Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 1stweek of May 2019. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming LIC AAO and SBI PO/Clerk2019examsand other competitive exams can make use of it.
Current Affairs: Important Days
| Date | Important days | Theme |
| May 1 | International Labour Day | Sustainable Pension for all: The Role of Social Partners |
| May 2 | World Tuna Day | – |
| May 3 | World Press Freedom Day | Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation |
| May 4 | International Firefighters’ Day | – |
| May 4 | Coal Miners Day | – |
| May 5 (first Sunday of May of every year) | World Laughter Day | – |
| May 5 | International Midwives Day | Midwives: Defenders of Women’s Rights |
| May 6 | International No Diet Day | – |
| May 7 | World Athletic Day | – |
Current Affairs: National
- CPWD has constituted a 10-member committee headed by K M Soni to bring out ‘Safety Manual’ of the department
- The Ministry of Road Transport and Highwayshas announced a green registration mark for all battery-operated vehicles
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| Union MinisterRoad Transport and Highways | NitinJairamGadkari |
| Constituency | Nagpur, Maharashtra |
- Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will launch an awareness programme on Goods and Services Tax in collaboration with BSE
- VP Venkaiah Naidu released a postage stamp to commemorate the 750th birth anniversary of Sri Vedanta Desikan
- BSNL has launched ‘Bharat Fibre’ broadband service in Kashmir Valley
- India to attend G-7 meet in France
- Finance Ministry has imposed anti-dumping duty on saccharin imports from Indonesia
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| Indonesia Capital | Jakarta |
| Indonesia Currency | Indonesian rupiah |
| Indonesia President | JokoWidodo |
Current Affairs: International
- UK becomes first parliament to declare climate emergency
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| UK Capital | London |
| UK Currency | Pound Sterling |
| UK Prime Minister | Therasa May |
- Bank of Canada and Monetary Authority of Singapore have conducted Complete Cross-Border and Cross-Currency Payment
- Canada’s redesigned $10 bill recognized as best international banknote of the year
- Malaysia is set to open the world’s first crypto city
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| Malaysia Capital | Kuala Lumpur |
| Malaysia Currency | Ringgit |
| Malaysia Prime Minister | Mahathir Bin Mohamad |
Current Affairs: State
- The Meghalaya Cabinet approved the proposal for creation of a new Directorate of Dairy Development in the state
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| Meghalaya Capital | Shillong |
| Meghalaya Chief Minister | Conrad Sangma |
| Meghalaya Governor | Tathagata Roy |
- Mangaluru City Police has launched an all-women police patrol unit ‘Rani Abbakka Force’ in the city
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| Karnataka Capital | Bangalore |
| Karnataka Chief Minister | Kumarasamy |
| Karnataka Governor | VajubaiRudubaiWala |
Current Affairs: Banking and Finance
- India Ratings marginally lowered country’s GDP growth projection for 2019-20 to 7.3 per cent
- GST collections touch all-time high of over Rs. 1.13 lakh crore in April
- LIC Housing Finance (LIC HFL) has launched ‘Udyam’, a skilling centre in Bengaluru
- India was the biggest recipient of funds from Asian Development Bank last year
- Asian Development Bank has launches $5 billion healthy oceans action plan
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| Asian Development Bank Headquarters | Mandaluyong, Philippines |
| Asian Development Bank President | TakehikoNakao |
- PNB Housing Finance to raise up to USD 1 billion from foreign markets
- TheNetherlands has emerged as the third largest foreign direct investor in India during 2017-18
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| Netherland Capital | Amsterdam |
| Netherland Currency | Euro |
| Netherland President | Mark Rutte |
- RBI has imposed penalties on five prepaid payment instrument (PPI) issuers, including Vodafone m-pesa and PhonePe, for violation of regulatory norms
- RBI has increased the eligibility cap on home loans extended by regional rural banks and small finance banks to Rs. 35 lakh in metropolitan areas and Rs. 25 lakh in other centres
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| RBI Headquarters | Mumbai |
| RBI Governor | Shaktikanta Das |
| RBI Deputy Governor | BP Kanungo, N S Vishwanathan, Viral Acharya and Mahesh Kumar Jain |
Current Affairs: Business
- SEBI has fined NSE 1,000 crore in co-location case
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| National Stock ExchangeHeadquarters | Mumbai |
| National Stock ExchangeCEO | VikramLimaye |
- Bharti AXA General Insurance will sell policies through social media messaging platform WhatsApp
- Paytm launches recurring payments service for merchants
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| PaytmHeadquarters | Noida, Uttar Pradesh |
| Paytm CEO | RenuSatti |
- Huawei overtakes Apple to become second biggest Smartphone maker
- According to the ADB’s Asian Development Outlook 2019 Asia-Pacific to grow 5.7% this year
Current Affairs: Appointments
| JayshreeVyas | Bombay Stock Exchange first independent woman director |
| K. Kadiresan | South Zonal Manager of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) |
| Kumar Sangakkara | First non-British President of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) |
| DraganMihailovic | India’s head coach of Volleyball men’s team |
| TodWolters ( US Air Force General) | NATO commander |
| ViratKohli and Anushka Sharma | first official brand ambassadors of Myntra |
| Krishnamurthy Subramanian ( Chief Economic Advisor) | member of Advisory Council of 15th Finance Commission |
| Sunil Sharma | Archery Association of India (AAI) acting president |
| Reza Baqir | State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor |
| StevoPendarovski | North Macedonian president |
Current Affairs: Resignation
| BhushanPatil | Paytm President |
Current Affairs: Awards and Honours
| 1. | Raheem Sterling | Football Writers’ Association (FWA) Footballer of the Year 2019 |
| 2. | a) Alfred Brownell (Liberia) b) BayarjargalAgvaantseren (Mongolia), c) Ana ColovicLesoska (North Macedonia), d) Jacqueline Evans (the Cook Islands), e) Alberto Curamil (Chile), f) Linda Garcia (United States). | Goldman Environmental Prize 2019 (Green Nobel Prize) |
| 3 | Rapper Drake | The Billboard Music for his album ‘Scorpion’ |
| 4 | A S Kiran Kumar (Former ISRO chairman) | Chevalier de l’Ordre national de la Lgiond’Honneur |
| 5 | Nileena M S | ACJ (Asian College of Journalism) Award for Investigative Journalism, 2018 for her article ‘Coalgate 2.0’ |
| 6 | G D ‘Robert’ Govender | V K Krishna Menon award |
| 7 | Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty | PC Chandra Purashkaar 2019 award |
Current Affairs: Ranking
- According to SIPRI India was 4th biggest military spender last year
Current Affairs: MOU
- BHEL signs MoU with Automotive Research Association of India for e-mobility projects
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| BHEL Headquarters | AtulSobti |
| BHEL CEO | New Delhi |
- Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCIL) has inked a MoUwith WAPCOS Limited to jointly identify suitable future projects
- IIT Delhi to build a Centre of Excellence for Waste to Wealth Technologies
4. CBDT and GSTN sign pact to nab evaders, reduce black money generation
- Vodafone Idea signs multi-million dollar IT deal with IBM
- Defence ministry approves Navy’s Rs. 3,600-crore deal with Russia for 10 Kamov-31 helicopters
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| Union Defence Minister | NirmalaSitharaman |
| Constituency | RajyaSabha Karnataka |
| DRDO Chairman | G Satheesh Reddy |
- E-Governance Services India ties up with IIT – Kanpur to upscale Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
- India, UK in talks to build copycat Naval supercarrier under ‘Make in India
Current Affairs: Science and Technology
- China successfully sent two Tianhui II-01 satellites into orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
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| China Capital | Beijing |
| China Currency | Renminbi, Yuan |
| China President | Xi Jinping |
- ISRO is set to launch its latest radar imaging satellite (RISAT) by the end of next month
- Momo-3 is Japan’s first private rocket to reach space
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| JapanCapital | Tokyo |
| JapanCurrency | Japanese yen |
| JapanPrime Minister | Shinzo Abe |
4. SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 rocket with Dragon spacecraft
Current Affairs: Defence
- GRSE to build 8 anti-submarine warfare shallow watercraft for Indian Navy
- Indo-French joint naval exercise Varuna 19.1 begins off Goa coast
- Indian Navy launched fourth stealth Scorpene class submarine Vela in Mumbai
- Indian Navy ‘INS Ranjit’ was decommissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam
Current Affairs: Sports
- G Sathiyan became first Indian to break into the top-25 of ITTF rankings
- ApurviChandela attains world number one spot in women’s 10 m air rifle event
- India retained its top position in the ICC Test rankings
- World number one BajrangPunia wins gold at Ali Aliev tournament in Russia
- Jaipur to host Asian youth Women Handball Championship
- SauravGhoshal and JoshnaChinappa win Asian Individual Squash Championship titles
7. Indian boxers win six medals at 36th FeliksStamm International Boxing Tournament in Warsaw, Poland
- Marc Marquez wins the Spanish motorcycling Grand Prix and regains world championship lead
Current Affairs: Books
| Author | Book |
| Jairam Ramesh | “Chequered Brilliance: The Many Lives of V K Krishna Menon”, |
Current Affairs: Obituaries
| Person | Field |
| John Singleton | African-American Filmmaker |
| Justice B Subhashan Reddy | Former Chief Justice of the Madras and Kerala High Courts |
| Master Hirannaiah | Kannada theatre personality |
| Peter Mayhew | British-US Actor |
| MaramrajuSatyanarayana | Writer and Academician |
| Bajirao | The last captive white tiger at Sanjay Gandhi National Park |