Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 2nd week of February 2019. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming NIACL AO 2019 and other competitive exams can make use of it.
Current Affairs: Important Days
| Date | Important days | Theme |
| February 10 | National Deworming Day | – |
| February 11 | International Day of Women and Girls In science | Investment in Women and Girls in Science for Inclusive Green Growth |
| February 12-18 | National Productivity Week | Circular Economy for Productivity & Sustainability |
| February 13 | World Radio Day | Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace’ |
| February 13 | National Women’s Day | – |
Current Affairs: National
- 5th India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative Committee Meet held in Delhi
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| Bangladesh Capital | Dhaka |
| Bangladesh Currency | Taka |
| Bangladesh Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
- Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani launched the India Size project in Mumbai
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| Union Minister of Textiles | Smriti Zubin Irani |
| Constituency | Gujarat, Rajya Sabha |
3. Health ministry notified eight medical equipment as ‘drugs’
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| Health and Family Welfare Minister | Jagat Prakash Nadda |
| Constituency | Himachal Pradesh, Rajya Sabha |
- India and Norway launched initiative to combat Marine Pollution
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| Norway Capital | Oslo |
| Norway Currency | Norwegian krone |
| Norway Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
- India’s First Aqua Mega Food Park commissioned in Andhra Pradesh
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| Food Processing Industries Minister | Harsimrat Kaur Badal |
| Constituency | Bathinda, Punjab |
- AYUSH Ministry launched e-AUSHADHI portal
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| Minister of State for AYUSH (I\C) | Shripad Yesso Naik |
| Constituency | North Goa (Goa) |
Current Affairs: International
- The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) lifts the ban on Russian Para athletes by March 15,2019
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| Russia Capital | Moscow |
| Russia Currency | Russian Rouble |
| Russia President | Vladimir Putin |
| International Paralympic Committee Headquarters | Bonn, Germany |
| International Paralympic Committee President | Andrew Parsons |
| International Paralympic Committee CEO | Xavier Gonzalez |
- 7th session of World Government Summit held in Dubai
- Abu Dhabi included Hindi as third official court language
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| UAE Capital | Abu Dhabi |
| UAE Currency | Dirham |
| UAE Prime Minister | Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum |
4. Macedonia officially changed its name to North Macedonia
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| Macedonia Capital | Skopje |
| Macedonia Currency | Macedonian denar |
| Macedonia President | Gjorge Ivanov |
Current Affairs: State
- Delhi government has launched bike ambulance services to ensure health assistance reaches on time in the congested areas of the national capital.
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| Delhi CM | Arvind Kejriwal |
| Delhi Governor | Anil Baijal |
2. 3-day Krishi Kumbh held at Motihari in Bihar
- Bihar government announced universal old age pension scheme
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| Bihar Capital | Patna |
| Bihar Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Bihar Governor | Lalji Tandon |
- Jammu and Kashmir government grants Divisional Status to Ladakh region
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| Jammu and Kashmir Capital | Jammu (Winter), Kashmir (Summer) |
| Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister | – (President Rule) |
| Jammu and Kashmir Governor | Satya Pal Malik |
5. Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur laid foundation stone of Mega Food Park in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
- Himalayan Cloud Observatory set up in Tehri district to monitor cloud activities
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| Uttarakhand Capital | Dehradun |
| Uttarakhand Chief Minister | Trivendra Singh Rawat |
| Uttarakhand Governor | Baby Rani Maurya |
7. Meghalaya government to rename Dikkibandi stadium after P A Sangma
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| Meghalaya Capital | Shillong |
| Meghalaya Chief Minister | Conrad Sangma |
| Meghalaya Governor | Tathagata Roy |
8. PM Modi dedicated Visakhapatnam SPR facility to the nation
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| Andhra Pradesh Capital | Amaravathi |
| Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister | Chandrababu Naidu |
| Andhra Pradesh Governor | ESL Narashiman |
- PM Modi launched a dedicated channel ‘DD Arunprabha’ for Arunachal Pradesh
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| Arunachal Pradesh Capital | Itanagar |
| Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister | Pema Khandu |
| Arunachal Pradesh Governor | BD Mishra |
- Odisha Chief Minister laid the foundation stone for Subarnarekha port
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| Odisha Capital | Bhubaneswar |
| Odisha Chief Minister | Naveen Patnaik |
| Odisha Governor | Ganeshi Lal |
Current Affairs: Banking and Finance
- State-run power giant NTPC has signed an agreement with HDFC Bank for a Rs 2,500 crore loan to part finance capital expenditure
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| HDFC Bank Headquarters | Mumbai |
| HDFC Bank CEO | Aditya Puri |
| HDFC Bank Tagline | We understand your world |
- PSU Banks bad loans decline to Rs. 8, 64, 433 crore in April-December FY19
- State Bank of India announced a cut in interest rates by 5 basis points on its home loans up to Rs 30 lakh.
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| State Bank of India Headquarters | Mumbai |
| State Bank of India Tagline | The Banker to every Indian |
| State Bank of India Chairperson | Rajnish Kumar |
- RBI imposed fine of Rs. 1 crore on State Bank of Indiafor not monitoring the end use of funds
- RBI raised the limit of collateral-free agricultural loans to Rs. 1.6 lakh from the current Rs. 1 lakh
- RBI doubles the limit of ‘bulk deposit’ from Rs. 1crore to Rs. 2 crore
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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 |
Current Affairs: Business
1.Facebook acquired GrokStyle virtual search start-up to boost AI capabilities
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| Facebook Headquarters | California, United States |
| Facebook CEO | Mark Zuckerberg |
Current Affairs: Appointments
| Rahul Jain | General Manager of Integral Coach Factory (ICF) |
| Shri Sailesh | Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs |
| Ricky Ponting | Assistant coach of Australia’s men’s cricket team |
| Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi | Chairman of the African Union |
| Ruchira Kamboj | Ambassador of India to Bhutan |
| Salil Gupte | Boeing India President |
Current Affairs: Awards and Honours
- Francois Laborde, a 92-year-old priest,from Bengal, was conferred the Légion d’Honneur (Legion of Honour) the highest civilian award of France in recognition of his work for specially-abled children.
- Aegis Graham Bell Award 2018 announced YES BANK as winner in “Innovation in Data Science” category for their industry-first project “Yes EEE (Engage Enrich Excel)”.
- Fast bowler Pat Cummins won Allan Border Medal, Australian cricket’s highest individual honor
4. Indian Historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam Wins Israel’s Million Dollar Dan David Prize
- Siddhartha Lal, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Eicher Motors, was named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2018
6. Bradley Cooper wins Best Director Oscat award from PETA for ‘A Star Is Born’
- Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta will be given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
BAFTA Awards 2019
- 72ndedition of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards were presented
- Legendary British actress Joanna Lumley hosted the show in London’s Royal Albert Hall.
- “The Favourite” took the most awards with seven, including both actress categories for Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman and best original screenplay, though “Roma” nabbed the top prize for best film
- The leading actor prize went to Rami Malek for “Bohemian Rhapsody” while favorite Mahershala Ali was lauded for “Green Book.”
| Category | Winner |
| Best film | Roma |
| Best Outstanding British film | The Favourite |
| Best Actress | Olivia Colman (The Favourite) |
| Best Actor | Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) |
| Best Director | Alfonso Cuaron (Roma) |
| Best Costume Design | Sandy Powell (The Favourite) |
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Roma |
| Best Special Visual Effects | Black Panther |
| Best Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer | Beast |
| Best Cinematography | Alfonso Cuaron (Roma) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Mahershala Ali (Green Book) |
| Best Original Screenplay | The Favourite (Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara) |
| Best Original Music | A Star is Born |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | BlackKklansman (Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Willmott) |
| Best Rising Star | Letitia Wright |
| Best Supporting Actress | Rachel Weisz (The Favourite) |
| Best Makeup and Hair | Nadia Stacey (The Favourite) |
| Best Editing | Hank Corwin (Vice) |
| Best Sound | Bohemian Rhapsody |
| Best British Short Film | 73 Cows |
| Best Production Design | The Favourite |
| Best Animated Film | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse |
| Best British Short Animation | Roughhouse |
| Best Special Visual Effects | Black Panther |
| EE Rising Star Award | Letitia Wright |
| Best Documentary | Free Solo |
| BAFTA Fellowship | Thelma Schoonmaker |
Grammy Awards 2019
- The 61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremonywas held at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
- The show was hosted by Alicia Keys,who won 15 Grammys in her career.
| Category | Winner |
| Album of the Year | Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves |
| Record of the Year | Childish Gambino, “This Is America” |
| Song of the Year | Childish Gambino, “This Is America” |
| Best New Artist | Dua Lipa |
| Best Music Film | “Quincy” |
| Music Video/Film | Childish Gambino, “This Is America” |
| Producer of the Year, Non-Classical | Pharrell Williams |
| Best Pop Solo Performance | Lady Gaga, “Joanne” |
| Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, “Shallow” |
| Best Country Album | Kacey Musgraves, “Golden Hour” |
| Best Pop Vocal Album | Ariana Grande, “Sweetener” |
| Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album | Willie Nelson, “My Way” |
| Best Rap/Sung Collaboration | Childish Gambino, “This Is America” |
| Best Rap Song | Drake, “God’s Plan” |
| Best Rap Album | Cardi B, Invasion of Privacy |
| Best Rock Performance | Chris Cornell, “When Bad Does Good” |
| Best Rock Song | St. Vincent, “Masseduction” |
| Best Rock Album | Greta Van Fleet, “From the Fires” |
| Best Recording Package | St. Vincent, “Masseduction” |
| Best Song Written for Visual Media | Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – “Shallow” |
| Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Ludwig Göransson, “Black Panther” |
| Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | “The Greatest Showman” |
| Best Comedy Album | Dave Chappelle, “Equanimity & the Bird Revelation” |
| Best Dance/Electronic Album | Justice, “Woman Worldwide” |
| Best Dance Recording | Silk City & Dua Lipa, “Electricity” |
Current Affairs: Summit and Conference
- Parmanu Tech 2019’ conference held in New Delhi
- India to host 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals (CMS)
| Convention on Migratory Species Headquarters | Bonn, Germany |
| Convention on Migratory Species Executive Secretary | Xavier Gonzalez |
- Fifth International Dam Safety Conference to be Held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha
4. National Conference on Unani Medicine Concluded in New Delhi
- CREDAI YouthCon- 19 annual Youth Conclave held in New Delhi
- First LAWASIA Human Rights conference 2019 was held in New Delhi with the theme of “State Power, Business and Human Rights: Contemporary Challenges”.
7. Third Indo-German Environment Forum held in New Delhi with the theme of “Cleaner Air, Greener Economy”
- First Annual Conference of Media Units under I&B Ministry organized in New Delhi
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| Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting (I\C) | Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore |
| Constituency | Jaipur Rural, Rajasthan |
Current Affairs: Mobile Application
1.Chennai city Police Launched Mobile App ‘Digicop’
Current Affairs: Ranking
1.India jumps eight places to 36th spot in US Chamber’s global IP index
- The India national football team has dropped out of the top 100 in the FIFA Rankings being ranked in 103rd place in the revised list released
Current Affairs: Books
- Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s book “Undaunted: Saving the Idea of India” Launched
Current Affairs: MOU
- Government e Marketplace (GeM) and Competition Commission of India (CCI) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to enable a fair and competitive environment in the e-Marketplace.
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| Competition Commission of India (CCI)Chairman | A.K. Gupta |
| Competition Commission of India (CCI)Headquarters | New Delhi |
| Government e Marketplace(GeM) CEO | S. Radha Chauhan |
- The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has signed a pact with Invest India to promote foreign investments in the country and Indian investments abroad
3. India and Bangladesh signed MOU for training 1800 Bangladesh civil servants
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| Bangladesh Capital | Dhaka |
| Bangladesh Currency | Taka |
| Bangladesh Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
- Engineers India Ltd and Mongolia signed MOU for Project Management Consultancy for oil refinery
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| Mongolia Capital | Ulaanbaatar |
| Mongolia Currency | Mongolian togrog |
| Mongolia President | Khaltmaagiin Battulga |
- NITI Aayog signed a Statement of Intent with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF)to document systemic transformation in education
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| NITI AAYOG Vice-Chairman | Rajiv Kumar |
| NITI AAYOG CEO | Amitabh Kant |
- State-owned power giant NTPC has signed a term loan agreement for Rs. 5,000 crore with State Bank of India
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| State Bank of India Headquarters | Mumbai |
| State Bank of India Tagline | The Banker to every Indian |
| State Bank of India Chairperson | Rajnish Kumar |
Current Affairs: Defence
- US approved sale of two missile defence systems for Air India One for an estimated cost of $190 million
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| USA Capital | Washington DC |
| USA Currency | Dollar |
| USA President | Donald Trump |
- Indigenously developed “Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR)” missile system was successfully flight tested in Odisha
3. INS Trikand participated in multinational training exercise “Cutclass Express 2019”
- Five-day multinational maritime exercise ‘AMAN-19’ begins in Pakistan
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| Pakistan Capital | Islamabad |
| Pakistan Currency | Rupee |
| PakistanPrime Minister | Imran Khan |
- A joint exercise – Exercise Rahat, for disaster relief held in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
6. Indian Army carried out the annual exercise named ‘Exercise Topchi’ in Deolali Camp near Nashik
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| Defence Minister | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| Constituency | Rajya Sabha, Karnataka |
| Chief of the Army Staff | General Bipin Rawat |
Current Affairs: Sports
- World champion, Indian weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu notched up a gold medal at the EGAT Cup in Thailand
- Vidarbha lifted the Ranji Trophy for the second time in a row, defeating Saurashtra by 78 runs at Nagpur
- 9th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2019 Begins In Hisar, Haryana
- Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) lifted the 9th Senior National Men’s Hockey Championship crown at Gwalior
5. France’s Corentin Moutet clinched Chennai Open ATP Challenger title
- 83rd edition of Senior National Badminton Championships begin in Guwahati, Assam.
7. Jamie Chadwick became the first female driver to win the MRF championship
8. Clouded Leopard will be mascot for National Games 2022 in Meghalaya
Current Affairs: Obituaries
| Person | Field |
| John Dingell | US congressman |
| Albert Finney | Oscar nominee and British actor |
| Mahesh Anand | Bollywood Actor |
| Former England football team goalkeeper | Gordon Banks |
| Chemistry Nobel Prize Winner | Manfred Eigen |