January 2019 Monthly Current Affairs Quick Review - Pdf Download

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January 2019 Current Affairs PDF

Friends, today we are giving you the Pdf File of January 2019 Current Affairs Quick Review Capsule. We made this pdf file for upcoming competitive exams of the year 2019. So it consists of all important major news events of January month from 1st to 31st January 2019, including Important Dates and Themes, Awards and Honors, Obituaries, New Appointments in National and International organizations, Books and Authors, Banking and Financial updates, various Indexes and Reports released in January 2019 by government and private organizations along with India's rank with Top 10. Happy Reading :)

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January 2019 Current Affairs Important Highlights (One-Liners)

Friends, here are the Major Current Affairs Highlights of January 2019. These one-liners cover all important International, National, MOUs, Indexes, Banking, Technology, Books & Authors, Committees and Sports affairs of January month (from 1st to 31st January 2019). You will get pdf version of this list by 14th February 2019. All the Best and Happy Reading :)

January 2019 Current Affairs Highlights (One-Liners) 

• 1st India-Central Asia Dialogue was held in Samarkand (Uzbekistan) during 12th & 13th January 2019. The Dialogue was co-chaired by External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj and the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan, Abdulaziz Kamilov.
• 1st January 2019 was observed as 52nd World Day of Peace with the theme “Good Politics is at the Service of Peace”.
• 2002 batch UP Cadre IPS officer, Aparna Kumar became the 1st woman IPS officer to reach the South Pole. 
• 10 year old Abhinav Shaw became the youngest gold medallist in shooting at the Khelo India Youth Games in Pune .
  
• 10th National Girl Child Day was observed on 24th January 2019. Theme of National Girl Child Day 2019 : 'Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow'.
• 25 states achieved 100 percent household electrification under Centre’s ‘Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana’ (Saubhagya), upto end of 2018. Only about 10 Lakh households are left to be electrified in 4 States viz., Assam, Rajasthan, Meghalaya and Chhattisgarh.
• 26th January 2019 was observed as International Customs Day with the theme “SMART borders for seamless Trade, Travel and Transport."
• 27th January 2019 was observed as International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust with the theme “Holocaust Remembrance: Demand and Defend Your Human Rights”.

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30th & 31st January 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 30th & 31st January 2019

International Current Affairs

• India has been ranked 78th in recently released 'Corruption Perceptions Index 2018' by the Transparency International, moving up three places from 2017.

• The US has been ranked 22, dropping out of top 20 on the index for the first time since 2011. 
• Denmark topped the index, which ranks 180 countries and territories.
• According to Transparency International, these are the world’s least corrupt nations:
  1. Denmark
  2. New Zealand
  3. Finland
  3. Singapore
  3. Sweden
  3. Switzerland
  7. Norway
  8. Netherlands
  9. Canada
  9. Luxembourg
  11. Germany
  11. United Kingdom
  22. United States
  38. Czech Republic
  57. Slovakia

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29th January 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 29th January 2019

International Current Affairs

• The United States and Taliban agreed in principle to the framework of a peace deal that seeks to end the 17-year war in Afghanistan.
• A Pakistani delegation  arrived in Jammu today to visit the Chenab river basin in Jammu and Kashmir for inspection. 
• The Pakistan delegation is led by Pakistan's Indus Commissioner Syed Mohammad Mehar Ali Shah while Indian Indus Commissioner Pradeep Kumar Saxena  is leading the Indian delegation.
  
• Note : Under the Indus Waters Treaty 1960 between India and Pakistan both the commissioners are mandated to inspect sites and works on both the sides of Indus basin in a block of five years.

National Current Affairs

• The Swasth  Bharat Yatra, the world’s biggest cyclothon to push people to eat right, culminated in New Delhi today. 
• The campaign was flagged-off on 16th October last year on the occasion of World Food Day. 
• The yatra began from six different locations - Leh, Panaji, Thiruvananthapuram, Puducherry, Kolkata and Agartala on six different tracks in which more than ten thousand volunteer cyclists covered over twenty thousand kilometres spreading the message of ‘Eat Safe, Eat Healthy and Eat Fortified.

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28th January 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 28th January 2019

International Current Affairs

• Today (28th January) is Data Privacy Day/ Data Protection Day.
• The purpose of this day is to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices.
• Pakistan was named on this day (28th January) in the year 1933.
• Muslim nationalist Choudhry Rahmat Ali, who is also known as the Founder of Pakistan National Movement, used 'Pakistan' in his pamphlet 'Now or Never' explaining reasons to establish a separate nation.
• 'Pakistan' referred to the five northern units of India- 'P'unjab, North-West Frontier ('A'fghan) Province, 'K'ashmir, 'S'ind, and Baluchis'tan' (PAKSTAN).
  
• Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced that his country is breaking off diplomatic ties with the United States after his American counterpart Donald Trump recognized Opposition leader Juan Guaido as the South American country’s interim President.

National Current Affairs

• India's fastest indigenous train (Train18) which will run from Delhi to Varanasi has been named as 'Vande Bharat Express'.
• The train will run between Delhi and Varanasi at a maximum speed of 160 km per hour. 
• The 16-coach train was built in 18 months at a cost of ₹97 crore by the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai.
• Railways Minister : Piyush Goyal

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27th January 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 27th January 2019

International Current Affairs

• Today (27th January) is International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust.
• This day commemorates the genocide that resulted in the death of an estimated 6 million Jewish people, 2 million Romani people, 250,000 mentally and physically disabled people, and 9,000 homosexual men by the Nazi regime and its colalborators.
• Theme of the year 2019 : “Holocaust Remembrance: Demand and Defend Your Human Rights”
• On the 70th Republic Day, India gifted 30 ambulances and 6 buses to Nepal. 
• Note : Since 1994, India has gifted 722 ambulances and 142 buses to various Nepalese organisations.
  
• The Indian Army is going to conduct a military exercise titled  'India-Africa Field Training' with African nations at the Aundh Military station and College of Military Engineering in Pune.
• Nigeria, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia, Mozambique and Uganda will be participating in the joint military exercise.
• The exercise is scheduled to be held between March 18 to 27, 2019.
• Aim of this Exercise : To synergise United Nations peacekeeping operations.

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26th January 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 26th January 2019

International Current Affairs

• Today (26th January) is International Customs Day.
• This day recognizes the role of custom officials and agencies in maintaining border security.
• It focuses on the working conditions and challenges that customs officers face in their jobs.
  
• Theme of International Customs Day 2019 : “SMART borders for seamless Trade, Travel and Transport."
• Australians celebrate their national day, Australia Day today (same date of Indian Republic Day). 
• Australia Day marks the beginning of the European settlement in Australia and the foundation of the modern Australian state. It was on January 26, 1788, that the First Fleet of British ships arrived at Sydney Cove.
• The African nation of Angola has decriminalised homosexuality after the parliament removed the "vices against nature" provision. 
• The government has also banned discrimination against people on the basis of sexual orientation. 

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25th January 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 25th January 2019

International Current Affairs

• South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is on a 2-day visit to India.
• He met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and both leaders held talks on bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest.
• Important Points Note : 
• Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa is the Chief Guest at the 70th Indian Republic Day Parade. 
• He is the 2nd President of South Africa after Nelson Mandela to be the Chief Guest at the parade.
• Maldivian Defence Minister Mariya Ahmed Didi is on a visit to India
• During this visit, she met Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and both leaders
  agreed to continue their traditionally close cooperation on issues of maritime security, counter-terrorism and medical cooperation. 
  
• Mariya will witness the 70th Republic Day Parade at Rajpath.

National Current Affairs

• Today is 9th National Voters Day.
• The date (25th January) was declared as the National Voters' Day in the year 2011 as the Election Commission of India was founded on this day in the year 1950.
• The day aims at increasing the enrolment of voters, especially encourage participation of newly eligible young voters and ensure universal adult franchise.
• Theme of National Voters Day 2019 :  “No Voter to be left behind”

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24th January 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 24th January 2019

National Current Affairs

• India's National Anthem 'Jana Gana Mana' was adopted as the national anthem of India on this day (January 24) in the year 1950, by the Constituent Assembly. 
• Written and composed by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, the anthem spreads the message of pluralism.
• The official duration of Jana Gana Man is is 52 seconds. 
• Note : Further, 'Vande Mataram', written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, was adopted as the national song of India on the same day.
• On this day in 1950, Dr Rajendra Prasad was unanimously elected as the first President of the Republic of India, by the Constituent Assembly. 
  
• Note : India has so far had 13 Presidents, with Prasad being the only one to have held the office twice.
• Today is 10th National Girl Child Day.
• This day has been started as a national girls development mission by the Government of India. 
• This mission raises the awareness among people all over the country about the importance of girl’s promotion. 
• It enhances the meaningful contribution of the girls in decision making processes through the active support of the parents and other community members.
• Theme of National Girl Child Day 2019 :  'Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow'.

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23rd January 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 23rd January 2019

International Current Affairs

• India ranked 80th in recently released Global Talent Competitive Index (GTCI) 2019.
• This Index was released on the first day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2019.
• It was prepared by the INSEAD business school in partnership with Tata Communications and Adecco Group.
• The Global Talent Competitive Index measures how countries and cities grow, attract and retain talent, ranking 125 countries and 114 cities across all groups of income and levels of development.
• Top 5 Countries in Global Talent Competitive Index (GTCI) 2019
• Switzerland 
• Singapore
• United States
• Norway 
• Denmark
• The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed out the Top 10 global health threats for 2019, ranging from vaccine-preventable diseases to drug-resistant infections, from obesity and physical inactivity to cancer and environmental diseases like heart and lung problems. 
• According to the WHO, unless steps are taken to address these threats millions of lives are at risk.
  
• The top 10 threats to global health in 2019
1. Air pollution and climate change
2. Non-communicable diseases
3. Global influenza pandemic
4. Fragile and vulnerable settings
5. Antimicrobial resistance
6. Ebola and other high-threat pathogens
7. Weak primary health care
8. Vaccine hesitancy
9. Dengue
10. HIV

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22nd January 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 22nd January 2019

International Current Affairs

• According to the recently released 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer report, India is among the most trusted nations globally when it comes to government, business, NGOs and media.
• The Index is the average per cent of trust in NGOs, business, government and media.
• China topped the Trust Index among both the informed public and the general population segments.
• India was at the 2nd place in the informed public category and 3rd place in the general population category.
• In terms of trust in companies headquartered in each market, the most trusted are those from Switzerland, Germany and Canada.
• However, as per the report, companies headquartered in India, Mexico and Brazil are the least trusted, followed by China and South Korea.

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21st January 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 21st January 2019

International Current Affairs

• Today (21st January) is Squirrel Appreciation Day.
• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has recognised Rio de Janeiro as the 'World Capital of Architecture' for 2020.
• Having defeated Paris and Melbourne, Rio was selected to host the 27th edition of the World Congress of the International Union of Architects (UIA) in July 2020.
• Note : The "World Capitals of Architecture" initiative was launched by UNESCO and UIA in November 2018.
• Aadhaar cards are now valid travel documents for Indians under 15 and over 65 travelling to Nepal and Bhutan. 
  
• Note : Indians other than those in the two age brackets will not be able to use Aadhaar to travel to these countries.

National Current Affairs

• Today (21st January) is the 47th Statehood Day of 3 states Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya.
• The three states attained statehood on this day in the year 1972 under the North-Eastern Areas (Re-organisation) Act, 1971.
• While Meghalaya was a part of Assam before becoming a full-fledged state, Manipur and Tripura were Union Territories before 1972.

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20th January 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 20th January 2019

International Current Affairs

• Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth has reached New Delhi today on a 7 day visit to India.
• He will leave for Varanasi to take part in the Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas tomorrow.
• Important Points to Note : 
• India is Mauritius’ largest trading partner and has been the largest exporter of goods and services to Mauritius since 2007. 
  
• Eight Indian Public Sector Enterprises are currently functioning in Mauritius.
• Over the past 40 years, India has extended several Lines of Credit to Mauritius to assist in the development of its infrastructure, human resource, skills development and capacity building.

National Current Affairs

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India's first National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC) in Mumbai today. 
• The ceremony was attended by several Bollywood actors and filmmakers, including Aamir Khan and Karan Johar.

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19th January 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 19th January 2019

International Current Affairs

• The White House today announced that US President Donald Trump is going to hold a 2nd summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in late February. 
• The location of the summit would be announced later. 
• Note : Earlier on 12 June 2018, both leaders met in Singapore and signed a joint statement, agreeing to security guarantees for North Korea, new peaceful relations, the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, recovery of soldiers' remains.
• France today activated a plan for a no-deal Brexit after the British Parliament rejected PM Theresa May's deal. 
• "This plan includes measures that aim to ensure that there is no interruption of rights and that the rights of our fellow citizens and our businesses are effectively protected," French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said.
  
• Five decrees that will cover different aspects of Britain-France ties will be issued within three weeks.

National Current Affairs

• Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has approved induction of women as jawans in the Army's Corps of Military Police. 
• The women will be inducted in graded manner to eventually comprise 20% of total Corps of Military Police.
• Their role would range from probing rape and molestation cases to assisting the Army wherever required.
• Note : Currently, women are allowed in select areas such as medical, legal, educational, signals and engineering wings of the Army.

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18th January 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 18th January 2019

International Current Affairs

• Palestine has taken over the chairmanship of G77 (Group of 77) from Egypt. 
• Important Points to Note : 
• G77 is a coalition of 134 developing nations at the United Nations. 
• G77 was formed on 15 June 1964 by the “Joint Declaration of the Seventy-Seven Countries” issued at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
• The chairmanship of the G77 is based on the system of geographical rotation. 
• 2019 was Asia’s turn and the Asian group had unanimously endorsed Palestine. Egypt was representing the African Group of countries.
• The United States will begin the process of the withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty on February 2. 

• The US' announcement came after it rejected an offer to inspect a new Russian missile that it claims violates the Cold War-era treaty.
• The INF treaty required the elimination of both US' and Russia's land-based nuclear missiles from Europe.

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17th January 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 17th January 2019

International Current Affairs

• UK Prime Minister Theresa May today won the no-confidence vote tabled by Opposition and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn by 325 to 306. 
• Note : This is the second no-confidence vote won by May in over a month, the first being tabled by her own Conservative Party members.
• The world’s first television channel dedicated to human rights was launched in London with a promise to deliver hidden stories ignored by mainstream media into people’s living rooms.
• This web-based channel would bring human rights issues to audiences in over 20 countries across Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.
  
• This channel was launched by the International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR).

National Current Affairs

• PM Modi inaugurates Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Medical Sciences & Research in Ahmedabad. 
• This is a state of art, super-speciality public hospital built by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and is equipped with all modern amenities, including an air ambulance.

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16th January 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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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.

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15th January 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 15th January 2019

National Current Affairs

• Today (15th January) is 71st Indian Army Day.
• It was on this day in 1949 when Lt. General (later Field Marshal) KM Cariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army post Independence.
• This day inspires the troops to continue to enrich the glorious traditions of the Indian Army with their dedication and sacrifice.
• This Day also marks a day to salute the valiant soldiers who sacrificed their lives to protect the country and the people living in it.
  
• Important Names to Remember :
• Chief of Army Staff - Bipin Rawat
• Chief of Naval Staff - Sunil Lanba
• Air Chief Marshal - Birender Singh Dhanoa
• Important Note : For the 1st time in the history of Indian Army, Lieutenant Bhavana Kasturi will lead the Indian Army’s Service Corps (ASC) contingent and Captain Shikha Surabhi will be leading the Army’s Daredevils Motorcycle Display team comprising 33 men riding nine bikes in a pyramid formation.
• Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) today announced that it will soon stop stamping of boarding passes by security personnel for domestic passengers. 
• Passengers travelling within the country from Terminal 2 can authenticate their boarding pass at the pre-embarkation security checkpoints by scanning its barcode or QR code at the e-gates reader.

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14th January 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 14th January 2019

International Current Affairs

• The Parliament of Macedonia has passed the resolution to amend the constitution of the country to rename it as the Republic of Northern Macedonia. 
• The renaming is in line with a landmark agreement with Greece to end a decades-long dispute.
• About the Republic of Macedonia :
• President : Gjorge Ivanov
• Prime Minister : Zoran Zaev
• Currency    : Macedonian denar
• Capital : Skopje
• Official language : Macedonian
  
• The Indian government is going to construct 44 "strategically important" roads along the India-China border spanning across 5 states (J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh).
• The total cost of the project is estimated to be around ₹21,000 crore.
• The 1st ever India-Central Asia Dialogue was held at Uzbekistan capital Samarkand.
• The Dialogue was chaired by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Uzbek counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov. 
• It was attended by the Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan and the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan.
• During this dialogue, India and the 5 Central Asia nations have backed an inclusive peace process in Afghanistan that is Afghan-owned and Afghan-led. 
• After the meeting, Ms Swaraj reiterated India's commitment to the economic reconstruction of war-torn Afghanistan.
• At the conclusion of the dialogue, India and the Central Asian countries, along with Afghanistan, condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.

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13th January 2019 Daily Current Affairs - PDF Download

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Daily Current Affairs of 13th January 2019

International Current Affairs

• US lawmakers today introduced a bill in the US Congress to terminate Pakistan's designation as a 'Major non-NATO ally'. 
• The bill states that for future redesignation, the US President must certify to the Congress that Pakistan continues to conduct operations to disrupt the safe haven and freedom of movement of the Haqqani Network militant group in the country.

National Current Affairs

• President Ram Nath Kovind has approved The Constitution (One Hundred And Third Amendment) Act, 2019, which introduces a 10% reservation for economically weaker sections among general category for jobs and educational institutions. 
  
• Now the government will announce the date from when the Act will come into force. 
• Rajasthan government is going to introduce free education for girls in all state-run institutions from next academic session.
• Internal complaint committees will be set up in colleges to ensure a fearless environment.
• The state government has targeted 252 colleges to provide free coaching for preparation of competitive exams.

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