National Cadet Corps, NCC rally at the Cariappa Parade
ground in New Delhi tomorrow.
 The government today announced sale of 100 per cent stake in debt-laden Air India.The government has set
March 17, as the deadline for submitting an expression of interest.
 The Union Government planned to install 175 Giga Watt renewable energy by 2022 to build a healthy planet
with a less carbon-intensive economy.
 The central government will release a report card of 100 selected smart cities based on the categories such as
ease of living, public performance index, and climate in June as the Smart Cities Mission completes its five
years.
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 Union Minister Shri Piyush Goyal planned to switch Indian Railways entirely to electricity by 2024 as diesel
locomotives are steadily being shunted out of service.
 Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation will start soon its East-West project which runs partly under the city’s iconic
Hooghly river, by March 2022 after a delay of several years doubled costs.
 Indian Railways has commissioned India’s 1st governmental waste-to-energy plant in Mancheswar Carriage
Repair workshop at Bhubaneswar under the East Coast Railway zone.
 Oxford University Press (OUP) named “Samvidhaan” (Constitution) the Oxford Hindi Word of 2019.
 Centre has planned to set up Food Parks in all states of North East Region.
 Union Minister of State for PMO Dr Jitendra Singh launched the Bhuvan Panchayat V3 web Portal that will
enhance network application of gram panchayats.
 National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) launches Police Citizen centric services on the CCTNS platform.
 Indian Railways Central Railway zone set to introduce its first AC local train. The train will be flagged off
from platform number 18 of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Mumbai.
 President Ram Nath Kovind will inaugurate the 34th Surajkund International Crafts Fair on February 1, 2020,
in Faridabad, Haryana.
 Martyrs’ Day, a tribute on the 72nd death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Union Minister for MSME, Shri
Nitin Gadkari launched the limited edition of Khadi wristwatches.
 Union Minister of State Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public
Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh launches the DoPT’s online certificate
course on Relevance of Gandhi in the Contemporary World at a function.
 Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan India will continue to lead the global sustainable energy agenda.
The principal note address at the TERI’s World Sustainable Development Summit 2020 on Energy Future
Road Map in New Delhi.
State News:
 Odisha's 5T initiatives launched an online platform to digitalize the publication of Odisha Gazette and move
forward as a paperless mode of publication.
 Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched the Kerala Real Estate Regulatory Authority .
 Gujarat government has announced to set up 5 more new medical colleges and attached 300 bed hospitals in
the state.
 Environment and Forests Ministry has approved the release of Grant-in-Aid of 2.6 crore rupees to J&K
Pollution Control Board.
 In Bihar, 353rd birth anniversary of Guru Govind Singh is being celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety.
 Kerala became the 1st state in the country to pass a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
 Kolkata police of West Bengal started the 3rd edition of the ‘Sukanya’ project in the state.
 In Tripura, Lai Haraoba, a ritualistic festival observed by Manipuri meitei communities began in Agartala.
 UPSRTC (Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation) has launched ‘Damini’ helpline service
considering the safety of the women passengers.
 Maharashtra Government launched a Cyber Safe Women initiative under which awareness camps held across
all the districts of the state regarding cyber safety.
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 Delhi Municipal Corporation inaugurated the city’s first fully-automated car-parking tower facility at Green
Park.
 Andhra Pradesh government-appointed Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official Dr. Kritika Shukla and
Indian Police Service (IPS) official M Deepika as Special Officers.
 Education department of Gujarat government has launched ‘Study in Gujarat’ campaign in order to make
Gujarat State an educational hub at national and international level.
 Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today unveils the second tallest statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in the
world at Ahmedabad this morning.
 Maharashtra Government has launched a ‘Cyber Safe Women’ initiative.
 Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel to set up a committee to ensure the payment of Rs 2500 per
quintal to farmers against procurement of paddy.
 Journalists’ Day is being celebrated on 6th of January every year in the state of Maharashtra.
 The 2nd phase of Mission Indradhanush 2.0 rolled out at block level in 35 districts of Uttar Pradesh.
 The Mizoram state government is organizing the Zo Festival from 9 January 2020.
 Kolkata Police has started the third edition of the Sukanya project
 Andhra Pradesh state government launched the Dr. YSR Aarogyasri scheme.
 Jammu and Kashmir has registered the highest Inpatient Department, IPD care in the country.
 Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has announced the setting up of the Vikram Sarabhai Children
Innovation Center (VSCIC) in the state.
 In Gujarat, the 31st International Kite Festival has been launched at Sabarmati river front in Ahmedabad.
 The Cabinet approved conferring the status of Institution of National Importance to a cluster of Ayurvedic
institutions at Gujarat Ayurved University campus in Jamnagar.
 The 4th edition of ‘Buxa Bird Festival’ has started in Buxa National Park in West Bengal’s, district
Alipurduar.
 Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will inaugurate “Advantage Maharashtra expo 2020” in
Aurangabad.
 The famous chariot festival of the Suchindram Thanumalayan Temple, the southern most major temple in
Tamilnadu, is being held today with great camaraderie and devotion.
 In Uttar Pradesh, various programs under 'Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat' have been organised. Many schools
and colleges are also organizing events to promote Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat Campaign.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a two day official visit to Kolkata from tomorrow.
 In Jammu and Kashmir, the Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation has approved 17 projects worth
over 110 crore rupee for funding, submitted by the line departments for funding by the Corporation.
 The Income-Tax Department has launched a 24x7 control room to monitor black money and illegal
inducements in poll-bound Delhi.
 Kerala State Government launched a wage subsidy scheme for the first five years for new ventures getting
registered from 1 April 2020.
 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (ARLA) adopted a new logo which will reflect the distinct identity
and culture of the state.
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 The Andhra Pradesh State government launched the Amma Vodi scheme. It was launched by the Andhra
Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on 9 January 2020. Amma Vodi can be translated as 'mother's
lap' in Telugu. The scheme will be implemented on 26 January 2020.
 Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation (GAIC) launched imported water-soluble fertilizers in Ahmedabad. The
move aims to encourage the use of high-grade agri-inputs in the state.
 The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has announced 4 airports in India have received international
recognition for reducing carbon emission.
 Uttar Pradesh State government is to set up a zoological garden in Gorakhpur, UP. The zoo is to be named
after the socialist and freedom fighter Shaheed Ashfaqullah Khan.
 The 23rd National Youth Festival 2020 started from 12-16 January at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. This festival is
celebrated on the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. The NYF 2020 is organized by the Ministry of
Youth Affairs and Sports and State Government of Uttar Pradesh.
 The Union Home Minister Amit Shah has launched the first Cyber Crime Prevention Unit of India
“AASHVAST” in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
 The Kolkata Port has been renamed as Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Port on the occasion of 150th years
celebration of Kolkata Port Trust.
 Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu to inaugurate a new Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Telugu
on January 21 in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh.
 A high-level committee for investment facilitation and single-window clearances chaired by Tamil Nadu
Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami at the Secretariat approved necessary clearances to a total of 15
projects that were at various stages of investment and commencement of business.The proposals entail
investments worth Rs.6,608 crore.
 The famous Parshuram Kund Mela begins in Arunachal Pradesh. Parshuram Kund is a Hindu pilgrimage
centre situated on the Brahmaputra plateau in the lower reaches of the Lohit River.
 Maharashtra Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray is expected to launch the first girder for the Mumbai Trans-
Harbour Link (MTHL) in January 2020.
 In a first in the country, Maharashtra Police would be organising an international marathon in Mumbai on
February 9.
 Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has launched the 7th Economic Census process in the state.
 Arunachal Pradesh has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the IUCN in Arunachal Pradesh.
 In Gujarat, the first edition of Krishi Manthan- the largest Food, Agri-business and Rural Development
Summit of Asia organized by Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
 The 9th International Children’s Film Festival hosted by Kolkata, West Bengal.
 Government of Mizoram will celebrate Chapchar Kut, the biggest and most important festival of the Mizos,
on March 6, 2020.
 Two villages namely Bahadurpur and Kheri Viran of Uttar Pradesh (UP) has set to become India’s first
‘Model Sports villages’ as a part of Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad, UP ‘Adarsh Khel
Gram’ program in association with NGO(Non Governmental Organization)‘ Sports: A Way of Life’ to evolve
sports culture and increase sports literacy in the country.
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 The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, who was on a first-ever 2-day Visit to the Union Territory
of Lakshadweep, has laid the foundation stone for Lakshadweep’s 1st Super Specialty Hospital at Kavaratti
 Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju flag off ‘Fit India Cyclothon’ in Panaji, Goa. This
inaugural event of ‘Fit India Cyclothon’ organised by Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs and
Government of Goa.
 Indian states namely Manipur, Meghalaya, and Tripura celebrated their Statehood Day on 21 January.
 In a first in India, the Telangana State Election Commission will be using facial recognition app in a bid to
counter impersonation by voters.
 Uttar Pradesh Government has launched Mukhyamantri Krishak Durghatna Kalyan Yojana. AIM: to provide
financial assistance to family of farmers who die or become handicapped while working in fields.
 Reading of the Preamble of the Constitution has been made mandatory for the Maharashtra schools by the
government of Maharashtra.
 The Maharashtra government is to make it mandatory to teach the Marathi language in all schools in the state
irrespective of mediums of instructions.
 Uttarakhand has become the 1st state in the country where the government has made a policy to lease
agricultural land.
 The annual wildlife census has begun in the Kalakkadu - Mundanthurai tiger sanctuary in Tamil Nadu on 22
January 2020. It will be held until 27 January.
 The Punjab Government has announced a ban on three-wheelers that are older than 15 years and run on fossil
fuel.
 Madhya Pradesh state government has announced incentives for the players who performed well in Khelo
India Youth Games 2020 in Guwahati, Assam.
 The Andhra Pradesh State Legislative assembly passed the Capital Region Development Authority Repeal
Bill 2020 and the Andhra Pradesh Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of all Regions Bill 2020 on 20
January.
 The Jaipur Literature Festival has commenced in Jaipur today. Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot
inaugurated the festival.
 In Gujarat, the two day Odisha Mahaotsav as a part of Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat Programme was launched
 A five-day National Integration Camp, highlighting the Central Government’s 'Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat'
scheme has begun in Madurai, TamilNadu.
 Government is to set up a war memorial for animals in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.
 On January 21,2020 Mayor of Srinagar Junai Azim Mattu announced that the Srinagar has joined the list of
‘Open Defecation Free (ODF)’ cities.
 Ministry of Tribal Affairs has proposed to declare the 6th Schedule Area status to Ladakh.
 The ‘Innovation Festival’ kicked off at the Science Centre in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.
 The city’s second ‘mahila dakghar’ – post offices operated by women staffers was inaugurated by operations
member, Department of Posts, Arundhaty Ghosh at Mahim Bazaar.
 Chief Minister Pema Khandu dedicated the Padi Yubbe outdoor stadium to the people of Lower Subansiri
district.
 Ganga Yatra under Namami Gange mission begins on 27 January from Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh.
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 Maharashtra government launched its much-awaited 'Shiv Bhojan' scheme. AIM: to provide a meal to the
poor for just 10 rupees
 Bastar, the Red zone in south Chhattisgarh, is facing a different battle against Malaria
 Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurates India’s 1st Super Fab Lab in Kochi, Kerala. The Super
Fab Lab is being installed in collaboration with KSUM (Kerala Startup Mission).
 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh gave away Best Tableaux awards for Republic Day Parade 2020 to Assam
Tableau
 West Bengal became the fourth state to pass an assembly resolution against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act
(CAA).
 The Assam Power Generation Corporation Ltd (APGCL) has announced that it is to set up a waste-to-energy
plant in Assam.
 For the development of Jammu and Kashmir, around 1,256 projects worth 2280 crore rupees financed under
J&K Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation, are being completed by end of March this year.
 In Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today inaugurated 18.5 kilometre-long stretch of Nagpur
Metro Aqua line of Maha Metro Rail Network.
 The State Government of Odisha has launched a virtual police station where people can lodge complaints
from their respective districts regarding theft of their vehicles without visiting Police Station.
 Tamil Nadu has got the approval for two more Government Medical Colleges from the Centre.
 The 17th National Handloom Expo 2020 has kicked off at Exhibition Ground,Bhubaneswar to provide an
opportunity to weavers to sell handloom products of different places under one umbrella.
 The 16th Mumbai International Film Festival-2020 for Documentary, Short Fiction and Animation films),
inaugurated at Nehru Centre Auditorium, Worli, Mumbai.
 Dr. S Jaishankar External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar lays the foundation stone of the Sardar Vallabhbhai
Patel Centre for Empowerment and Livelihoods near the Statue of Unity at Kevadia in Gujarat.
 The Kamal Nath government version of Yuva Swabhiman Yojana, a scheme for the unemployed hiking
monthly stipend to Rs 5,000 and increasing the number of working days to 365.
 Assam Rifles constructed a combined war memorial in Nagaland for the 357 Army and Assam Rifles
personnel killed.
 World’s largest meditation centre was inaugurated at Kanha Shanti Vanam in Hyderabad, Telangana.
 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami announced a new initiative, Direct CTO, to enable companies
operating under green category industries to receive faster clearances from the government to commence
operations.
 The 44th edition of Kolkata Book Fair 2020 (IKBF) has commenced at Central Park Mela Ground in
SaltLake, Kolkata , West Bengal with Russia as a “Focal Theme Country”.
 ‘Women with Wheels’ cab service has been started at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), New Delhi
by ‘Sakha cabs’ for the safety of women.
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International:
 Umaro Cissoko Embalo has won the Guinea-Bissau‘s presidential election.
 The Pacific nation of Palau has become the first country to ban sun cream which is harmful to corals and sea
life.
 President of Nepal launched the “Visit Nepal Year 2020” during the ceremony held at historic Dasaratha
Rangashala in Kathmandu.
 Pakistan shared a list of its nuclear installations with India under a bilateral agreement.
 Iran’s top commander General Qassim Soleimani has been killed in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad
 President of Nepal Bidya Devi Bhandari launched Visit Nepal Year 2020 campaign amidst a spectacular
ceremony held at historic Dasaratha Rangashala in Kathmandu.
 United States President Donald Trump has signed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act. With the
signing of the act, US has authorised the establishment of US Space Force.
 Zoran Milanovic won Croatia's presidential election
 Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena will reach New Delhi tonight on a two-day official visit to
India.
 A ten-day-long art exhibition commemorating 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi was inaugurated in
Dhaka.
 The UAE Cabinet has validated the Multi-entry Tourist Visa which would be valid for 5 years. The Multi-
entry Tourist Visa facility would be available for all nationalities visiting the UAE. The decision was taken in
the UAE’s Cabinet meeting which was held at the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi.
 The Iranian parliament has designated US Armed Forces & Pentagon as ‘Terrorist Entities’ with a motion
passed at an open parliament session.
 Latest ranking based on fastest growing urban regions/ fastest growing cities in the world was released by the
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). as per the report 3 of the cities in Kerala were ranked in the top 10
places. Malappuram city of Kerala was ranked 1st in the list, while Kerala’s Kozhikode and Kollam cities
were ranked in the 4th and 10th place respectively.
 The International Energy Agency (IEA) along with the country's policy think tank NITI Aayog released the
first in-depth review of India's energy policies
 Tsai Ing-wen has won the Taiwan presidential election.
 The 18th Dhaka International Film Festival begins at Dhaka, Bangladesh. The theme of the festival is ‘Better
Film, Better Audience and Better Society’.
 First phase of “Bishwa Ijtema” has commenced in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the second largest congregation of
Muslim community after Hajj.
 Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq al Said has took over as Sultan of Oman. He will succeed Sultan Qaboos bin Said
who passed away recently.
 Chinese health authorities reported that a new virus implicated in a pneumonia outbreak was identified in the
city of Wuhan, China.
 The Treasury Department of United States has removed China from the designation as “currency
manipulator“.
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 Malta’s governing party has elected a new leader Robert Abela of Labour Party as 14th prime minister of
Malta.
 India participated in the Tehran Dialogue Forum, the 23rd Persian Gulf International Conference held in
Tehran, Iran from January 06- 07, 2020. During the forum, India supported the Hormuz Peace initiative 2020.
 Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has resigned.
 The US tech giant Microsoft has announced that it would become “carbon negative” by year 2030.
 China and Myanmar signed 33 deals. The agreements aimed to speed up key infrastructure projects to provide
China a stepping stone to the Indian Ocean.
 Bangladesh today launched the e-passport facility for its citizens. Inaugurating the facility of e-passport in
Dhaka
 The Hazrat Shahjalal International airport at Dhaka has started screening the passengers for the SARS like
virus coronavirus in view of the outbreak reported from China.
 The Union Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) Mansukh Mandaviya participated in the High-level roundtable
of United Nations AIDS (UNAIDS) programme at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.
The theme of the programme is “Access for all: Leveraging Innovations, Investments and Partnerships for
Health”.
 Guyana under Ambassador Rudolph Ten-Pow took over the chairmanship of G77
 Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn arrived in New Delhi today on a
three-day visit to India.
 Sri Lankan government has thanked India for conferring Padma Shri award on two of their citizens, Dr. Vajira
Chitrasena and late Prof. Indra Dassanayake.
 Nepal’s Central Bank is saddled with Rs 7 crore of demonetised Indian currency but India is not making
“adjustments” to take back the notes, hoping the scrapped notes would be accepted by its neighbour.
 China has announced that it is to launch its Mars probe in July 2020.
 Agni Sapkota was elected as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the lower house of Parliament in
Nepal.
 Nepal offered to play the role of a mediator between India and Pakistan to resolve any problem. The country
said that it is important for the two countries to have a dialogue to resolve their issues.
 Qatar appointed a new Prime Minister replacing Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani. The
Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdelaziz Al Thani named as the new Prime Minister.
 Britain has unveiled a new 50 pence coin minted to mark Brexit (British exit).
 UK government launched a 4 million pounds fund in India to support collaborative research into emerging
technologies.
 Nepal has created a new Guinness World Record for organizing highest altitude Fashion Show on the earth.
 US President Donald Trump has signed the new United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) North
American trade pact with Canada and Mexico into law.
 Irish composer Eimear Noone will be the first woman to conduct an orchestra at the Oscars guest-segment.
 World Health Organisation (WHO) declares the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as a Public Health
Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) as the outbreak continues to spread outside Wuhan, China.
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Summits and Conferences:

Summit/ Conference Venue Theme/Aim
Women Science Congress Bengaluru. The women’s science congress aims
to provide a single platform for
women working in different arena
of science and technology to
showcase their achievements and
experiences.
Yoga Science meet Bengaluru  The participants discussed

the benefits of yoga.
 They also shared ideas and
views on Yoga research.
 The meeting discussed that
meditation and yoga can
compose the human body
and mind and give relief
from any anxiety and stress.
11th biennial edition of DefExpo Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh The theme of the expo is India: The
India- 2020 Emerging Defence Manufacturing
Hub.
Global Investors Meet: ASCEND Kochi, Kerala

2020.
National Traders Convention Ramlila Maidan, Delhi. The aim of this convention will be
to discuss the role of the trading
community in achieving a 5 trillion
dollar economy goal.
fifth edition of the Asia Pacific Pune Aim:APDRC5 aims to promote the
Drosophila Research Conference interaction of Drosophila
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(APDRC5). researchers in the Asia-Pacific

region with their peers across the
world.
Advantage Maharashtra expo 2020 Aurangabad, Maharashtra Growth of Marathwada industries in

technology and innovation and the
products produced and exported
from the region will be showcased
in this exhibition.
The 27th edition of South Asian Trade New Delhi. The objective of the expo was to
and Travel Exchange Expo (SATTE) build new business partnerships and
2020 hence was an important place for
the promotion of tourism.
Pulses Conclave 2020 Maharashtra The biennial global pulses

conference 'TPC 2020' is in line
with the Prime Minister's vision is
to double the farmer's income by the
year 2022.
107th Indian Science Congress Bengaluru, Karnataka The theme of ISC for the year 2020
was “Science and Technology:
Rural Development”
Wings India 2020 Begumpet Airport, The event aims that the restructured
Hyderabad focused forums will be instrumental
in attaining the objective of
connecting the investors, buyers,
sellers and other stakeholders at a
common forum.
World Future Energy Summit Abu Dhabi “Rethinking Global Consumption,

Production, and Investment”.
5th Edition of Raisina Dialogue Delhi

India- Bangladesh Information and New Delhi
Broadcasting Ministers Meet
Food processing Summit Ladakh The event is aimed at encouraging
the entrepreneurs to begin a StartUp
to tap the potential in the Food
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Processing Industries in Ladakh.
Shanghai Cooperation Organization India SCO member countries are Russia,

(SCO) Council of Heads of China, India, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan,
Government meeting 2020. Kazhakstan, Uzbekistan and
Tajikistan.
India-Norway Dialogue on Trade & New Delhi

Investment (DTI)
3rd edition of North Zone Conference’ Jammu & Kashmir
of Media Units of Information and
Broadcasting Ministry
Conference of the Chief Secretaries New Delhi
and Administrator State and Union
Territories on Census 2021
Pariksha Pe Charcha-2020. New Delhi
14th Edition of ELECRAMA 2020 Greater Noida, UP
1st Edition of Krishi Manthan 2020 Ahmedabad Gujarat
28th World book fair 2020 New Delhi
12th National Tribal Youth Exchange Puducherry
Programme
50th Annual Meeting of the World Davos, Switzerland Stakeholders for a Cohesive and
Economic Forum Sustainable World
2nd edition of NIC Tech Conclave- New Delhi Technologies for Next-Gen
2020 Governance
32nd interaction through PRAGATI New Delhi.
platform
Vigyan Samagam New Delhi
National conclave on Emerging New Delhi
Opportunities in the natural gas sector
India China Personal Meet Ladakh
79th Foundation Day Celebrations and New Delhi.
All India Members' Conference of the
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
(ITAT)
3rd Global Potato Conclave Gandhinagar, Gujarat This mega event has three major
components, The Potato
Conference, The Agri Expo and
Potato Field Day.
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An International Summit on Women New Delhi. to boost the participation of women

in STEM - Visualizing the Future: in science, technology, engineering
New Skylines and math (STEM) fields for the
development of scientific careers.
22nd meeting of the Central Zonal Raipur, Chhattisgarh

Council
World Sustainable Summit 2020 is an New Delhi. Towards 2030: Making the Decade
annual event organized by The Energy Count’. The Summit includes
and Resources Institute (TERI) Sustainable Action Dialogues,
Regional dialogues, corporate
conclaves, IFAT Delhi 2020
(Exhibition of Clean Technologies),
Youth Volunteer Programmes.
 An International Conclave on Globalising Indian Thought from 16-18 January 2020. It is organized by the
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM Kozhikode), Kerala.
 Renewable Energy Investors' Meet 2020 was held on 9 January in New Delhi.
 Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) NITI Aayog and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) hosted
the Youth Co: Lab -national innovation challenge was held from 17-19 January in Delhi.
 Election Commission of India (ECI) is to host the 10th Annual Meeting of the Forum of the Election
Management Bodies of South Asia (FEMBoSA) and an International Conference on Strengthening
Institutional Capacity at New Delhi.
 The Election Commission of India (ECI) organized the 1st Sukumar Sen Memorial Lecture on 23 January.
Ranks and Indices:

 The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has announced the results of the 1st and 2nd
quarters of the Swachh Survekshan 2020.
 India has ranked 34th in the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) of the World Economic Forum
for the year 2019.
 The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the year 2019 was recorded as the seventh warmest
year since 1901
 Deutsche Bank has projected that Indian economy will reach $7 trillion by 2030.
 India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been listed as the 5th biggest Geo-political Risk of 2020.
 Henley Passport Index 2020 has been released. The Indian passport ranked 84th in the world’s most powerful
passport index 2020.
 Eurasia Group reported that India is one of the world's top geopolitical risks for 2020. The political risk
consultancy India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi was listed as the fifth biggest geopolitical risk of
2020.
 The 1st edition of Global Social Mobility Report 2020 titled “The Global Social Mobility Report 2020:
Equality, Opportunity and a New Economic Imperative” released by World Economic Forum. The global
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social mobility index (GSMI) of 82 countries were launched in this report.As per the Index, India ranked has
76th position and topped by Denmark.
 India ranked 5th in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) India annual report.
 The Global Investment Trend Monitor report stated that India was among the top 10 recipients of Foreign
Direct Investment (FDI) in 2019.
 The coal-belching town of Jharia in Jharkhand to be the most polluted city in India according to a Greenpeace
India Report. Jharkhand’s Dhanbad, known for its rich coal reserves and industries, is the second-most
polluted city in India.
 India ranked 51st in the Democracy Index 2019.
 International Labour Organization (ILO) released the World Employment and Social Outlook Trends 2020
(WESO). The report highlighted that more than 470 million people worldwide are unemployed or
underemployed.
 West Bengal emerged as the top State in vegetable production in 2018-19. West Bengal has overtaken Uttar
Pradesh.
 Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), a Swedish research institute, reported that China
ranked second as the world's second-largest weapons manufacturer, behind the US.China ranked ahead of
Russia, from whom the country used to buy many weapons.
 According to a report by TomTom, the Netherlands-based global provider of navigation, traffic, and map
products, Bengaluru is the world's most traffic-congested city. Manila in the Philippines took the second
place.
Agreements and MoU:

 Government of India signed MoU with Flipkart for selling the products made by women self-help groups
under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) on the e-commerce
platform.
 India’s leading Digital lending startup, RevFin has joined hands with PNB MetLife India Insurance Company
to offer protection to the RevFin’s customers by bundling life insurance cover on their loans.
 Uber Technologies Inc and automaker Hyundai Motor have teamed up to develop electric air taxis.
 The Indian Army is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the procurement of over 7.5 lakh
AK-203 assault rifles with Russia.
 The Andhra Pradesh Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the
representatives of a German firm, KFW, in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh to implement Zero Budget Natural
Farming in the state.
 Infosys has inked a deal for 5 years with GEFCO to digitally transform its worldwide operations. Infosys has
partnered with the multimodal supply chain solutions provider, GEFCO to strenghthen its Digital
Transformation.
 The Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT), Bathinda signed Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with 8 different reputed institutes of the region in the states of Punjab and Haryana.
IIFPT signed and exchanged the MoUs with the VC's and Director's of the 8 Universities, Colleges, and
Institutes.
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 Indian Railways has signed MoU with RailTel, a Mini Ratna PSU under Ministry of Railways, for the phase 2
of the National Informatics Centre (NIC) e-office project. This comes after the successful completion of the
Phase 1 execution of the NIC e office for 50000 users in 58 units.
 India signed MoU with Finland to deepen defence cooperation
 To provide doorstep banking services, the South Central Zone of the Indian Railways has signed an MoU with
the State Bank of India.
 The Indian Institute of Management, Indore has signed an MoU with the video sharing platform “TikTok“.
 For the implementation of Assam Inland Water Transport Project, the Government of India (GoI), the
Government of Assam and the World Bank have signed a $88 million loan agreement.
 NITI Aayog and Union Territory of Ladakh sign MoU for Development of Infrastructure Projects in Ladakh.
 Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited has partnered with online bus ticketing platform redBus to start carpool
service for train passengers.
 The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore has signed an memorandum of understanding with the Uttar
Pradesh Police.
 Indian Navy signed MoU for offshore Data with GSI
 India and Brazil will be signing a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) during the visit of Brazilian President Jair
Bolsonaro as the Chief Guest of the Republic Day celebrations from 24-27 January 2020. Around 20
agreements are to be signed.
 The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the Memoranda of Understanding
(MoU) between India, Tunisia, and Papua New Guinea. The MoU aims to boost India's international relations.
 Indian Oil has signed an MoU with Ghana’s National Petroleum Authority for proper execution of the
Ghana’s National LPG Promotion Policy.
 The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana, National Rural Livelihoods
Mission (DAY-NRLM).
 The government is has partnered with Infosys to improve the performance of the Goods and Service Tax
Network (GSTN) filing portal on a permanent basis.
 The Government of India and the Government of Maharashtra has signed a USD 210 million loan agreement
with the World Bank.
 India, World Bank sign USD 210 mn loan agreement for Maharashtras Agribusiness
 India and Bangladesh signed an agreement to upgrade Ashuganj-Akhaura road into a 4-lane highway
 During the visit of Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro to India, 15 agreements were signed between
India and Brazil in various fields
 OPPO, Chinese smartphone brand, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad to promote research in the field of science and technology
 The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has signed a licensing agreement with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
Futures Europe.
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Appointments:
Name Appointed as Other Info
V K Yadav Chairman of Railway Board. He took over as Railway Board
Chairman from Ashwani Lohani on
January 1, 2019.
Air Marshal MSG Menon Air Officer-in-Charge Air Marshal MSG Menon VSM
VSM Administration of Indian Air Force commissioned in the Administrative
branch of IAF in Dec 1982.
Air Marshal Vibhas Pande Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance

VSM of Indian Air Force
Babita Rayudu SEBI Executive Director He was in the legal affairs
department in the Securities and
Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
Hillary Clinton chancellor of Queen's University in Clinton who is a regular visitor to
Belfast, Ireland. Northern Ireland back to the first
visit of President Bill Clinton in
1995, becomes the university's first
female chancellor.
Professor Suresh Chandra chairman of the National Medical

Sharma Commission.
H.K. Joshi CMD of Shipping Corporation of She will also hold the additional
India charge of the post of Director
(Finance) of the company for a
period of 3 months.
Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor The other two Advisors: KK
of Union Territory of Jammu and Sharma and Farooq Khan were
Kashmir. appointed on November 14, 2019.
Ravindra Nath Mahto Assembly Speaker. Protem Speaker Stephen Marandi

administered the oath to the newly
elected Speaker of the State
Assembly.
S Sundar Interim MD&CEO of Lakshmi Succeeded Parthasarathi Mukherjee

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Milas Bank
Rohan Shah Governor on the board of Economic
Research Institute for ASEAN and
East Asia (“ERIA”).
A Sakthivel chairman of Apparel Export He will replace HKL Magu.
Promotion Council of India (AEPC)
M Nagaraj Chairman and Managing Director of
State-owned Housing and Urban
Development Corporation (Hudco).
Pedro Sanchez Perez-Castejon PM of Spain

AP Maheswari DG of CRPF A P Maheshwari is 1984-batch
Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS officer who
worked previously as Special
Secretary (Internal Security) in the
Union Home Ministry.
Robert Abela 14th Prime Minister of Malta

Tsai Ing Wen President of Taiwan
Haitham Bin Tariq Al Said Ruler of Oman
Sujit Pandey Lucknow Police Commissioner Senior IPS officer
Mikhail Mishustin PM of Russia Replaced Dmitri Anatolyevich
Medvedev
Mihir Shah Chairman of 11 member committee
to draft the national water policy
Michael Patra Fourth Deputy Governor of RBI After the resignation of Viral
Acharya
Lt General Girish Kumar Surveyor General of India
Alok Kansal General Manager of Western
Railway
Lt Col Yuvraj Malik Director of National Book Trust
Dilip Ghosh President of West Bengal BJP BJP national general secretary
Murlidhar Rao handed over the
election certificate to Mr Ghosh.
Arjun Munda President of Archery Association of

India
Nripendra Misra chairperson of the executive council
of the Nehru Memorial Museum
and Library (NMML).
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J P Nadda National President of Bharatiya

Janata Party
R Koteeswaran MDand CEO of Indian Overseas Previous Bank of India
Bank
Animesh Chauhan MD and CEO of Oriental Bank of Previous Central Bank of India
Commerce
Kishore Kumar Sansi MD and CEO of Vijaya Bank Previous Punjab and Sind Bank
P Srinivas MD and CEO of United Bank of Previous Bank of Baroda
India
Lingam Venkat Prabhakar MD and CEO of Canara Bank Former Executive Director of PNB
Sanjiv Chadha MD and CEO of Bank Of Baroda Deputy MD of SBI
Atanu Kumar Das MD and CEO of Bank Of India ED of BoI
Challa Sreenivasulu Setty Managing Director of the State Challa Sreenivasulu Setty is
Bank of India. presently serving in the State Bank
of India as its Deputy Managing
Director.
Katerina Sakellaropoulou first female president of Greece
Sunil Arora Chairman of Forum of the Election

Management Bodies of South Asia
(FEMBoSA)
Manoj Kohli SoftBank group India’s head.
Punit Sood country head of RBS (Royal Bank succeeding Pankaj Phatarphod.
of Scotland)
Joao Vale de Almeida first post-Brexit UK ambassador
Sunil Mehta Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Former managing director (MD)
the Indian Banks’ Association and chief executive officer (CEO)
(IBA). of Punjab National Bank (PNB)
Taranjit Singh Sandhu Indian Ambassador to the United

States.
Alok Kansal General Manager of the Western

Railway (WR)
Mark Wilson Essar Oil (UK) Ltd new Chief
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Executive Officer.
Harsh Vardhan Shringla foreign secretary succeeding in Vijay Gokhale
Hitesh Chandra Awasthi interim Director General of Police

(DGP) of Uttar Pradesh.
Mathivanan Balakrishnan Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of

IDBI Federal Life Insurance
S P Prabhu Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of

IDBI Federal Life Insurance
 Two Indian origin women, Judge Archana Rao and Judge Deepa Ambedkar have been appointed as judges to
criminal and civil courts.
 The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the proposal of Ministry of Home Affairs for
extending the deputation tenure of IPS Abhinav Kumar, Inspector General, Border Security Force (BSF).
 Two Indian origin women, Judge Archana Rao and Judge Deepa Ambedkar have been appointed as judges to
criminal and civil courts.
 Lt General Girish Kumar reappointed as the Surveyor General of India for one year
 A noted chemist Bipul Behari Saha has been elected as a bureau member of the International Union of Pure
and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) for the period 2020-23.
 Janak Raj is expected to be appointed as the third internal member of the central bank in the monetary policy
committee (MPC).
 Former Himachal Pradesh minister Rajeev Bindal has been elected the state BJP chief.
 In Assam, Sarbanand Sonowal led Council of Ministers was expanded today by inducting 2 new faces. BJP
legislators Mahmara Sanjoy Kishan and Jogen Mohan took oath as Minister of State for Independent Charges.
 Nripendra Misra, the former principal secretary to the Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi has been
appointed chairperson of the executive council of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML).
 Prime Minister of Slovenian Marjan Sarec announced his resignation and called for new elections as the
country’s coalition struggles with political deadlock.
 Vakrangee Limited appointed as Mr. Ramesh Joshi (EX-RBI & EX- SEBI ED), a veteran with over 40 years
of experience as the Non-Executive Chairman of the company.
 Anil Khanna was unanimously nominated as the Life President of Asian Tennis Federation (ATF).
 Gita Sabharwal of India was appointed as the UN(United Nations) Resident Coordinator (RC) of Thailand by
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
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Sports:
 Chief Executive Officer of “Khelo India Games” has announced that “Lawn bowls” and “cycling” will be
included in the 3rd edition of Khelo India Games.
 B Sai Deepak set a Guinness World Records for most side lunges in 60 seconds.
 Indian Olympic Association (IOA) withdrawn its threat to boycott the 2022 Commonwealth Games in
Birmingham over Shooting's exclusion.
 The 5th Ice Hockey Association of India (IHAI) National Ice Hockey Championship -2020 has begun in Leh
today.
 Former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was today picked as captain of ESPN Cricinfo's ODI and
Twenty20 teams of the decade, while Virat Kohli was named the leader in Tests.
 Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai inaugurated the 4th All India Police Judo
Cluster Championship 2019 in New Delhi.
 Indian shooter Saurabh Chaudhary has won the men’s 10 metres air pistol gold medal at the 63rd National
Shooting Championship in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
 Krishnamachari Srikkanth & Anjum Chopra will be conferred with the CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement
Award.
 New Zealand‘s batsman Leo Carter has become the seventh batsman in the history of cricket to smash six 6s
in an over
 The 1st edition of Khelo India University Games is scheduled to be held at the KIIT University in
Bhubaneswar, Odisha from February 22 to March 1, 2020.
 India’s P Magesh Chandran wins the title in the 95th edition of the prestigious Hastings International Chess
Congress at Hastings in England
 Italian Veteran footballer Daniele De Rossi announced his retirement.
 Indian women weightlifter Sarbjeet Kaur has been banned for 4 years from the sport by the National Anti
Doping Agency (NADA).
 Ladakh women team has won the 7th National Ice Hockey Championship women trophy.
 World no. 1 ranked Japanese badminton player Kento Momota won the Malaysia Masters 2020 title.
 India topped the Annual Ranking by Nation (Rifle, Pistol & Shotgun ISSF World Cups for the year 2019 by
International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).
 Serbian professional tennis player, Novak Djokovic has defeated Rafael Nadal of Spain to make Serbia the
champion of 1st edition of ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) Cup i.e. ATP Cup 2020 held at Ken
Rosewall Arena in Sydney, Australia
 In 2019 according to International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), India is the top Shooting Nation in the
World with 21 gold, 6 silver, and 3 bronze. India secured first position in all the Rifle-pistol World Cups and
Finals in the year.
 Indian teenage wrestler Anshu Malik won in the women's 57kg freestyle event of the season 's first major
competition, the Ranking Series in Rome.
 In Tennis, Sania Mirza and her Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok have won the women's doubles title of the
WTA International trophy at Hobart in Australia.
 The ICC Under-19 World Cup Cricket 2020 begins in South Africa.
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 Kuldeep Yadav became the fastest Indian spinner to claim 100 wickets in ODI during the second match
against Australia in Rajkot.
 Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon wins Indonesia Badminton Masters 2020 women’s singles title in Jakarta,
Indonesia.
 Vinesh Phogat won her first gold medal of the 2020 season at the Rome Ranking Series in Rome. She
defeated Ecuador’s Luisa Elizabeth Melendres 4-0 in the final (53 kg) category.
 The team of the Indian Consulate has won the Diplomat Cup Cricket Championship of 2020 held in Sharjah.
 Indian shooters Apurvi Chandela and Divyansh Singh Panwar won gold at the Meyton Cup international
shooting championship in Austria.
 Paralympian Deepa Malik and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt are among the new inductees in the government’s All
India Council of Sports (AICS).
 Maharashtra topped the Khelo India Youth Games champions 2020.
 The Rowing Federation of India has lifted the ban over Indian rower Dattu Bhokanal.
 World Archery lifted its ban on the Archery Association of India (AAI) to boost Indian archers' preparations
for the Tokyo Olympics.
 Two times champion Mizoram defeated Sikkim by a solitary goal to emerge as the champion of the Northeast
Dr. T Ao Football Trophy 2020 at Indira Gandhi Stadium in Kohima this evening.
 In Tripura, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb inaugurated the 65th National School Games Under-17 boys at
Umakanta Academy Mini Stadium in Agartala today.
 Indian cyclist Esow Alben has bagged a gold in the men’s Keirin individual event of the Six-Day Berlin
Tournament.
 Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra qualified for the Tokyo Olympics with a throw of 87.86 meters at
the Athletics Central North East meeting in South Africa.
 Bala Devi from Manipur Police becomes the first Indian woman to become a professional footballer in the
world.
 Indian women’s team captain Rani Rampal became the 1st-ever hockey player worldwide to win the
prestigious ‘World Games Athlete of the Year’ award 2019.
Defence:
 Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat issued directions to prepare a roadmap to create an Air Defence
Command to enhance the security of India's skies.
 The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will observe 2020 as the ‘year of mobility’ that will have a
special focus on the creation of more residential units and implementation of various welfare measures for the
troops.
 2 ships of the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) arrived at Mormugao Port in Goa to participate in the 12th edition
of the Indo-Oman bilateral naval exercise ‘Naseem-Al-Bahr‘.
 Indian Navy starts 1st Maha-Navy Connect 2020 Tri-Dimensional Expedition started from Mumbai,
Maharashtra.
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 India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant is currently under phase-3.It involves setting to work of
machinery and other equipment and to be commissioned by early 2021 in Indian Navy.
 Visakhapatnam is ready to host another International Naval event ‘MILAN‘ in March 2020. The theme of the
exercise for the year 2020 is ‘Synergy Across the Seas’.
 India has deployed its aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya in Arabian Sea. The aircraft carrier was deployed
amid the Pakistan-China naval exercise “Sea Guardians” taking place in North Arabian Sea.
 A prototype of the naval version of the light combat aircraft (LCA) successfully completed the test trial.
 Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has developed a special class diesel conforming to NATO grade for use in ships and
vessels of Indian Navy.
 Indo-Japan joint-exercise Sahyog-Kaijin began on 16 January 2020 at the Chennai port.
 The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has partnered with the Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO) to produce the Saras engine.
 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flagged off 51st K9 VAJRA-T Gun from Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Armoured
System Complex at Hazira, Gujarat
 The Indian Army conducted the airborne Exercise Winged Raider in the North-Eastern theatre
 Russia started production of S-400 long-range surface-to-air missile systems for India, and all five units will
be delivered by 2025.
 India has successfully test-fired nuclear-capable K-4 ballistic missile at Vizag coast in Andhra Pradesh.
 The Indian Air Force has inducted its 1st squadron of Sukhoi-30 MKI aircraft.
 Ministry of Defence approved the procurement of military equipment worth over Rs.5,100 crore from
indigenous sources.
 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is to display various indigenously-developed
military systems and technologies in the forthcoming DefExpo 2020.
 Defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) is set to deliver anti-submarine warfare
stealth corvette INS Kavaratti to the Indian Navy.
 Indian Navy has launched operation Vanilla to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief at
Madagascar.
 The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is exploring the possibility of setting up a
center for advanced defence technology at the Gujarat University’s upcoming Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Centre
for Extension and Research and Innovation (CERI).
 Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has commissioned a high-speed interceptor boat C-448 in Mangaluru, Karnataka.
 The 9th edition of joint military training exercise between India-Bangladesh SAMPRITI-IX will be conducted
at Umroi, Meghalaya.
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Books and Authors:

 Noted Malayali writer A Sethumadhavan, popularly known as Sethu, has come out with his first novel in
English in which he talks about how social evils continue to plague the Indian society.In “The Cuckoo’s
Nest”, the author attempts to fight against these divisions in society through the character of the eternal
optimist, Madam Agatha, a former nun.
 Union Home Minister released a book ‘Karmayoddha Granth’ on the life of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
 India has announced a new book of compilation of selected writings by former finance minister Arun Jaitley,
namely “New India:Selected Writings 2014-19”
 Union External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar launched a book on China titled ‘PAX
SINICA:Implications for the Indian Dawn’ authored by Samir Saran and Akhil Deo and published by Rupa
Publications India.
 In order to mark the event of Vishwa Hindi Diwas on January 10, 2020, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu,
Nepal has launched 4 books including Nepali translation of Swami Vivekananda’s ‘Karma Yoga‘ (Publisher -
Advaita Ashrama).
 The Bloomsbury Anthology of Great Indian Poems edited by Abhay K
 Former Union Minister of Law and Justice, Ashwani Kumar authored the book title “Human Dignity – A
purpose in perpetuity”.
 Former President Pranab Mukherjee released the autobiography of Yashwant Sinha titled ‘Relentless’.
Science and Tech:
 The ISRO Chairman announced that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will establish a 2nd
launch port in Thoothukodi district in Tamil Nadu.
 China's new drug to treat Alzheimer's disease has hit the market, raising hopes of a cure for millions of people
in the country and abroad suffering from a brain disorder.
 South Korean electronics Samsung and Noida-based Dixon Technologies jointly manufacture LED televisions
in India.
 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has proposed Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC) at
Challakere in Chitradurga district of Karnataka.
 ISRO will launch GSAT-30 satellite onboard Ariane-5 launch vehicle (VA 251) from French Guiana
 National Informatics Centre (NIC) set up the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Blockchain Technology in
Bengaluru, Karnataka.
 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched India's communication satellite GSAT-30
onboard the Ariane-5 launch vehicle (VA 251) into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Kourou
launch base, French Guiana.
 Scientists discovered a new species of bone-eating worm during a study to investigate the deep ocean's
ecosystem.
 France will train Indian flight surgeons for the ambitious human space mission Gaganyaan.
 The Indian Space Agency Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) unveiled Vyommitra, a prototype of
half humanoid.
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 Paleontologists have unveiled a remarkable new species of the meat-eating dinosaur at the Natural History
Museum of Utah.
Awards:
Name Award
Piyuus Jaiswal Global Bihar Excellence Award 2019.
Aayushi Dholakia Miss Teen International 2019.
Sucheta Satish Global Child Prodigy Award
Malala Yousafzai “Most Famous Teenager of The Decade”.
Jasbinder Bilan UK based Costa Children’s Award 2019 .
Harshvardhan Sadgir Maharashtra Kesari title

Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah BCCI’s prestigious Polly Umrigar Award
Rohit Sharma ICC's '2019 ODI Cricketer of the Year'
Virat Kohli 'Spirit of Cricket'
Ben Stokes 'Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy' for Player of the Year.
British Indian yoga boy Ishwar Sharma Global Child Prodigy Award.
Puri, Odisha Swachhata Darpan Awards 2019
Scientist Dr Sakya Singha Sen Merck Young Scientist Awards 2019
Vasdev Mohi 29th Saraswati Samman.
c VIGIL and Voter Helpline App e- Governance Award of Excellence
Priya Prakash Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award

for 2019
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Order of Australia Honour
Gujarat SKOCH State of Governance 2019’

Hemant Soren ‘Champions of Change Award-2019’ for social
welfare (Aspirational Districts)
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Dr N Kumar, Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu ‘Harit Ratna Award 2019’.

Agricultural University
Pavan Sukhdev 2020 Tyler Prize
Bajaj Housing Finance Limited (BHFL) ‘BFSI Digital Innovation Award‘ for Cloud Solutions
Sanjna Kapoor ‘Chevalier dans lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight
of the Order of Arts and Letters)
Partap Chauhan Ayurveda Ratan Award 2020
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit to Karnataka. Bengaluru to take part in the Krishi award function in
Tumkuru Junior College grounds.
 The Union Ministry of Science and Technology have awarded Swarna Jayanti Fellowships to 14 scientists to
pursue basic research in frontier areas of science and technology.
 Famous Agricultural Scientist Prof. M S Swaminathan and Dr. Gutta Muniratnam were chosen as the first
recipients of Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu National Award for Excellence and Muppavarapu National
Award for Social Service respectively.
 The National Highways Excellence Awards will be conferred by the Union Minister for Road Transport &
Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Shri Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi
 The Iranian film ‘Castle of Dreams’ directed by Reza Mirakarimi won the Best Film Award in Asian
Competition section of the 18th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF).
 The winners of the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards were awarded at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles,
California, the US
 President of India Ram Nath Kovind awarded the 14th Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards at
a ceremony held in New Delhi\
 President Ram Nath Kovind presented the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, 2020 at Rashtrapati
Bhavan.
 The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind presented the 14th Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism
Awards in New Delhi.
 President Ram Nath Kovind presented the ICCW National Bravery Award 2019 to 10 girls and 12 boys. He
also awarded 16-year-old Muhammed Muhsin, who drowned while saving three of his friends in the rough sea
in April 2019, from Kozhikode in Kerala posthumously. He was chosen for the ICCW Abhimanyu Award.
 Uttarakhand, Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre (in the institution category) and Kumar Munnan
Singh (individual category) have been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar
2020.
 The chairman of “The Hindu Group” N. Ram has been selected as the outstanding media person in a national
award instituted by Kerala Media Academy.
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 President Ram Nath Kovind awarded Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG), President’s Police Medal (PPM) for
Distinguished Services and Police Medal (PM) for Meritorious Services to the Railway Protection Force
(RPF) and Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) personnel on the occasion of Republic Day 2020.
 The Calcutta University conferred Honorary D.Lit. Degree to Nobel Laureate Prof. Abhijit Binayak
Bandyopadhyay at its Annual Convocation yesterday.
Important Days:
Day Celebrated as Theme/Aim
1 January Global Family day to unite and spread message of

peace by considering and promoting
an idea that Earth is7 a one Global
Family so as to make world a better
place to live for everyone.
4 January. world Braille Day
6 January World Day of War Orphans to address the war orphans as it has
become a growing worldwide
humanitarian and social crisis.
9 January Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) / The day is celebrated every year to
NRI Day mark the contribution of the
overseas Indian community in the
development of India.
10 January World Hindi Day The day is celebrated every year to

promote the use of Hindi language
worldwide.
12 January National Youth Day This is the day when Swami

Vivekananda, one of the greatest
social reformers, thinkers, and
philosophers of India, was born.
13 January Lohri Day Lohri is termed as the festival of

farmers in Northern India. It is
observed a night before Makar
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Sankranti.
14 January Armed Forces Veterans Day
14 January Makar Sakranti
15 January Indian Army Day
19 January National Immunization Day
23 January Subash Chandra Bose Jayanti
24 January International Day of Education
24 January National Girl Child Day
25 January National Voters Day Electoral Literacy for stronger

Democracy
25 January National Tourism Day
26 January International Customs Day
26 January 71st Republic Day Chief Guest Jair Bolsanaro
27 January International Day of 75 Years after Auschwitz-

Commemoration in memory of the Holocaust Education and
victims of the Holocaust Remembrance for Global Justice
28 January Lala Lajpat Rai Birth Anniversary
30 January World Leprosy Day Leprosy isn’t what you think
 The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is celebrating its 145th Foundation Day on 15 January.
 The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) celebrated its 15th Raising Day on 19th January.
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Obituary:
Name Filed Place
Vikho-o Yhoshu Nationalist Democratic Progressive Nagaland

Party (NDPP) leader
Ratna Ojha dramatist, litterateur and social Assam

activist
T N Chaturvedi Former Governor Karnataka
Prem Nath Hoon Former Western Army Commander

Lieutenant general
Devi Prasad Tripathi General Secretary of the Nationalist Uttar Pradesh

Congress Party (NCP)
Minati Mishra Danseuse- Ballot Dancer Odisha
R.P.Ulaganambi Politician Tamilnadu
Idu Sharif Folk Singer Punjab
Henry Zuckerman Screenwriter United States
Sultan Qaboos bin Said Ruler Oman
Manmohan Mohapatra Filmmaker Odisha
Thomas Antony Cartoonist Kerala
Paulo Goncalves motorcycle rider Portuguese
Bapu Nadkarni All rounder- Cricket
Khagendra Thapa Magar shortest man
Golok Chandra Goswami Linguist Assam
Sunita Chandra Hockey Captain
Jameela Malik Actress Kerala
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Tushar Kanjilal Environmentalist, Educationalist Bangladesh

and Writer
Vinay Sinha Producer
Kobe Bryant Basketball Legend Pennyslvania
Sher Singh Khukal Artist and Sculptor
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Summits and Conferences:

Yoga Science meet Bengaluru  The participants discussed

Global Investors Meet: ASCEND Kochi, Kerala

(APDRC5). researchers in the Asia-Pacific

Advantage Maharashtra expo 2020 Aurangabad, Maharashtra Growth of Marathwada industries in

Pulses Conclave 2020 Maharashtra The biennial global pulses

World Future Energy Summit Abu Dhabi “Rethinking Global Consumption,

5th Edition of Raisina Dialogue Delhi

Processing Industries in Ladakh.

Shanghai Cooperation Organization India SCO member countries are Russia,

India-Norway Dialogue on Trade & New Delhi

An International Summit on Women New Delhi. to boost the participation of women

22nd meeting of the Central Zonal Raipur, Chhattisgarh

Ranks and Indices:

Agreements and MoU:

Air Marshal Vibhas Pande Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance

Professor Suresh Chandra chairman of the National Medical

Ravindra Nath Mahto Assembly Speaker. Protem Speaker Stephen Marandi

S Sundar Interim MD&CEO of Lakshmi Succeeded Parthasarathi Mukherjee

Pedro Sanchez Perez-Castejon PM of Spain

Robert Abela 14th Prime Minister of Malta

Arjun Munda President of Archery Association of

J P Nadda National President of Bharatiya

Katerina Sakellaropoulou first female president of Greece

Sunil Arora Chairman of Forum of the Election

Joao Vale de Almeida first post-Brexit UK ambassador

Taranjit Singh Sandhu Indian Ambassador to the United

Alok Kansal General Manager of the Western

Harsh Vardhan Shringla foreign secretary succeeding in Vijay Gokhale

Hitesh Chandra Awasthi interim Director General of Police

Mathivanan Balakrishnan Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of

S P Prabhu Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of

Books and Authors:

Science and Tech:

Aayushi Dholakia Miss Teen International 2019.

Sucheta Satish Global Child Prodigy Award

Malala Yousafzai “Most Famous Teenager of The Decade”.

Jasbinder Bilan UK based Costa Children’s Award 2019 .

Harshvardhan Sadgir Maharashtra Kesari title

Puri, Odisha Swachhata Darpan Awards 2019

Scientist Dr Sakya Singha Sen Merck Young Scientist Awards 2019

Vasdev Mohi 29th Saraswati Samman.

c VIGIL and Voter Helpline App e- Governance Award of Excellence

Priya Prakash Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Order of Australia Honour

Gujarat SKOCH State of Governance 2019’

Dr N Kumar, Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu ‘Harit Ratna Award 2019’.

Partap Chauhan Ayurveda Ratan Award 2020

Day Celebrated as Theme/Aim

1 January Global Family day to unite and spread message of

4 January. world Braille Day

10 January World Hindi Day The day is celebrated every year to

12 January National Youth Day This is the day when Swami