Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 4th week of July 2019. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming LIC ADO and SBI PO/Clerk 2019 and other competitive exams can make use of it.
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Current Affairs: Important Days
| Date |
Important days |
Theme |
| July 23 |
National Broadcasting day |
– |
| July 24 |
National Thermal Engineer Day |
– |
| July 25 (fourth Thursday in July) |
National Refreshment Day |
– |
| July 26 |
Kargil Vijay Diwas (20th Anniversary) |
Remember, Rejoice and Renew |
| July 28 |
World Hepatitis Day |
“Invest in eliminating hepatitis” |
| July 28 |
World Nature Conservation |
– |
| July 28 (fourth Sunday in July) |
National Parents Day |
– |
| July 30 |
World Day against Trafficking in Persons |
Human Trafficking: Call Your Government To Action” |
Current Affairs: National
- The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) issued guidelines to roll out the 34,422-crore PM-KUSUM scheme
- Supreme Court extended the deadline for publication of final National Register of Citizens (NRC) to August 31
- LIC has agreed to offer Rs 1.25 trillion (Rs 1.25 lakh crore) line of credit by 2024, to fund highway projects
| USEFUL INFO |
| LIC Headquarters |
Mumbai |
| LIC Chairman |
M R Kumar |
- The “UKEIRI Mobility Programme: Study in India”, an initiative of Universities UK International (UUKI) and British Council India launched
| USEFUL INFO |
| UK Capital |
London |
| UK Currency |
Pound Sterling |
| UK Prime Minister |
Boris Johnson |
- Western Railway has opened the first of its kind printing press heritage gallery at Mahalaxmi in Mumbai.
- Government sets target for installation of Solar projects of 40,000 MW by 2022
- The GST rate on all Electric Vehicles (EVs) was reduced from 12% to 5%
- IBBI sets one-year timeline for liquidation process of insolvent companies
- Northeast Frontier Railway zone introduces new ‘pink coaches’ for women passengers
- Google partners with Cisco to roll out free high-speed Wi-Fi zones in India
Current Affairs: International
1.London is becoming the world’s first National Park City
2. BRICS Foreign Ministers Meet was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| USEFUL INFO |
| Brazil Capital |
Brasilia |
| Brazil Currency |
Brazilian real |
| Brazil President |
Jair Bolsonaro |
Current Affairs: State
- Andhra Pradesh becomes the first state to reserve 75% private jobs for local youths
| USEFUL INFO |
| Andhra Pradesh Capital |
Amaravathi |
| Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister |
Jagan Mohan Reddy |
| Andhra Pradesh Governor |
Biswabhusan Harichandan |
- Uttar Pradesh has become number one in implementation of Pradhanamntri Suraksha Beema Yojna in the country
| USEFUL INFO |
| Uttar Pradesh Capital |
Lucknow |
| Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister |
Yogi Adithiyanath |
| Uttar Pradesh Governor |
Anandiben Patel |
- Arunachal CM Pema Khandu launched the state wide tree plantation programme ‘Clean-Green Arunachal Campaign 2019’ in Itanagar
| USEFUL INFO |
| Arunachal Pradesh Capital |
Itanagar |
| Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister |
Pema Khandu |
| Arunachal Pradesh Governor |
B. D. Mishra |
- Anganwadi Centres to get transformed into Model Community facilities in Jammu and Kashmir
| USEFUL INFO |
| Jammu and Kashmir Capital |
Jammu (Winter) and Sri Nagar (Summer) |
| Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister |
President Rule |
| Jammu and Kashmir Governor |
Satya Pal Malik |
- Punjab, Haryana High Court bans live shows of songs promoting liquor, violence
- Maharashtra police to launch high-tech biometric scanning system to identify and track down criminals
| USEFUL INFO |
| Maharashtra Capital |
Mumbai |
| Maharashtra Chief Minister |
Devendra Fadnavis |
| Maharashtra Governor |
Chinamani Vidyasagar Rao |
- Odisha rasagola gets Geographical Indication tag
| USEFUL INFO |
| Odisha Capital |
Bhubaneswar |
| Odisha Chief Minister |
Naveen Patnaik |
| Odisha Governor |
Ganeshi Lal |
- Madhya Pradesh tops All India Tiger Estimation Report 2018 with 526 tigers
| USEFUL INFO |
| Madhya Pradesh Capital |
Bhopal |
| Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister |
Kamal Nath |
| Madhya Pradesh Governor |
Lal Ji Tandon |
Current Affairs: Banking and Finance
- India is set to be the first recipient of local currency financing by the AIIB
| USEFUL INFO |
| Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank Headquarters |
Beijing |
| Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank President |
Jin Liqun |
- The IMF projected GDP Growth rate for India at 7.0% in 2019 and 7.2% in 2020
| USEFUL INFO |
| International Monetary Fund Headquarters |
Washington, D.C. |
| International Monetary Fund Chief |
David Lipton (Interim) |
- Yes Bank to offer MSMEs up to Rs 3-crore loan through “Smart Edge for MSMEs” programme
| USEFUL INFO |
| Yes Bank Headquarters |
Mumbai |
| Yes Bank Tagline |
Experience our Expertise |
| Yes Bank CEO |
Ravneet Gill |
- Corporation Bank has launched a month-long ‘SB Challenger’ campaign to expand its savings account
| USEFUL INFO |
| Corporation Bank Headquarters |
Mangalore |
| Corporation Bank Tagline |
A Premier Public Sector Bank, Prosperity for all |
| Corporation Bank MD and CEO |
P.V. Bharathi |
- Asian Development Bank has sanctioned 1,925 crore rupees for power projects in Tripura
| USEFUL INFO |
| Asian Development Bank Headquarters |
Mandaluyong, Philippines |
| Asian Development Bank President |
Takehiko Nakao |
- SEBI fixed the minimum duration of the staggered delivery period at 5 working days for all commodity futures
| USEFUL INFO |
| SEBI Headquarters |
Mumbai |
| SEBI Chairman |
Ajay Tyagi |
Current Affairs: Business
- Vodafone M-Pesa has shut down operations in India with effect from July 15
- Apple has announced the acquisition of “majority” of chipmaker Intel’s smartphone modem business for $1 billion
| USEFUL INFO |
| Apple Headquarters |
Cupertino, California, United States |
|
Apple Founders |
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne |
- Apple buys ‘majority’ of Intel’s smartphone modem Business for $1 billion
Current Affairs: Ranking
- Reliance Industries become the highest-ranking Indian firm on the Fortune Global 500 list
- Maharashtra tops in ATM frauds in 2018-19
- India climbs five places to 52 on Global Innovation Index
- San Francisco Bay Area has overtaken New York City as the most accommodative place in the world to be a female entrepreneur
Current Affairs: Appointments
| Sarvita Sethi |
Coca-Cola Vice-President (VP) for Merger and Acquisitions (M&A) for India & South West Asia |
| Varun Dhawan |
Reebok India brand ambassador |
| M.M. Naravane |
Next Vice-Chief of Army Staff |
| Boris Johnson |
UK’s new Prime Minister |
| Ajay Bhadoo |
Joint Secretary to President |
| Ehsan Mani ( Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman) |
Chairperson of the ICC Financial and Commercial Affairs Committee |
| Dejan Papic |
India’s table tennis head coach |
| Sunil Kumar (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited Director) |
Additional charge of chairman and managing director of the MTNL |
| Mark Esper |
US Secretary of Defence |
| BS Yediyurappa |
Karnataka CM |
| Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury |
Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) |
| Priti Patel (Indian Origin) |
UK Home secretary |
| V.K. Johri |
Director General (DG) of Border Security Force |
| Meenakshi Lekhi |
Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee
On Public Undertakings |
| Girish Bapat |
Chairman of the Estimates Committee |
| Kirit Solanki |
Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee for Welfare of SC/ST |
| Ganesh Singh |
Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes |
| Siddhartha Sanyal |
Bandhan Bank chief economist |
| Justice A.K. Sikri |
Ombudsman and ethics officer of Indian Federation of Sports Gaming |
Current Affairs: Resignation
| HD Kumaraswamy |
Karnataka CM |
Current Affairs: Awards and Honours
| Hilary Swank |
Leopard Club Award 2019 at Locarno Film Fest |
| S. Sowmya (Carnatic vocalist) |
Sangita Kalanidhi Award 2019 |
| Keshav Dutt and
Prasun Banerjee |
Mohun Bagan Ratna |
| Priya Priyadarshini Jain |
‘Indian Woman of Influence’ award at the House of Lords, the United Kingdom Parliament |
| Vidisha Baliyan (Uttar Pradesh) |
Miss Deaf World 2019 (held in Mbombela, South Africa.) |
| Meryl Streep |
Tribute Actor Award at Toronto International Film Festival. |
| Sudarsan Pattnaik |
People’s Choice Prize at Boston International Sand Art Championship |
| Tiruchy airport terminal |
Leading European Architecture Forum (LEAF) awards under the category of ‘Best Future Building Under-construction Project. |
| Sathyamangalam tiger reserve (Erode district of Tamil Nadu) |
Best managed Tiger reserve award from the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change |
Current Affairs: Summit and Conference
- Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Meeting held in Caracas, Venezuela
- International shark meet to be held in Kochi, Kerala
- Global Ayurveda Summit 2019 to be held in Kochi, Kerala
- 5th Dharma-Dhamma conference to be held in Rajgir, Bihar
Current Affairs: Science and Technology
- India Successfully launched Chandrayaan-2 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota
- IIT Madras students develop ‘Agricopter’ to eliminate manual spraying of pesticides in agricultural farms
- Startup iSpace achieves China’s 1st private satellite launch
| USEFUL INFO |
| China Capital |
Beijing |
| China Currency |
Renminbi |
| China Prime Minister |
Xi Jinping |
Current Affairs: MOU
- National Payments Corporation of India ties up with JCB for global RuPay card
| USEFUL INFO |
| National Payments Corporation of India Headquarters |
Mumbai |
| National Payments Corporation of India MD & CEO |
Dilip Asbe |
Current Affairs: Defence
- India is all set to launch first ever space war exercise named ‘IndSpaceEx’
- Landing Craft Utility (LCU) MK IV class ships ‘LCU L 56’ was commissioned into the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam
Current Affairs: Book
| Authors |
Books |
| Sunil Mishra |
‘Who Stole My Job’ |
|
Shri Harivansh and Shri Ravi Dutt Bajpai |
“Chandra Shekhar – The Last Icon of Ideological Politics.” |
| Narendra Jadhav |
‘New-Age Technology and Industrial Revolution 4.0’ |
Current Affairs: Sports
- Manny Pacquiao beats Keith Thurman to win WBA Super Welterweight Title
- Harmeet Desai and Ayhika Mukherjee won the men’s and women’s singles titles at the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships.
- Adam Peaty wins 100m breaststroke gold at world championships
- Zimbabwe all-rounder Solomon Mire has announced his retirement from international cricket
- The Indian football team slipped two places to 103rd in the FIFA rankings
- Byju’s has replaced Oppo India as the official team India cricket sponsor
- Caeleb Dressel set the new world record in the men’s 100 meter butterfly during the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea
- Max Verstappen wins the German Grand Prix 2019
- MC Mary Kom defeated Australia’s April Franks in the 23rd President’s Cup to clinch the gold medal in a one-sided 51kg category final in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia
- Ashish Kumar bagged his first international gold at Thailand Open International boxing tournament in Bangkok
- Ellyse Perry becomes first cricketer to reach 1000 runs, 100 wickets in T20Is
- Tamil Nadu girl Jerlin Anika wins gold at World Deaf Youth Badminton Championship in Taiwan
Current Affairs: Obituaries
| Person |
Field |
| Peter McNamara |
Former Australian Tennis player |
| Yukiya Amano |
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general |
| Ram Chandra Paswan |
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MP from Bihar’s Samastipur |
| Maxim Dadashev |
Russian boxer |
| Indraganti Srikanta Sarma |
journalist, writer and lyricist |
| Russi Taylor |
Voice actor and Disney Legend |
| S. Jaipal Reddy |
Former union minister and senior Congress leader from Telangana |
| Donkupar Roy |
Meghalaya Assembly Speaker |
| Attoor Ravi Varma |
Eminent Malayalam poet and translator |
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