Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 1st week of September 2019. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming LIC HFL and IBPS PO/Clerk 2019 and other competitive exams can make use of it.
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Current Affairs: Important Days
| Date |
Important days |
Theme |
| September 1 |
National Nutrition Week |
– |
| September 2 |
World Coconut Day |
Coconut for Family Wellness |
| September 5 |
International Day of Charity |
– |
| September 5 |
National Teachers’ Day |
– |
Current Affairs: National
- September month to be celebrated as ‘Rashtriya Poshan Maah’
- VP Venkaiah Naidu inaugurates India’s longest electrified rail tunnel in Andhra Pradesh
| USEFUL INFO |
| Andhra Pradesh Capital |
Hyderabad, Amaravathi |
| Andhra Pradesh CM |
Jagan Mohan Reddy |
| Andhra Pradesh Governor |
Biswabhusan Harichandan |
- Election Commission launched Electors Verification Programme (EVP) across the country
- KVIC launched ‘Terracotta Grinder’ at Varanasi to re-use wasted pottery
| USEFUL INFO |
| Khadi and Village Industry Commission (KVIC) |
| KVIC Headquarters |
Mumbai |
| KVIC Chairman |
Vinai Kumar Saxena |
- Prakash Javadekar unveiled the new logo, certificate design of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)
- Information and Broadcasting Ministry decides to discontinue single-use plasticinside the official premises of the units under it
| USEFUL INFO |
| Ministry of Information & Broadcasting |
| Union Minister |
Prakash Javadekar |
| Constituency |
Rajya Sabha (Madhya Pradesh) |
- Cultural event ‘Namaste pacific’ held in New Delhi
- Harsh Vardhan inaugurates 72nd Session of WHO Regional Committee of South-East Asia meet
| USEFUL INFO |
| World Health Organization (WHO) |
| Headquarters |
Geneva, Switzerland |
| Director General |
Tedros Adhanom |
- Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGA) gets India’s tallest ATC Tower
- India to contribute USD 22 mn to Global Fund for AIDS, TB, malaria (GFTAM) for 2020-22
- Tinsukia Junction in Assam becomes India’s 4000th railway station to get free public WiFi
- Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Jammu and Kashmir has been adjudged as the ‘Best Swachh Iconic place’ in the country in the ‘Swachh Iconic Places’ list
- Rs 125 crore allotted to IIT- Kharagpur for Centre’s Sophisticated Analytical and Technical Help Institute (SATHI) initiative
- Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry has decided to ban single-use plastic from Sep 15
| USEFUL INFO |
| Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution |
| Union Minister |
Ramvilas Paswan |
| Constituency |
Not Contested in Election |
- Government has launched the updated Credit linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) for MSMEs
Current Affairs: International
- Nepal inaugurates educational institution built with India’s assistance
| USEFUL INFO |
| Nepal Capital |
Kathmandu |
| Nepal Currency |
Nepalese rupee |
| Nepal President |
Bidya Devi Bhandari |
- The 3rd India-Australia Cyber Policy Dialogue 2019 was held in New Delhi
| USEFUL INFO |
| Australia Capital |
Canberra |
| Australia Currency |
Australian dollar |
| Australia Prime Minister |
Scott Morrison |
- WHO South-East Asia Region sets 2023 target to eliminate measles, rubella
| USEFUL INFO |
| World Health Organization |
| Headquarters |
Geneva, Switzerland |
| Director General |
Tedros Adhanom |
Current Affairs: State
- Centre approves Gorewada International Zoo in Nagpur, Maharashtra
- PM Modiinaugurated the Mumbai Metro’s first coach built under ‘Make in India’
| USEFUL INFO |
| Maharashtra Capital |
Mumbai |
| Maharashtra CM |
DevendraFadnavis |
| Maharashtra Governor |
Bhagat Singh Koshyari |
- Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma has launched ‘walk to work’ Fit India campaign in the state
| USEFUL INFO |
| Meghalaya Capital |
Shillong |
| Meghalaya CM |
Conrad Sangma |
| Meghalaya Governor |
Tathagata Roy |
- Haryana government waives Rs. 4,750 crore interest, penalty on crop loans
| USEFUL INFO |
| Haryana Capital |
Chandigarh |
| Haryana CM |
Manoharlal Kathar |
| Haryana Governor |
Satyadev Narayan Arya |
- One nation-one ration card scheme was implemented on a pilot basis in the Odisha capital
- Nuakhai is a festival to celebrate newly harvested food by the farmers in Odisha
| USEFUL INFO |
| Odisha Capital |
Bhubaneswar |
| Odisha CM |
Naveen Patnaik |
| Odisha Governor |
Ganeshi Lal |
- Uttar Pradesh Police has launched a ‘C-Plan’ app to aid Community Policing
| USEFUL INFO |
| Uttar Pradesh Capital |
Lucknow |
| Uttar Pradesh CM |
Yogi Adithiyanath |
| Uttar Pradesh Governor |
Anandiben Patel |
- Delhi to include OBC, General category students in Jai Bheem Mukhyamantri Yojana to enhance financial assistance from Rs. 40,000 to Rs. one lakh for coaching for various competitive exams.
| USEFUL INFO |
| Delhi Capital |
New Delhi |
| Delhi CM |
Arvind Kejriwal |
| Delhi Governor |
Anil Bijal |
- Gujarat government and Delaware State of America signed MoU for sister state
| USEFUL INFO |
| Gujarat Capital |
Gandhinagar |
| Gujarat CM |
Vijay Rupani |
| Gujarat Governor |
Acharya Dev Vrat |
Current Affairs: Banking and Finance
- World Bank to fund pro-poor tourism development projects worth $57 mnto top tourist hotspots of Agra and Braj-Mathura regions in Uttar Pradesh
| USEFUL INFO |
| World Bank |
| Headquarters |
Washington, D.C., United States |
| President |
David Malpass |
- DBS lowers India’s GDP growth to 6.2% for FY20
| USEFUL INFO |
| DBS bank MD & CEO |
Piyush Gupta |
| Headquarters |
Singapore |
- ECL Finance, a subsidiary of Edelweiss Financial Services and Central Bank of India partner to co-lend to MSMEs
- IRDAIsets up panel headed by Atul Sahai to revisit 3-yr old trade credit insurance guidelines
| USEFUL INFO |
| IRDAI- Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India |
| Chairperson |
Subhash Chandra Khuntia |
| IRDAI Headquarters |
Hyderabad |
- ESIC signs Agreement with SBI for payments to ESIC beneficiaries on Real Time Basis
| USEFUL INFO |
| State Bank of India Headquarters |
Mumbai |
| State Bank of India Tagline |
The Banker to every Indian |
| State Bank of India Chairperson |
Rajnish Kumar |
- ICICI Bank deploys ‘robotic arms’ to count currency notes
| ICICI Bank Headquarters |
Mumbai |
| Tagline |
Hum Hain Na! |
| MD & CEO |
SandeepBakhshi |
- GST Revenue collection in August stands at Rs. 98,202 crore
- Cabinet approves Rs 9,300 crore capital infusion in IDBI Bank
| USEFUL INFO |
| IDBI Bank MD & CEO |
Rakesh Sharma |
| IDBI Bank Headquarters |
Mumbai |
| IDBI Bank Tagline |
Aao Sochein Bada |
- The RBI has made it mandatory for banks to link retail loans with external benchmarks from October 1
| USEFUL INFO |
| RBI Headquarters |
Mumbai |
| RBI Governor |
Shaktikant Das |
| RBI Deputy Governor |
BP Kanungo, N S Vishwanathan, and Mahesh Kumar Jain |
- Crisil cuts India’s GDP forecast to 6.3% FY20 (2019 – 2020)
- Rating agency CARE cuts India’s GDP growth to 6.4-6.5% for FY20
- Standard Chartered Banklaunched its “DigiSmart”credit card
| USEFUL INFO |
| Standard Chartered Bank CEO |
Bill Winters |
| Standard Chartered Bank Headquarters |
London, United Kingdom |
- NDB to provide Rs 6,000 crore loan to Andhra Pradesh for social infrastructure projects
| USEFUL INFO |
| New Development Bank (NDB) |
| NDB President |
K. V. Kamath |
| NDB Headquarters |
Shanghai, China |
- Centre to infuse Rs. 12,000 crore in three state general insurance firms
Current Affairs: Appointments
| Tamilisai Soundararajan |
Governor of Telangana |
| Arif Mohammed Khan |
Governor of Kerala |
| Kalraj Mishra |
Governor of Rajasthan |
| BandaruDattatreya |
Governor ofHimachal Pradesh |
| Bhagat Singh Koshyari |
Governor ofMaharashtra |
| Vivek Kumar Johri |
Director General (DG) of Border Security Force (BSF) |
| Lt Gen Manoj MukundNaravane |
Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCAS) |
| Lt Gen Anil Chouhan |
Eastern Army Commander |
| Justice Harish Chandra Mishra |
Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court |
| OleksiyHoncharuk |
Ukraine’s new Prime minister |
| Sunil Arora
( Chief Election Commissioner) |
Chairman of the Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) for 2019-21 |
| JaideepSarkar |
Next High Commissioner of India to the Kingdom of Lesotho |
| B BalaBhaskar |
Next Indian Ambassador to Norway |
Current Affairs: Awards and Honours
| 1. |
PM Modi |
‘Global Goalkeeper Award’ by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan |
| 2. |
John Mondal |
CSIR Young Scientist Award 2019 in the field of Chemical Sciences
(cash prize of ₹50,000 and a plaque) |
| 3. |
Muhammad Yunus
(Bangladesh Professor) |
‘Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis ‘ award by the Vatican
(for his contribution towards establishing peace and harmony) |
| 4. |
Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) |
IT Excellence Award-2019 for SATARK app |
- HRD Ministry has awarded the status of Institute of Eminence to the IIT-Madras, the IIT-Kharagpur, Delhi University, Benares Hindu University and the University of Hyderabad
Current Affairs: Ranking
| Index |
India’s Rank |
Top |
Least |
Other info |
| Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report (TTCR) |
34th
(140 countries) |
Spain |
– |
Released by
World Economic Forum’s (WEF) |
|
Global Liveability Index for 2019 |
New Delhi – 118
Mumbai – 119 |
Vienna |
Damascus, (Syria) |
Released by
Economist Intelligence Unit |
Current Affairs: MOU
- IIT Kharagpur has collaborated with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to develop National Artificial Intelligence resource platform
- Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Google tie up to Build for Digital India
| USEFUL INFO |
| Ministry of Law and Justice, Minister of Communications; & Minister of Electronics and Information Technology |
| Union Minister |
Ravi Shankar Prasad |
| Constituency |
Patna Sahib, Bihar |
- Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) signs MoU with Zhengzhou Comm Exchange
| USEFUL INFO |
| Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) |
| MCX Chairman |
Mr.Saurabh Chandra |
| MCX Headquarters |
Mumbai |
- Wipro bags $300-million deal from ICICI Bank to provide a comprehensive suite of services
- India and South Korea signed two MoUs to boost defence cooperation
| USEFUL INFO |
| South Korea Capital |
Seoul |
| South Korea Currency |
South Korean won |
| South Korea President |
Moon Jae-in |
Current Affairs: Summit and Conference
- The Election Commission of India to host the 4th General Assembly of Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) at Bengaluru
| USEFUL INFO |
| Chief Election Commissioner |
Sunil Arora |
| Election Commissioner |
Ashok Lavasa, Sushil Chandra |
| ECI Headquarters |
New Delhi |
- COP14 to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification begins in Greater Noida
- A 3-day International Snacks Festival 2019 was inaugurated in Hyderabad, Telangana
| USEFUL INFO |
| Telangana Capital |
Hyderabad |
| Telangana CM |
Chandrasekhar Rao |
| Telangana Governor |
Tamilisai Soundararajan |
- One day Joint India – New Development Bank (NDB) Workshop held in New Delhi
| USEFUL INFO |
| New Development Bank (NDB) |
| NDB President |
K. V. Kamath |
| NDB Headquarters |
Shanghai, China |
- CBI’s 1st national conference on cyber crime investigation inaugurated in New Delhi
Current Affairs: Defence
- The Indian Air Force inducted eight US-made Apache AH-64E attack helicopters at the Pathankot airbase
- 15th Indo-US Joint Military Exercise YudhAbhyas 2019 to be held in Washington
- Iranian Army unveiled a new homegrown jet-propelled drone, named KIAN, with pinpoint accuracy
| USEFUL INFO |
| Iran Capital |
Tehran |
| Iran Currency |
Iranian rial |
| Iran President |
Hassan Rouhani |
- ASEAN-US Maritime Exercise Begins in Thailand
| USEFUL INFO |
| Thailand Capital |
Bangkok |
| Thailand Currency |
Thai baht |
| Thailand Prime Minister |
Prayut Chan-o-cha |
- India-Thailand Coordinated Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT) between the navies of the two countries held in Thailand
Current Affairs: Science and technology
- India to join developed nations in ocean studies with ‘Samudrayaan’ project
- Asia’s first 5th Generation – Virtual Reality based Advanced Driver Training Simulator Centre was launched at Chennai
Current Affairs: Books
| Book |
Author |
| “A Short History of Indian Railways” |
Rajendra B Aklekar |
| “First They Erased Our Name: A Rohingya Speaks” |
Sophie Ansel(France) |
|
‘LoktantraKeSwar (Khand 2)’ and
‘The Republican Ethic (Volume 2)’ |
Selected speeches of President of India during his second year in office (July 2018 to July 2019). |
|
‘Shiksha: A Journey’ |
Manish Sisodia
(Delhi Deputy CM & Education Minister) |
Current Affairs: Sports
- Ferrari racer Charles Leclerc beat Lewis Hamilton to win the Belgian Grand Prix
- India’s Sasikumar Mukund ended runner-up in both singles and doubles at ATP Challenger Tour, in Baotou, China.
- Tejinderpal Singh Toor wins silver medal in shot put at Czech Republic athletic meet
- 36th National Games to be held in Goa in October-November 2020
- The India Under-15 team beats Nepal to won the SAFF U-15 Championship 2019 title held in Kalyani Stadium, West Bengal
- Former India women’s team skipper Mithali Raj announced retirement from T20 Internationals
- Nadubhagam Chundan, the snake boat of Pallathuruthy Boat Club, lifted the 67th Nehru Trophy in Alappuzha
- Steve Smith dethroned India captain ViratKohli to reclaim the No.1 spot in ICC Test rankings
- Manu Bhaker-Saurabh Chaudhary win gold as India finish on top in ISSF World Cup
- FIFA unveiled the official emblem for Qatar World Cup 2022
| USEFUL INFO |
| FIFA Headquarters |
Zurich, Switzerland |
| President |
Gianni Infantino |
- Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza announced retirement from international cricket
- Misbah-ul-Haq named as Pakistan men’s cricket head coach and chief selector
- Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma has launched ‘Rohit4Rhinos’ campaign to save Rhinos in India
- Anupama Swain wins bronze in World Martial Arts Mastership‘Jiu-Jitsu 2019’at Chungju in South Korea
- Bob Carter appointed as head coach of New Zealand women’s cricket team
- The 2019 World Wrestling Championships will be held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
| USEFUL INFO |
| Kazakhstan Capital |
Nur-Sultan |
| Kazakhstan Currency |
Kazakhstani tenge |
| Kazakhstan Prime Minister |
Askar Mamin |
- Afghanistan test cricket captain Rashid Khanbecoming the youngest test cricket captain
Current Affairs: Obituaries
| Person |
Field |
| Valerie Harper |
Emmy Award-winning actress |
| Jessica Combs |
American professional Women racer |
| UditPratapDeo |
Former Kalahandi king |
| Robert Mugabe |
Former Zimbabwe President |
| KiranNagarkar |
Novelist and Playwright |
| Sukhdev Singh Libra |
Congress leader and former MP |
