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Daily Current Affairs of 16th January 2019

International Current Affairs

• The 2nd India-Myanmar bilateral Army exercise 'IMBEX 2018-19' commenced at Chandimandir military station,  Haryana.
• The exercise includes participation of 15 officers from Myanmar Army and 15 officers from Indian Army who shall jointly train for over a period of six days.
• Aim of IMBEX 2018-19 : To train the Myanmar delegation for participation in UN peacekeeping operations. 
• UK Members of Parliament today rejected a deal reached by Prime Minister Theresa May with the European Union on the terms of Britain's exit from the bloc (Brexit). 
  
• May sustained the heaviest parliamentary defeat of any British Prime Minister in the democratic era after the deal was rejected by a majority of 230.
• About the Brexit Deal :
• The Brexit deal, rejected by the British Parliament, includes both the Withdrawal Agreement on the terms on which Britain leaves the European Union (EU) and a Political Declaration for the future relationship. 
• The Withdrawal Agreement covers issues including citizens' rights, the Irish border and the Brexit divorce bill. 
• Trade and security are the two main components of the Political Declaration.

National Current Affairs

• The BJP-led Jharkhand government today announced implementation of 10% reservation in government jobs and education for the economically weaker sections in general category. 
• Gujarat implemented the reservation on Monday and Himachal Pradesh announced to bring it into force soon. 
• Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath today launched his government's ₹50,000 crore farm debt-waiver scheme titled 'Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana'.
• This scheme would benefit 55 lakh small and marginal farmers.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated 13-km-long, two-lane Kollam bypass on National Highway 66 in Kerala. 
• With a project cost of ₹352 crore, the bypass will cut the travel time between Alappuzha and Thiruvananthapuram districts of the state. 
• Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu today inaugurated the Global Aviation Summit 2019 in Mumbai.
• The 2-day summit is being organised by Ministry of Civil Aviation in association with FICCI. 
• It offers stakeholders an opportunity to explore, deliberate and understand how technology-driven innovations will change air travel in the decades to come.
• Theme of Global Aviation Summit 2019 : 'Flying for all-especially the next 6 Billion'.
• Bengaluru has emerged as the world’s most dynamic city according to JLL City Momentum Index 2019 which identifies World Dynamic Cities.
• The Index measures short-term momentum over a three-year horizon and identifies urban economies and real estate markets which are currently undergoing significant rapid growth.
• Hyderabad ranked 2nd, Delhi ranked 4th, Pune at 5th, Chennai at 7th and Kolkata at 15th position featuring in top 20 cities.
• With 19 of the top 20 cities from Asia Pacific, the rankings highlight and showcase the region’s continued rapid urbanisation and strong economic growth.
• Top 10 in City Momentum Index 2019
1. Bengaluru
2. Hyderabad
3. Hanoi
4. Delhi
5. Pune
6. Nairobi
7. Chennai
8. Ho Chi Minh City
9. Xi’an
10. Guangzhou

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

• The Bank of China has offered a loan of $300 million to Sri Lanka, which could be raised to $1 billion.
• The political crisis in Sri Lanka last year triggered by the ouster of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe adversely affected the country's economy. 
• Note : Sri Lanka faces record high repayments of $5.9 billion this year.
• The Centre today announced that it allocated an additional over ₹6,000 crore for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. 
• This takes the total allocation to ₹61,084 crore in 2018-19, making it the highest ever in a financial year.

Recent Committees in News

• The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has formed a 7-member Group of Ministers (GoM) under the GST regime and suggest remedial measures. 
• It will analyse tax rate of GST and suggest a composition scheme for residential construction units.
• Head of this Panel : Nitinbhai Patel (Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister)
• Finance Ministers of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh and the Panchayat Minister of Goa will be the members.

Awards & Honors

• The Hindu Literary Prize 2018 Winners
• English writer Neelum Saran Gour, author of Requiem in Raga Jankibagged The Hindu Prize 2018 for Fiction.
• Activist Manoranjan Byapari, author of Interrogating my Chandal Life: An Autobiography of a Dalit, bagged The Hindu Prize 2018 for non-fiction.
• The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Award for Best Book Fiction to Venita Coelho for Boy No: 32.
• A Brush with Indian Art of Mamta Nainy received The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Award for Best Book Non-Fiction.
• Vinayak Varma’s Angry Akku received The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Award for Best Picture Book: Story.
• Rajiv Eipe’s Ammachi’s Amazing Machines received The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Award for Best Picture Book: Illustration.

New Appointments

• Former CEO of Singapore Sports Hub & Managing Director of ESPN Star Sports, Manu Sawhney has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of International Cricket Council (ICC). 
• He will join the organisation next month before formally taking over the reins from David Richardson in July following the ICC World Cup 2019.
• Mohammed Ali Qamar, the man who won India's first Commonwealth Games gold medal in boxing, has been appointed as the chief coach for India's Female Boxers. 
• Qamar (38) is also the youngest person to land the job. 

Sports Current Affairs

• Chennai's D Gukesh (12 years 7 months & 17 days) today became the 2nd youngest Grandmaster in the world and the youngest Indian to achieve the feat.
• Important Note : Ukraine's Sergey Karjakin remains the youngest-ever Grand Master, achieving the feat in 2002 aged 12 years and seven months.
• 36 year old Czech professional footballerr Petr Cech has announced that he will retire at the end of the season. 
• He won 4 Premier League titles, 4 FA Cups, the Champions League and the Europa League during his 11-year spell with Chelsea. 

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