Current Affairs 2019

Latest Current Affairs 2019 and important News, articles, treaties, government schemes, awards, sports results etc. for competitive exams SSC, UPSC, Railways, Public Service Commission(PSC). These daily general knowledge or general awareness section provides detail study materials for preparations. Download pdfs are available here.

Def-Connect

Defence Innovations Conference ‘Def-Connect’ Showcasing Accomplishments of iDEX

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) organised the conference ‘Def-Connect’ in New Delhi on November 11, 2019 to showcase the accomplishments of the Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) initiative and growth of the defence ecosystem in the country. The iDEX portal and Defence India Start-up Challenge (DISC)-III was also launched. It is an ecosystem to foster

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rural development

India’s top priority is to put the farmers concerns and rural development on a larger landscape

The Government of India’s top priority is to put the farmers’ concerns and rural development on a larger landscape, said Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, while speaking at the inauguration of the 6th World Congress on Rural and Agriculture Finance jointly organised by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)

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World Diabetes Day

World Diabetes Day 2019

World Diabetes Day is marked on November 14 every year. It coincides with the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting, who insulin alongside Charles Best. This year’s theme for World Diabetes Day is “Family and Diabetes”. More than 420 million people worldwide affected by diabetes. China has the highest number of patients (11.43 cr.) followed by

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India-Russia-China explore alternative to SWIFT payment mechanism

India-Russia-China explore alternative to SWIFT payment mechanism

India, Russia and China are exploring an alternative to the US-dominated SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) payment mechanism. Russia’s financial messaging system SPFS will be linked with the Chinese cross-border interbank payment system CIPS. While India still does not have a domestic financial messaging system, it plans to link the Central Bank of

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Uttar Pradesh government to set up bio-fuel plants to address issue of stubble burning

Uttar Pradesh government to set up bio-fuel plants to address issue of stubble burning

Supreme Court has Directed Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to prevent their farmers from stubble burning owing to the severe dip in air quality in Delhi. State government had planned to set up bio-fuel plants in every district. Farmers could sell the stubble, along with other agricultural waste, to these plants instead of burning it

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