Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (1st to 7th August 2019)

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Current Affairs: Important Days

Date	Important days	Theme
August 1 to 7	World Breastfeeding Week	“Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding”.
August 1	World Wide Web Day	–
August 6	Hiroshima Day	–
August 7	National Handloom Day	–

Current Affairs: National

1. Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched Atal Community Innovation Centre (ACIC) in New Delhi
2. Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel on flagged off a mobile library bus service in Delhi

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Delhi Capital	New Delhi
Delhi Chief Minister	Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi Governor	Anil Bijal

3. 10 historic monuments to be open from sunrise till 9 p.m
4. India and UK have launched a joint initiative named Innovating for Clean Air (IfCA) in Bengaluru

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UK Capital	London
UK Currency	Pound Sterling
UK Prime Minister	Boris Johnson

5. Government to set up JV firm ‘Khanij Bidesh India Ltd’ (KABIL) to ensure strategic minerals supply
6. Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has set up a task force on Employment under the chairmanship of NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy
7. Union home minister Amit Shah will head a panel of ministers to combat mob lynchings in the country
8. One Nation-One Ration Card scheme launched on a pilot basis in 4 states (Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat)
9. Government launched vernacular Agro Advisory App ‘Meghdoot’ for farmers
10. Government revokes Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, bifurcates state into two UTs
11. Centre has approved the Rs. 4,900 crore project for interlinking of Kosi and Mechi rivers of Bihar
12. President Kovind has given his assent to The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India, AERA (Amendment) Bill- 2019
13. Rajya Sabha has passed Consumer Protection Bill 2019

Current Affairs: International

1. The US Treasury has officially labeled China a “currency manipulator”

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China Capital	Beijing
China Currency	Renminbi, Yuan
China President	Xi Jinping

Current Affairs: State

1. Maharashtra government decides to waive off exam fees for class 10^th and 12^th students hailing from drought-affected districts of the state
2. World’s first hyperloop transportation system to come up at Maharashtra

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Maharashtra Capital	Mumbai
Maharashtra Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra Governor	Chinamani Vidyasagar Rao

3. West Bengal Government has launched an awareness campaign ‘Save Green, Stay Clean’ in Kolkata for preserving the greenery and keeping the environment clean.
4. Kolkata to get India’s first underwater Metro below the riverbed of the Hooghly River

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West Bengal Capital	Kolkata
West Bengal Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Governor	Jagdeep Dhankhar

5. Noida got its first ‘Pink Toilet’ dedicated to women with facilities for sanitary napkins and baby care.

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Uttar Pradesh Capital	Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Governor	Anandiben Patel

6. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has launched the ‘Vhali Dikri Yojna’ for the welfare of girl child

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Gujarat Capital	Gandhinagar
Gujarat Chief Minister	Vijay Rupani
Governor	Acharya Dev Vrat

7. Mohali traffic police have launched 3-D Smart Traffic Signal devised by the students of a Chandigarh university

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Punjab Capital	Chandigarh
Punjab Chief Minister	Amarinder Singh
Punjab Governor	V P Singh Badnore

Current Affairs: Banking and Finance

1. India received the highest-ever FDI inflow of $64.37 billion during the fiscal ended March 2019
2. CRISIL cuts India’s GDP growth to 6.9% from 7.1% for FY20 (2019-20)

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CRISIL Headquarters	Mumbai
CRISIL MD & CEO	Ashu Suyash

3. Postal department decides to convert India Post Payments Bank to a small finance bank (SFB)
4. Growth of eight core industries dropped to 0.2 per cent in June
5. SBI Shanghai becomes 1st Indian bank to link up with China payment system

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SBI Headquarters	Mumbai
SBI Tagline	The banker to every Indian
SBI Chairman	Rajnish Kumar

6. National Housing Bank to provide liquidity infusion facility of Rs. 10,000 crore to HFCs

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National Housing Bank Headquarters	New Delhi
National Housing Bank Managing Director	Sarada Kumar Hota

7. RBI allows Bank of China to offer regular banking services in India
8. Third bi-monthly monetary policy statement 2019-20

Reserve Bank of India cuts repo rate by 35 basis points to 5.40 %

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RBI Headquarters	Mumbai
RBI Governor	Shaktikanta Das
RBI Deputy Governor	BP Kanungo, N S Vishwanathan, and Mahesh Kumar Jain
Repo Rate	5.40 %
Reverse Repo	5.15 %
Bank Rate	5.65 %
Marginal Standing Facility Rate (MSF)	5.65 %
SLR	18.75 %
CRR	4 %

9. RBI has imposed a fine of Rs. 50 lakh on Punjab National Bank for delay in flagging the fraud

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Punjab National Bank  Headquarters	New Delhi
Punjab National Bank CEO	Sunil Mehta
Punjab National Bank Tagline	The name you can bank upon

10. Microsoft and Publicis Sapient have partnered with Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank (AGTB) to launch the world’s first end-to-end digital trade finance bank

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Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank (AGTB) Headquarters	Abu Dhabi, UAE

11. Sovereign Gold Bonds (Series III )2019-20 will be opened on August 05-09, 2019
12. Clearcorp to launch forex trading platform for bank customers

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Federal Bank Headquarters	Aluva, Kerala
Federal Bank CEO	Shyam Srinivasan
Federal Bank Tagline	Your Perfect Banking Partner

Current Affairs: Business

1. Bharti Airtel will shut down its 3G network across India’s 22 telecom circles by March 2020
2. Flipkart launches ‘Samarth’ to empower Indian artisans, weavers and craftsmen
3. Apple in partnership with Goldman Sachs has started the issue of its Credit Card that is named “Apple Card”.
4. India’s Reliance industries to buy majority stake in Google-backed Fynd for $42.3 million

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Apple Headquarters	California, United States
Apple CEO	Tim Cook
Goldman Sachs Headquarters	New York, United States
Goldman Sachs CEO	David M. Solomon

Current Affairs: Appointments

Rajiv Kumar	Finance Secretary
Atanu Chakraborty (Economic Affairs secretary)	Nominated on central board of RBI
Rakesh Asthana ( Director General of Security (Civil Aviation))	Additional charge of Director General Narcotics Control Bureau
Ruhan Rajput (Co-founder and Director of Einfolge Technologies Pvt Ltd)	‘Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 2019’ (In the category of Service Business – BPO/KPO)
DD News (Doordarshan) news channel of India	“Champions of Empathy Award” (for spreading awareness about hepatitis)
Siddhartha Mohanty	MD & CEO of LIC HFL
Guruprasad Mohapatra	Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
Ravi Capoor	Textiles Secretary
Noel Quinn	Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) interim Chairman
Rajesh Kumar Srivastava	New director (exploration) of  ONGC
Sandeep Kumar Gupta	New director (finance) of IOC
Kandikuppa Sreekant	Power Grid Corporation of India Limited Chairman & Managing Director

Current Affairs: Awards and Honours

1.	Ravish Kumar	Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019 (for ‘ethical journalism’)
2.	Bhasha Mukherjee (India-born doctor)	Miss England 2019
3.	Ram Nath Kovind	Order of Merit (highest award of Republic of Guinea)
4.	Naaz Joshi (India)	Beauty pageant Miss World Diversity Title (3rd Consecutive time)

Current Affairs: Ranking

1. India has been ranked as the 46th highest risk country in the world in the Water Stress Index 2019
2. India has slipped to 7th position in in the World Bank’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)ranking

Current Affairs: MoU

1. India has extended $500,000 assistance to Gambia for skill development and cottage industry projects

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Gambia Capital	Banjul
Gambia Currency	Gambian dalasi
Gambia President	Adama Barrow

Current Affairs: Science and Technology

1. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) laid the foundation stone for the Space Situational Awareness Control Centre in Bengaluru
2. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test-fired Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) from a test range in Odisha

DRDO Headquarters	New Delhi
DRDO Chairman	G Satheesh Reddy

Current Affairs: Summit and Conference

1. The 45th WorldSkills Competition will be held at the KAZAN EXPO International Exhibition Centre in Kazan, Russia

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Russia Capital	Moscow
Russia Currency	Russian Ruble
Russia President	Vladimir Putin

2. 22nd National Conference on e-Governance 2019 to be held at Shillong, Meghalaya

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Meghalaya Capital	Shillong
Meghalaya Chief Minister	Conrad Sangma
Meghalaya Governor	Tathagata Roy

3. Bangkok hosts 52nd edition of ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting

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Thailand Capital	Bangkok
Thailand Currency	Thai baht
Thailand Prime Minister	Prayut Chan-o-cha

4. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to lead delegation in 4th South Asian Speaker’s Summit in Maldives

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Maldives Capital	Malé
Maldives Currency	Rufiyaa
Maldives President	Ibrahim Mohamed Solih

5. Conference on good governance to be held in Jaipur in November

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Rajasthan Capital	Jaipur
Rajasthan Chief Minister	Ashok Gehlot
Rajasthan Governor	Kalyan Singh

Current Affairs: Defence

1. India has signed a deal worth around Rs 1,500 crore to acquire R-27 air-to-air missiles from Russia

Current Affairs: Books

Author	Book
Hilary Rodham Clinton and her daughter Chelsea Clinton	“The Book of Gutsy Women”

Current Affairs: Sports

1. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar wins gold in Men’s Rifle 3 Positions (3P) at Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi memorial shooting in New Delhi
2. Tinjit Dhanota and Esha Singh won the Men’s and Women’s 10 metres Air Pistol gold medal at Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi memorial shooting in New Delhi
3. Pakistan’s 34-year-old pacer Wahab Riaz is set to retire from Test cricket
4. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes driver) has won the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix 2019
5. Vinesh Phogat has win the gold in women’s 53kg category at Poland Open wrestling tournament in Warsaw
6. Dwayne Johnson, popularly known as ‘The Rock’, has officially announced his retirement from WWE
7. Former New Zealand all-rounder Daniel Vettori’s jersey number 11 has been retired
8. South Africa bowler Dale Steyn has announced his retirement from Test cricket
9. Franky Zapata crossed the English Channel on Jet powered hoverboard on 2nd Try

Current Affairs: Obituaries

Person	Field
Subir Gokarn	Economist and  former RBI deputy governor
V G Siddhartha	Founder of Cafe Coffee Day
Malcolm Nash	Former England county cricketer and coach
Devadas Kanakala	Noted Telugu actor
Anant Setalvad	Cricket commentator
Kanti Bhatt	Gujarati journalist
Sushma Swaraj	Former Union External Affairs Minister
Jennifer Chandran	Former Tamil Nadu fisheries Minister

 

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