Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (22nd to 31st March 2019)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 4^thweek of March 2019. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming LIC/SBI Bank Exams and other competitive exams can make use of it.

Current Affairs: Important Days

Current Affairs: National

1. India achieved 84 % reduction in TB deaths among HIV patients
2. According to the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2018, India reduced its poverty rate from 55 %to 28 % between 2005-06 and 2015-16.
3. The Home Ministry announcedthat the next census of India will be carried out in 2021 with March 1 of that year.
4. The Commerce Ministry launched a blockchain-based coffee e-marketplace in New Delhi.

5. NTPC to set up 25 MW floating solar power plant at Simhadri, Andhra Pradesh

Current Affairs: International

1. High-Level Dialogue onIndo-Pacific cooperation held at Indonesia

2.    India-funded educational campus inaugurated in Nepal

3.      Italy becomes first G7 nation to join China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative

4. The world’s largest e-waste recycling facility hasopened at the Dubai Industrial Park

5. ThePakistan government has approved a proposal to establish SharadaPeethcorridor

6. EU parliament approved ban on single use plastics
7. Israeli researchers have discovered the world’s longest salt cave near the desert site

8. Shanghai’s Hongkou has become the world’s first district with 5G coverage
9. According to IUCN report the hump-backed mahseer is now ‘critically endangered’

Current Affairs: State

1. India’s deepest shaft cave Krem Um Ladaw was recently discovered in East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya

2.    EC comes up with PWD app for over two lakhs Divyang voters in Maharashtra

3. Silver Medalist in Paralympic high jump,GirishGowda has been appointed as ambassador of Karnataka LokSabha Elections 2019
4. A yarn bank has been set up at the Mysore Powerloom Silk Manufacturers Cooperative Society to benefit the state’s weavers

5. Telangana government launched digital portal GlobalLinker (ts-msme.globallinker.com) for MSMEs

6.      Tashigang in Himachal Pradesh is world’s highest polling station

7. Assam Chief Electoral Officer MukeshSahu launched the Enajori initiative in Guwahati
8. Bongaigaon district administration of Assam has developed a mobile app ‘Sankalp’ to particularly reach out to the first-time voters.

9. Tripura ranks second position with respect to the highest number of child marriage among girls aged 15 years to 19 years

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Current Affairs: Banking and Finance

1.       Deutsche Bank is to set up bad-loan buying unit in India

2. The country’s largest lender SBI has raised Rs. 1,251.30 crore by issuing Basel III-compliant additional tier-I bonds

3. India’s foreign exchange (FOREX) reserves surged by $3.602 billion to $405.638 billion in week to March 15, 2019
4. RBI has appointed 5-member committee under the chairmanship of NandanNilekani to further deepen digital payments
5. RBI has slapped a penalty of Rs. 2 crore on Punjab National Bank for non-compliance of regulatory directions with regard to SWIFT operations
6. RBI raised the investment limit for FY2019-20 forFPI in G-Secs to 6 % from 5.5% in FY2018-19

7. Bank of Baroda will develop an agri-digital platform called ‘Baroda Kisan’ in order to provide solutions for all major agricultural requirements

8. ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund launches Bharat Consumption Scheme
9. PNB sell its stake in PNB Housing Finance to General Atlantic and Varde Partners for Rs. 1,851.60 crore

10.   India’s April-February fiscal deficit at 134% of FY target

Current Affairs: Business

1. NSEIT, the IT-services focused subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange has acquired Aujas Networks Ltd

Current Affairs:Cabinet Approval

• The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister, Narendra Modihas signedMemorandum of Understanding (MoUs)   in February with various countries in the field of Housing, Youth Affairs and earth sciences.
• Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi approved MoU between India andIndonesiaon combating illicit trafficking on narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and its precursors. The MoU will help both the countries in mutual cooperation in regulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and also in combating drug trafficking.
• Union Cabinet was Cabinet apprised about the MoU signed between India and Morocco for cooperation on youth matters. The MoU will strengthen and encourage cooperationbetween the two countries on youth matters.
• MoU signed between India and Morocco to promote exchange of information and technical cooperation in the fieldofHousing and Human Settlement.
• The Memorandum of Understanding signed between India and Argentina in February 2019 on Antarctic Cooperation to help Scientific Cooperation on projects in the field of Earth Sciences. It will also help in the protection and conservation of Antarctica and Southern Oceans.
• MOU signed between India and Saudi Arabia for cooperation in the field of Housing.It will promote technical cooperation between both the countries including affordable / low income housing and will also enhance participation of authorities and companies in the housing and infrastructure projects.
• Union Cabinet has given ex-post facto approval for the MoU signed in February between India and Republic of Koreaon Startup Cooperation. It will facilitate and promote bilateral cooperation between the startups of both countries.
• The Union cabinet also approved acquiring land of Central Water Commission at Nallagandla, Hyderabad by Telangana State Government for road widening.
• Creation of additional posts of three Judicial Members and three Technical Members in the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT).

Current Affairs: Ranking

1. Finland has topped a global happiness ranking for the second year in a row
2. Piyush Goyal, Harsh Vardhan in ‘World’s 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy for 2019’

3.  India ranked 76th on WEF’s global Energy Transition index

4. Samsung, Tata Motors, Apple, Hero MotoCorp and Nike are the top-five consumer-focused brands in the country, according to TRA
5. Adani became first Indian port operator to record 200 MMT cargo movement
6. According to the Skytrax World Airport Awards Singapore’s Changi Airport has been crowned the world’s best aviation hub for the seventh time in a row
7. Vijaywada Railway Station Gets ‘Gold Rating’ For Green Measures

Current Affairs: Appointments

Current Affairs: Resignation

Current Affairs: Awards and Honours

64th VimalElaichiFilmfare Awards 2019: Complete winners’ list

• Members from all quarters of Bollywood got together to honour the best of Hindi cinema in 2018 at Jio Garden, Mumbai for the 64th VimalElaichiFilmfare Awards 2019.

Current Affairs: Summit and Conference

1. NITI Aayog has organised one day FinTech Conclave at Dr. Ambedkar International Center, New Delhi

2. International seminar on ‘Sanskrit: a common treasure for India & Nepal’ held in Kathmandu

3. Nepal Investment Summit to be organised on March 29-30 in Kathmandu

Current Affairs: Science and Technology

1. Flipkart has introduced a robot-based sortation technology at its Soukya sortation center in Bengaluru
2. Italy’s new Earth-observation satellitenamed PRISMA (PrecursoreIperspettraledellaMissioneApplicativa) launched from the Guiana Space Centre
3. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch 29 satellites including the primary payload EMISAT, on the first of April
4. India successfully conducts A-SAT missile test under ‘Mission Shakti’

5. Facebook launched two new India-specific tools ‘Candidate Connect’ and ‘Share You Voted’ to boost civic engagement on its platform during the general elections
6. ISRO launched the ‘Young Scientist Programme’ YUVIKA for school children
7. IIT-Delhi researchers developed AI-based detector for malaria, TB, cervical cancer
8. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has successfully converted petroleum waste-product toluene into benzoic acid
9. Teslahas developed its ‘largest power storage system in Asia’ at Osaka train station inJapan to reduce energy demand

Current Affairs: Mobile Application

1. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) launched a new podcast app ‘ShikshaVani’
2. Hyper local connectivity app ‘Bhonga’ launchedbyLinkusInfratech

Current Affairs: MOU

1. ADB has inked an agreement to invest USD 50 million in solar energy project developer Avaada Energy Pvt Ltd

2. Pakistan will receive a loan worth 15 billion yuan ($ 2.1 billion) from China by next week

3. Japan has donated 69 million dollars to the United Nations World Food Programme

4.  Oman signs agreement allowing United States military to use its ports

5. eBay announced adding Google Pay to its suite of payment options as part of its move to intermediate end-to-end payments
6. Apple partners with Goldman Sachs and Mastercard for Apple Card
7. India-African Union sign MoU on strengthening cooperation in healthcare sector

8. India and the US signed an agreement for exchange of country-by-country (CbC) report to check tax evasion by MNCs

9. Infosys and Roland-Garros Grand Slam tennis tournament, also called the French Open, announced a three-year strategic technology partnership
10. Power Finance Corporation (PFC) completed the acquisition of majority stake in (REC) Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd by transferring Rs. 14,500 crore to the government
11. IIT-Kharagpur partnered with Wipro for advanced research in 5G and AI

 Current Affairs: Defence

1. Indian and Myanmar armies carried out a military operation named `Operation Sunrise’ to wipe out insurgent camps
2. Three Indian Naval Ships namely INS Sujatha, INS Shardul& INS Sarathi have reached the port city of Beira in Mozambique to provide immediate Humanitarian Assistance
3. Ministry of Defence has cleared the proposal to procure 10 lakh hand grenades for the Indian Army under its Make in India programme
4. Indian Air Force will participate in Langkawi International Maritime Aero Expo (LIMA 2019) to be held in Langkawi, Malaysia
5. Indian Air Force (IAF) formally inducted the four heavy-lift Chinook helicopters.
6. The Indian Navy’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Training Facility (NBCTF) was inaugurated at INS Shivaji in Lonavala
7. India and Australia will conduct AUSINDEX 2019 bilateral naval exercise off the coast of Vishakhapatnam
8. First Indian Army mountaineering expedition to Mt Makalu flagged off
9. Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division (SED) has bagged a Rs. 1,200 crore contract from the defence ministry
10. The second joint logistics node of tri-services has become operational at Naval base in Mumbai, Maharashtra
11. Indian Navy has received Combat Management System (CMS) for first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant.
12. Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) became the ‘first Indian shipyard’ to build and deliver 100 warships.

Current Affairs: Book

Current Affairs: Sports

1. India returned with 368 medals, including 85 gold, at the Special Olympics World Summer Games, held at Abu Dhabi, UAE
2. India defeats Nepal to win SAFF Women’s Championship for fifth time
3. Sri Lanka’s LasithMalinga will retire from international cricket after next year’s Twenty20 World Cup to be held in Australia
4. Chinadefeated Japan 3-2 to win the 2019 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships
5. Manu Bhaker-Saurabh Chaudhary wins senior gold in Asian Airgun C’ship
6. 31-year-old Hopman Cup replaced by new ATP Cup
7. International Olympic Committee (IOC) has recommended adding breakdancing, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games

8. Australian Graham Reid is set to be named as the Indian men’s hockey team chief coach till the 2022 World Cup
9. Australia legend Tim Cahill retires from all forms of football

 India Open 2019 Winners List

• The 2019 India Open was held at K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall in India.

Lingshui China Masters Badminton Tournament 2019 – Complete winner list

• The 2019 Lingshui China Masterswas a badminton tournament held at Agile Stadium in China from 12 to 17 March 2019
• The tournament was the first Super 100 tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour.

Current Affairs: Obituaries

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