Weekly Current Affairs PDF (16th to 22nd April 2019)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 3^rd week of April 2019. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI PO/Clerk, LIC AAO and other competitive exams can make use of it.

Current Affairs: Important Days

Current Affairs: National

1. CBDT sets June 30 as deadline to dispose of demonetisation cases

Current Affairs: International

1.       Google opens first Africa Artificial Intelligence lab in Ghana

2. Singapore’s Changi Airport touts the world’s tallest indoor waterfall

3.      Saudi government raises India’s Haj quota to 2 lakhs

Current Affairs: Cabinet Approval

• The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its approval for the creation of1 post of Deputy Comptroller & Auditor General (Coordination, Communication and Information System).
• The Cabinet has given the approval for ongoingGSLV continuation programme Phase-4 that consists of 5 GSLV rocket flights during 2021-2024. The total fund requirement for the phase 4 programme is Rs 2,729.13 crore. This amount includes the cost of 5 Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicles (GSLVs), addition of essential facility, programme management, launch campaign and extra funds required to meet the scope of the programme.
• They given approval for the proposal of the Department of fertilizers for extension of the duration of New Urea Policy-2015 for existing gas-based area unit fromApril 1, 2019 until further orders.
• Cabinet approves pact between India and Denmark in the field of Renewable Energy
• Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, Government of India and The Ministry of Science and ICT (Korea Post), Government of the Republic of Korea have mutually collaborated to issue Postage Stamps on the theme “Queen Hur Hwang-ok of Korea”.
• To enhance the ties between India and Brazil to work out the future agenda for the amalgamation for innovation in Science & Technology diplomacy to develop a concrete deliberated plan in the area of biotechnology education, training and research.
• Memorandum of Understanding between India and Boliviaon collaboration in the field of Geology and Mineral Resources.
• To strengthen bilateral cooperation and mutual understanding between India and Cambodia in the field of communications.
• Memorandum of Understanding between India and Boliviain the Field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy. The pact was signed in March 2019 in Bolivia.

Current Affairs: State

1. India’s first exotic Bird Park‘Essel World Bird Park’ was launched in Mumbai

2. Project Kannamma,is the initiative of the Rotary Club of Madras North, waslaunched

3. RongaliBihu (BohagBihu) festival celebrated in Assam

Current Affairs: Banking and Finance

1. ADB committed to provide USD 3 billion in sovereign loans to India in 2018

2. The Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) has launched a 5G Use Cases Lab for banking and financial sector
3. IDBI Bank has launched paperless account facility for NRIs

4. Canara Bank becomes the first public sector bank in India to meet RBI’s EMV mandate

5. The IMF and World Bank launched ‘Learning Coin’ to explore blockchain technologies

6. RBI issued banknotes of Rs. 50 denomination bearing the signature of Governor Shaktikanta Das
7. The RBI has signed a Statement of Commitment (SoC) to the FX Global Code

8. ETMONEY becomes India’s first comprehensive financial services app to integrate UPI
9. Bandhan Bank gets Competition Commission of India (CCI) nod for merger with Gruh Finance

10. CRISIL board gives nod for transfer of ratings business to new subsidiary

11.Bank of Baroda and Srei Equipment Finance tie up for infra equipment loans

12.   Exim Bank funds projects worth USD 267 million to Rwanda

13.  Cholamandalam MS General Insurance gets ISO 31000:2018 certification

Current Affairs: Appointments

Current Affairs: Resignation

Current Affairs: Awards and Honours

1. A total of 150 Indian peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have received medals of honour

Pulitzer Prize: 2019 Winners List

• Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.
• It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) Joseph Pulitzer who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher, and is administered by Columbia University in New York City
• Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US$15,000 cash award
• The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal

Current Affairs: Summit and Conference

1. 4^th Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific (RCAP) congress 2019 inaugurated in New Delhi
2. Home Expo India 2019 begins in Greater Noida

Current Affairs: Ranking

1. MukeshAmbani, ArundhatiKatju and MenakaGuruswamy are named TIME’s list of 100 most influential people

2. India ranked 140 in World Press Freedom Index 2019 report released by Reporters Without Borders

3. India Rises to 17th Spot from 37th in StartupBlink’s Startup Ecosystem Ranking

Current Affairs: MoU

1. India to partner with Japan and UAE to set up two projects in Africa
2. Bank of Maharashtra has partnered with M1Xchange Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) platform for MSME bill discounting

3. IIT Hyderabad has signed a MoU with Japanese firm Terra Drone Corporation to set up drone development centre for India
4. Airtel Payments Bank has tied up with Bharti AXA General Insurance to offer two-wheeler insurance to its customers across India

Current Affairs: Defence

1. China has successfully tested the world’s first armed amphibious drone boat

2. Indian Coast Guard Ship Veera, the third in the series of 98 metre Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) was commissioned at Visakhapatnam
3. Second Edition of Indian Navy-Vietnam Peoples’ Navy Bilateral Exercise (IN – VPN BILAT EX) Concluded in Vietnam
4. India and Francewill conduct their largest ever  naval exercise ‘Varuna’ in May 2019
5. Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba launched a guided missile destroyer Imphal, at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, Mumbai

Current Affairs: Science and Technology

1. India’s sub-sonic cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’ successfully test fired from Odisha

2. Nepal successfully launched its first satellite NepaliSat-1 into space from Virginia

3. Sri Lanka’s first satellite ‘Raavana-1’ was launched into space from NASA’s Flight Facility on Virginia’s east shore

4. NASA astronaut Christina Koch to set record for longest spaceflight by a woman

Current Affairs: Mobile Application and Portal

1. The Election Commission of India has launched Voter Turnout app for the voters

Current Affairs: Sports

1. American professional golfer Tiger Woodsclinched his fifth Master title
2. India’s HarsheelDani clinched Dutch International badminton title
3. Chilean professional tennis playerChristian Garinwon his first ATP title in the final of the US Men’s Clay Court Championships in Houston
4. Ethiopian runners Gelete Burka and AbrhaMilaw win 2019 Paris Marathon race

5. ICC partners with UNICEF to deliver ‘One Day for Children’ at Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019

6. Former Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) president Jose Maria Marin has been banned for life from all football activities by FIFA

7. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has imposed a hefty fine of one lakh seventy-six thousand Euros on Pakistan Hockey Federation
8. India’s Bajrang Punia has regained the world number one spot in the men’s 65-kilogram freestyle category
9. Chandigarh to host Asian Billiards, Snooker Championships
10. Services won their sixth Santosh Trophy title with a 1-0 victory over home side Punjab

Current Affairs: Books

Current Affairs: Obituaries

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