Current Affairs 2019

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has been inaugurated as only the second elected president in Kazakhstan’s history, after winning polls marred by a police crackdown and slammed by foreign monitors for “widespread voting irregularities.” Mr Tokayev, the hand-picked successor to longtime ruler Nursultan Nazarbayev, pledged that “different opinions, united nation” would be the slogan of his presidency, during […]

Amazon clinched the world’s most valuable brand in cloud computing, consumer tech and movie production. It is founded by the world’s richest man Jeff Bezos. According to the 2019 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands rankings, Amazon online retailer set its brand value quintuple in the past five years to reach $315.5billion. It is undertaken

Virendra Kumar, a seven-time MP from Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh chosen as the pro tem speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha. He was MoS in the ministry of women and child development He was also in the minority affairs ministry in the previous government. He is likely to be administered the oath of office at

Sucharitha, A Dalit Women was inducted into the Congress by the late Dr Y S Rajashekara Reddy (YSR) spotted her during his historic ‘padayatra’ in 2003. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy appointed Mekathoti Sucharita as the state home minister She is one among five ministers to be selected from SC

Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepted an invitation to attend the session of the G7 Summit in Biarritz.  The 45th summit of the G7 group of countries takes place from August 24 to August 26 in Biarritz, France. Lemoyne visited India and he is the first French ministerial trip to the country after the Narendra Modi government assumed

China claimed four gold medals at 2019 ITTF World Tour Hong Kong Open, Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong. The event was held from 6 June to 9 June.  Women’s singles:Wang Yidi the women’s singles title by defeating second seed Mima Ito of Japan. She secured 4-0 scoreline (11-3, 11-7, 11-5, 11-6). This is her first international win.Men’s singles:Chinese player

Veteran director, playwright and actor Girish Karnad passed away at the age of 81 on 10th June 2019. Karnad died due to a prolonged illness. His career: Karnad made his acting and screenwriting debut in a 1970 on a release called ‘Samskara’ which won the President’s Golden Lotus Award.  He served as the Director of the Film and

Haryana and Maharashtra participated in the  third day of the 3rd Youth men’s and women’s national boxing championship in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand  Four boxers from Maharashtra entered the quarterfinals  Ankit Narwal-led Haryana boxers reached the last-eight stage.  Narwal, the 2018 Youth Asian Championship bronze winner in men’s 60kg category  Haryana’s Akshay Kumar won the game in the

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has proposed to set up a National Data Warehouse with an aim to leveraging big data analytical tools. This move is to further improve the quality of macro-economic aggregates. MoSPI also plans to introduce a legislative framework so that the National Statistical Commission (NSC) can function with independence and give holistic guidance for improving the

India is making debut in the adventurous game of Rafting. Former Prime Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports team played in World Rafting Championship which is taking place in Tuncelli. There are 20 teams from 20 countries are challenging for the title.  President of Turkish Rafting Federation Fikret Yadimei expressed