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 National & International News of January 2020

• Vikram sarabali Children Centre (VSCLC) Will Setup in Gujarat.
• 4th edition of ‘Buxa Bird Festival in Buxa National Park, Alipurduar, WB.
• 31st International Kite Festival is at the Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• J&K has registered the highest Inpatient Department, IPD Care in County.
• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Biral attends 25th CSPOC (Conference of Speakers & presiding officers of the Commonwealth). Standing Committee meeting in Ottawa, Canada. (From Jan 5 – 11).
• Zoran Milanovic (Former PM) won Croatia’s presidential election. He belongs to the social Democratic Party (SDP). He Defeated Kolinda Grabar kitarovic (1st female president of Croatia).

Capital – Zagreb

Currency – Kuna

PM – Andrej Plenkovic

• The Ukrainian aircraft “Boeing 737” boarding 176 people crashes in Iran, Tehran.
• A Sakhivel appointed as chairman of Apparel Export Promotion Council of India (AEPC) For 2020 – 21. He Replaces HKL Magce.
• Jasbinder Bilan wins the” Costa Children’s Award 2019 for her novel ‘Asha & the Spirit Bird.

Coasta children’s award given in 5 categories Novel, First Novel, Biography, Poetry & Children’s Book.

• Indian weight lifter Sarbject Kaur bunned for 4 years by National Anti Doping Agency (NADA)

CEO Of NADA – Navin Agarwal

1. Q. OF NADA – New Delhi

• SBI announced ‘residential builder finance with buyer guarantee'(RBBG) Scheme.
• 5th edition of the Asia Pacific Drosophila Research conference (APDRCS)Held in Pune, Maharashtra.

It Organised by the Indian Institute of science education and research(IISER).

• Eurasia Group released ‘Top 10 risks’ Of the year, Geo-Political risk 2020. India listed as the 5th biggest Geopolitical Risks of 2020.
• Cm of Maharashtra Inaugurate “Advantage Maharashtra expo 2020” in Aurangabad.
• UN Govt. Authorize Rs 5559 crore for 1656 km long Indradhanush Natural Gas Pipeline Gird Project. The Pipeline Gird Connecting & Northeastern States Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland & Sikkim.
• Bihar’s Rugby Player Sweety Kumari (19 years old) crowned the “International yoga player of the year”.
• Virat Kohli becomes highest scorer in T20 Suppressed Rohit Sharma.
• Ladakh won the 7th National Ice Hockey Championship women trophy. Runners up Delhi.

President of IHA – KL Kumar.

• ISRO Proposed Human space flight center (HSFC) at Challakere in Chitraduga district of Karnataka.
• Home minister lays Foundation Stone of Delhi cycle walk at Tughlakabad. Cycle walk has a network of over 220 km.
• A Sethu Madhavan, Malayali writer 1st England Novel “The cuckoo’s Nest”.
• MP Govt. Started health insurance scheme “Mukgyamantri Karmachari Swastya Bima Yojana” For Staff.
• 3rd edition of ‘sukanya’ project started by Kolkata Police For self-defense training.
• Uttar Pradesh becomes the first state in the country to start the exercise of shortlisting migrants for citizenship Under the new citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).(Migrant from Pakistan, Afghanistan & Bangladesh)
• India extends a line of credit of USD 75 Million (over 500 crores) to Cuba for solar parks.
• Agreement between export – Import Bank of India (EXLM Bank) & Banlo Exterior De Cuba.
• Ramagya Foundation Launched the CSR initiative “Donation Locker & Happy Fridge” to help the poor, needy & homeless people.
• India’s rank in the Travel & Tourism Competitive Index of world Economic Forum is 34th.
• Indian High Commission Organized the “Art Exhibition” in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• “Karmayoddha Granth” Book on a life of pm Narendra Modi released by union Home minister.
• UAE Cabinet Validates Multi – entry Tourist visa valid for 5 years.
• Indian Bank, Axis Bank & ICICI Bank to close their operations in Sri Lanka.
• Naval exercise ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ Conduct between India & Oman in mormugao port, Goa.

Indian Navy Ship – Beas & Subhadra

Oman Navy Ship – RNOV Al Rasikh & RNOV Khassab.

• China Launches a communication experiment satellite with long March – 3B Carrier Rocket Shijian – 20.
• Odissi Dancer Minati Mishra of Odisha passed away she got Padma Shri in 2020.
• India rank in Henley Passport Index 2020 is 84th /191
• Top – Japan (191 countries) India provides Visa face access to 58 countries.
• South Asian Trade & Travel Exchange Expo (SATTE) 2020 held in New Delhi & Sponsored by J&K Tourism Department.
• “Lawn bowls & cycling” will be included in the 3rd edition of Khelo India Games announced by chief execative of Khelo India Games Avinash Joshi.
• RBI launched a mobile app” MANI “(Mobile Aided Note Identifier)to help Visually challenged people .It scan the current note &gives audio output in Hindi & English.
• Palau becomes 1st country to ban Sun cream which contains Reef toxic means oxybenzone & octinoxate that absorbs Ultraviolet rays.
• “Visit Nepal year2020” campaign launched by Nepal President to promote tourists. Mascot – Yeti
• ISRO establish a 2nd launch port in Thoothukodi district Tamil Nadu for small satellite lunch Vehicles. It is 2300 acres
• The Election Commission of India Lunched a PPRTMS ( Political parties Registration Tracking Management system ) to track the status of the application for party Registration. It works from 1st Jan 2020.

Swachh Survekshan 2020.

• National cleanliness rankings for 1st & 2nd Quarter of the Swachh a survekshan 2020 are

1st Quarter (April to June )

• 1- Indore (MP) Top Cleanest city
• 2 -Bhopal (MP)
• 3-Surat (Gurural)

Kolkata was Worst.

2nd Quarter (July to Sept)

• 1st- Indore (MP)
• 2nd -Rajkot (Gujarat)
• 3rd- Navi Mumbai (Maharastra)

Indore has the top cleanest city among moreth 10 lakh population.

Jamshedpur has topped in the 2nd Quarter among 1L to 10 lakh population.

• India Science Congress (107th edition) will host in Univerisity of Agricultural Science (UAS), Bengaluru.

Theme – “Science & Technology, Rural Development”.

• India Olympic Association (IOA) ends Boycott Call for the 2022 Commonwealth Game, Birmingham.
• Chistina Koch, NASA astronus set a new record for the longest single space flight by a woman. she arries back on earth in Feb 2020.
• A web portal www.ceir.gov.in lunched for Delhi-NCR subscribers to track or block lost or stolen phones.
• 27^th National Children’s Science Congress (NCSC) held in Thiruvanthapuram, Keraka .Theme – Science, Technology &Innovation for a clean, green & healthy nation. Total of 658 children’s participate (10 to 17 years)
• Odisha Government launched an e-certificate project “people-friendly” to provide official documents such as Residence, income, EWS, SEBC, etc online without any fees & without visit Govt offices. It is 1^st in the country.
• CM of Haryana Manohal lal Khattar inaugurated “Atal Kisan Mazdoor canteen” where farmers & laborers will get food for RS 10.
• Piyush Jaiswal awarded the Global peace Excellence Humanitarian& Global Bihar Excellence Award 2019.
• 14^th Global Healthcare summit to be held in Vizag, Visakhapatnam in 2021.
• PM of India Dedicates 5 DRDO young scientists labs to Nation.
• DRDO young scientist laboratories (DYSLS) are located in 5 cities are Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai & Hyderabad.
• Delhi government rename Pragati Maidan Metro Station as Supreme court Metro station .
• The government creates a new Department of Military Affairs, to be heard by the chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat.
• Andhra Pradesh Govt appoints 2 Disha special officers Dr. Kritika Sukla & M Deepika (IPS) for implementing the Andhra Pradesh Disha Act 2019.
• AP Govtsetup special courts in all the 13 districts.
• 28th world book Fair in New Delhi organized by the National book trust (NBT) inaugurated by HRD Minister Remash pokhriyal Nishank.

The theme for world book fair 2020 – Gandhi: The writers’ Writer.

• Government of India Signed MoU with Flipkart under DAY- NULM Scheme to selling products made by women group under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY- NULM).
• A festival “Lia Haraoba “ Observed in Agartala, Tripura.
• UPSRTC (Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation) launched helpline Service “Damine” for women. Helpline Number “8114277777”
• Kerala becomes 1st state to pass a resolution against the CAA (citizenship Amendment Act ).
• Sunita Lakra of India announces retirement from International Hockey.
• Umesh Sinha, Deputy Election Commissioner gets extension 1 year.
• Suresh Chandra Sharma appointed as the Chairman of the National Medical Commission(NMC).
• 18-year-old girl Malvath poorna form Telangana becomes 1st & youngest tribal in the world to scale 6 mountain peaks in 6 continents. She Scales Antarctica’s Highest peak, Vinson Massif (4987 mts)
• Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) opens its first ”Patola Saree” silk processing plant at Surendranagar in Gujarat.
• IPS Abhinav Kumar gets an extension as Inspector General of Border Security(BSF) up to June 27, 2021.
• Indian paddler Manav Thakkar become World no.1  in ITTE ( International Table Tennis Federation) in under 21 men’s single category.
• Maharashtra Government launched a “ Cyber Safe Women “ to educating women about how the web is used by anti-social elements & child predators to commit various types of crimes.
• Gujarat CM unveils the world’s 2nd tallest statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at   Sardardham campus,  Statue Design by Ram .V . Sutar hight of 50 feet & 70 thousand kilograms.
• 4th all India Police Judo cluster championship 2019 in New Delhi.
• Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iran’s leader replace Esmail Qaani become as commander. Esmil Qaani becomes a new commander Place of Soleimani of Iran.
• WHO designated 2020 year as the “year of Nurse and Midwife”.
• Haryana Govt Celebrate this year 2020 as “Sushasan Sankal Varsh.”
• UN declares Malala yousafzai as “ Most Famous Teenager of the Decade”.
• Krishnamachari Srikkanth & Anjum Chopra get CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award 2019,
• Common service center (CSC) e-Governance service India MoU with Paytm Bank for Sale of FASTags.

CEO of CSC – Dinesh Tyagi.

Chairman of Paytm payment Bank ltd – Vijay Shekhar Sharma

CEO & MD of Paytm Satish Kumar Gupta.

• India Girl Sucheta Satish (13 years) won the Global child Prodigy Award 2020.
• Aayushi Dholakia becomes Miss Teen International 2019.
• NASA found the Farthest galaxy group identified as “EGS77”. The team of astronomers was led by an Indian origin Goa-born Scientist, Vithal Tilvi.
• Women science congress held in Bengaluru. The Director of the Aeronautical system of DRDO Dr. Tessy Thonas become the chief Guest.
• Indian All –round Irfan Pathan announced his retirement from all forms of cricket .last time he played in October 2019. He played 29 Tests, 120ODI, 20 T20’s
• Indian shooter Saurabh Chaudhary won Gold Medal in Men’s 10 meters air pistol at the 63rd National Shooting championship in Bhopal, MP.
• TN Chaturvedi Former Karnataka Governor passes away.14th Governor of Karanataka2002 – 07. He also as of comptroller & Auditor General of India From 1984-89.
• Neutral pronoun “They” word of the decade by US language experts.
• Magesh Chandran of India wins the 95th Hastings International chess title in England.

2nd – Romain Edouard (France)

• Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will Observe 2020 as the “year of Mobility”. Director-General of CISF-Rajesh Ranjan
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the National Traders Convention at Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi.
• Global Investors Meet ASCEND 2020 host in Kochi, Kerala. It will showcase the 18 mega projects.
• 3rd International symposium on marine ecosystem challenges & opportunities (MECOS-3)

Host in Kochi, Kerala from Jan 7 to 10.

• Union Minister for Commerce & Industries Piyush Goyal inaugurated the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Knowledge Hub in New Delhi.
• 1^st edition of Khelo India University Game host in Bhubaneswar, KIIT University (22^nd Feb to 1^st march) .17 different sports Disciplines will play.
• India –Russia Sign Mous on Ak 203 assault rifles over 7.5lakh.
• Uber ties up with Hyundai to develop electric air taxis.

Lunching Uber Air by 2023 & Uber air Mobility service in 2028.

• 4 airports of India receive international recognition for reducing carbon emissions.

Four AAI airports are-

1. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata;
2. Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar;
3. Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Varanasi and
4. Trivandrum International Airport.

• Yashaswini Scheme:

Yashaswini Scheme launched by Smriti Irani for Women entrepreneurship in Goa. Under this scheme, interest-free loans up to Rs 5 lakh given to self-help women groups for business.

• world’s second-largest Muslim congregation on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Yoga education compulsory for school children in Nepal to make to promote a healthy lifestyle among students.EducationMinistry has completed designing courses on yoga for class IX, X, XI, and XII.
• The Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly adopted a new logo, to distinct the identity and culture of the state. The new logo consists of the national emblem and the state flower foxtail orchid (Rhynchostylis Retusa).
• The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) stopped the stone-pelting ritual at Bojjannakonda, a famous Buddhist site at Sankaram, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
• A mobile phone app ‘Rojgaar Sangi’ launched by Chhattisgarh State Skill Development Authority (CSSDA)to connect trained candidates with the jobs. With the help of the National Informatics Centre (NIC)the app has been developed.
• Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray launched the first girder for India’s longest sea bridge, the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL). • The weight of girder 1,000 tonnes was set off by a 1,400-tonnes ‘launching girder’ and mark the erection of the first span in the civilian works of the MTHL
• Captain Tania Shergil become the first woman parade adjutant for the Republic Day parade.
• ‘Sahyog-Kaijin’joint exercise between India and Japanese begins off at Chennai Coast Coast Guards of India and Japan took part in a joint exercise ‘Sahyog-Kaijin’ off the Chennai coast strengthening the bond of the two countries.
• India overtakes Germany to become 4^thlargest economy by 2026 by UK-based Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) report.
• ‘One nation, one ration card’ implemented in 12 states in-country by June 2020. The states are Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Haryana, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Jharkhand, and Tripura.
• Railway Protection Force(RPF) of India renamed as Indian Railway Protection Force Service(IRPFS)
• 10 wetlands of India declared as Ramsar sites. Now total Ramsar sites in India are 37. Maharashtra gets its first Ramsar site (Nandur Madhameshwar), Punjab adds 3 more Ramsar sites (Keshopur-Miani, Beas Conservation Reserve, Nangal) and Uttar Pradesh has added 6 more Ramsar sites (Nawabganj, Parvati Agra, Saman, Samaspur, Sandi and Sarsai Nawar).
• Bhuvan Panchayat V 3.0 web portal launched by Dr Jitendra Singh in Bengaluru.
• Union Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurate ‘Indian Heritage in Digital Space’ exhibition titled “Indian Heritage in Digital Space” at National Museum, New Delhi.
• The Treasury Department of the United States of America has been removed in China from the designation as a “currency manipulator“.

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