Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 3rd week of August 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 |
| August 17 | Indonesian Independence Day | – |
| August 19 | World Photography Day | – |
| August 19 | World Humanitarian Day | #WomenHumanitarians |
| August 20 | World Mosquito Day | – |
| August 20 | Sadbhavna Divas | – |
| August 21 | World Senior Citizen’s Day | – |
| August 21 | International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism | – |
| August 22 | International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief | – |
Current Affairs: National
- CBDT to attach Documentation Identification Number (DIN) to each communication from Oct 1
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| CBDT – Central Board of Direct Taxes |
| CBDT Headquarters | New Delhi |
| CBDT Chairman | Pramod Chandra Mody |
- Air India become the first Indian airline to fly over the North Pole
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| Air India Headquarters | New Delhi |
| Air India Chairman & MD | Ashwani Lohani |
- India has got its first National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL) finalised by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
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| Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) |
| ICMR Headquarters | New Delhi |
| ICMR Director General | Balram Bhargava |
- All Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel will now retire at a uniform age of 60 years
- Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) launched new scheme ‘Scientific and Useful Profound Research Advancement (SUPRA) for high quality research funding
- HRD Ministry launched the National Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancements (NISHTHA) to train over 42 lakh teachers
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| Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) | Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ |
| Constituency | Haridwar, Uttarakhand |
- Railways’ second double-decker Uday Express will run between Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada
- Centre has launched San-Sadhan Hackathon for Divyang accessible toilets
- Committee formed to advise government on ‘Fit India Movement’under the chairmanship of sports minister KirenRijiju
- Government to launch an e-commerce portal called ‘Bharatcraft’to help SMEs
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved a Committee to review the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) to strengthen ‘Make in India’
| Defence Minister | Raj Nath Singh |
| Constituency | Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh |
Current Affairs: International
1.Ban imposed on unauthorized drone flying in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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| Bangladesh Capital | Dhaka |
| Bangladesh Currency | Taka |
| Bangladesh Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
- Japan surpassed China in June as the top holder of US Treasuries
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| JapanCapital | Tokyo |
| JapanCurrency | Japanese yen |
| JapanPM | Shinzo Abe |
Current Affairs: State
- Andhra CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched Village Volunteers System
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| Andhra Pradesh Capital | Hyderabad, Amaravathi |
| Andhra Pradesh CM | Jagan Mohan Reddy |
| Andhra Pradesh Governor | Biswabhusan Harichandan |
- Nagaland State Police Department got its first Laboratory-cum-Training Centre for Prevention of Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPAWC)
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| Nagaland Capital | Kohima |
| Nagaland CM | Neiphiu Rio |
| Nagaland Governor | R. N. Ravi |
- President Ram NathKovind inaugurated an underground Bunker Museum at Raj Bhavan Mumbai.
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| Maharashtra Capital | Mumbai |
| Maharashtra CM | Devendra Fadnavis |
| Maharashtra Governor | Chinamani Vidyasagar Rao |
- Nine-day national tribal festival, AadiMahotsav, begins at Leh in Ladakh
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| Jammu & Kashmir Capital | Jammu & Srinagar |
| Jammu & Kashmir CM | Vacant |
| Jammu & Kashmir Governor | Satya Pal Malik |
- Lucknow city’s iconic Hazratganj Chauraha has been renamed as the ‘Atal Chowk’, in honour of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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| Uttar Pradesh Capital | Lucknow |
| Uttar Pradesh CM | Yogi Adithiyanath |
| Uttar Pradesh Governor | Anandiben Patel |
- Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel announced the formation of ‘Lemru Elephant Reserve’ in Chattisgarh
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| Chhattisgarh Capital | Atal Nagar |
| Chhattisgarh CM | BhupeshBaghel |
| Chhattisgarh Governor | Anusuiya Uikey |
- Manipur CM has launched the “School Fagadaba” (Make education bettter) scheme to improve school infrastructure and overall education quality
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| Manipur Capital | Imphal |
| Manipur CM | N Biren Singh |
| Manipur Governor | Padmanabha Acharya |
- Gujarat to get country’s first Chemical Engineering & Technology Institute
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| Gujarat Capital | Gandhinagar |
| Gujarat Chief Minister | Vijay Rupani |
| Gujarat Governor | Acharya Dev Vrat |
- Punjab government launched health insurance scheme ‘Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojna
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| Punjab Capital | Chandigarh |
| Punjab CM | Amarinder Singh |
| Punjab Governor | V P Singh Badnore |
- Karnataka ranks the best among states for setting up a rooftop solar project, according to the Attractiveness Index (SARAL) released by Minster of New and Renewable Energy and Power R K Singh
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| Karnataka Capital | Bangalore |
| Karnataka CM | B S Yediyurappa |
| Karnataka Governor | Vajubai Rudubai Wala |
- Haryana government increasedthe income limit for BPL family to Rs 15000 per month
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| Haryana Capital | Chandigarh |
| Haryana CM | ManoharlalKathar |
| Haryana Governor | Satyadev Narayan Arya |
Current Affairs: Banking and Finance
- Denmark’s ‘Jyske Bank’ has launched the world’s first negative interest rate home loan
- Axis Bank ex-chief Dharmesh Mehta along with investors to acquire 100% stake in IDFC Securities
- Government has removed debenture reserve requirement (DRR) for HFCs, NBFCs, listed firms
- NPCI and Japan Credit Bureau (JCB) International have launched a new credit card – RuPay JCB Global Cards in Mumbai
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| National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) |
| Headquarters | Mumbai |
| MD & CEO | DilipAsbe |
- BookMyForex partners with YES Bank to launch Forex Card on Visa network
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| Yes Bank CEO | Ravneet Gill |
| Yes Bank Tagline | Experience our Expertise |
| Yes Bank Headquarters | Mumbai |
- RBI has been decided to extend the operating hours of RTGS from 7:00 am instead of 8 am
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| RBI Headquarters | Mumbai |
| RBI Governor | Shaktikant Das |
| RBI Deputy Governor | BP Kanungo, N S Vishwanathan, and Mahesh Kumar Jain |
Current Affairs: Business
- Government relaxes norms for shares with differential voting rights
- Amazon India opens its largest campus in the world in Hyderabad
Current Affairs: Appointments
| VG Somani | Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) |
| Manmohan Singh | Elected to the RajyaSabha from Rajasthan |
| MadhuDeora (CFO of the Paytm) | Paytm President |
| RavinderTakkar | CEO of Vodafone Idea |
| Dutee Chand | Brand ambassador for Puma |
| Russell Domingo | Head coach of Bangladesh Cricket |
| Ajay Kumar Bhalla | Union home secretary |
| Ajay Kumar | Defence Secretary |
| AbdallaHamdok | Sudan’s new Prime Minister |
Current Affairs: Awards and Honours
| K Sivan (ISRO chief) | APJ Abdul Kalam Award by Tamil Nadu Government (award carries 8 gm gold medal, Rs. five lakh in cash) |
| Actor Steve Coogan | Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy by the British Academy’s Los Angeles branch |
| ‘100 years of Chrysostom,’ by filmmaker Blessy | Guinness world book of records as longest documentary with its duration of 48 hours and 8 minutes |
| Dr K Thangaraj ( Chief Scientist at CSIR- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)) | JC Bose Fellowship |
| NavneethMurali ( Indian-American teenager ) | $3,000 South Asian Spelling Bee (SAS Bee)2019 |
| MeetaNarain (JNU Professor) | ‘Pushkin Medal – 2019’ (highest honour given to an Indian scholar by the Russian government) |
- Mumbai Youth ChinmayPrabhu solves 9 Pyraminxe (pyramid-shaped rubik’s cube) puzzles in underwater, creates new Guinness World Record
- PrasarBharati will introduce 2 awards namely ‘Neelum Sharma Tejaswini award’ & ‘AchyutanandaSahoo Award’ in honor of Neelum Sharma
Current Affairs: Summit and Conference
- Annual exhibition Construction Architecture & Interior (CAI) EXPO 2019 begins in Hyderabad
- 28th BASIC Ministerial Meeting 2019 on Climate Change held in Sao Paulo, Brazil
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| Brazil Capital | Brasilia |
| Brazil Currency | Brazilian real |
| Brazil President | JairBolsonaro |
- HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ inaugurates two-day international conference on teacher education by NCTE in New Delhi
- Sheikh Hasina and SaniaMirza to co-chair World Economic Forum’s India Economic Summit
Current Affairs: Ranking
- Dwayne Johnson leads Forbes list of highest-paid actors
Current Affairs: MOU
1. PM Modi launches RuPay card in Bhutanand signed 10 MoUs to infuse new energy in India-Bhutan ties
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| Bhutan Capital | Thimphu |
| Bhutan Currency | Bhutanese ngultrum, Indian rupee |
| Bhutan Prime Minister | Lotay Tshering |
- Wipro ties up with IISc Bengaluru for innovative solutions in AI, robotics, 5G
- India provides Rs 233 crore financial aid to Nepal for infrastructure projects
- Acko General Insurance has partnered with ZestMoneyto offer credit insurance
Current Affairs: Science and Technology
- India’s first private space museum inaugurated in Hyderabad
- IIT-Madras researchers have developed a multimodal robotic system Called ‘GraspMan,’ with good grasping, manipulation and locomotion abilities
Current Affairs: Books
| Author | Book |
| Rajiv Dogra | “Second Night” |
| Iqbal Chand Malhotra& Maroof Raza | ‘Kashmir’s Untold Story: Declassified’ |
| Edited and translated by Dr.Tridip Suhrud (launched by Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel) | The Diary of Manu Gandhi’ (originally written in Gujarati language) |
Current Affairs: Defence
- Indian Army has won the 5th International Army Scout Masters competition held at Jaisalmer Military Station in Rajasthan
- Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) handed over the design of Mobile Metallic Ramp (MMR) to the Indian Army
Current Affairs: Sports
- ViratKohli become the first batsman to score 20,000 international runs in a decade
- BCCI has agreed to come under the ambit of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)
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| Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) |
| BCCI Headquarters | Mumbai |
| BCCI CEO | Rahul Johri |
- Deepak Punia becomes India’s first Junior Wrestling World Championin 18 years
- Liverpool to beat Chelsea 5-4 on penalties to win the UEFA Super Cup in Istanbul
- India win gold at Under -12 Asian Tennis Team championship in Kazakhstan
- Hima Das and Mohammad Anas have won a gold each in 300m races at the Athleticky Mitink Reiter event in Czech Republic
- Uganda beat Zambia in Victoria Rugby Cup game at the Kyadondo ground in Kampala
- Assistant Inspector General AshishKapoor clinches two gold medals at World Police and Fire Games (WPFG) 2019 held at Chengdu in China.
- Kreishh Gurbaxani won the Bombay Gymkhana Youth Snooker Open
- Russia’s Daniil Medvedev of and Madison Keys of the US won the men’s and women’s singles titles of the Cincinnati Masters respectively
- Australia’s batsman Marnus Labuschagne has become the first cricketer in the world to be a ‘concussion substitute’ in test cricket
- England football player Ashley Cole announced his retirement from football
- Mumbai to host prestigious World Youth Chess Championship 2019
- ViratKohli retains top spot in the latest ICC Test rankings
- Former Australia pacer Mitchell Johnson has been elected as an honorary member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
- BCCI awards title sponsorship rights to Paytm for five more years
- Para swimmer Satendra Singh Lohia from Madhya Pradesh has become the first Asian swimmer to cross the Catalina Channel of America.
- Indian Sports Minister KirenRijiju and BhaichungBhutia Flag-off ‘OP-Blue Freedom’ a nation-wide adaptive scuba diving programme
Current Affairs: Obituaries
| Person | Field |
| VidyaSinha | Veteran Bollywood actress |
| Madan Mani Dixit | Nepal’s veteran Journalist |
| VB Chandrasekhar | Former India cricket player |
| Neelum Sharma | Veteran journalist and senior anchor at Doordarshan (DD) News |
| Ranjit Guru | journalist and columnist |
| Richard Williams | Three-time Oscar-winning Animator |
| Jagannath Mishra | Former Bihar Chief Minister |
| SahuraMallick | Former Odisha MLA and Senior Congress leader |
| UmeshBhatBhavikeri | former MLA of Ankola, Karnataka |
| Zahur Khayyam Hashmi | Music Composer |
| Babulal Gaur | Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister |
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