News : June 2019

JUNE 2019

Appointments

Nayib Bukele : Prez El Salvador Rajiv Mehrishi : CAG : External Auditor of WHO from 2020-2023  FIFA Prez : Gianni Infantino :  HQ : Zurick : FIFA World Cup 2022 : Qatar France beat Croatia in FIFA 2018 Axis Bank : Chairman :Rakesh Makhija  Prayuth Chan-ocha : PM of Thailand Tijjani Mohammad-Bande (Nigeria): Prez of 74th Assembly of UN General Assembly Chairman Wipro : Rishad Premzi : Previous: Azim Premji Vice chairperson : for the re-constituted NITI Aayog : Rajiv Kumar CEO : Amitabh Kant American Philosophical society : International Member : Romila Thapar  Managing Director of GIFT city : Tapan Ray Kassym Jomart Tokayev : Second Prez of Kazakhstan  Earlier : Nur Sultan : Capital changed to Nur Sultan name Pro term speaker of 17th Lok Sabha : Virendra Kumar CEO of Reckitt Benckiser (British goods giant): Laxman Narasimhan Zuzana Caputova : First female Prez of Slovakia(Capital Bratislava) Mission Director of Chandrayan 2 : Ritu Karidhal - Rocket Women Project director : Muthayya Vanitha UN Environment Programme : Exec Director : Inger Andersen - Denmark ISI new general Director : Faiz Hameed  Pak : Operation swift retort against balakot National Drink : Sugarcane National Heritage : Panj Tirat US Secretary of Defence : Mark Esper Mohammed Ould Ghazouni : Prez : Mauritania (after 60 yr election held) Chief of India Coast Guard : Krishnaswamy Natarajan Director RAW : Samanth Kumar Goel IB Director : Arvind Kumar

Resignations/Retirements

Obituaries

Evergreen Tea Man of India : Brij Mohan Khaitan : Company : Williamson Magor Mohammad Morsi : Former Prez of Egypt

Awards

Order of the Aztec Eagle : Orden Mexicana del Aguila Azteca : Highest Civilian award to foreigner : By Mexico : Pratibha Patil Rajasthan : WHO No Tobacco Day Award 2019 Malayalam Actress Sheela : J C Daniel Award Jimmy Carter : George H W bush Inaugural award Greta Thunberg(Sweden) : Ambassador of Conscience Award by Amnesty International, London The most honourable 'Order of the Distinguished Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen’ of Maldives : Narendra Modi - First foreign trip - 2019 UN equator Prize 2019 : Deccan Development society Telagana - Worked on Nature based solution Danny kaye Humanitarian Award by UNICEF : Priyanka Chopra  54th Jnanpith Award : Amitav Ghosh : Book Gun Island Manas Order of the First Degree : Highest national Prize of Kyrgyzstan : Xi Jinping BBC World Service global champion : Akshaya Patra Miss India World 2019 : Suman Rao - Rajasthan 2019 : PM's Award for promotion and development of Yoga : Antoneitta Rozzi Swami Rajarshi Muni Bihar School of Yoga Japan Yoga Niketan 'Star of Jerusalem' by Palestine : Mohammad Munir Ansari PM Modi became 1st PM to visit : Palestine Israel Mongolia Rwanda

Sports

Champions League (EU) : Liverpool  beats Tottenham Europa League : Chelsea beats Arsenal UEFA Countries League : Portugal beats Netherland FIFA World Cup : Women :  held in France French Open 2019 - Single Men : Rafael Nadel(Spain) - 12 times Single women : Ashleigh Barty(Aus) IAAF changed name to World Athletics National : Women’s Single title in Squash : Joshua Chinappa US open Golf Tournament 2019 : Gary Woodland  Eoin Morgan : England captain hits 17 sixes in ODI against Afghanistan Earlier : Rohit Sharma , Chris Gayle , AB de villiers hits 16 sixes Winter Olympics : 2026 :

International

World Tobacco Day : 31 May - Theme : Tobacco and Lung Health World’s Southernmost city : Puerto Williams : Chile  World Env Day : 5 June : Theme : Beat Air Pollution Estonia , Niger , St Vincent and the Grenadines,Tunisia,Vietnam : Elected as Non-permanent members in UNSC for 2 year term beginning : Jan 2020 15 members : 10 non-permanent  5 permanent : China , US , UK , France , Russia Indian Air Force to buy 100 spice 2000 bombs worth 300 crore from Israel Ferry Service between : India and Maldives : New Prez : Ibrahim Mohamed Solih National Maritime Heritage Museum : India and Portugal - Lothal , Gujarat Guest Country at Guadalajara International Book Fair in Mexico : India  45th Summit of G7 Countries : Will be held in France , Biarritz Mount Sinabung Volcano erupted  - Sumatra Island, Indonesia Mount Etna : Sicily Italy Mount Agung : Indonesia Mount Krakatoa : Indonesia 2019 SCO Summit : Bishkek , Kyrgyzsthan Russia invite Narendra Modi - Chief guest for Eastern Economic Forum to be held in Vladivostok Russia also gave highest civilian order to Narendra Modi - Order of Saint Andrew The Apostle. Japan will invest 13000 crore to develop NE region. New king : Naruhito New era : Reiwg World’s highest operating weather stations : Installed on Mt Everest  Operation sunrise 2 : India and Myanmar Armies to save Kaladan project  Facebook will launch digital currency LIBRA in 2020 UN report India will overtake China in population by 2027 QS World University Ranking : MIT (Eight Consecutive time) IIT Bombay - 152 rank 5th Conference on Interaction and Confidence building measures in Asia (CICA) Summit 2019 - Dushanbe, Tajikistan Guthi Bill : Nepal : To bring temple trustee under govt 5th International Yoga Day : Theme : UN : Yoga for Climate Change Theme : India : Yoga for Heart Internal Olympic Committee : lifted sanctions on  India to host international sporting events Full membership to FATF : Saudi Arabia ASEAN members adopted Bangkok declaration to combat Marine Debris Japan gifted Museum of Peace to Manipur : in Memory of second world war Sister city agreement : Ahmedabad and Kobe (Japan)

National

Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport , Indore , MP : International Airport Mohana Singh : First Women Fighter Pilot : Fly by Daytime : Hawk Advanced Jet Aircraft Nal - se - Jal Scheme : Piped water connection to every household : 2024 Kargil Vijay Diwas : 26 July 1999 : Will complete 20 years Rythu Bharosa scheme : started by Andra Pradesh   E-rythu : Mobile App Land portal : Bhudar UP : CM Yogi unveiled 7 foot tall status of Lord Rama (Kodamb Rama) at Shodh Sansthan museum , Ayodha World highest status of Lord Rama to be built in Ayodha near Saryu river 221 m , greater than Status of Unity ( 182 m)  ‘Pink Sarathi’ vehicles for Women safety : Started by Karnataka Chaukhandi Stupa : Buddhist Site - Declared as Monument and protected areas National Importance by ASI : Sarnath UP First Woman Prez of Bar council of UP : Darvesh Singh : Shot dead by the lawyer  E-Foreigner Tribunal : Set up in Assam - Guwahati : First ISO certified railway station from NGT Maharaja Bir Bikram : 3rd Int Airport of NE : Agartala , Tripura Kurnool Int Airport : Andhra Pradesh Kannur : Kerela Rourkela / Jharsuguda (new Name : Veer Surendra Sai): Odisha Hollongi : Arunachal Pradesh - Foundation laid by Narendra Modi Madhya Pradesh : Smart Gaushala CM Yuva Sambal Yojana (Akshat Yojana) : Rajasthan : Unemployed graduate will get upto Rs 3500 Back to the Village : Programme started in J&K India's first Cruise boat - Launched in Kerala Air Traffic Flow Management : Central Command Centre : Inaugrated in New Delhi Khadi School Uniform : Pilot project by UP Bihar ban felling of trees : Due to pollution and increasing heat wave Balakot strike mission name : Operation Bandar Odisha released Flood Hazard Atlas NITI Aayog health index 2019 : Big state : Kerala best Big State : UP worst Small state : Mizoram best MHA released ranking of Police Station 2018 1. Kalu PS : Bikaner 2. Campbell PS : Andaman & Nicobar 3. Farakka PS : WB

Polity

Govt approved extension of President's rule in J&K for a period of 6 months under article : Art 356(4) Om Birla : 17th Lok Sabha Speaker

Economics

Govt approved farmers : PM Kisan Pension Yojana : Min 3000  Entry Age : 18-40 Govt extended : PM Kisan Samman Yojana to all farmers GI Tag: Kala Jeera and Chulli(dried Apricot) : Himachal Pradesh GI tag : Kolhapuri Chappal : Wore in Maharashtra and Karnataka RBI committee for Housing Finance Securitisation market : Harsh Vardhan RBI : Jan-Mar 2019 : GDP growth : 5.8% SDG Gender Equality Index : 95/129 : Denmark - 1 and 129 : Chad 10th Rank of India in FDI inflow 2018 by UNCTAD World Investment report 2019 RBI : Total 22 Ombudsman in India 3 in Delhi 2 in Mumbai Bangladesh: Fastest growing economy by ADB FY 2018-19 amon 45 countries of Asia Pacific region IndusInd Bank included with Bharat Financial Inclusion = IndusInd Financial Inclusion Ltd Central Banking System for Banking Infrastructure (CISBI) will replace Master Office File(MOF)

Env & Ecology

Animals to be conferred as Legal person/ entity : Haryana (2nd state) First state to do so : Uttrakhand Orchidarium : First in Meghalaya (Shillong) First Arachnarium (Spider) museum : Jabalpur First Oil Museum : Guwahati World’s First Emission Trading System for Particulate particle : Gujarat MoEF declared area around Asola Bhatti wildlife Sanctuary,Gurugram as eco-sensitive zone First Dinosaur Museum cum park : Raiyoli - Mahisagar - Gujarat First Solar Kitchen only Village : Bancha - Betul , MP India will host 14th session of COP-14 of UN Convention to combat desertification Centra plans to add 500 GW renewable energy by 2030 2022 : 175 GW

Science & Tech

IIT Guwahati set up Space Technology Cell with ISRO IIT Delhi : Laptop for Blind : Braille Laptop : DOTBOOK Min of AYUSH : Mobile APP : Through GPS : Yoga Locator  Kharga Prahar : Punjab : Army Training exercise First ever project to get power from waste-to-energy plant (Ghazipur) : Delhi Metro Garuda : Air Force Training : India and France Varuna : Navy : India and France Facebook launched first interactive Game show : Confetti in India  North Central Railway : Track Live status : NAMAN App India : Launch its space station by 2030 First mission to study Sun name Aditya-L1  - Launch In 2020 First Village to have 100% solar powered houses : Amasebailu, Udupi,Karnataka  WHO : Campaign to adopt tool to reduce spread of Anti Microbial resistance : AWaRe National plan to eradicate TB : 2025 Plan to eradicate Malaria : 2030 : MERA India (Malaria Elimination Research Alliance) All panchayat to be connected by BharatNet broadband : 2020

Books

Making India Awesome : New Essays And Columns : Chetan Bhagat The Test of my Life : Yuvraj Singh The 3rd Pillar : Raghuram Rajan Celestial Bodies : Jokha Alharti , Oman - Booker Prize - 2019 My seditious heart : Arundhati Roy My Life , My Mission : Baba Ramdev Gun Island : Amitav Ghosh : Jnapith 2018 Lessons Life Taught me , Unknowingly : Anupam Kher

Culture

UPSC Prelims Result Declared 2016

CIVIL SERVICES (PRELIMINARY) EXAMINATION, 2016 

Result can be viewed at :: 

http://www.upsc.gov.in/

OR 

PDF link for csp2016

PDF link for iFos 2016

Admit Card - UPSC 2016

Admit Card for UPSC - 2016 Preliminary Examination has been uploaded at : 

http://upsconline.nic.in/eadmitcard/upsc_ac2/admitcard_csp_2016/

[GS3][Env and Eco] World Culture Festival NGT order, defiance, outcome

Issues 

Violations  : Yamuna floodplains destruction

• NGT has set up a committee : Report submitted by committee (government officials) including Secretary of Water Resource Department ,IIT professor and other experts : recommended 100-120 Crores fines should be imposed.
• NGT fines 5 crore which should be paid in a week : Order on 10 Mar 2016 but event can continue.
• Prima facie : Due to fine it looks some violation has been made.

Army deployed to build bridge for private event

• Legal part : Army can be deployed in : 
• to maintain law and order 
• in case of natural calamities
• maintain of essential services
• any other type of assistant which may be needed by civil authority.Therefore civil authority should decide whether to include army or not.
• If work is demeaning ,army can refuse the request.
• But in this case , building bridges using indigenous equipment can help in training. 

Criticism : 

• Safety rules also violated : Fire , People , structural , general security , environmental etc
• With that type of mega event only 5 crore is fined and that too when not paid ,asked offender to pay 25 lakh and rest in 3 weeks : Big mockery to NGT .
• NGT showed lack of legal will in case of big offenders. 
• No one commented that how much ecology can be restored ?
• Wrong Message can be deciphered: Powerful people , people patronage to government can easily violate environmental laws.
• Promoting extravaganza in the name of culture.

Facts : 

• Kumbh Mela is government Event.
• Ministry of Culture granted 2.5 crore to this event

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News :Feb 18 - Feb 25 2016

Feb News

Appointments : 

Resignations/Retirements

Obituaries

1. Eminent Hindustani classical vocalist Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan passed away.He was recipient of Padma Bhushan and Sangeet Natak Akademi award.

Awards

Sports

International

1. India and Nepal hope to begin repairing ties as Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli makes his first official visit to India on 19 Feb for 6 days.

National

1. The Supreme Court lifted its order to maintain status quo in Arunachal Pradesh till it examined judicial and Assembly records on disqualification of 14 rebel Congress MLAs by former Speaker Nabam Rebia.The lifting of status quo clears the road for Governor J.P. Rajkhowa to recommend to the President for withdrawal of emergency in the State and further a move for the swearing in of a new government.
2. All central universities will fly the national flag on a 207 feet high mast at a  prominent place on their campuses :  HRD ministry

Polity

Economics

1. EPFO : 8.8 per cent interest on savings.

Env & Ecology

Science & Tech 

1. The Delhi government has decided on an ambitious plan to transform its wholesale fruit and vegetable markets into ‘ e-mandis’ .As part of this project, all mandis will be connected with a centralised system with supplies being tracked on a real-time basis.
2. Proposal to have a gravitational wave detector in India approved. The gravitational waves were detected by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) — a system of detectors in Washington and Louisiana.The project is piloted by the Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Science and Technology.
3. e-agri platform : A digital platform for enabling farmers to sell their produce at a better rate anywhere in the country will be launched on April 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in Sehore (MP).On April 14, the birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar.

Health 

Culture

The Mahamagham is celebrated once in 12 years on the day when Jupiter and the moon are in Simha rasi and the Sun in Kumbha rasi on the full moon day in Masi. This typically happens once in 4,332 days :  fourth Mahamagham since 1980