Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 1stweek of April 2019. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming LIC AAO and SBI PO2019examsand other competitive exams can make use of it.
Current Affairs: Important Days
| Date | Important days | Theme |
| April 2 | World Autism Awareness Day | Assistive Technologies, Active Participation |
| April 4 | International Day for Mine Awareness | ‘United Nations Promotes SDGs – Safe Ground – Safe Home’ |
| April 5 | National Maritime day (India) | Indian Ocean-An Ocean of opportunity |
| April 6 | International Day of Sport for Development and Peace | – |
| April 7 | World Health Day | Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere |
Current Affairs: National
- The CBDT extended the deadline to link PAN with Aadhaar by six months from March 31 to September 30, 2019
- Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection stood at Rs. 1.06 lakh crore in March
- Government proposed 2 committees to probe complaints against Information Commissioners
- The government to set up a multi-disciplinary terror monitoring group (TMG) for Jammu & Kashmir
- WhatsApp has launched a tip line for Indians to curb fake news during the national election
Current Affairs: International
- South Korea will launch the world’s first fully-fledged 5G mobile networks
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| South Korea Capital | Seoul |
| South Korea Currency | South Korean won |
| South Korea President | Moon Jae-in |
- According to a new joint UN and European Union (EU) report, more than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced acute hunger last year
- Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar has unveiled his wax statue at Madame Tussauds in Singapore
Current Affairs: State
- Odisha is celebrating 84 years of its foundationon 1st April 2019
2. Odisha has received Geographical indication (GI) tag for ‘KandhamalHaldi’ variety of turmeric
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| Odisha Capital | Bhubaneswar |
| OdishaChief Minister | Naveen Patnaik |
| OdishaGovernor | Ganeshi Lal |
- Centre has extended the “disturbed area” tag under Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) for 3 districts of Arunachal Pradesh for another six months
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| Arunachal Pradesh Capital | Itanagar |
| Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister | Pema Khandu |
| Arunachal Pradesh Governor | BD Mishra |
- Telangana state has ranked number one in eLearning training by reaching to 20,000 field staff during 2018-19
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| Telangana Capital | Hyderabad |
| TelanganaChief Minister | Chandrasekhar Rao |
| TelanganaGovernor | ESL Narashiman |
- Phayeng Village in Imphal West district of Manipurhas become India’s first carbon-positive settlement
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| Manipur Capital | Imphal |
| Manipur Chief Minister | N Biren Singh |
| Manipur Governor | Najma Heptulla |
Current Affairs: Banking and Finance
- Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank will merge with Bank of Baroda to create the third-largest lender of the country
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| Bank of Baroda Headquarters | Vadodara |
| Bank of Baroda CEO | P. S. Jayakumar |
| Bank of Baroda Tagline | India’s International Bank |
2. RBI sets NBFC-MFIs’ average base rate at 9.21% for April-June
- RBI will inject long-term liquidity worth USD 5 billion into the banking system through dollar-rupee swap auction
- RBI sets Ways and Means Advances (WMA) limit for Government at Rs. 75000 crore for the first half of the FY 2019-20
- RBI has tweaked liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) norms to provide an additional 2 per cent window to lenders
- MPC decided to reduce the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points to 6.0%from 6.25%
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| RBI Headquarters | Mumbai |
| RBI Governor | Shaktikant Das |
| RBI Deputy Governor | BP Kanungo, N S Vishwanathan, Viral Acharya and Mahesh Kumar Jain |
| Repo Rate | 6.00% |
| Reverse Repo Rate | 5.75% |
| MSF Rate | 6.25% |
| Bank Rate | 6.25% |
| CRR | 4% |
| SLR | 19.25% |
- Kotak Mahindra Bank will charge for Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions from the 1st May 2019
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| Kotak Mahindra Bank Headquarters | Mumbai |
| Kotak Mahindra Bank CEO | UdayKotak |
| Kotak Mahindra Bank Tagline | Let’s make money simple |
- Asian Development Bankhas lowered India’s growth forecast for 2019-20 to 7.2 % from 7.6 %
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| Asian Development Bank Headquarters | Mandaluyong, Philippines |
| Asian Development Bank President | TakehikoNakao |
- Bank of Maharashtra gets Rs. 205 crore capital from government
| Bank of Maharashtra Headquarters | Pune, Maharashtra |
| Bank of Maharashtra Tagline | One Family One Bank |
| Bank of Maharashtra MD & CEO | A. S. Rajeev |
- The World Trade Organization loweredthe Global trade growth for 2019 to 2.6% from 3.7%
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| World Trade Organization Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
| World Trade Organization Director General | Roberto Azevêdo |
| World Trade OrganizationMember | 164 |
- SEBI extends phase 1 deadline of UPI for retail IPO investors till June 30, 2019
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| SEBI Headquarters | Mumbai |
| SEBI Chairman | Ajay Tyagi |
- Fitch retained India’s sovereign ratingatlowest investment grade ‘BBB-‘,with stable outlook
- Karnataka Bank has entered into a MoU with Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company to distribute the latter’s life insurance products
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| Karnataka Bank Headquarters | Mangalore |
| Karnataka Bank Tagline | Your Family Bank, Across India |
| Karnataka Bank CEO | Mahabaleshwara M S |
- Emirates Islamic becomes world’s first Islamic bank to launch banking via WhatsApp
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| Emirates Islamic Bank Headquarters | Dubai |
| Emirates Islamic BankCEO | Salah Amin |
- Priority Sector Lending Certificates volume crossed Rs. 3-trillion in FY19
Current Affairs: Business
- Eight core industries show 2.1% growth in February 2019
- Paytm’s subsidiary Paytm Money has received approval from SEBI to begin stock broking services
- Reliance Jio acquired Mumbai based chatbot making startupHaptik for Rs. 700 crore
- BSNL has received the In-Flight Connectivity license from the Department of Telecommunications
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| BSNL Headquarters | NewDelhi |
| BSNL CEO | Sri AnupamSrivastava |
- Lakshmi Vilas Bank approved merger with lndiabulls Housing Finance
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| Lakshmi Vilas Bank CEO | Parthasarathi Mukherjee |
| Lakshmi Vilas BankHeadquarters | Chennai |
| Lakshmi Vilas BankTagline | The changing face of prosperity |
- The government sold enemy shares worth Rs. 1,150 crore in Wipro to Life Insurance Corporation and two other state-owned insurers
- Bank of India to sell 25% stake in life insurance JV SUD Life Insurance for Rs. 1,106 crore
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| Bank of India Headquarters | Mumbai |
| Bank of India CEO | DinabandhuMohapatra |
| Bank of India Tagline | Relationships beyond Banking |
Current Affairs: Appointments
| Air Marshal NS Dhillon | New Strategic Forces Command Chief |
| SatishMagar | President of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI), |
| Manu Sawhney | CEO of the International Cricket Council (ICC) |
| Nicholas Koumjian | Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar |
| VipinAnand | Managing Director of LIC |
| RakeshMalhotra | Next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Cameroon |
| MayooriKango (Former Bollywood actress) | Google India industry head |
| CS Rajan | Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) Managing Director |
| Vikram Kirloskar | President of the Confederation of Indian Industry |
| KeshavMurugesh | Chairman of Nasscom |
| UB PravinRao | Vice Chairman of Nasscom |
| Sana Dua ( Femina Miss India 2017 runner up) | Brand ambassador of Jammu and Kashmir for general polls |
| Lori Lightfoot | Chicago’s First Black Female Mayor |
| David Malpass | World Bank President |
| Praful Patel | Member of the FIFA Executive Council |
| Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa | Re-elected as President The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) |
| Justice PradeepNandrajog | New Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court |
Current Affairs: Resignation
| AbdelazizBouteflika | Algerian President |
| RajanAnandhan | Google India head |
Current Affairs: Awards and Honours
- Batman to be first inductee into Comic-Con Museum’s Character Hall of Fame
- Shah Rukh Khan was conferred an honorary doctorate in Philanthropy by The University of Law, London.
- Indian Astrologer Dr SohiniSastri has been honoured with ‘D. Litt in Astrology’ by National American University, USA
| 1. | Vikram Patel | John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award |
| 2. | PawanMunjal | Asian Tour for contribution to golf in Asia |
| 3. | PM Narendra Modi | UAE’s highest civilian honour Zayed Medal |
| 4. | Tata Steel | ‘Global Slag Company of the Year’ |
ESPN India Multi-Sport Awards
- Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu and star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra were named as female and male sportsperson of the year in the ESPN India Multi-Sport Awards for their achievements in 2018.
- Sportsperson of the Year (Male) – Neeraj Chopra (athletics)
- Sportsperson of the Year (Female) – P V Sindhu (badminton)
- Comeback of the Year – Saina Nehwal (badminton)
- Coach of the Year – JaspalRana (shooting)
- Emerging Sportsperson of the Year – Saurabh Chaudhary (shooting)
- Team of the Year – Women’s team (table tennis)
- Match of the Year – AmitPanghalvsHasanboyDusmatov (boxing)
- Differently-abled athlete of the Year – EktaBhyan (para-athletics)
- Moment of the Year – Women’s 4x400m relay
- Lifetime Achievement Award – Pradip Kumar Banerjee (football)
Current Affairs: Summit and Conference
- India to organize NuGen Mobility summit 2019 in November
- 4th Session of India-Ukraine working group on Trade and Economic Cooperation held in New Delhi
- 7th Foreign office consultations between India and Italy held in Delhi
4. 3-day National Cardiology Conference held at Lucknow
Current Affairs: Ranking
- According to report ‘OpenSignal’s Hottest city for 4G Availability’ Jharkhand’s Dhanbad tops in India
Current Affairs: MOU
- GAIL India Ltd and BHEL have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the development of solar power projects
- India has offered $100 million Line of Credit to Bolivia for financing development projects
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| Bolivia Capital | Sucre |
| Bolivia Currency | Bolivian boliviano |
| Bolivia President | Evo Morales |
- Reliance Mutual Fund partners with Google to launch voice-based transactions
- China launched the first of its new-generation data relay satelliteTianlian II-01
- India and Chile signed three MoUs in the fields of mining, culture and empowerment of persons with disabilities
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| Chile Capital | Santiago |
| Chile Currency | Chilean peso |
| Chile President | SebastiánPiñera |
- India signed an agreement with a development bank for setting up India-Africa Institute of Agriculture and Rural Development (IAIARD) in Malawi
- Tata Power has signed a pact with Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) for setting up rooftop solar projects in the country
- The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has inked a MoUwith the IIT Delhi to collaborate in the field of standardisation and conformity assessment
- BSE and India INX become first Indian exchanges to sign MoU with Moscow Exchange
- Saudi Arabia will fund the construction of a $1 billion sports city in Iraq
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| Iraq Capital | Baghdad |
| Iraq Currency | Dinar |
| Iraq President | BarhamSalih |
- NTPC has inked a Rs. 2,000 crore term-loan agreement with Canara Bank
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| Canara Bank Headquarters | Bengaluru |
| Canara Bank CEO | vacant |
| Canara Bank Tagline | Together we can |
Current Affairs: Mobile App and Portal
- Sahulatmobile app aimed to facilitate voting by elders has been launched in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district
Current Affairs: Defence
- ISRO opened a visitors’ gallery with 5,000 capacities at Andhra Pradesh’s SriharikotaIsland
- ISRO launched India’s latest satellite EMISAT and 28 other smaller satellites was launched from the Sriharikota spaceport
- Army constructs Maitri Bridge on Indus river to link villages in Leh
- US approved sale of 24 MH 60 Romeo Seahawk helicopters to India for $2.4 bn
- Sri Lankan army is going to conduct Exercise Western Shield, its biggest-ever military exercise in July 2019
- Morocco-US joint military exercise ‘African Lion 2019’ concluded in Morocco
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| Morocco Capital | Rabat |
| Morocco Currency | Moroccan dirham |
| Morocco President | SaadeddineOthmani |
Current Affairs: Sports
- Five times world champion Lewis Hamilton won the Bahrain Grand Prix
- Roger Federer lifted his fourth ATP Miami Open title
- South Korea win the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey tournament at Ipoh in Malaysia
- India finished with 16 gold, five silver and four bronze in 12th Asian Airgun Championships in Taoyuan, Taipei.
- India has won ICC Test Championship mace for the third year in a row
- SauravGhosal became the first Indian male squash player to enter the top 10 in the PSA world rankings.
- ICC to join hands with Interpol to tackle corruption in sport
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| ICC Headquarters | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| ICC Chairperson | ShashankManohar |
| ICC CEO | Dave Richardson |
| Interpol headquarters | Lyon, France |
- Indian Football Team climbed two places to move to 101 rank in the FIFA latest rankings
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| FIFA Headquarters | Zurich, Switzerland |
| FIFA President | Gianni Infantino |
Complete Winners list of Malaysia Open 2019
- The2019 Malaysia Open, officially the CELCOM AXIATA Malaysia Open 2019, is a badminton tournament which takes place at Axiata Arena in Malaysia from 2 to 7 April 2019 and has a total purse of $700,000.
| Category | Winner | Runner |
| Men’s Single | Lin Dan (China) | Chen Long (China) |
| Women’s Single | Tai Tzu-Ying (Taiwan) | Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) |
| Men’s doubles | Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen | Takeshi Kamura and KeigoSonoda |
| Women’s doubles | Chen Qingchen and JiaYifan | Du Yue and Li Yinhue |
| Mixed doubles | ZhengSiwei and Huang Yaqiong | Wang Yilu and Huang Dongping |
Current Affairs: Books
| Author | Book |
| Manoshi’Sinha | ‘Saffron Swords: Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders’ |
| AabhasMaldahiyar | ‘#Modi Again: Why Modi is right for India’ |
| SharadDutt | Kundan: Saigal’s Life & Music |
| WajahatSaeed Khan | ShahidAfridi’s biography Game Changer |
Current Affairs: Obituaries
| Person | Field |
| J. Mahendran | Noted Tamil film director |
| Kartik Chandra Rath | Noted Odia theatre personality |
| Padma Shri Dr. ViharidasGopaldas Patel | Noted economist |
| ArieIrawan | Malaysian golfer |
| ElriesaTheunissen-Fourie | Former South African Women cricket all-rounder |
| Sydney Brenner | Nobel Prize-winning biologist |
| Silamboli Su. Chellappan | Noted Tamil Scholar and orator |