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MISSION CAPF HUB BY SWAPNIL WALUNJ & TEAM
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CURRENT AFFAIRS
JANUARY 2020
FEATURES OF CURRENT AFFAIRS MAGAZINE
COVERAGE – THE HINDU, INDIAN EXPRESS. PIB GKTODAY MONTHLY MAGAZINE VISION IAS MONTHLY MAGAZINE
CONCISE AND COMPREHENSIVE MONTHLY MAGAZINE. STRICTLY BASED ON PREVIOUS YEARS UPSC CAPF CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION TRENDS. TOPIC WISE SEGGREGATION OF CURRENT NEWS.
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INDEX OF CURRENT AFFAIRS SERIA
L NO.
SECTION/TOPIC PAGE NO.
1) AWARDS/MEDALS/HONORS/PRIZE 4
2) REPORTS /INDEX/SURVEY/STUDY 6
3) GOVT. SCHEMES/PORTAL /APPS/INITIATIVES 7
4) ECONOMY/BANKING 9
5) DEFENCE NEWS / MILITARY EXERCISE 11
6) ENVIRONMENTS 13
7) INTERNATIONAL NEWS 14
8) PERSONS IN NEWS 16
9) SPORTS 18
10) PLACES IN NEWS – SUMMITS/CONFERENCE 19
11) IMPORTANTS DATES & EVENTS 20
12) STATES IN NEWS 21
13) SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 23
14) FESTIVALS/GI TAGS 24
15) BOOKS 24
16) MISCELLANEOUS 26-27
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ANALYSIS OF CURRENT AFFAIRS PREVIOUS YEARS
QUESTIONS PAPERS (2015-2019)
SERIAL
NO.
SECTION/TOPIC NO. OF
QUESTIONS
1) AWARDS/MEDALS/HONORS/PRIZE
14
2) REPORTS /INDEX/SURVEY/STUDY
04
3) GOVT. SCHEMES/PORTAL /APPS/INITIATIVES
09
4) ECONOMY/BANKING
08
5) DEFENCE NEWS / MILITARY EXERCISE
10
6) ENVIRONMENTS
02
7) INTERNATIONAL NEWS
05
8) PERSONS IN NEWS
08
9) SPORTS
06
10) PLACES IN NEWS – SUMMITS/CONFERENCE
07
11) IMPORTANTS DATES & EVENTS
02
12) STATES IN NEWS
02
13) SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
02
14) FESTIVALS/GI TAGS
02
15) BOOKS
03
16) MISCELLANEOUS
10
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AWARDS/MEDALS/HONORS/PRIZE
Swachh Survekshan League 2020 by Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs+ Jamshedpur
1st both quarters( 1 lakh-10 lakh population category)+Indore (MP)- 1st both the quarters (10 lakhs +
population category)
Veteran actor-comedian Eddie Murphy wins Lifetime Achievement honour at the 25th Critics’
Awards (CCA) US.
Britain’s Prince William launches Earthshot Prize to encourage solutions to tackling climate
change.
Major Anoop Mishra felicitated with the Army Design Bureau (ADB) excellence award for
developing Sarvatra bulletproof jacket.
Launch of Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabhandan Puruskar in the field of Disaster
Management to Disaster Mitigation And Management Centre, Uttarakhand (institution category)
and IPS officer Kumar Munnan Singh (individual category).
77th Golden Globe Awards (California)= (two categories: Drama & Musical or Comedy)
+1=Drama category-Best Motion Picture: 1917+Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix in ‘Joker’+ Best
Actress: Renée Zellweger in ‘Judy Garland’+2=Musical or Comedy category -Best Motion
Picture: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood+Best Actor: Taron Egerton in ‘Rocketman+Best Actress:
Awkwafina in ‘The Farewell’+Best Director: Sam Mendes for ‘1917’+Best Foreign Language Film:
‘Parasite’ (South Korea)+ Cecil B DeMille Award: Tom Hanks+Carol Burnett Award: Ellen
DeGeneres( compare with Oscar awards 2020 for easy remember)
Costa Children’s Award 2019 (UK) won by Jasbinder Bilan for novel named ‘Asha and the Spirit
Bird’.
Dr M S Swaminathan receives the first ‘Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu National Award for
Excellence’.
Dr. Gutta Muniratnam receives the first ‘Muppavarapu National Award for Social Service
Crossword Book Awards-Business & Management=Anju Sharma For ‘Corporate Monk’+ Health
& Fitness -Dr Jaishree Sharad For ‘Skin Rules’ +Non-Fiction — Gaur Gopal Das For ‘Life’s
Amazing Secrets’ Children’s + Books — Sudha Murty For ‘The Upside-Down King’ + Fiction -
Twinkle Khanna For ‘Pyjamas Are Forgiving’+ Biography — Krishna Trilok For ‘Notes Of A
Dream: The Authorized Biography Of A.R. Rahman’
ICC Awards 2020=Virat Kohli: Captain of 2019 ODI, Test Teams of the Year & 2019 Spirit of
Cricket Award + Rohit Sharma: 2019 ODI Cricketer of the Year +Pat Cummins: Test Cricketer of
the Year +Ben Stokes: 2019 ICC’s Cricketer of The Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy)+ Marnus
Labuschagne: 2019 ICC Men’s Emerging Cricketer
National Lata Mangeshkar Awards 2018= music director Kuldeep Singh
Merck Young Scientist Award 2019 in Chemical Sciences = Dr Sakya Singha Sen
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Order of Australia (highest Australia civilian honour) to Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
5th Mahakavi Kanhaiyalal Sethia Award to Poet Arvind Krishna Mehrotra -at Jaipur Literature
Festival
UNWTO’s Accessible Destination Award =won by Kerala Tourism for its disabled-friendly
‘Barrier-Free Tourism Project’
Padma Vibhushan 2020= George Fernandes (posthumous), Arun Jaitley (posthumous), exPM of
Mauritius Anerood Jugnauth, boxer M. C. Mary Kom, Hindustani classical singer Chhannulal
Mishra, Sushma Swaraj (posthumous), Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha
Udupi (posthumous)
Padma Bhushan 2020 = badminton player P. V. Sindhu, industrialists Venu Srinivasan and Anand
Mahindra, former Nagaland Chief Minister S. C. Jamir, architect Balkrishna Doshi, Hindustani
classical vocalist Ajoy Chakrabarty, former Bangladeshi diplomat Syed Muazzem Ali
(posthumous), former Goa CM Manohar Parrikar (Posthumous), legal education pioneer N. R.
Madhava Menon (posthumous), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig
Army Gallantry Awards = Shaurya Chakra (6): Lt Col. Jyoti Lama, Major Konjengbam Bijendra
Singh, Naib Subedar Narender Singh, Naib Subedar Sombir (posthumous), Naik Naresh Kuma, and
Sepoy Karmdeo Oraon
J&K journalist Yusuf Jameel wins 2019-2020 PEN Gauri Lankesh Award for democratic idealism
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REPORTS/COMMITTEEG /INDEX/SURVEY/STUDY
Henley Passport Index 2020= Japan topped+ Afghanistan last +India – 84th (Serbia only European
country where Indians are allowed to travel without visa)
Global Economic Prospects report=world bank.
Malappuram (first), Kozhikode (fourth) and Kollam (tenth) (all 3 Kerala) = in top-10 of ‘world’s
fastest-growing urban areas’Report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
‘State Energy Efficiency Index 2019’ launched by Power Ministry+ developed by Bureau of
Energy Efficiency (BEE) in association with Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE).
Committee to draft National Water Policy (NWP)=Chairman -Dr Mihir Shah
IMD’s State of Climate Report: 2019 the seventh warmest year since 1901
India’s Energy Policy Report by International Energy Agency (IEA) in collaboration with NITI
Aayog.
State Energy Efficiency Index, 2019 by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE).
Centre accepts Justice Dhingra committee report on Delhi Police’s role in 1984 anti-Sikh riots
‘Nature Risk Rising Report- WEF
Global Investment Trend Monitor report by UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development) + US largest recipient of FDI (India in top 10)
‘Time to Care’ report by Oxfam
Social Mobility Index by WEF+ Denmark-top+ India ranked 76th out of 82
Democracy Index 2019 by Economist Intelligence Unit+ topped by Norway, Iceland and Sweden
+India was classified in the ‘flawed democracy’ category +India ranked 51st (down 10 places)out
of 165 countries
Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) 2020=Launched by INSEAD+ Switzerland topped,
US and Singapore + India ranked 72nd (up 8 places) in 2020
Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI-2019) = by Transparency International+ New Zealand and
Denmark are least corrupt, Somalia most corrupt+ India’s ranked 80th rank.
The World Social Report 2020, published by UN-DESA (UN Department of Economic and Social
Affairs)
The World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) report by ILO (International Labour
Organization)
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Climate Summary Report = released by IMD
Commission to examine sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBC) = was appointed
in 2017 + the commission is headed by the G. Rohini
GOVT. SCHEMES/PORTAL /APPS/INITIATIVES
Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) = (25 sept.2018 on birth
anniversary of Deendayal upadhyay)+aims to cover 10 crore poor and vulnerable families(*family
as a unit)+ providing coverage up to 5 lakh rupees per family per year for secondary and tertiary
care hospitalization+ world largest healthcare scheme+ identification of beneficiary on basis of
socio economic caste census+ National Health Agency (NHA)-apex implementing body. +funding
60:40 centre: state(centrally sponsored scheme)+ it allow national portability (treatment anywhere in
India)+ Aadhar card not mandatory+ benefit cover pre & post hospitalisation expenses in both
public &private hospitals.
Institution of national importance (INI) status-cluster of Ayurveda institutions at Gujarat
Ayurved University campus, Jamnagar.
Yashaswini Scheme for Women entrepreneurship launched in Panaji, Goa.
Ministry of External Affairs creates “NEST” (New and Emerging Strategic Technologies) to
increase investment coordination among the states & foreign countries.
Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Maan-dhan Yojana= (launched in July 2019)+aimed at
benefitting 3 crore small traders, Self-Employed persons and shopkeepers+ target beneficiaries-18 to
40 age+ get monthly pension of Rs 3000 after the age of 60+implemented by Ministry of Labour
and Employment+ to enrol GSTIN is required only for those whose turnover is above Rs 40 lakhs+
the participant of the scheme should not be an income tax payer.
Cabinet approves India-Mongolia Agreement on exploration of outer space for civilian and
peaceful purposes.
India-Germany sign MoU on Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF)+ chemical-free agricultural
farming practice+ subhash palekar father of ZBNF+ ZBNF first adopted by Karnataka+ Andhra
Pradesh first state to plan of 100% of natural farming in the state by 2024
Ministry of Steel to be launch “Purvodaya”, a world class steel hub to accelerate Eastern India
Development.
I4C portal (Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre)- to deal cyber crime.
Saksham a fuel conservation campaign under Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
First digital exhibition on Indian Heritage=new delhi.
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Agreement signed to settle 34,000 Bru-Reang refugees from Mizoram in Tripura+ Second largest
ethnic group in Mizoram +speak Katuic language+Belongs to schedule tribe (ST) & PVTG.
National Startup Advisory Council=headed by Commerce & Industry Minster
‘GATI’ portal = to enable contractors to raise project related issues+ launched by Road transport
and highways ministry
Chandauli = (UP) tops list of 112 aspirational districts ranked by NITI Aayog
India-World Bank sign agreement to implement Assam Inland Water Transport Project
Centre of Block Chain Technology in Bangalore by National Information Centre(NIC)
Census 2021= first time, the Census will collect data of transgender headed houses + first time
enquire about “Main cereal consumed + The Census 2021 to be conducted through mobile phone
application+ The questions decided by the Ministry of Home Affairs
Ministry of Earth Science launched Seismic Hazard Microzonation project- to minimize
earthquake disasters
India to set up Maritime Research Coordination Centre in Sri Lanka
National Data and Analytics Platform released by NITI Aayog
GoI signs “Historic Accord”, Bodo Agreement=Area Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD)
renamed as Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) + villages dominated by Bodos that were presently
outside the BTAD would be included and those with non-Bodo population would be excluded+
General amnesty to criminals - the criminal cases registered against members of the NDFB factions
for “non-heinous” crimes shall be withdrawn + Compensations - The families of those killed during
the Bodo movement would get Rs. 5 lakh each.+Special Development Package of Rs. 1500 Crore
would be given by the Centre
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 approved by Cabinet=
termination of pregnancy is to be extended to 24 weeks(earlier 20 weeks)+ extension is only for
special category of women
Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) = under the Bureau of Immigration + Owned by
Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
Shatrughan Chauhan case = (2014)unexplained delay in carrying out an execution would lead to
commutation of the death penalty to life imprisonment
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ECONOMY/BANKING National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) =
Investment of Rs.100 lakh crore in infrastructure over the next five years (2020-2025)+ Aim- help
make India a $5 trillion economy by 2025+ NIP includes economic and social infrastructure projects
+ Task Force under the chairmanship of Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs + Funding
patters-39:39:22 Centre, states and the private sector respectively + introduced in railways, power,
urban, irrigation, health and education.
RBI launches ‘MANI’ (Mobile Aided Note Identifier) app-to help visually challenged persons to
identify denomination of notes.
Finance Minister launches ‘eBkray’ platform to enable online auction of attached assets by bank.
Services sector-highest recipient of FDI at $4.4 billion +Singapore-largest source of FDI for India
( $8 billion).
Unit of Bharat Bond Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) listed on NSE + ETF will invest only in
AAA-rated bonds of public sector companies.
PSU Container Corporation of India (Concor) incorporates wholly-owned arm Last Mile Logistics.
‘Residential builder finance with buyer guarantee’ (RBnceBG) scheme by SBI to improve
homebuyers’ confidence.
‘Mission Purvodaya’ to develop steel sector in eastern India.
National Strategy for Financial Inclusion (NSFI) report by RBI.
India- fifth largest economy in the World after US, China, Japan and Germany. In 2019, India
overtaken France and to reach rank 5.
India’s Foreign Exchange touches all time high of 457.468 billion USD
AI powered National Stock Exchange Knowledge Hub inaugurated in New Delhi
Economic Survey 2020= Theme-Wealth Creation, Promotion of pro-business policies,
strengthening of trust in the economy+ The Inflation declined from 3.2% in April 2019 to 2.6% in
December 2019+ Women employment between 2011-12 and 2017-18 has increased by 8%+
Service sector accounts to 55% of the Indian Economy+ India has become the second largest
emerging Green Bond Market after China+ Out of Pocket Expenditure on Helath has declined from
64.2% in 2013-14 to 58.7% in 2016-17+ Fiscal Growth is 5%+ industrial growth(2019-20) -2.5%
Ecowrap report = by SBI-recommends unconditional cash transfer to farmers to alleviate agrarian
distress rather than Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme
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Farmer Innovation Fund to be set up = Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
Prompt corrective action(PCA) framework = by RBI imposing certain restrictions on expansion
of branches and dividend distribution by banks
Supervisory action framework (SAF) =(RBI) impose restrictions on urban cooperative banks
(UCBs) for deterioration of financial position, in line with the prompt corrective action (PCA)
framework that is imposed on commercial
Laspeyres Index = Laspeyres Index is a methodology to calculate the consumer price index(CPI)
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DEFENCE NEWS/SECURITY/MILITARY EXERCISE Flight Information system (FIS) Dornier aircraft formally inducted into No 41 Squadron, the
‘Otters’, at Air Force Station Palam.
New Young Scientists Laboratories of DRDO at Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and
Mumbai.
India’s second spaceport after Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh - Thoothukudi(TN).
Naseem-Al-Bahr=Indo-Oman bilateral naval exercise at Goa.
CISF -2020 as ‘year of mobility’ for troops’ welfare, housing.
Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC)+ISROS astronaut training hub at Challakere (the science
city) in Karnataka set up by ISRO.
‘Operation Sankalp’ by Indian navy to ensure safety of Indian Flag Merchant Vessels transiting
through the gulf region.
Milan 2020 exercise = organised by Indian navy - Visakhapatnam+ theme: ‘Synergy Across the
Seas’.
Naval Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas make arrested landing on INS Vikramaditya+
becomes 1st indigenous fighter aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier.
Country’s first Cyber Crime Prevention Unit AASHVAST & VISWAS (Video Integration and
StateWide Advance Security) project launched in Gandhinagar.
DRDO manufactured = ASLESHA, ASTRA missile, Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile
(QRSAM), Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LRSAM), Bharani, Prithvi missiles, NAG missiles,
Akash, Helina, Nirbhay, Bukhari.
Project NETRA=ISRO Signs pact with Indian Institute of Astrophysics to set up optical Telescope
NETRA (Network Traffic Analysis) of DRDO=a software network used to analyse internet
traffic.
ISRO- launch GSAT-30 satellite on the launch vehicle Ariane-5 at Kourou French Guiana+
GSAT-30-communication satellite to replace INSAT-4A.
Sahyog-Kaijin exercise = conducted at Chennai coast by Coast Guards of India and Japan+
Shinyuu -Maitri = joint Air Force Exercise+ JIMEX=India-Japan Maritime Exercise+ Dharma
Guardian= indo –Japan army military exercise.
K-4 Missile= Nuclear capable intermediate range submarine-launched ballistic missile developed by
DRDO +range 3500km(only US, Russia, China have submarine launched ballistic missile of
3500km range)+launched platform-arihant class submarines+ K-series missiles are named after
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former president APJ Abdul Kalam
IAF inducts its first squadron of Sukhoi-30 MKI aircraft equipped with BrahMos missiles at its
airbase in Thanjavur (TN)-named ‘Tigersharks’ 222 squadron.
‘Vyommitra’= ISRO to send lady unmanned robot to Gaganyaan
‘Operation Vanilla’ by Indian Navy to help cyclone-hit Madagascar
‘SAMPRITI-IX’= India-Bangladesh joint military training exercise at Meghalaya.
Winged Raider= Indian Army’s largest airborne exercise
S-400 missiles = Russia announced production of S-400 air defence missile system for India.
Bhuvan Panchayat 3.0 (satellite application) launched by ISRO+ to help village development
planning process under the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
War Memorial built by Assam Rifles in Nagaland
First indigenous bio-jet fuel powered IAF aircraft (AN-32 aircraft)lands successfully in Leh
Check post at jogbani- biratnagar = India & Nepal
AK-203 assault rifles = to be manufactured locally by an India-Russia joint venture (JV)
AK-103 assault rifles = India and Russia are close to concluding an Inter-Governmental Agreement
(IGA)+ to replace the indigenous INSAS (Indian National Small Arms System) rifles
SIG716 assault rifles = India inks contract for 72,000 assault rifles with Sig sauer of USA +
effective range of 500 m + rifles will replace INSAS)
Indian Data Relay Satellite System (IDRSS) = India plans to bring in its own era of space-to-
space tracking and communication system+ IDRSS satellites of the 2,000 kg + launched on the
GSLV launcher to geostationary orbits around 36,000 km away.
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ENVIRONMENTS The Wildlife Institute of India (WII)= to conduct Asiatic Lion Census in May 2020+ Asiatic Lions
in Gujarat are restricted to Gir National Park+ lions- “Endangered” IUCN Red List +category of
Pantherine cats.
India State of Forest Report(ISFR) 2019 published by FOREST SURVEY OF INDIA+ 21.4% of
Indian forests are prone to forest fires+ Mizoram recorded the highest fire.
ISFR 2019 = increase in forest cover (top three) Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala+ Sharpest
declines in forest cover in the north eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Mizoram+
Largest forest area Madhya Pradesh ,Arunachal Pradesh and Chhattisgarh +Higher proportion of
forest to total area than most States — Mizoram (85.4%), Arunachal Pradesh (79.63%) and
Nagaland(75%)+ Tree and forest cover together made up 24.56% of India’s area. In the last
assessment it was 24.39%+is short of the National Forest Policy, 1988, which envisages 33% to be
under such cover.
Turtle Rehabilitation Centre in Bihar’s Bhagalpur forest -First of its kind.
Odisha’s Bhitarkanika National Park Census = Increase in Salt Water Crocodiles+ Ramsar site+
second largest mangrove ecosystem in India
New species of tiny frogs (‘Liurana himalayana’, ‘Liurana indica’ and ‘Liurana minuta’) discovered
in Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS) ,arunachal Pradesh.
Arunachal becomes first state to sign MoU with IUCN (International Union for Conservation of
Nature)- to start red-listing of orchids.
Greenpeace India report on air pollution-Jharia (Jharkhand)- India’s most polluted city+ Lunglei
(Mizoram) least polluted
India completes phasing out of ozone-depleting chemical Hydro chlorofluorocarbon (HCFC)-
141b
Supreme Court ruled that African Cheetah permitted to be introduced into the Palpur Kuno
sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh+ Cheetah only mammal being hunted to extinction in India+
“Critically Endangered” under the IUCN Red List
10 more Wet lands declared Ramsar Sites= (27+10=37)= Maharashtra’s first Ramsar site-Nadur
Madhameshwar+(3) Punjab -Beas Conservation Reserve, Keshoupur-Miani and Nangal+ Uttar
Pradesh(6)-Nawabganj, Parvati Agra, Saman, Samaspur, Sandi and Sarsai Nawar
Siberian gulls = Least Concem + Every winter, flocks of Siberian seagulls migrate through Delhi
making atemporary home in the Ganga andYamuna
Irrawaddy dolphins = inhabiting in the bhitarkanika wildlife sanctumy and gahirmatha marine
sanctuary(Odisha) + vulnerable + it has established subpopulations in freshwater rivers- ganges and
the mekong, aswell asthe inawaddy river from which it takes its name + its habitat range extends
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from the bay of bengal to new guinea and the Philippines + Endangered + Appendix I of CITES
Dahiman = a threatened indigenous species of tree + Madhya Pradesh
One Trillion Trees Initiative = WEF launches initiative to grow one trillion trees by 2030
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Taiwan’s legislature passes the Anti-Infiltration Law aimed at blocking political interference from
China.
Umaro Sissoco Embalo wins presidential election in Guinea-Bissau.
Australia: Emergency declared in New South Wales state because of forest fires.
Pacific island nation Palau-world’s first country to ban sun cream that is harmful to corals and
sea life+ it is UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Iraq- resolution for ending foreign military presence in the country.
Iran designates US armed forces and Pentagon as ‘terrorist entities’.
Selfie museum called Selfie Kingdom (TSK)-Dubai
Pedro Sanchez = new Prime Minister of Spain.
Zoran Milanovic = new president of Croatia.
Sea Guardians-2020 = China-Pakistan bilateral naval exercise(at Arabian Sea)
US-passes resolution limiting President’s ability to carry out military actions against Iran without
the prior approval of Congress .
Taal volcano= Philippine capital Manila
Robert Abela = new Prime Minister of Malta
United States removes ‘currency manipulator’ label it imposed on China in 2019
Iran withdraws from Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA )deal completely.
Australian Koalas become endangered from vulnerable (IUCN Status) in bush fires.
Qatar scraps mandatory exit permits for migrant domestic staff and others.
US Census= Sikhs included as a separate Ethnic Group for the first time
Mikhail Mishustin= new Prime Minister of Russia
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Ukraine: Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk resigns after less than six months in office.
Tropical Cyclone Tino= Fiji
Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan to give up their royal titles of Duke and Duchess of
Sussex
Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou = Greece’s first elected woman president.
India delivers 30,000 doses of Measles and Rubella (MR) vaccine to Maldives
World Holocaust Forum = Jerusalem
Pakistan tests nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile ‘Ghaznavi’ of 290-km range
Mahatma Gandhi’s bust= set up at IMO (International Maritime Organisation) headquarters in
London
First Ganga-Volga Dialogue of Civilizations held in New Delhi +India and Russia participate
India, Bangladesh sign agreement to upgrade 50 km Ashuganj (river port)-Akhaura (land port) road
in Bangladesh into 4-lane highway.
UK launches Innovation Challenge Fund (4-mn pound) in India to support collaborative research
into emerging technologies
China is the second-largest arms producer in the world, behind the US
STOXX 600 = a stock index of European stocks
Bangladesh Government has planned to accommodate 100,000 Rohingya refugees in its Bhasan
Char Island by fortifying Regularly submerging this Island .
United Nations AIDS Programme (UNAIDS) at World Economic Forum+ Theme: Access for all:
Leveraging Innovations, Investments and Partnerships for Health +India participate
Britain releases new 50 pence coin marking BREXIT+ coin inscription “Peace, Prosperity and
Friendship with all nations”
Sukhoi Su-57 = is a stealth, single-seat, twin-engine multirole fifth-generation jet fighter being
developed since2002 + Russia
Kuala Lumpur summit 2019 = international platform for Muslim leaders, intellectuals and
scholars from around the world to discuss and exchange ideas about the issues revolving in the
Muslim world + In 2014, when the first Summit was held in Kuala Lumpur + NOT Related to OIC
‘Phase one’ trade deal = between USA and China
Al-Asad air base and Erbil = Iraq
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East Asian Observatory(EAO) = Formed by EACOA (East Asian Core Observatories
Association) for the purpose of pursuing joint projects in astronomy within the East Asian region+
India in talks to be part of Asian observatory.
Ahmadiyyas, Zikris, Baha’I, Kalasha = Pesecuted Minorities in areas like Pakistan
Blue Corner Notice = by Interpol
Sagarmatha Dialogue inNepal = Global meet to focus on threat of climate change+ invited the Prime
Ministers of India and Pakistan.
Hulhumale = Reclaimed island located in the south of North Malé Atoll, Maldives
China is the president of the FATF and co-chair for Asia pacific joint group
Horizon 2020 = It is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme
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PERSONS IN NEWS ITBP Director General SS Deswal to hold additional charge of the CRPF DG following retirement
of CRPF DG RR Bhatnagar.
K. Yadav retained as the Chairman of Railway Board for a period of one year.
General Bipin Rawat takes charge as India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS); demitted the office
of Army Chief.
CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF (CDS) = Principal Military Adviser to the Defence Minister
+Permanent Chairman, Chiefs of Staff committee (COSC)+head the Department of Military
Affairs(DMO) to be created within the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and function as its Secretary+
Member of the Defence Acquisition Council chaired by the Defence Minister and Defence Planning
Committee chaired by the NSA +In the strategic domain, the CDS would function as the “Military
Adviser to the Nuclear Command +Authority” chaired by the Prime Minister+ It come under right
to information RTI) + CDS will be rank of 4 star general with salary equivalent to a service chief.
Appoints lawyer Rohan Shah as India’s Representative and Governor on the board of Economic
Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
Malala Yousafzai= the most famous teenager in the world’ in UN ‘Decade in review’ report.
NASA astronaut Christina Koch creates-longest single spaceflight (International Space Station) by
a woman.
Suresh Chandra Sharma appointed as the first Chairman of National Medical Commission
(NMC).
India’s Malavath Poorna scales Mt. Vinson Massif, Antarctica’s highest mountain peak (4,987 m).
CRPF’s Ex-DG Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar appointed as an advisor to the Lt Governor of J&K
Akbar Padamsee (painter & sculptor) dies in Coimbatore + won Padma Bhushan and Lalit Kala
Akademi Fellowship
Apparel Export Promotion Council of India (AEPC) appoints A Sakthivel as its new Chairman.
Lt Col Yuvraj Malik appointed new Director of the National Book Trust (NBT).
IPS AP Maheshwari= New Director-General of CRPF
Captain Tania Shergil = 1st woman parade adjutant on Army Day Parade on January 15
Michael Debabrata Patra= NEW Deputy Governor of RBI
Lieutenant General SK Saini= new Vice Chief of Army Staff
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Ngangom Bala Devi-first Indian woman to earn a professional football contract abroad after
signing for Scottish club Rangers FC
SPORTS World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Moscow: Kateryna Lagno (women’s) of Russia
and Norway’s Magnus Carlson (men’s) win titles.
ESPN Cric info nominates MS Dhoni as captain of ODI and T20 teams of past decade & Virat
Kohli for Tests.
Senior National volleyball championship in Bhubaneswar-winner Tamil Nadu (men’s), Kerala
(women’s) .
Irfan Pathan= announced retirement.
P. Magesh Chandran wins Hastings International Chess Congress tournament in England.
1st edition of Khelo India University Games 2020 to be held in Bhubaneswar.
3rd Khelo India Youth Games 2020 in Guwahati+ Maharashtra - Khelo India Youth Games
champions trophy.
7th National Ice Hockey Championship Women trophy (Leh) won by Ladakh.
Rohan Bopanna & Wesley Koolhof win men’s doubles title at ATP Qatar Open tennis
tournament in Doha.
Serena Williams (US) wins women’s singles title at ASB Classic tennis tournament in Auckland,
New Zealand
Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) wins women’s singles title at Brisbane International tennis
tournament
Japan’s Kento Momota (men’s) and China’s Chen Yufei (women’s) win Singles titles at the
Malaysia Masters Badminton
Jasprit Bumrah won BCCI’s Polly Umrigar Award for the best international cricketer in 2018-19
+ Poonam Yadav was best international women cricketer.
Indian GM Abhijeet Gupta wins Delhi Open International Grand Masters Chess Championship.
All India Council of Sports (AICS) formed in 2015 - AICS is an advisory body to the Ministry of
Youth Affairs+ Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt and Paralympian Deepa Malik among new inductees +
Sachin Tendulkar and chess wizard Viswanathan Anand omitted + V K Malhotra - President of
AICS.
Rowing Federation of India (RFI) de-recognised by the Sports Ministry for violating the Sports
Code during polls in Dec 2019
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World Archery lifts suspension on the Archery Association of India (AAI)
Chennai Open international GM chess tournament- won by Russian Grand Master Pavel
Ponkratov.
Anil Khanna nominated Life President of Asian Tennis Federation
Pankaj Advani wins Senior National Billiards Championship in Pune
World Games Athlete of the Year, 2019-Title won by Rani Rampal(called Queen of Indian
Hockey)+ first hockey player in the world to receive the title.
Bahadurpur= India 1st model sport village
PLACES IN NEWS – SUMMITS/CONFERENCE
14th Global Healthcare Summit in Visakhapatnam (AP)+ organised by American Association of
Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI).
Whole of Nagaland declared as a ‘disturbed’ area under AFSPA.
The Asia Pacific Drosophila Research Conference (APDRC5) = Pune by the Indian Institute of
Science Education and Research (IISER).
Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) = Ottawa,
Canada+ Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla attend it.
ASCEND 2020 Global Investors Meet= Kochi
Raisina Dialogue(New Delhi) a Geo-political conference by the Ministry of External Affairs and
the Observer Research Foundation (ORF)+ Theme: ’21@20: Navigating the Alpha Century’
World Future Energy Summit= Abu Dhabi (UAE) + theme: Rethinking Global Consumption,
Production, and Investment.
Global Drosophila Conference organised by Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
(IISER)held at Pune.
The Pulses Conclave 2020 to be held in Lonavala, Maharashtra+ India largest producer, consumer
& importer of pulses in world.
World Economic Forum (WEF)Annual meeting= Davos, Switzerland+ theme-“Stakeholders for
a Cohesive and Sustainable World”
International Summit on Women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) in New
Delhi by Department of Biotechnology + theme- “Visualizing the Future: New Skylines”
3rd Global Potato Conclave= Gandhinagar
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World Sustainable Development Summit by TERI in New Delhi + theme: ‘Towards 2030:
Making the Decade Count’
“Globalizing Indian Thought”, an International Conclave held at Kozhikode (Kerala)
‘Wings India’=Asia’s largest Civil Aviation Event at Bangalore+ Theme-Flying for All
12th South Asia Conference = organised by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses+
Theme was “India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ Policy: Regional Perceptions
IMPORTANTS DATES & EVENTS
Pragati Maidan metro station renamed as Supreme Court station
2020 to be observed as Susashan Sankalp Varsh: Haryana CM.
WHO observing 2020 as International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife.
World Braille Day= January 4+ birth anniversary of Louis Braille.
‘Vishwa Hindi Diwas’= January 10
Wings India 2020= event of Indian Civil Aviation industry at Begumpet Airport(Hyderabad)+
theme: ‘Flying for All’
January 12-National Youth Day+ 23rd National Youth Festival-Lucknow + Theme: Fit Youth Fit
India
4th Armed Forces Veterans Day-January 14(retirement day of Field Marshal KM Cariappa in
1953)+ Field Marshal KM Cariappa- first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Armed Force.
WHO Designated 2020 as “Year of Nurse and Midwife” In the honour of 200th birth anniversary
of Florence Nightingale (English Social reformer-called as “The Lady with the Lamp) +
International Nurse Day(12 may) celebrated in her honour +World Nursing Report by WHO +
WHO is partner of The State of the World’s Midwifery Campaign.
January 10: World Hindi Day+ Hindi- fifth largely spoken language in the world+ National
Hindi Day-September 14.
National Immunization Day= January 19
International Day of Education= January 24+ theme: ‘Learning for people, planet, prosperity and
peace’
10th National Voters’ Day = January 25 to mark the foundation day of Election Commission+
theme-‘Electoral Literacy for Stronger Democracy’
International Customs Day (ICD) by the World Customs Organisation (WCO)= January
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26+theme-“Customs fostering Sustainability for People, Prosperity and the Planet”
STATES IN NEWS
Kerala-1st state to passed anti- Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) resolution+ west Bengal also
passed anti CAA.
Jammu & Kashmir = announces abolition of toll posts from January 1, 2020.
UP State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) launches dedicated helpline, ‘Damini’ for
women’s safety.
Maharashtra launches ‘Cyber Safe Women’ initiative-to organise cyber safety awareness camps in
all districts.
Kolkata Police starts 3rd edition of ‘Sukanya’ project for girls’ self-defence training.
Vikram Sarabhai Children Innovation Center (VSCIC)- Gujarat.
New logo of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly-consists national emblem and foxtail
orchid ( the state flower).
AP Govt. launched ‘Amma Vodi’ scheme- annual assistance of Rs. 15,000 each to poor mothers to
educate their children.
UP to set up zoological garden named after freedom fighter Ashfaqullah Khan (1900-1927) in
Gorakhpur.
Himachal Pradesh Tourism department-Guinness Record by preparing largest quantity of Khichdi
(1995 kg)
First Silk Processing plant in Gujarat to boost “PATOLA SAREE” production+ first “Patola
Saree” production unit.
MECOS-3rd (Marine Ecosystems-Challenges and Opportunities) 2020: Global Marine Ecosystem
Meet in Kochi +by the Marine Biological association of India
AP three capitals = Visakhapatnam: executive capital, Kurnool: judicial capital and Amaravati:
legislative capital.
Uttarakhand = first state to implement agricultural land leasing policy.
Daman designated as headquarters of newly-carved out Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar
Haveli and Daman and Diu
Gujarat tops SKOCH State of Governance 2019 ranking
MP, Maharashtra make reading of Preamble of Constitution mandatory in schools
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Mumbai open for 24 hours; bars and pubs excluded
Election Commission successfully tests facial recognition technique = Telangana
Andhra Pradesh - resolution to abolish the state Legislative Council
Assam- top state in terms of best practices followed in budget formulation by Transparency
International
Z-Morh tunnel=Jammu & Kashmir
India’s first Super Fab Lab (laboratory that offers digital fabrication) inaugurated in Kerala
Shiv Bhojan Tali Scheme launched in Maharashtra- r meals at Rs 10
India’s first underwater Metro(2020)=Kolkata
Telangana tops sustainable development goals (SDG) performer list according to UN
Development Programme.
SDG India Index2019 India by NITI Aayog +first country to release SDG index+ Kerala top+
Bihar last
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Swarna Jayanti Fellowships by the Ministry of Science & Technology.
107th Indian Science Congress (ISC) = University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore+ The
Kolkata-based ISCA has been the organiser of ISC+ Funded by the Union Department of Science
and Technology + theme - ‘Science and Technology: Rural Development’+ 9th women science
congress & Farmers Science Congress & Children Science Congress held at ISC + Pride of India-
Science Expo-2020 held at ISC+ The Indian Science, Technology and Engineering Facilities Map
(I-STEM) launched.
NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) discovers an Earth-sized world within the
habitable range of its star.
Facial recognition technology installed at Bengaluru, Manmad and Bhusawal stations to identify
and nab criminals.
Indian Pompano fish cultivation in pond-First such Scientific Experiment in India
Corona Virus(COVID)=A new stain of virus found in Wuhan China+ virus named corona-
Microscopic image resemble like corona of sun+ Corona viruses are zoonotic, transmitted between
animal(bat, snake) and humans+ first case in Kerala in India+ WHO Declared public health
emergency of international concern (PHEIC) (1st PHEIC-H1N1,EBOLA & ZIKA)+Symptoms -
respiratory symptoms, fever, pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even
death.
TrueNat test =a new molecular test that can diagnose Tuberculosis in one hour+The test uses
polymerase chain reaction to detect bacteria.
Genome of Indian cobra(Naja naja) sequenced = this can lead to production of more potent anti-
venom
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FESTIVALS/GI TAGS
National Tribal Dance Festival - Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Odisha’s Dhanu Yatra, known as world’s largest open-air theatre festival, being held in Bargarh
town.
Lai Haraoba festival (observed by Manipuri Meitei community)- organised in Agartala Tripura.
Zo Kutpui (festival) = Mizoram
31st International Kite Festival = Ahmadabad
National Youth Festival 2020 = Lucknow+ theme: ‘Fit Youth, Fit India’.
Karavali Utsav =coastal festival at Mangaluru,KN
Chapchar Kut festival= Mizoram
Science Film Festival of India= Panaji (Goa)
Indian Heritage in Digital Space & International Heritage Symposium-organised in New Delhi
by DST (Department of Science & Technology) & IIT-Delhi.
Vigyan Samagam = organised in New Delhi by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and DST.
Sanrakshan Kshamta Mahotsav 2020= organised by Petroleum Conservation Research
Association (PCRA) in New Delhi to promote conservation of petroleum products
34th Surajkund International Crafts Mela at Faridabad + Himachal Pradesh is ‘theme state’+
Uzbekistan participating country.
Bharat Parv, a festival of culture at Red Fort+ Theme- Celebrating 150 years of Mahatma Gandhi
& Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat
Mandu Festival = Madhya Pradesh
Dhanu jatra = odisha
BOOKS ‘Pax Sinica: Implications for the Indian Dawn = by Samir Saran & Akhil Deo.
The Winning Sixer’, book by W.V. Raman (former Indian batsman)
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MISCELLANEOUS
RPF (Railway Protection Force) renamed as Indian Railway Protection Force Service
BHEL commissions India’s first lignite-based 500 MW thermal unit at Neyveli in Cuddalore
district of Tamil Nadu.
Mastercard acquires cyber-security solutions provider RiskRecon.
National Fire Service College (NFSC) = Nagpur (new opening).
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Academy = Nagpur (new opening).
28th New Delhi World Book Fair to be held in New Delhi- organised by National Book Trust
(NBT) in association with ITPO.
UNICEF = 2019 concludes a ‘deadly decade’ for children in conflict.
World 2nd tallest 50-foot tall bronze statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Ahmadabad+ made
by sculptor Ram Sutar.
Bharat Darshan Park= New Delhi.
Room air conditioners to now have default temperature of 24 0c: Bureau of Energy Efficiency
(BEE)
IRCTC= start 2 Bharat Darshan Special tourist trains from Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu)
Mahashivratri Nava Jyotirlinga Special Express & Ramayana Yatra Special Express.
PM dedicates 4 refurbished heritage buildings in Kolkata to the nation= Old Currency Building,
the Belvedere House, the Metcalfe House and the Victoria Memorial Hall.
Island Development Agency (IDA) chairman= Union Home Minister.
India’s Statue of Unity of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel included in the list of eight wonders of the
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)+The 182-metre-tall Statue of Unity is located near
the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the river Narmada in Kevadiya, Gujarat+ seven wonders of SCO:
Daming Palace in China, Navruz Palace in Tajikistan, Mughals Heritage in Pakistan, Tamgaly
Gorge in Kazakhstan, Po-i-Kalan Complex in Uzbekistan, The Golden Ring of Russia and Lahore,
the Mughals heritage in Pakistan.
Commemorative stamps released on 150th celebrations of Kolkata Port Trust
Reliance Jio is largest mobile service company with 36.9 crore mobile subscribers: TRAI
‘Fit India Cyclothon’ = Panaji, Goa
India opens first Mahatma Gandhi Convention Centre = Niamey ( Niger)
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Republic Day Parade 2020 Chief Guest= Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro
Sanjna Kapoor to get ‘Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters’ from French government for her
outstanding contribution to theatre
Oxford University = Samvidhaan (Constitution) as its Hindi Word of 2019
Indian Railways installed country’s first governmental waste to energy plant in Bhubaneswar
“APNA UREA-Sona Ugle” brand of HURL(Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited) launched-To
increase Urea Production+ HURL a joint venture of Indian Maharatna companies -IOCL (Indian Oil
Corporation Limited), NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) and Coal India Limited.
ELECRAMA= flagship events of Indian electrical industry organised at noida
Indian Railway’s first Waste to Energy Plant uses “PolyCrack” Technology- waste is processed
and reformed in 24 hours
Tangi Application=launched by Google+ AI Model for Killer Whales; 1 million USD Grant
#MeToo campaign and #Timesup campaign = to fight sexual harassment
"Biplabi Bharat" Museum = Announced by PM + for showcasing India's Freedom fighters
ominins = are classified as a tribe (Hominini) of primates, a type of mammal.
Zemdri, Xerava and Baxdela = Antibiotics
DevNi Mori = Gujarat government’s plan to build the world’s second tallest statue of Gautam
Buddha(108 metres) +highest - Spring Temple statue in China (153 metres)
Yazidis = Kurdish religious minority
Indias first transgender university =kushinagar,UP
India’s 1st war memorial =meerat
2 days Innovation Festival = Arunachal Pradesh
India’s 1st and biggest “walk through” aviary for birds+ India’s 1st air conditioned enclosure for
Humboldt penguins at veermata jijabai bhosale zoo, Mumbai.
Bangalore =worst traffic in the world according to report tomtom
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