Daily Current Affairs & GK 31 March 2019

● 30 March : World Idli Day

● 30 March : World Bipolar Day

● Adani Becomes 1st Indian Port Operator To Record 200 MMT Cargo Movement

● PNB Sells 13.01% Stake In Housing Finance Arm For Rs1851.60 Cr

● Book ” Indian Fiscal Federalism ” Authored By Dr. Y. V. Reddy & Dr. G. R. Reddy Launched

● Pentagon Diversion Of US $1 Billion For US-Mexico Border Wall

● 16th Meeting Of The Canada-India Joint Working Group On Counter-Terrorism In Ottawa

● Merger Of Dena Bank & Vijaya Bank With BOB Which Would Be Effective From 1st April 2019

● Hitachi Payment Services Appointed Rustom Irani As a Managing Director

● Mayank Agarwal Appointed As Brand Ambassador Of Aeronutrix’s Fast&Up Rope

● PFC Has Been Named As The India’s 2nd Largest Govt-Owned Financial Firm After SBI

● Between Qatar and France Signed in Security deal for
Doha FIFA World Cup 2022

● Argentina Striker Gonzalo Higuain Retired From International Football

● Journalist Prafulla Rajguru dead at The Age Of 82

● 1,000 Railway Dtations In India Are Now Wi-Fi Enabled : RailTel

● Dhanbad Best City For 4G Availability In India : Study

● The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award Has Been Awarded by Dr. Rajendra Kumar Joshi

● Home Ministry Announced That The Next Census of India Will Be Carried Out In 2021

● England Football Team Captain Harry Kane Received The MBE Award

● India & Bolivia Sign 8 MoUs In Various Fields Including Culture , Mining , Space

● Over 600,000 Older Japanese Live In Social Isolation

● GIC India CMD Alice G. Vaidyan Wins ET Prime ‘ Woman CEO Of The Year ‘ Award

● Sanju Samson Scores The 1st Century Of IPL 2019

● The Govt Gives GI Tag To 5 Coffee Varieties .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 30 March 2019

● 30 March : World Idli Day

● 30 March : World Bipolar Day

● Adani Becomes 1st Indian Port Operator To Record 200 MMT Cargo Movement

● PNB Sells 13.01% Stake In Housing Finance Arm For Rs1851.60 Cr

● Book ” Indian Fiscal Federalism ” Authored By Dr. Y. V. Reddy & Dr. G. R. Reddy Launched

● Pentagon Diversion Of US $1 Billion For US-Mexico Border Wall

● 16th Meeting Of The Canada-India Joint Working Group On Counter-Terrorism In Ottawa

● Merger Of Dena Bank & Vijaya Bank With BOB Which Would Be Effective From 1st April 2019

● Rustom Irani Appointed As Hitachi Payment Services’ Managing Director

● Mayank Agarwal Appointed As Brand Ambassador Of Aeronutrix’s Fast&Up Rope

● PFC Has Been Named As The India’s 2nd Largest Govt-Owned Financial Firm After SBI

● FIFA World Cup 2022 Security Deal Signed Between Qatar & France In Doha

● Argentina Striker Gonzalo Higuain Retired From International Football

● Journalist Prafulla Rajguru Passed Away At The Age Of 82

● 1,000 Railway Dtations In India Are Now Wi-Fi Enabled : RailTel

● Dhanbad Best City For 4G Availability In India : Study

● Dr. Rajendra Kumar Joshi Has Been Awarded With The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award

● Home Ministry Announced That The Next Census of India Will Be Carried Out In 2021

● England Football Team Captain Harry Kane Received The MBE Award

● India & Bolivia Sign 8 MoUs In Various Fields Including Culture , Mining , Space

● Over 600,000 Older Japanese Live In Social Isolation

● GIC India CMD Alice G. Vaidyan Wins ET Prime ‘ Woman CEO Of The Year ‘ Award

● Sanju Samson Scores The 1st Century Of IPL 2019

● The Govt Gives GI Tag To 5 Coffee Varieties .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 29 March 2019

● Singapore’s Changi Airport Has Been Crowned The World’s Best Aviation Hub

● New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport Ranked At 59th In Skytrax World Airport Awards

● Delhi Govt School Teacher Manu Gulati Honoured With Martha Farrell Award 2019

● Vice Admiral MA Hampiholi Has Been Appointed As Director General Naval Operations

● Abhay Thakur Appointed As The Next Ambassador Of India To The Republic Of Benin

● Vivek Gupta Designated As Director Of SAIL In Raw Materials & Logistics

● PolicyX.com Has Named Virender Sehwag As Its Brand Ambassador

● Telangana Government Unveiled Its Digital Portal For MSMEs

● Israelis Cave Explorers Unveiled ‘ World’s Longest Salt Cave ‘

● Hyper Local Connectivity App ” Bhonga ” Launched In Mumbai

● Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar Appointed Deputy CM Of Goa

● Wipro & IIT-Kharagpur Partner For Advanced Research In 5G And AI

● SECL Crosses 150MT Coal Production In 2018-19 Fiscal

● Nepal Investment Summit 2019 Will Be Held In Kathmandu

● Malayalam Writer & Poet Ashita Passes Away At The Age Of 63

● Indian Foreign Secretary Gokhale Is On A 2 Day Visit To Nepal

● Diljit Dosanjh Unveiled His Wax Statue At The Madame Tussauds Museum In New Delhi

● Virat Kohli 2nd Batsman After Suresh Raina To Score 5000 IPL Runs

● Assam CEO Mukesh Sahu Launches ” Enajori ” Initiative In Guwahati

● ECI Appoints K K Sharma As Special Central Police Observer For Andhra Pradesh & Telangana

● ECI Appoints Vivek Dube As Special Central Police Observer For West Bengal & Jharkhand

● IIT-Delhi Develops AI-Based System To Detect Malaria , Other Diseases .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 28 March 2019

● Apple Partners With Goldman Sachs And Mastercard For Apple Card

● India Achieves 84 % Reduction In TB Deaths Among HIV Patients : UN

● Tata Power SED Bags Rs 1,200 Cr Contract From Defence Ministry

● Social Activist Ghulam Nabi Rather Passed Away

● 8 Newly Appointed Members Of Lokpal Take Oath Of Office

● Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Amartya Sen Awarded Oxford University Bodley Medal

● Cabinet Approves Pact Between India – South Korea On Startup Cooperation

● Former Maharashtra Badminton Player Ramesh Nabar Passed Away

● Neha Upadhyaya Selected By Yale University Among 2019 World Fellows

● Maruti Suzuki Board Re-Appointed Kenichi Ayukawa As MD & CEO For 3 Years

● India Has Reduced Its Poverty Rate Drastically From 55% To 28% In 10 years

● Infosys Joined Hands With Roland-Garros To Provide Digital Solution For French Open Tennis Tournament

● Himachal’s Tashigang ( 15,256ft ) Is World’s Highest Polling Station

● India Becomes The 4th Country To Test Anti-Satellite Missile System

● Australia’s Graham Reid To Be Appointed As India Men’s Hockey Coach

● India & S Korea Enter Final Of 28th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

● Punjab & Haryana High Court Has Barred The Mentioning Of Caste In The FIRs

● Facebook Has Launched 2 New India-Specific Tools ‘ Candidate Connect ‘ & ‘ Share You Voted ‘

● Justice ( Retd. ) DK Jain Will Be BCCI’s Ad-Hoc Ethics Officer : COA

● Savita Punia To Lead Indian Women’s Hockey Team In Malaysia Tour

● Govt Decides To Infuse Around Rs 5000 Cr Into Bank Of Baroda

● Cabinet Approves MoU Between India-Croatia In The Field Of Tourism

● Yoshua Bengio , Geoffrey Hinton & Yann LeCun Awarded With The 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award

● Vedanta Limited Has Discovered Oil In The Krishna Godavari Basin

● India-African Union Sign MoU On Strengthening Cooperation In Healthcare Sector

● Lt Gen Rajesh Pant To Take Over As New National Cyber Coordination Centre’ Chief .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 27 March 2019

● 26 March : Epilepsy Awareness Day

● 27 March : World Theatre Day

● Indian Navy’s Nuclear Training Facility ” ABHEDYA ” Launched

● RBI Appoints 5 Member Committee To Deepen Digital Payments

● Samsung Topped India’s Most Consumer-Focused Brands 2019

● Folk Artiste & Radio Commentator Anasuya Devi Passes Away

● S S Kumaran Appointed Next Ambassador Of India To The Kingdom Of Morocco

● N S Srinath Appointed As Non-Executive Chairman Of Karur Vysya Bank

● Centre Has Set Up ” Yarn Bank ” In Karnataka For Weavers

● Bank Of Baroda To Develop Agri-Digital Platform ‘ Baroda Kisan ‘

● Croatia Honours President Kovind With Highest Civilian Award ‘ The Grand Order Of The King Of Tomislav ‘

● India Becomes World’s 4th Largest Space Super Power

● ECI Appoints K K Sharma As A Spl. Central Police Observer For LS Polls In West Bengal & Jharkhand

● 1st Indian Army Mountaineering Expedition To Mt Makalu Flagged Off

● Rajesh Pendharkar Takes Over As Flag Officer Commanding Maharashtra Naval Area

● Manu Bhaker-Saurabh Chaudhary Bag Gold Medal In 10m Air Pistol Mixed Event At Asian Airgun C’ship

● India – Bangladesh Will Start A Cruise Service That Would Take Passengers Through The Sunderbans To Dhaka

● Comoros President Azali Assoumani Re-elected With Over 60% Of Votes

● RBI Slaps Rs 2 Cr Penalty On PNB For Non-Compliance Of Regulatory Directions

● India-Australia Joint Naval Exercise AUSINDEX To Begin April 2 At Visakhapatnam

● RBI Slaps Rs 2 Cr Penalty On PNB For Violation Of SWIFT Norms

● LIMA 2019 Aero Expo Held In Langkawi , Malaysia

● India’s Fighter Jet Tejas Take Part In Malaysia’s LIMA 2019 Expo

● India-Croatia Economic Forum Meeting Held In Zagreb , Croatia

Daily Current Affairs & GK 26 March 2019

● Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal Resigned From The Board

● ECI Launched ‘ PWD App ‘ For Divyang Voters

● 2019 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Trophy Clinched By China

● World’s Largest e-Waste Recycling Hub Opens In Dubai

● Rubber Skill Development Council (RSDC) Has Launched ‘ Project Saamrath ‘

● Pakistan Govt Approved A Proposal To Open The Sharada Peeth Corridor For Hindu Pilgrims

● India – Oman Backed USD 3.85 Billion Oil Refinery Project Begins In Sri Lanka

● Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Launched The Housing Scheme For 2019

● Lalit Kala Academy Announces 60th National Academy Awards Winners

● Chandrayaan-2 To Carry NASA’s Laser Instruments To Moon

● Ajio.com Appoints Anita Devraj Mookerjee As Head of Brand Marketing

● ISRO To Launch 29 Satellites Including The ‘ EMISAT ‘ On April 1 , 2019

● Janak Kumar Garg Appointed As The Commissioner Of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS)

● Axis Bank Opened Its 4,000th Branch At Pune , Maharashtra

● INS Kadmatt At Langkawi , Malaysia To Participate In LIMA-19

● ISRO Has Launched Programme For School Children Called ” Young Scientist Programme ”

● Indian-Sri Lankan Armies To Conduct Military Exercise ‘ Mitra Shakti VI ” From Today

● Vijayawada Railway Station Has Received Gold Rating By The Indian Green Building Council

● ICICI Prudential AMC Launched ” Bharat Consumption Scheme ”

● BFI Appoints Serbian Veselin Matic As Coach Of Indian Men’s Basketball Team .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 25 March 2019

● Justice PK Mishra Appointment As Acting Chief Justice Of Chhattisgarh HC

● AK Tripathi Appointment s Member Of Lokpal

● Italy’s Earth-Watching PRISMA Satellite Launched By Vega Rocket

● Lingshui Masters Badminton Tournament 2019 Held In China

● Navin Chawla’s New Book Titled ‘ Every Vote Counts ‘ Was Launched

● Japan Has Donated $69 Million To The United Nations World Food Programme

● NITI Aayog Is Organising FinTech Conclave At New Delhi

● Oman Signs Agreement Allowing United States Military To Use Its Ports

● Peter Tabichi Has Won The Global Teacher Prize For 2019

● K. Govindaraj Has Been Re-Elected As President Of The Basketball Federation Of India

● Suresh Raina Becomes 1st Batsman To Reach 5000 IPL Runs

● Italy Becomes 1st G7 Nation To Join China’s BRI

● Archana Kamath Clinched A Silver Medal At Oman Open Table Tennis

● CBSE Plan To Add Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) And Yoga As New Subjects

● Norway To Put World’s 1st Wireless E-Cab Charging Stations

● 64th Filmfare Awards 2019 Was Held At Jio Garden , Mumbai

● Indonesia Launched Its 1st Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) System

● 4 Boeing Heavy-Lift Chinook Helicopters , CH-47F (I) Was Inducted In Indian Air Force

● Sweden Topped In WEF Global Energy Transition Index

● India Ranks 76th On WEF Global Energy Transition Index

● China Ranks 82th On WEF Global Energy Transition Index

● India Achieves 84 % Reduction In TB Deaths Among HIV Patients: UN .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 24 March 2019

● 24 March : World Tuberculosis ( TB ) Day

● World Tuberculosis ( TB ) Day 2019 Theme : ” It’s Time ”

● Tata Coffee Appoints Chacko Purackal Thomas As MD And CEO

● India Extends Rs. 35.5 Million Financial Grant To Nepal

● Delhi IGI Airport Becomes The 12th Busiest In The World : ACI Report

● Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (US) Most Busiest In The World : ACI Report

● Amateur International Boxing Federation (AIBA) President Gafur Rahimov Resigned

● IIT Madras Partnered With ESPNcricinfo To Launch ‘ Superstats ‘ To Analyse Cricket Statistics

● Saina Nehwal Named As TSJA Sports Person Of The Year

● Pullella Gopichand Named As TSJA Coach Of The Year

● MG Motor Signs Benedict Cumberbatch As India Brand Ambassador

● Tim Stone Appointed As Chief Financial Officer ( CFO ) Of Ford

● Book ‘ The Great Disappointment ‘ Authored by Salman Anees Soz Released

● Vice Admiral Karambir Singh As The Next Chief Of Naval Staff

● Fifa Bans Former Ecuador Football Chief Luis Chiriboga For Life

● Electric Vehicle Charging Stations To Be Established In Bengaluru

● Indian American Neomi Rao Sworn In As Judge Of District Of Columbia Court .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 23 March 2019

● 24 March : World Tuberculosis ( TB ) Day

● 23 March : World Meteorological Day

● World Meteorological Day 2019 Theme : ” The Sun , The Earth And The Weather ”

● Indian Air Force To Participate In LIMA 2019 At Langkawi , Malaysia

● Deutsche Bank Is To Set Up Bad-Loan Buying Unit In India

● Aamir Khan Appointed As PhonePe’s Brand Ambassador

● Terror Camps On India-Myanmar Border Destroyed – ” Operation Sun Rise ”

● Girish N Gowda Has Been Appointed As Karnataka Loksabha Elections 2019 Ambassador

● AIIMS Delhi Launches Mobile Methadone Vans To Provide Treatment

● Facebook Will Organise ‘ Al For India Summit ‘ On 26 March In Bengaluru

● Pakistan Will Receive Over 2 Billion US Dollars Loan From China

● India Has Clinched The SAFF Women’s Championship For The 5th Time

● India’s Deepest Shaft Cave Discovered In Meghalaya

● Blockchain Product ‘ eMulya ‘ To Launched By Intain Fintech

● Indian Word ‘ Chuddies ‘ Added To Oxford Dictionary

● RBI Denies IDBI Banks Proposal To Name Change

● Rear Admiral S J Singh Takes Over Charge Of Western Fleet Commander

● Former SC Judge P C Ghose Takes Oath As Lokpal

● Vice Admiral Karambir Singh To Be Next Navy Chief

● President Kovind To Visit Croatia , Bolivia & Chile From Mar 25 .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 22 March 2019

● 22 March : World Water Day

● World Water Day 2019 Theme : ‘ Leaving No One Behind ‘

● 15th Finance Commission To Visiting Mizoram On 25-26 March , 2019

● SBI Inks Pact With Bank Of China For Business Opportunities

● Brazilian Astronomer Marcelo Gleiser Wins 2019 Templeton Prize

● 1st High-Level Dialogue On Indo-Pacific Cooperation Held In Jakarta , Indonesia

● Piyush Goyal Among ‘ World’s 100 Most Influential People In Climate Policy For 2019 ‘

● Fitch Cuts India GDP Growth Forecast For FY20 To 6.8%

● Tokyo 2020 Olympics Unveiled A Cherry-Blossom Shaped Torch For The Games

● Kane Williamson Gets Sir Richard Hadlee Medal For Men’s Player Of The Year

● Govt Clears Proposal To Buy 10 Lakh Hand Grenades For Indian Army

● Chennai City FC Crowned As The l–League Champion

● Sardar Singh Appointed In Olympic Council Of Asia (OCA) Standing Committee

● Delhi School Of Economics Wins ‘ SBI Numero YONO ‘ Contest

● India & Peru Hold 4th Round Of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Talks In Lima

● Former SC Judge Satya Brata Singh Passes Away At The Age Of 75

● Junior Davis Cup & Fed Cup To Be Held In Bangkok

● 15th Special Olympics World Games 2019 Held In Abu Dhabi

● India Wins 368 Medals At the 15th Special Olympics World Games

● Ashis Nandy Honoured With Hans Kilian Award 2019

● India One Of World’s Fastest-Growing Large Economies : IMF

● 28th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup In Ipoh , Malaysia

● India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (Ind-Indo Corpat) Began At Port Blair

● 22 March : Bihar Is Celebrating Its 107th Foundation Day Today

● Former Indian Cricketer Gautam Gambhir Joins BJP

● Central Board Of Secondary Education (CBSE) Launched Its App ‘ Shiksha Vani ‘ .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 21 March 2019

● 21 March : International Day Of Forests

● International Day Of Forests 2019 Theme : ‘ Forests & Education ‘

● 21 March : World Poetry Day

● 21 March : International Day For The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination

● Mizoram Assembly Passed A New Bill Named Mizoram Maintenance Of Household Registers Bill , 2019

● Finland Topped In The Happiest Country In The World List 2019

● India Ranked 140th In The Happiest Country In The World 2019 List

● South Sudan Are The Most Unhappy Ranked 156th In The World 2019 List

● Italy To Join China’s Belt And Road Initiative

● Pakistan Ranked 67th In The Happiest Country In The World 2019 List

● Bangladesh Ranked 125th In The Happiest Country In The World 2019 List

● China Ranked 93th In The Happiest Country In The World 2019 List

● ‘ Special Stamp Cover On Ice Stupas ‘ Released By Department Of Post

● Google Has Unveiled Its Cloud Gaming Service Called ” Stadia ”

● SpiceJet Has Joined Global Airlines’ Grouping ‘ IATA ‘ As A Member

● ADB To Invest USD 50 Million In Solar project Developer Avaada Pvt Ltd.

● Xiaomi Launches ” Mi Pay ” Wallet In India With ICICI Bank

● Priyanka Chopra Has Been Named In USA Today’s 50 Most Powerful Women In Entertainment List

● India Jave Lost The Hosting Rights Of The Junior Davis Cup & Fed Cup

● Tsunekazu Takeda The Head Of Japan’s Olympic Committee (JOC) Is Stepping Down

● India Have Entered The Final Of 5th South Asian Football Federation , SAFF Women’s Championship

● Anurag Bhushan Has Been Appointed Next High Commissioner Of India To Malawi

● 34th Meeting Of Goods & Services Tax (GST) Council Was Held In New Delhi

● Sudin Dhavalikar , Vijay Sardesai Appointed Goa Deputy CMs

● India Bags 362 Medals At Special Olympics World Games 2019 , Abu Dhabi

● K J Tokayev Sworn In As New President Of Kazakhstan

● Kazakhstan To Rename Country’s Capital Astana As Nursultan .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 20 March 2019

● 20 March : World Sparrow Day

● 20 March : World Storytelling Day

● 20 March : International Day Of Happiness

● International Day of Happiness 2019 Theme : ‘ Happier Together ‘

● Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Has Been Reappointed As The Independent Director Of Infosys

● Padmaja Has Been Appointed As The Next High Commissioner Of India To Fiji

● Maldives Sign Agreement With Exim Bank To Finance Infrastructure Projects

● Ola Signs MoU With Telangana To Implement Smart Traffic Solutions

● Indo-Sri Lanka Joint Exercise ‘ Mitra shakti-VI ‘ To Be Held In Sri Lanka

● Rear Admiral Krishna Swaminathan Assumed Charge As The New Flag Officer Sea Training

● IBBI , SEBI Sign MoU For Better Implementation Of Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code ( IBC )

● Gauri Sawant Becomes 1st Transgender Election Ambassador

● PM Modi Launches ‘ Main Bhi Chowkidar ‘ Campaign For Loksabha Election

● C Prem Kumar Clinched Gollapudi Srinivas Award For His Tamil Film ‘ 96 ‘

● Asian Wrestling Championship Taken Away From India , To Be Now Held In Thailand

● Steel Authority Of India Ltd (SAIL) Has Launched ‘ Smart Garbage Bins ‘

● Former Supreme Court Judge PC Ghose Appointed India’s 1st Lokpal

● Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev Has Announced His Resignation

● ECI Appoints Special Expenditure Observers For Maharashtra & Tamil Nadu

● 33rd Edition Of India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol Commences At Port Blair

● Karen Uhlenbeck Becomes 1st Woman To Win Abel Prize For Mathematics

● Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar Launched ” Conquer Exam , Be A Warrior ” App

● Irfan Sheikh Who Fought Against 3 Terrorists As 14-Yr-Old Awarded Shaurya Chakra

● Uttar Pradesh To Take Census Of Otters For The 1st Time

● Nepal Hosts International Sanskrit Conference 2019

● ICF Chennai Becomes Worlds Largest Rail Coach Manufacturer .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 19 March 2019

● ‘ Vijit ‘ Becomes The 1st Indian Coast Guard Ship To Visit Indonesia

● Bianca Andreescu Was Proclaimed Champion At The Indian Wells Master

● Fashion Designer Ritu Beri Appointed Cultural Ambassador Of Uzbekistan In India

● Climate Vulnerability Index Highest For Assam And Mizoram

● Sai Praneeth Finishes With Silver At Swiss Open Badminton Tournament

● Senior Journalist & Environmental Activist Darryl D’Monte Passes Away

● ” Cyclone Idai ” Hits Mozambique , Malawi , Zimbabwe

● Pramod Sawant Was Sworn-In As The New Chief Minister Of Goa

● K M Mammen Elected Chairman Of Automotive Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (ATMA)

● China Topped Medal Tally At Asian Youth Championships

● India Finishes 2nd In Medal Tally At Asian Youth Championships

● Asian Youth Athletics Championships Held In Hong Kong

● India Bags 188 Medals In Special Olympics World Games At Abu Dhabi

● Russian Soyuz Spacecraft Carrying NASA 3 Astronauts Successfully Docked International Space Station (ISS)

● 3rd Indo-Japan Workshop On Disaster Risk Reduction Held In New Delhi

● Hindi Writer Leeladhar Jagudi Will Be Honoured With The Vyas Samman 2018

● WhatsApp Has Partnered With NASSCOM To Deliver Digital Literacy Training

● Singapore , Paris & Hong Kong To Be The World’s Most Expensive Cities To Live In : Report

● Africa-India Field Training Exercise-2019 (AFINDEX-19) Begins In Pune

● Indian Writer Raghu Karnad Won Windham Campbell Prize

● Deal Signed To Host T10 League For Five Years In Abu Dhabi

● Renowned Social Psychologist Ashis Nandy Has Been Chosen For The Hans Kilian Award fmFor 2019

● Prajnesh Gunneswara Has Been Ranked 84th In ATP Rankings

● 2019 World Athletics Championships Will Be Held In Doha , Qatar

● Venezuelan Capital Caracas Is The Cheapest City In The World : Cost Of Living 2019

● Bengaluru , Chennai, Delhi Among World’s Cheapest Cities To Live In : Report

● ‘ i-help ‘ Initiative To Promote Digital Electoral Literacy In Assam Has Been Launched

● Net Direct Tax Collection Figure Has Crossed The Rs 10 Lakh Crore Mark .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 18 March 2019

● The 1st BRICS Sherpa Meeting Concluded At Curitiba In Brazil

● West Bengal Has The Maximum Number Of 1st-Time Voters Around 20.1 Lakh : EC Report

● 3rd Edition Of Namaste Thailand Festival Held In New Delhi

● SCO’s RATS Council Meeting Held In Tashkent , Uzbekistan

● SBI Launches Cardless ATM Withdrawal With YONO Cash

● Microsoft Launched Project ‘ Sangam ‘ To Boost India’s Swachh Bharat Mission

● Tata , Reliance & Airtel Ranked As Top 3 Indian Brands Of 2019 : Report

● Anurag Bhushan Appointed Next High Commissioner Of India To The Republic Of Malawi

● Ms.Padmaja Appointed Next High Commissioner Of India To The Republic Of Fiji

● Bandhan Bank Gets RBI Nod To Acquire Gruh Finance

● Cyclone ” Idai ” Hit The Mozambique City Of Beira

● Kamalpreet Kaur Wins Gold In Women’s Discus Throw Event At Federation Cup

● 4th UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-4) Took Place in Nairobi , Kenya

● National Convention Of ‘ War Decorated India ‘ Held In Chandigarh

● 1st Workshop On India Energy Modelling Forum Held In New Delhi

● ISRO & IIT Roorkee Have Signed A MoU For Setting Up Space Technology Cell

● India & Afghanistan Have Signed An MOU On Digital Education Initiatives

● Sushma Swaraj Begins 2 Day Visit To Maldives On Sunday

● IIT Kharagpur To Adopt Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) Educate Programme

● President Kovind Gives Away National Grassroots Innovators Awards .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 17 March 2019

● SC Appoints PS Narasimha As Mediator To Resolve Disputes Within BCCI

● RBI Identifies SBI , ICICI & HDFC Bank As Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs)

● Indo-Bangladesh Joint Military Exercise Sampriti – 2019 Concluded

● ” AFINDEX-19 ” A Joint Field Training Exercise Between Indian Army & 16 African Nations In Pune

● RBI Has Re-Categorised IDBI Bank As A Private Sector Lender

● Amitabh Kant Will Head The National Mission On Transformative Mobility & Battery Storage

● Major Tushar Gauba Of 20 JAT Regiment Was Given Kirti Chakra

● S S Mundra Appointed As Chairman Of Acuite Ratings

● Sourav Ganguly Appointed Delhi Captials Advisor For IPL 2019

● Infosys Would Open A Digital Innovation Centre At Bucharest in Romania

● France To Freeze All Assets Of Jaish-e-Mohammed Chief Masood Azhar

● Aviva Life Insurance Launches Special Mentorship Programme ‘ Wings ‘ To Empower The Female Workforce

● Virat Kohli On 7th Position In The 2019’s ESPN World Fame 100 List

● MS Dhoni On 13th Position In The 2019’s ESPN World Fame 100 List

● Cristiano Ronaldo Topped 2019’s ESPN World Fame 100 List

● Kent RO Awarded As The Best Domestic Water Purifier 2019

● Arvind Laddha Appointed As CEO Of Mercer India

● Dream11 Became Official Partner Of VIVO IPL 2019

● South Africa’s Duminy Announces Retirement From ODIs After 2019 World Cup

● Kathak Dancer Seema Mehta Has Been Conferred The ‘ Nari Shakti Puraskar ‘

● 1st Workshop On India Energy Modelling Forum Held In New Delhi

● HDFC Bank Launches ‘ Navachar Pustika ‘ Is A Compilation Of Innovative Teaching Ideas

● Arun Jaitley Awarded BusinessLine Changemaker Of The Year Award

● Swati Shingade Bags The 1st Prize Of DD Mahila Kisan Award

● India To Host U-17 Women’s Football World Cup In 2020

● Asian Youth Athletics Championships In Hong Kong .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 16 March 2019

● 15 March : World Consumer Rights Day

● Theme For World Consumer Rights Day 2019 : ‘ Trusted Smart Products

● 15 March : World Sleep Day

● World Sleep Day 2019 Theme : ‘ Healthy Sleep , Healthy Aging ‘

● Chennai City Has Won The 12th Hero I-League Football Championship

● Santosh Jha Appointed As The next Ambassador Of India To Uzbekistan

● President Kovind Will Inaugurate The Festival Of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (FINE) In Gandhinagar

● US – India Strategic Security Dialogue Held In Washington DC

● Padmanaban Gopalan Bagged The Commonwealth Youth Award For The Asian Region

● Argentina & Colombia Will Co-Host Copa America 2020

● Wipro Opens 3rd Industrial IoT Centre In Kochi

● Chief Of Army Bipin Rawat Was Conferred With The Param Vishisht Seva Medal

● M Ravi Kanth Gets Extension For 6 Months As HUDCO Chief

● U.S. Special Forces Hold Exercise With NSG In Hyderabad

● WEF Recoganisie Naresh Lokesh As Young Global Leader For 2019

● RBI Re-Categorizes IDBI Bank As A Private Sector Bank

● Karnataka Won Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy 2019

●1st Workshop On India Energy Modelling Forum Held

● Supreme Court Has Set Aside The Life Ban On Cricketer S Sreesanth

● 1st Afghan Shipment To India Via Chabahar Arrives In Mumbai’s Nhava Sheva Port

● Sweden’s 16-Year-Old Greta Thunberg Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize

● Former India Player Renedy Singh Named Neroca FC Coach

● DRDO Successfully Test Fired Man Portable Anti-tank Guided Missile

● 77th International Film Festival Of Malappuram (IFFM) Will Be Held At Malappuram , Kerala

● The Election Commission Of India (ECI) Is To Launch The ” Observer App ”

Daily Current Affairs & GK 15 March 2019

● A new species of frog known as ‘Starry Dwarf Frog’ found in Western Ghats

● Spanish football club Real Madrid reappoints Zinedine Zidane as its coach till 2022

●  Five time WWE World Heavyweight champion, Kurt Angle announced retirement

●  Art Historian and Picasso Biographer, Sir John Richardson died at the age of 95

●  Veteran Hindi Newsreader Vinod Kashyap passes away at 88

● India Smart Utility Week 2019 was inaugurated by Shri AK Bhalla

●  India observed Dandi March Day on 12th March, 2019

● Exclusion from NRC list will not affect the Voting Rights in the upcoming polls: Election Commission

●  Meghalaya CM tabled Rs 1223 cr tax free, deficit budget for 2019-20

● Mercer Released Its 21st Annual Quality Of Living Survey On March 13

● Vienna Grabs The Top Spot As The Most Liveable City In The World

● Hyderabad & Pune Topped In Mercer’s Most Liveable City In India Survey

● United States To Set Up 6 Nuclear Power Plants In India

● 9th Round Of The India-US Strategic Security Dialogue Held In Washington DC

Daily Current Affairs & GK 14 March 2019

● World Kidney Day Is Observed Annually On The 2nd Thursday In March

● World Kidney Day 2019 Theme : Kidney Health For Everyone Everywhere

● Tamil Nadu’s Erode Turmeric Gets GI Tag

● Microsoft’s Project Accelerates India’s Swachh Bharat e-Learning Portal

● Delhi Govt Sets-Up High-level Committee To Reform Higher Education

● HDFC Bank Becomes 3rd Indian Firm To Cross Rs 6 Trillion Market Cap

● HGS & NASSCOM To Launch Centre Of Excellence For PwDs In Bangalore

● India Bans Boeing 737 MAX 8 Planes After The Ethiopian Airlines Crash

● Ved Rahi Will Be Awarded With Kusumagraj Rashtriya Sahitya Puruskar

● Krishna Kumari Kohli Becomes The 1st Hindu Woman To Be Elected To The Senate Of Pakistan

● India Smart Utility Week (ISUW) 2019 Held In New Delhi

● British Parliament Rejected PM Theresa May’s Brexit Deal For A 2nd Time

● Industrial Growth Slows To 1.7% In January 2019 : Report

● Rahul Bajaj Resigns As Chairman Of Bajaj Finserv

● 15th Special Olympics World Games 2019 To Begin At Abu Dhabi In UAE

● Indian Oil Retained Their Bombay Gold Cup Hockey Crown

● Airbus India Launched ” Fly Again ” Programme For Women

● Govt Appointed MR Kumar As The Chairman Of LIC

● Govt Appointed V Anand & TC Suseel Kumar As The Managing Directors Of LIC

● Pakistan Successfully Test-Fires ‘ Smart Weapon ‘ From JF-17 Fighter Jet

● Britain Issues New ‘ Black Hole ‘ Coin In Honour Of Stephen Hawking

● Mercer Released Its 21st Annual Quality Of Living Survey On March 13

● Vienna Grabs The Top Spot As The Most Liveable City In The World

● Hyderabad & Pune Topped In Mercer’s Most Liveable City In India Survey

● United States To Set Up 6 Nuclear Power Plants In India

● 9th Round Of The India-US Strategic Security Dialogue Held In Washington DC

● India Awards 200 Golden Jubilee Scholarships To Nepali Students .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 13 March 2019

● New Visa Agreement Between India – Maldives Comes Into Effect

● PINAKA Guided Weapons System Successfully Test Fired From Pokhran

● Indian Gymnast Dipa Karmakar Selected As Barbie Role Model

● Saudi Arabia is Now The World’s Largest Arms Importer : SIPRI

● India Is The 2nd Largest Importer Of Arms In The World : SIPRI

● PNB Sanctions Loans Worth Rs 689 Cr To 1,600 MSMEs

● IIT Madras Developed ‘NERO’ For Generating Potable Water From Air

● IIT Kharagpur Students Created An Mobile App To Detect Fake Currency Notes

● Zinedine Zidane Re-Appointed As Coach Of Real Madrid Till 2022

● India-Oman Joint Military Exercise ‘ Al-Nagah ‘ Begins At Oman

● Arecanut Gets Its 1st GI Tag For ‘ Sirsi Supari ‘

● C Lalsawta Sworn In As The 1st Lokayukta Of Mizoram

● WHO Released The Global Influenza Strategy 2019-2030

● Bank of Baroda Becomes The 1st PSBs To Launch Creche/Day-Care Facility For Employees’ Children

● Geographical Indication (GI) Tag Was Granted To ‘ Erode Turmeric ‘ Tamil Nadu

● Indian Sundarban Was Accorded With The Status Of ‘ Wetland Of International Importance ‘ In The Ramsar Convention

● Namdev Tyagi Appointed As Chairman Of River Trust By The MP Govt

● Sanjana Singh Has Become The 1st Transgender In Madhya Pradesh To Get A Govt Job

● 5th South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) , Women’s Championship Held In Nepal

● IAAF Maintains Ban On Russian Athletics Over Doping Scandal

● India Has The 11th Largest Gold Reserve : WGC Report

● Nagesh Thakur Has Been Appointed As Member Of University Grants Commission ( UGC )

● J&K Gets Its 1st Palliative Care Centre For Cancer Patients

● Sona Yukti Has Been Given The Social Enterprise Network (SEN) Sustainability Award For Education

● 12 States In India Have Banned Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems ( ENDS )

● 76% Indian Businesses Hit By Cyber Attacks In 2018 : Survey

● IBM To Train Over 1 Million Female Students In India In 3 Years

● SBI Launched ‘ Doorstep Banking ‘ For Senior Citizens & Differently-Abled

● Industrial Growth Slows To 1.7% In January 2019 : Report

● Internet Of Things India Congress 2019 To Be Held On Aug 22-23 In Bengaluru

● Pakistan Has Been Elected As The Deputy Chairman Of The General Body Of OIC

● GoDaddy Partners With ICC As Official Sponsor For Cricket World Cup 2019

● Axis Bank Appoints Rakesh Makhija As Chairman For 3 Years

● UK Parliament Rejects Prime Minister’s Brexit Deal For A 2nd Time

● Election Commission Of India To Launch ‘ cVIGIL ‘ App On 18th March

● India Retain 2nd Spot In ICC Latest T20I Rankings

● India Approves USD 250 Million Investment For Infrastructure Projects In Nepal

● Internet User Base In India Has Exceeded 500 Million Mark : Report .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 12 March 2019

● Mohammad Shtayyeh Has Been Named As Palestinian Prime Minister

● Country’s 1st Oil Museum To Come Up In Guwahati , Assam

● Dr Alok Srivastava To Head Committee On Comprehensive Insurance Scheme For Advocates

● India’s 1st Holistic LGBTQ Clinic Was Inaugurated In Mumbai

● Community-Based HIV Treatment Centre Was Inaugurated In Mumbai

● Goa Govt Has Approved Setting Up 2 Information Technology (IT) Parks

● Hardeep Puri Launched The Indian Urban Observatory & Video Wall At New Delhi

● ED Appointed Anup Kumar Dubey & Sushil Kumar As Special Directors

● 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament At Helsinki In Finland

● J&K Govt To Give Monthly Stipend & Jobs For Those Who Shun Militancy

● Japan Govt Announced A Donation 22 Lakh To The Rabindra Bharati Museum In Kolkata

● ‘ Metro Man ‘ Sreedharan Appointed Principal Advisor To MRTCs In J&K

● Anup Kumar Dubey & Sushil Kumar Appointed Special Directors In ED

● Sitanshu Ranjan Kar Was Given A 6 Month Extension As Principal Director General Of The PIB

● President Ram Nath Kovind Conferred Padma Awards At Rashtrapati Bhawan

● 14th CII-EXIM Bank Conclave On India-Africa Project Partnerships To Be Held In New Delhi

● China’s Chen Yufei Has Won The Women’s Singles Title At All England Badminton Championships

● China’s Liu Hong Became The 1st Woman To Complete The Women’s 50km Race Walk Event In Less Than 4 Hours

● Japan’s Kento Momota Has Won The Men’s Singles Title At The All England Badminton Championships

● Intensive Pulse Polio Immunization Programme Launched In Nagaland

● Prasar Bharati Launches 11 New Regional DD Channels

● Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale Begins 3 Day Visit To The US

● Centre Approves Rs 12,020 Crore For Surat Metro Project

● AK Misra Has Been Appointed As The New Chairman Of Agricultural Scientific Recruitment Board

● Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik Announced 33% Quota For Women In The Allocation Of Lok Sabha Tickets Of BJD Party

● India Was The World’s 2nd Largest Importer Of Major Arms In 2014–18 : SIPRI

● DRDO Successfully Test Fired The Guided ” PINAKA ”

● C Lalsawta Was Sworn-In As The 1st Chairman Of Lokayukta In Mizoram

● Venkaiah Naidu Conferred Honorary Doctorate From The University Of Peace

● Russian Arms Exports To India Fell By 42% Between 2009-13 And 2014-18 : Report

● 34th Edition Of AAHAR – International Food & Hospitality Fair-Begins In New Delhi

● Admiral Sunil Lanba Chief Of The Naval Staff Visits UK From 12-15 March .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 11 March 2019

● National Women Livelihood Meet-2019 Held At Varanasi , UP

● CISF Celebrated Its 50th Raising Day On 10th March , 2019

● NCRB Will Celebrate Its 34th Inception Day On March 11 , 2019

● India Bags 1st Prize At The International ‘ Golden City Gate Tourism Awards 2019 ‘

● Businesses Need To Pay Up To Rs. 20 For Using Aadhaar Services : UIDAI

● Manpreet Vohra Appointed As The Next India’s Ambassador To Mexico

● S. Mubarak Appointed As The Next Ambassador Of India To The Republic Of El Salvador

● India Appoints Kishan Dan Dewal As The New Ambassador To Armenia

● Param Bir Singh Appointed As DG Of Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau

● PM Modi Has Laid The Foundation Stone For The Kashi Vishwanath Corridor

● China Launches New Communication Satellite ‘ ChinaSat 6C ‘

● General Elections 2019 Will Be Held in 7 Phases Beginning From 11th April To 19th May 2019

● Environment Ministry Released The India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) In New Delhi

● Uttarakhand CM T S Rawat Laid The Foundation Stone For ‘ Science City ‘ In Jhajra , Dehradun

● Sailor Upamanyu Dutta Clinches Bronze In Asian Regatta

● Odisha Govt Launches Boat Ambulance For Remote Villages

● Kavinder Singh Bisht Has Won The Gold Medal At The 38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament In Finland

● President Ram Nath Kovind Has Launched The Pulse Polio Programme For 2019

● Cabinet Approved A MoU Between India & U.K. Cancer Research Initiative .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 10 March 2019

Kashi-Vishwanath Corridor: Small temples to be preserved as the clearing process goes on

Al Nagah III: India, Oman military exercise

Women in India earn 19% less than men: Monster Salary Index report

Raghuram Rajan to Get Yashwantrao Chavan Award

India Cooling Action Plan Launched

Google launches Bolo to tutor children to read Hindi and English

India Bans Import of Solid Plastic Waste

Daily Current Affairs & GK 9 March 2019

● Mizoram Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan Resigned From His Post

● UNDP Appoints Padma Lakshmi As Goodwill Ambassador

● Assam Sets Up North East Skill Centre In Guwahati

● Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport Declared As ‘ Best Airport ‘ In 2018 ASQ Awards

● Uttarakhand CM T S Rawat Launched The ‘ Mukhyamantri Anchal Amrit Yojana ‘

● Jagdish Mukhi Appointed As The Governor Of Mizoram

● Hasmukh Adhia Appointed Chancellor Of Gujarat Central University

● President Presents Nari Shakti Awards On International Women’s Day

● Anant Ambani Appointed As The Member Of Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee

● National Women Livelihood Meet-2019 Held At Varanasi , UP

● Former Zimbabwe Cricket Director Enock Ikope Banned For 10 Years By ICC

● West Bengal Govt Unveiled ‘ Yuvashree Arpan Scheme ‘ For Financially Assisting Young Entrepreneurs

● Govt Doubled Income Tax Exemption Limit For Gratuity To Rs 20 Lakh

● Iniyan Panneerselvam (16) Becomes India’s 61st Chess Grandmaster

● Cabinet Approved For The Centre For Disability Sports At Gwalior , MP

● Import Of Solid Plastic Waste Banned By Govt Of India

● ADB To Provide USD 26 Million To Improve Dibrugarh’s Drainage

● Subhash Chandra Garg Has Been Named As The Finance Secretary

● Madhya Pradesh To Increase The OBC Quota & Implement 10% Quota For EWS

● PM Modi Inaugurated Indian Oil Corporation’s (IOCs) LNG Terminal At Ennore

● Andhra Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh Get New National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Benches

● PM Modi Inaugurate Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute Of Archaeology In Greater Noida , UP

● Virat Kohli Fastest To 4000 ODI Runs As Captain ( 63 Innings )

● Govt To Celebrate ‘ Poshan Pakhwada ‘ From 8th To 22nd March 2019

● Cabinet Approves Investment For Kiru Hydro Electric Project In J&K

● India Become 2nd Team After Australia To Register 500 ODI Wins .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 8 March 2019

● International Women’s Day 2019 Theme : ‘ Think Equal , Build Smart , Innovate For Change ‘

● DBS Bank Has Inaugurated Its 1st Branch In Ahmedabad , Gujrat

● NGT Slaps ₹ 500 Crore Fine On Volkswagen India For Use Of Cheat Device

● Ancient Tribal Language Gondi To Be Taught In Tribal Districts Of MP

● The Centre Govt Has Announced A New Rs 20 Coin

● Biju Patnaik International Airport , Bhubaneswar Has Won The 2018 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Award

● President Ram Nath Kovind Will Present The Nari Shakti Puraskar 2018

● Rajnath Singh Inaugurates CRPF Training Centre In Jodhpur

● National Institute Of Mental Health Rehabilitation To Be Set Up At Sehore , MP

● Korea Exim Bank To Give Rs 4,100 Cr Loan For Vizag Metro

● Chennai Central Station To Be Renamed As MG Ramachandran ( MGR )

● State Bank Pf India To Join SWIFT’s Global Payment Interface

● Housing & Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri Launched ‘ e-Dharti ‘ App

● Soumya Swaminathan Named Chief Scientist At World Health Organization { WHO }

● Ausaf Sayeed Appointed New Ambassador Of India To Saudi Arabia

● Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan To Get Yashwantrao Chavan National Award 2018

● France – India Agree To Establish Maritime Surveillance Centres In India

● Goa To Use ‘ Micro Air Abrasion ‘ Technology To Clean Antiques

● Uttarakhand CM Rawat Lays Foundation Stone For Doon-Mussoorie Ropeway Project

● Odisha Govt Launched ‘ Mukhya Mantri Karigar Sahayata ‘ Scheme

● ISRO Experts To Receive Training For Gaganyaan Project In France

● BBC Journalist Priyanka Dubey Gets Chameli Devi Jain Award

● India – Russia Sign USD 3 Billion Deal For Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine For Indian Navy

● Women In India Earn 19% Less Than Men : Report

● Cabinet Nod For India-Germany MoU For Occupational Safety & Health

● New 5 Year Industrial Policy Unveiled By Maharashtra CM

● Singapore Govt To Invest Rs 5,000 Crore In Bharti Airtel

● India Offers Worlds Cheapest Mobile Data Packs : UK Report

● OECD Has Reduced The World Economic Growth Forecasts For 2019-20 To 3.3%

● World Bank To Provide Rs 2,200 Crores For A Healthcare Project To Andhra Pradesh .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 7 March 2019

● International Women’s Day 2019 Theme : ‘ Think Equal , Build Smart , Innovate For Change ‘

● Puneet Roy Kundal Appointed As The Next Ambassador Of India To Tunisia

● Google Launches ‘ Bolo ‘ App To Tutor Children To Read In Hindi , English

● 2 Nobel Prizes For Literature Will Be Awarded This Year : Swedish Academy

● Haryana Govt Announced Mukhyamantri Parivar Samman Nidhi Yojana 2019

● World Bank To Provide 250M $ For NRETP To Boost Rural Incomes In India

● AIIB To Provide USD 455 Million For Andhra Pradesh Rural Roads Project

● 28th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup It Will Be Held In Ipoh , Malaysia

● Smriti Irani Inaugurated Refurbished Handloom Haat In New Delhi

● Tata Motors SUV Brand Harrier Becomes VIVO IPL 2019s Official Partner

● Women Officers To Get Permanent Commission In All 10 Branches Of Indian Army

● India Offers World’s Cheapest Mobile Data Packs : Report

● Bharat Electronics Ltd. Launches SWAGAT- Automatic Fare Collection Gating System

● Mumbai World’s 16th Most Costly Prime Residential Market : Report

● Kidambi Srikanth 8th In Men’s Singles Latest BWF World Rankings

● Phani Bhushan Biswas Was Awarded The ” Sulabh Sculpture Award ”

● Japanese Architect Arata Isozaki Has Received This Year’s ‘ Pritzker Prize ‘

● Yonex All England Badminton Championships 2019 Begins In England

● Malaysia Joins International Criminal Court Becomes The 124th Member

● Delhi Govt Launches ‘ One Delhi ‘ App For Make Travel Easier In Delhi

● Venezuelan Govt Announces To Expel German Ambassador Daniel Kriener From Country

● 96.5% Of Indian Rural Households Have Access To Toilets : Report

● The 12-day Aerial Exercise ‘ Red Flag 2019 ‘ Began In US

● Kaja Kallas Appointed As The 2st Female Prime Minister Of Estonia

● Rakesh Kumar Vats Appointed As Secretary-General Of The Medical Council Of India

● Imran Tahir ( SA ) Announced Retirement From ODI Cricket After 2019 World Cup

● Oceania Nations Will Participate In 2022 Asian Games , China

● Indias Unemployment Rate At 7.2% In February 2019 : CMIE Report

● P V Ramesh Appointed As The DG Of The National Archives Of India

● Scientist Ajit Kumar Mohanty Appointed Chief Of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.

Daily Current Affairs & GK 6 March 2019

• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched “Young Scientist Programme” for school children.
  

• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Government of India signed a USD 455 million loan to finance the Andhra Pradesh Rural Roads Project.
  

• Sanjiv Kohli has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Tanzania.
  

• Shakuntala D. Gamlin laid the foundation stone of the ‘National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation’ at Sehore, Madhya Pradesh.
  

• Union Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment Thawar chand Gehlot has inaugurated the National Conference on “Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS)” in New Delhi.
  

• Narendra Nath Sinha has been appointed as the Chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
  

• CISF set a Guinness world record in ‘single line bicycle parade’.
  

• Second Asian Rhino Range Countries meeting was held in New Delhi.
  

• Rahul Bharadwaj has won the Kenya Open Future Series badminton tournament by defeating compatriot Aman Farogh Sanjay in Nairobi.
  

• 10. The second edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue (IPRD) – 2019 will be held at New Delhi.
  

Daily Current Affairs & GK 5 March 2019

• President gave assent to Ordinance for voluntary use of Aadhaar as ID proof for bank account and SIM
  

• PM Narendra Modi Visited Amethi in UP
  

• Narendra Modi chaired the National Security Council
  

• 2 day 2019 North Korea – United States Hanoi Summit held in Hanoi, Vietnam
  

• ‘Sampriti-2019’ commenced at Tangail in Bangladesh
  

• Global Consumer Confidence Survey topped by India
  

• RBI slaps penalty of Rs. 11 crores on five banks for non-strengthening of ‘SWIFT’ related controls
  

• Lowering of fees for Brokers, exchanges approved by SEBI board
  

• Sanjeev Ranjan to be designated as Secretary at MoRTH
  

• Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah designated as president of Olympic Council of Asia
  

• Anil Kumble designated as ICC Cricket Committee Chairman
  

• India’s doubles badminton coach Tan Kim Her resigns
  

• T.N. declared to be the first state to introduce TAVI in government hospital: Health Minister
  

• Bulgaria wrestling – Dan Kolov – Nikola Petrov tournament concluded in Bulgaria
  

• Chris Gayle surpassed Sammy’s record
  

• National Safety Day: 4th March
  

• National Security Day: 4th March
  

• World Day of the Fight Against Sexual Exploitation observed on March 4,2019
  

• Tripura announces ‘Notun Disha’ to assess academic level of school students
  

• Tripura’s tribal musician Thanga Darlong awarded the first AB Vajpayee Life Time Achievement Award
  

• Former Chief Justice of Gauhati HC Ajit Singh appointed as first Lokayukta of Odisha
  

Daily Current Affairs & GK 4 March 2019

● 3rd India-Japan Cyber Dialogue Was Held In Tokyo

● ‘ Centre For Disability Sports ‘ Will Be Set Up At Gwalior In MP

● 9th Edition Of Yonex Sunrise India Open Will Be Held In New Delhi

● VP M. Venkaiah Naidu Will Embark On A 2-Nation Visit To Paraguay & Costa Rica

● Bajrang Punia Won Gold Medal At Dan Kolov-Nikol Petrov Tournament In Bulgaria

● Pooja Dhanda Won Gold Medal At Dan Kolov-Nikol Petrov Tournament In Bulgaria

● Sakshi Malik Won Silver Medal At Dan Kolov-Nikol Petrov Tournament In Bulgaria

● United States Has Officially Shuttered Its Consulate In Jerusalem

● PM Modi Dedicates The Joint Venture Indo-Russian Rifles Pvt. Ltd. at Amethi

● Medha Narvekar Appointed As Vice President & Secretary Of University Of Pennsylvania

● Indian Bank Has Bagged The Best Bank Award From Tamil Nadu Govt

● IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman To Get ‘ Bhagwan Mahavir Ahimsa Puraskar ‘

● PM Modi Declared April 2019-March 2020 As Construction-Technology Year

● Shashank Shekhar Won The 10KM Race Of Nepal’s Chief Of Army Staff (COAS)

● Anil Kumble Re-Appointed As Chairman Of The ICC Cricket Committee

● Govt Re-Appointment Of P K Bezbaruah As The Chairman Of Tea Board

● PM Modi Flagged Off Tejas Express Fastest Train Between Chennai & Madurai

● Ajit Singh Is Appointed As The 1st Lokayukta Of Odisha

● Anthem On ‘ Plastic-Free India ‘ Launched In 7 Languages By Environment Ministry

● Ayushman Bharat & Uber Ink Partnership For Providing Free Healthcare For Drivers

● Switzerland’s Roger Federer Won His 8th Dubai Open Title

● Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic Won Dubai Open Women’s Singles Title

● DCB Bank Launches Open Banking Next-Gen Banking Solutions

● PM Modi Is On A 2 Day Visit To Gujrat From 4 March

● PM Modi To Launch ‘ One Nation One Card ‘ In Ahmedabad .

Daily Current Affairs & GK 3 March 2019

• CCEA has approved financial support to Tertiary HealthCare Programmes

• Govt. working on a new scheme for unorganised food processing sector: Gram Samridhi Yojana

• Scheme for Development of Knitting and Knitwear Sector launched by Smriti Irani

• Haryana govt. announces Mukhyamantri Parivar Samman Nidhi Yojana 2019

• ‘Jal Amrutha’ scheme launched by Karnataka Government

• 79th Indian History Congress held in Bhopal

• Ban on Jamaat-e-Islami J&K for 5 years by the Government

• Ban on SIMI extended by the Government

• 7th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting held in Cambodia

• ADB agreed to grant USD 926 Million Loan for Mumbai Metro Rail Project

• RBI constituted a panel under Usha Thorat on Offshore Rupee markets

• PSBloansin59minutes.com becomes largest fintech lending platform

• Increasing exports can lead to better Jobs and higher wages in India : World Bank – ILO report

• Union Minister of Steel presented 25th Prime Minister’s trophy in New Delhi

• Bharti AXA General Insurance claimed the ‘Non-Life Insurer of the Year Award 2019’

• Air Marshal R D Mathur assumes charge as Air Officer

• Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar appointed as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Air Command

• Pranay Kumar Verma appointed India’s Ambassador to Vietnam

• Ex-Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia appointed non-executive chairman of Bank of Baroda

• DotBook: India’s first Braille laptop created by IIT-Delhi Scientists

• SpaceX launched 1st unmanned Crew Dragon test capsule to space station

• Australia Cricket Team’s tour to India

• British boxer James DeGale announces retirement

• British-Indian, Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya died in London at the age of 78

• André Previn, Legendary Composer and Four-Time Oscar Winner, dies aged 89

• The book titled ‘Mann Ki Baat – A Social Revolution on Radio’ released by Arun Jaitley in New Delhi

• Nayantara Sahgal unveiled her new novel “The Fate Of Butterflies”

Daily Current Affairs & GK 2 March 2019

• Dharmendra Pradhan has hand over the 100th Letter of Intent to CBG Entrepreneur
  

• DEPwD rolled out “Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme”
  

• 3-day “Mainamati Maitree Exercise 2019” between BSF and BGB held in Tripura
  

• AIIB approved USD 455 Million loan for the Andhra Pradesh Rural Roads Project
  

• DCB Bank launches Open Banking Platform for next generation banking solutions
  

• India’s first policy to protect bank locker launched by IFFCO Tokio General Insurance
  

• 7)India’s economy to grow at 7.3% in 2019-20 : Moody’s report
  

• India Growth rate falls to 6.6% in Q3
  

• Innovation in Governance Award 2019 presented by Shri Venkaiah Naidu
  

• Ajay Narayan Jha became Member of the 15th Finance Commission
  

• RBI approved merger of DBS Bank’s Indian unit with its wholly owned local subsidiary, DBS Bank
  

• IRCTC iPay: IRCTC’s own payment aggregator launched
  

• ‘Rice Knowledge Bank- Assam’ launched under World Bank funded project APART
  

• India claimed 8 medals at the Makran Cup boxing tournament in Iran
  

• England Women tour of India 2019 for 3-match WODIs and T20Is
  

• Zero Discrimination day observed on 1st March
  

Daily Current Affairs & GK 1 March 2019

• NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission partners with Adobe to enhance creativity in ATL Schools

• SHREYAS portal launched by Prakash Javadekar for providing industry apprenticeship opportunities to youth

• MSP for Minor Forest Produces issued by Ministry of Tribal Affairs

• Thaawarchand Gehlot launched 2nd edition of Indian Sign Language Dictionary

• ‘International Digital Health Symposium’ inaugurated by Anupriya Patel in New Delhi

• India and Sweden intend to increase cooperation on AMR

• India and Brunei signed an agreement to exchange information on tax and banking matters

• MoU signed by ICAR and CSIR to collaborate in the field of food and agriculture

• New railway zone for Andhra Pradesh, with headquarters at Visakhapatnam, announced by Piyush Goyal

• Bancassurance Agreement signed by IDBI Bank and LIC

• RBI will infuse Rs. 37,500 Crore into the system through OMO

• PNB ranks highest in implementation of ‘Reforms agenda’

• ICICI Lombard partnered with ATL to provide insurance cover to its lenders and borrowers

• Commemorative notes to be released to mark Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary

• An overview of National Water Awards 2018

• ‘Sarvashreshtha Suraksha Puraskar’ is awarded by Parijat Industries by NSCI

• First Indian-origin WWII spy, Noor Inayat, to get Blue Plaque in UK

• Mukesh Ambani becomes first Indian to join top 10 richest list of Hurun Research

• India’s first indigenous 4G/5G semiconductor chips unveiled by SIGNALCHIP

• Methane Hydrate Discovered in K-G Basin off Andhra Pradesh Coast

• ‘Banglar Shiksha’ web portal launched by West Bengal Government

• Chris Gayle reached 10,000 ODI runs and became 1st batsman in the world to hit 500 sixes

• ISSF World Cup 2019

• Retirement from Club Football announced by Mehtab Hossain

• National Science Day observed on 28th February

• Maharashtra’s interim budget for 2019-20 with Rs 19,784 cr estimated revenue deficit presented by FM Sudhir Mungantiwar

• Nagpur hosted Heat Wave 2019 Workshop