Note 6 : January 2019 Current Affairs -Part 1(SSC,KPSC,UPSC)

                                               January 2019 Current Affairs
                                                    Part 1



1. Which city is the venue of the 42nd Indian Social Science Congress (ISSC)? 
                                                                                                       Ans: Bhuvneshwar

2. Which Indian player has been named as the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2018?
                                                                                                      Ans: Smrit Mandhana 

3  ESAF Small Finance Bank (SFB) has recently got RBI nod to operate as a scheduled bank. The headquarters of ESAF is located at ___?
                                                                                                       Ans: Trissur

4. Who is the newly appointed Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)?
                                                                                                    Ans:Sudheer Bhargav

5.Who has become the first Indian wicket-keeper to claim 20 catches in Test series?
                                                                                                 Ans:RishabhPant

6.Transgenders can file sexual harassment case under which section of IPC?
                                                                                                 Ans: IPC 357A

7.Which toll-free helpline has been launched by NHRC to file complaint through Common service centre?
                                                                                                   Ans:14433

8. Which country has announced 2019 as the ‘Year of Active Investment and Social Development’ in backdrop of wider business with India?
                                                                                                    Ans:kazakhistan
                                                    Capital of Kazakhistan :Astana
                                                    Currency: Tenge

9.2018-ലെ മാതൃഭൂമി സാഹിത്യ പുരസ്‌കാരം : എന്‍.എസ്. മാധവന്.

10 Who is the head of the government committee that suggested AICTE to stop setting up new engineering colleges from 2020?
                                                                                       Ans:BVR Mohan Reddy

11.President Ram Nath Kovind has nominated Justice AK Sikri as Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA)

12 The Union Home Ministry has approved the proposal of the Uttar Pradesh Government to rename Allahabad as Prayagraj.

13. Women’s wall for Gender Equality in Kerala

14.Japan has announced its decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC)

15 The government of Pakistan has decided to launch Panda Bonds to raise loans from Chinese capital markets.

16 Separate High Courts will start functioning for the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh from 1st January 2019. The High Court for Telangana is the 25th High Court in the country

17 The Centre today inaugurated ‘Ujjwala Sanitary Napkins’ manufacturing units in Odisha which is being seen as an attempt to counter the ‘Khushi’ scheme launched by the State government.

18 Harmanpreet Kaur Named ICC Women's T20I 2018 Team Captain.

19 PM Narendra Modi released a commemorative stamp(2018) on Maharaja Suheldev.

20 The West Bengal government has decided to observe ‘Rosogolla Day’ on Novr 14, to commemorate the first anniversary of the State’s famous sweet getting Geographical Indication (GI) tag as ‘Bengal’s Rosogolla’
21.International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde appointed Gita Gopinath She is the first woman to occupy the post of chief economist of IMF. She is the 11th chief economist of the IMF and Director of the IMF’s Research Department. . 

22.RBI appoints Nandan Nilekani as chairman of high-level committee on digital payments .
23.ഹരിവരാസനം പുരസ്‌കാരം-2019 ഗായിക പി.സുശീലയ്ക്ക്.
24. India's new ambassador to China: Vikram Misri .
25.Khelo India Youth games 2019 are being held at  Pune .
26 Pranav R Mehta,  has become the president of the Global Solar Council. He has become the first Indian to head the Global Solar Council
27 Citizenship Amendment Bill passed(Jan 9,2019) in Lok Sabha.
28 Kumar Rajesh Chandra appointed Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal... 
29 The Rajya Sabha passes(January 9,2019) the Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill, 2019, with 165 votes. The Bill will provide 10% reservation to the economically weaker sections among the general category in educational institutions and government job.
30 ആശാന്റെ ‘ചിന്താവിഷ്ടയായ സീത’യ്ക്ക് 100 വയസ്സ്! in 2019
31 2nd International Dam Safety Conference - 2019 at Bhubaneswar, Odisha
* First :Trivandrum(2018)
32.Apsara Reddy, who has become the first transgender woman to be appointed the general secretary of All India Mahila Congress (AIMC) by Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
33  Kalamandalam Kshemavathy wins Nishagandhi Award 2019
34.Odakuzhal award 2018 E V Ramakrishnan Malayala novalinte desakalangal.
35.New Prime minister of Bangladesh: Shekh Hasina.


























































































































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