Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 4th week of January 2019. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming NIACL AO 2018-2019 and other competitive exams can make use of it.
Date | Important days | Theme |
January 24 | National Girl Child Day | – |
January 24 | Uttar Pradesh foundation day | – |
January 25 | National Voters Day | No Voter to be left behind |
January 26 | Republic Day | – |
January 26 | International Customs Day | SMART borders for seamless Trade |
January 29 | Data privacy day | – |
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Theme of the forum | Regulation of Homeopathic Medical Products; Advancing Global Collaboration |
Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy | ShripadNaik |
Constituency | North Goa |
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Minister of Information and Broadcasting | Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore |
Constituency | Jaipur Rural, Rajasthan |
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WesternRailway Headquarter | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
WesternRailway General Manager | Anil Kumar Gupta |
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ICAR Headquarters | New Delhi |
ICAR Director | TrilochanMohapatra |
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Minister for Commerce and Industry | Suresh Prabhu |
Constituency | Andhra Pradesh, RajyaSabha |
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Israel Capital | Jerusalem |
Israel Currency | New Shekel |
Israel President | ReuvenRivlin |
USA Capital | Washington, D.C. |
USA Currency | US Dollar |
USA President | Donald Trump |
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Saudi Arabia Capital | Riyadh |
Saudi Arabia Currency | Riyal |
Saudi Arabia King | Salman of Saudi Arabia |
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Pakistan Capital | Islamabad |
Pakistan Currency | Rupee |
Pakistan Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
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USA Capital | Washington DC |
USA Currency | Dollar |
USA President | Donald Trump |
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China Capital | Beijing |
China Currency | Renminbi, Yuan |
China President | Xi Jinping |
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Iran Capital | Tehran |
Iran Currency | Iranian rial |
Iran President | Hassan Rouhani |
Syria Capital | Damascus |
Syria Currency | Syrian pound |
Syria President | Bashar al-Assad |
2. Maharashtra government launched special scheme to curb infant deaths
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Maharashtra Capital | Mumbai |
Maharashtra Chief Minister | DevendraFadnavis |
Maharashtra Governor | C. VidyasagarRao |
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Rajasthan Capital | Jaipur |
Rajasthan Chief Minister | Ashok Gehlot |
Rajasthan Governor | Kalyan Singh |
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Tamil Nadu Capital | Chennai |
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister | Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
Tamil Nadu Governor | BanwarilalPurohit |
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Assam Capital | Dispur |
Assam Chief Minister | SarbanandaSonowal |
Assam Governor | JagdishMukhi |
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Goa Capital | Panaji |
Goa Chief Minister | ManoharParrikar |
Goa Governor | MridulaSinha |
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Punjab Capital | Chandigarh |
Punjab Chief Minister | Amarinder Singh |
Punjab Governor | V.P. Singh Badnore |
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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 |
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Kerala Capital | Thiruvananthapuram |
Kerala Chief Minister | PinarayiVijayan |
Kerala Governor | P. Sadasivam |
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Madhya Pradesh Capital | Bhopal |
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister | Kamal Nath |
Madhya Pradesh Governor | Anandiben Patel |
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Andhra Pradesh Capital | Hyderabad, Amaravathi |
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister | Chandrababu Naidu |
Andhra Pradesh Governor | ESL Narashiman |
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UttarakhandCapital | Dehradun |
UttarakhandChief Minister | Trivendra Singh Rawat |
UttarakhandGovernor | Baby Rani Maurya |
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OdishaCapital | Bhubaneswar |
Odisha Chief Minister | Naveen Patnaik |
OdishaGovernor | GaneshiLal |
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Uttar Pradesh Capital | Lucknow |
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister | Yogi Adithiyanath |
Uttar Pradesh Governor | Ram Naik |
21. First SwadeshDarshan project inaugurated in Sikkim
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Sikkim Capital | Gangtok |
Sikkim Chief Minister | Pawan Kumar Chamling |
Sikkim Governor | Ganga Prasad |
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ICICI Bank Headquarters | Mumbai |
ICICI Bank MD and CEO | SandeepBakhshi |
ICICI Bank Tagline | Hum Hain Na! |
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BhartAirtel Headquarters | New Delhi |
BhartAirtel CEO | GopalVittal |
Tata Teleservices’ Headquarters | Mumbai |
Tata Teleservices’ CEO | SrinathNarasimhan |
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Yes Bank Headquarters | Mumbai |
Yes Bank MD and CEO | RanaKapoor |
Yes Bank Tagline | Experience our Expertise |
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State Bank of India Headquarters | Mumbai |
State Bank of India Tagline | With you all the way, Pure Banking Nothing Else, The Nation’s banks on us. |
State Bank of India MD and CEO | Rajnish Kumar |
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IDBI Bank Headquarters | Mumbai |
IDBI Bank MD and CEO | Rakesh Sharma |
IDBI Bank Tagline | Banking For All, “AaoSocheinBada”. |
LIC Headquarters | Mumbai |
LIC Chirman | HemantBhargav |
LIC Tagline | ZindagikeSaathbhi, zindagikebaadbhi |
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DHFL Headquarters | Mumbai |
DHFL Chairman and Managing Director | KapilWadhawan |
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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 |
12. State Bank of India set to own 15% in Jet Airways
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State Bank of IndiaChairman | Rajnish Kumar |
State Bank of IndiaHeadquarters | Mumbai |
State Bank of IndiaTagline | The Banker to every Indian |
13. IndiaFirst Life Insurance buys 9 percent stake in CSC e-Governance Services
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IndiaFirst Life Insurance Headquarters | Mumbai |
IndiaFirst Life Insurance CEO | R. M. Vishakha |
CSC e-Governance Services CEO | Dinesh Tyagi |
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NABARD Headquarters | Mumbai |
NABARD Chairman | Harsh Kumar Bhanwala |
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SEBI Headquarters | Mumbai |
SEBI Chairman | Ajay Tyagi |
Agyey Kumar Azad | Punjab National Bank has a new Executive Director |
PiyushGoyal | Interim Finance Minister and Minister of Corporate |
Ravneet Gill | MD and CEO of Yes Bank |
RonojoyDutta | IndiGo CEO |
Parthasarathi Mukherjee | Lakshmi Vilas Bank MD and CEO (Reappoint) |
Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar | Vice Chief of Navy Staff (VCNS) |
DilipSadarangani | part time Chairman of Federal Bank |
Civil Aviation Secretary Rajiv NayanChoubey | Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) |
Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah | Malaysia’s new king |
PoonamKhetrapal Singh | Regional Director of World Health Organization South-East Asia |
SunjaySudhir | India’s Ambassador to the Maldives |
BK Divakara | Executive Director (ED) of Central Bank of India |
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IRDAI Headquarters | Hyderabad |
IRDAIChairperson | Subhash Chandra Khuntia |
Rishabh Pant | ICC Men’s Emerging Cricketer of 2018 |
Pranab Mukherjee,NanajiDeshmukh, BhupenHazarika | Bharat Ratna |
S. No | Category | Winner |
1.
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody” |
2. | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Glenn Close, “The Wife” |
3. | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Mahershala Ali, “Green Book” |
4. | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Emily Blunt, “A Quiet Place” |
5. | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | “Black Panther” |
6. | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries | Darren Criss, “Assassination of Gianni Versace” |
7. | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries | Patricia Arquette, “Escape at Dannemora” |
8. | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | Jason Bateman, “Ozark” |
9. | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series | Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve” |
10. | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series | Tony Shalhoub, “The MarvelousMrs.Maisel” |
11. | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series | Rachel Brosnahan, “The MarvelousMrs.Maisel” |
12. | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | “This Is Us” |
13. | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | “The MarvelousMrs.Maisel” |
14. | Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series: | “Glow” |
15. | Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture | “Black Panther” |
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Theme | ‘Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution’ |
Switzerland Capital | Bern |
Switzerland Currency | Franc |
Switzerland President | Alain Berset |
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Tamil Nadu Capital | Chennai |
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister | Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
Tamil Nadu Governor | BanwarilalPurohit |
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Maharashtra Capital | Mumbai |
Maharashtra Chief Minister | DevendraFadnavis |
Maharashtra Governor | C. VidyasagarRao |
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ISRO Headquarters | Bangalore |
ISRO Director | Kailasavadivoo Sivan |
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Kuwait Capital | Kuwait City |
Kuwait Currency | Dinar |
Kuwait Emir | Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah |
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Southern Railway Headquarter | Chennai |
Southern Railway General Manager | R.K. Kulshrestha |
2. According to Cisco’s ‘Data Privacy Benchmark Study’ for 2019, India ranks sixth in General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) readiness index
4. According to the annual index by global watchdog Transparency International India has improved its ranking on a global corruption index in 2018 by three points and moved to 78th position with a score of 41
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Transparency International Headquarters | Berlin, Germany |
Transparency International Managing Director | Patricia Moreira |
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France Capital | Paris |
France Currency | Euro, CFP Franc |
France President | Emmanuel Macron |
Chief of Indian Army | BipinRawat |
Vice Chief of Indian Army | DevrajAnbu |
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Chief of the Naval Staff | Admiral Sunil Lanba |
Vice Chief of the Naval Staff | Admiral Ajit Kumar |
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DRDO Headquarters | New Delhi |
DRDO Chairman | G. Satheesh Reddy |
Raghbir Singh Bhola | Former India hockey player |
BhanuPrakash Singh | Former Union minister, ex-Goa Governor |
Krishna Sobti | Hindi writer |
Michel Legrand | French composer |
George Fernandes | Former Defence Minister |
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