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

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of 1^st week  November 2019. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming IBPS Clerk 2019 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

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Current Affairs: Important Days

Current Affairs: National

1. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has released a special commemorative coin on Paramahansa Yogananda to mark his 125th Birth Anniversary

2. Government has increased the target for e-transactions in the financial year ending March 2020 to 45 billion (by volume) from 40 billion
3. The government has accorded ‘Maharatna’ status to state-owned Hindustan Petroleum and Power Grid Corporation

4. Mumbai (Creative City of Films) and Hyderabad (Creative City of Gastronomy) have been included in UNESCO’s network of ‘Creative Cities’ on the occasion of World Cities Day 2019

5. Minister for Environment and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar stated that all the 5 lakh government vehicles on conventional fuel will be converted into e-vehicle in a phased manner
6. Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region Dr. Jitendra Singh announced that Bamboo Technology Parks would be set up in the two new Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh
7. PM Modi released a commemorative coin marking the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev in Bangkok

8. According to Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE)India’s unemployment rate in October rose to 8.5% from 7.2% in September
9. Coal India Ltd to meet one billion tonne production target and look to achieve the goal by 2023-24

10. Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar has launched 3 Apps:uan registration, e-inspection and digi locker,developed by EPFO at its 67^th Foundation Day
11. Amit Shah inaugurated the Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO) Joint Exercise on Urban Earthquake Search and Rescue(SCOJtEx) in New Delhi
12. AYUSH Minister Yesso Naik inaugurated National Research Institute of Unani Medicine for Skin Disorders (NRIUMSD) at Hyderabad
13. Atal Pension Yojana (APY), an emblematic government pension scheme to cover workers in the unorganized sector, has crossed the subscriber mark of Rs 1.9 million
14. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled two new IT Initiatives – ICEDASH and ATITHI for improved customs clearance

15. First ever containerised cargo movement via Indo-Bangladesh protocol route and Brahmaputra river will start from West Bengal’s Haldia
16. Prakash Javadekar will attend the 15th meeting of the Governing Council of South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP) in Dhaka

17. The Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) launched the SkillsBuild platform in collaboration with IBM

18. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar released the fifth edition of Wastelands Atlas – 2019.

19. Government approved to set up of 25,000 crore alternative investment fund (AIF) to revive stalled housing projects

Current Affairs: International

1. Singapore-based AirCarbon Pte launched the worlds’ first blockchain-based carbon trading exchange
2. China to roll out world’s largest 5G mobile phone network

3. Australian Government announces 2020 New Colombo Plan India Mobility Grants

Current Affairs: State

1. Tamil Nadu has become the first State in the country to enact a law on contract farming

2. The Kolkata International Film Festival will start on November 8

3. The French Development Agency (AFD) and the Government of Assam signed a 50 million euro (Rs 400 crore) project agreement to restore Assam’s forest ecosystems and preserve their biodiversity

4. Odisha government signed agreements with Tata Strive and Tech Mahindra for skill upgradation

Current Affairs: Banking and Finance

1. ICICI Bank announced that it has crossed a milestone of issuing 2 million FASTag till date

2. Government e-Marketplace (GeM) has signed MoU with Indian Bank and Canara Bank for payment related services

3. According to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) India’s gross domestic product (GDP) to grow 6.6% in 2020-24

4. ADB will provide a $451 million (about Rs 3,200 crore) for Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC) power links in Tamil Nadu

5. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank has launched Instant Digital savings and Instant Fixed Deposit account

Current Affairs: Business

1. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has fixed call ring time at 30 seconds for mobile phones and 60 seconds for landline phones

2. Tech Mahindra Ltd has acquired New York based BORN Group for $95 million

Current Affairs: Appointments

Current Affairs: Resignation

Current Affairs: Awards and Honours

Current Affairs: Summit and Conference

1. The 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit begins in Bangkok

2. 3^rd Global Ayurveda Summit 2019 inaugurated in Kochi, Kerala

3. The 7th India – US Economic and Financial partnership meeting was held in New Delhi.

4. Biennial Commonwealth Law Ministers’ Conference began in Colombo under the theme Equal Access to Justice and the Rule of Law
5. Katowice to host 2019 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) congress
6. 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting to be held in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland

7. PM Modi inaugurates 5^th India International Science Festival 2019 in Kolkata

8. First ever ‘BIMSTEC Ports’ Conclave’ held in Vishakhapatnam

Current Affairs: Science and Technology

1. IIIT Hyderabad researchers created the first ever Indian Brain atlas (IBA)
2. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi to set up Space Technology Cell in collaboration with ISRO

3. Robotic surgery facility inaugurated at Centre-run Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi
4. IIT-Madras, in collaboration with Phoenix Medical Systems, launched the country’s first indigenously-designed standing wheelchair named ‘Arise’

5. China launches Sudan’s first satellite “SRSS-1” (Sudan Remote Sensing Satellite) by a Chinese Long March 4B satellite launch vehicle

Current Affairs: MoU

1. Siemens Limited has signed a MoU with NTPC, TERI on decarbonisation, energy transition

2. MSTC Ltd has signed an agreement with Allahabad Bank for the development of a dedicated e-Auction platform

Current Affairs: Defence

1. India and Uzbekistan will carry out a joint military exercise ‘Dustlik-2019’ at Chirchiq training area in Uzbekistan

2. Indian Army to have first Dhanush regiment by March 2020 and will get all 114 guns by 2022
3. US- Bangladesh Navy exercise named ‘Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)- 2019’ started in Chattogram, Bangladesh
4. GRSE delivered ‘Annie Besant’ fast patrol vessels (FPV) to the Indian Coast Guard

5. Indian Coast Guard’s two-day rescue exercise ‘ReSAREX- 19’ conducted off Goa shore

Current Affairs: Sports

1. Shiva Thapa(63kg) and Pooja Rani(75kg) clinched gold at Olympic Test event for Boxing
2. India’s Lakshya Sen has won the SaarLorLux Open badminton tournament at Saarbrücken in Germany
3. South Africa beat England to win the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan
4. Indian wrestler Pooja Gehlot (53kg) wins Silver in UWW Under-23 World Championships in Budapest
5. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes – Finland) has won the Formula One, United States Grand Prix 2019

6. Ashleigh Barty beats Elina Svitolina to win the WTA Finals title

7. Novak Djokovic beats Denis Shapovalov to win fifth Paris Masters title
8. Ireland Women’s Amy Kenealy has announced her retirement from international cricket

Current Affairs: Obituaries 

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