Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF 01 to 07 August

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 1st week of August 2019.
Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk and LIC ADO 2019 and other competitive exams
can make use of it.

Current Affairs: Important Days

Date Important days Theme

“Empower Parents, Enable

August 1 to 7 World Breastfeeding Week
Breastfeeding”.

August 1 World Wide Web Day -

August 6 Hiroshima Day -

August 7 National Handloom Day -

Current Affairs: National

1. Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched Atal Community Innovation Centre (ACIC) in

New Delhi

2. Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel on flagged off a mobile library bus service in

Delhi
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Delhi Capital New Delhi

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Governor Anil Bijal

3. 10 historic monuments to be open from sunrise till 9 p.m

4. India and UK have launched a joint initiative named Innovating for Clean Air (IfCA) in Bengaluru
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UK Capital London

UK Currency Pound Sterling

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson

5. Government to set up JV firm ‘Khanij Bidesh India Ltd’ (KABIL) to ensure strategic minerals
supply

6. Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has set up a task force on

Employment under the chairmanship of NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy

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7. Union home minister Amit Shah will head a panel of ministers to combat mob lynchings in the

country

8. One Nation-One Ration Card scheme launched on a pilot basis in 4 states (Telangana, Andhra

Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat)

9. Government launched vernacular Agro Advisory App 'Meghdoot’ for farmers

10. Government revokes Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, bifurcates state into two UTs

11. Centre has approved the Rs. 4,900 crore project for interlinking of Kosi and Mechi rivers of Bihar

12. President Kovind has given his assent to The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India,

AERA (Amendment) Bill- 2019

13. Rajya Sabha has passed Consumer Protection Bill 2019

Current Affairs: International

1. The US Treasury has officially labeled China a “currency manipulator”

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China Capital Beijing

China Currency Renminbi, Yuan

China President Xi Jinping

Current Affairs: State

1. Maharashtra government decides to waive off exam fees for class 10 th and 12 th students

hailing from drought-affected districts of the state

2. World’s first hyperloop transportation system to come up at Maharashtra

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Maharashtra Capital Mumbai

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis

Maharashtra Governor Chinamani Vidyasagar Rao

3. West Bengal Government has launched an awareness campaign ‘Save Green, Stay Clean’

in Kolkata for preserving the greenery and keeping the environment clean.

4. Kolkata to get India’s first underwater Metro below the riverbed of the Hooghly River
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West Bengal Capital Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar

5. Noida got its first 'Pink Toilet' dedicated to women with facilities for sanitary napkins and baby

care.
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Uttar Pradesh Capital Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel

6. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has launched the ‘Vhali Dikri Yojna’ for the welfare of

girl child
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Gujarat Capital Gandhinagar

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani

Governor Acharya Dev Vrat

7. Mohali traffic police have launched 3-D Smart Traffic Signal devised by the students of a

Chandigarh university
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Punjab Capital Chandigarh

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh

Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore

Current Affairs: Banking and Finance

1. India received the highest-ever FDI inflow of $64.37 billion during the fiscal ended March 2019

2. CRISIL cuts India's GDP growth to 6.9% from 7.1% for FY20 (2019-20)
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CRISIL Headquarters Mumbai

CRISIL MD & CEO Ashu Suyash

3. Postal department decides to convert India Post Payments Bank to a small finance bank (SFB)

4. Growth of eight core industries dropped to 0.2 per cent in June

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5. SBI Shanghai becomes 1st Indian bank to link up with China payment system
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SBI Headquarters Mumbai

SBI Tagline The banker to every Indian

SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar

6. National Housing Bank to provide liquidity infusion facility of Rs. 10,000 crore to HFCs
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National Housing Bank Headquarters New Delhi

National Housing Bank Managing Sarada Kumar Hota

Director

7. RBI allows Bank of China to offer regular banking services in India

8. Third bi-monthly monetary policy statement 2019-20

Reserve Bank of India cuts repo rate by 35 basis points to 5.40 %

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RBI Headquarters Mumbai

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

BP Kanungo, N S Vishwanathan,

RBI Deputy Governor and Mahesh Kumar Jain

Repo Rate 5.40 %

Reverse Repo 5.15 %

Bank Rate 5.65 %

Marginal Standing Facility Rate (MSF) 5.65 %

SLR 18.75 %

CRR 4%

9. RBI has imposed a fine of Rs. 50 lakh on Punjab National Bank for delay in flagging the fraud
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Punjab National Bank Headquarters New Delhi

Punjab National Bank CEO Sunil Mehta

Punjab National Bank Tagline The name you can bank upon

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10. Microsoft and Publicis Sapient have partnered with Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank (AGTB) to launch the

world’s first end-to-end digital trade finance bank

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Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank (AGTB)

Headquarters Abu Dhabi, UAE

11. Sovereign Gold Bonds (Series III )2019-20 will be opened on August 05-09, 2019

12. Clearcorp to launch forex trading platform for bank customers

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Federal Bank Headquarters Aluva, Kerala

Federal Bank CEO Shyam Srinivasan

Federal Bank Tagline Your Perfect Banking Partner

Current Affairs: Business

1. Bharti Airtel will shut down its 3G network across India’s 22 telecom circles by March 2020

2. Flipkart launches ‘Samarth’ to empower Indian artisans, weavers and craftsmen

3. Apple in partnership with Goldman Sachs has started the issue of its Credit Card that is named

“Apple Card”.

4. India’s Reliance industries to buy majority stake in Google-backed Fynd for $42.3 million

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Apple Headquarters California, United States
Apple CEO Tim Cook

Goldman Sachs Headquarters New York, United States

Goldman Sachs CEO David M. Solomon

Current Affairs: Appointments

Rajiv Kumar Finance Secretary

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Atanu Chakraborty
Nominated on central board of RBI
(Economic Affairs secretary)

Rakesh Asthana
Additional charge of Director General
( Director General of Security
Narcotics Control Bureau
(Civil Aviation))

Ruhan Rajput 'Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 2019'

(Co-founder and Director of (In the category of Service Business -

Einfolge Technologies Pvt Ltd) BPO/KPO)

DD News (Doordarshan) “Champions of Empathy Award”

news channel of India (for spreading awareness about hepatitis)

Siddhartha Mohanty MD & CEO of LIC HFL

Secretary, Department for Promotion of

Guruprasad Mohapatra
Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)

Ravi Capoor Textiles Secretary

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking

Noel Quinn
Corporation (HSBC) interim Chairman

Rajesh Kumar Srivastava New director (exploration) of ONGC

Sandeep Kumar Gupta New director (finance) of IOC

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited Chairman

Kandikuppa Sreekant & Managing Director

Current Affairs: Awards and Honours

1. Ravish Kumar Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019 (for 'ethical journalism’)

2. Bhasha Mukherjee
Miss England 2019
(India-born doctor)

3. Ram Nath Kovind Order of Merit (highest award of Republic of Guinea)

4. Beauty pageant Miss World Diversity Title (3rd

Naaz Joshi (India)
Consecutive time)

Current Affairs: Ranking

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1. India has been ranked as the 46th highest risk country in the world in the Water Stress Index

2019

2. India has slipped to 7th position in in the World Bank’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)ranking

Current Affairs: MoU

1. India has extended $500,000 assistance to Gambia for skill development and cottage industry

projects
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Gambia Capital Banjul

Gambia Currency Gambian dalasi

Gambia President Adama Barrow

Current Affairs: Science and Technology

1. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) laid the foundation stone for the Space Situational

Awareness Control Centre in Bengaluru

2. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test-fired Quick

Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) from a test range in Odisha

DRDO Headquarters New Delhi

DRDO Chairman G Satheesh Reddy

Current Affairs: Summit and Conference

1. The 45th WorldSkills Competition will be held at the KAZAN EXPO International Exhibition

Centre in Kazan, Russia

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Russia Capital Moscow

Russia Currency Russian Ruble

Russia President Vladimir Putin

2. 22nd National Conference on e-Governance 2019 to be held at Shillong, Meghalaya

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Meghalaya Capital Shillong

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma

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Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy

3. Bangkok hosts 52nd edition of ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting

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Thailand Capital Bangkok

Thailand Currency Thai baht

Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha

4. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to lead delegation in 4th South Asian Speaker's Summit in Maldives
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Maldives Capital Malé

Maldives Currency Rufiyaa

Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih

5. Conference on good governance to be held in Jaipur in November

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Rajasthan Capital Jaipur

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot

Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh

Current Affairs: Defence

1. India has signed a deal worth around Rs 1,500 crore to acquire R-27 air-to-air missiles from

Russia

Current Affairs: Books

Author Book

Hilary Rodham Clinton and her

daughter Chelsea Clinton “The Book of Gutsy Women”

Current Affairs: Sports

1. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar wins gold in Men's Rifle 3 Positions (3P) at Sardar Sajjan Singh

Sethi memorial shooting in New Delhi

2. Tinjit Dhanota and Esha Singh won the Men's and Women's 10 metres Air Pistol gold medal at

Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi memorial shooting in New Delhi

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3. Pakistan's 34-year-old pacer Wahab Riaz is set to retire from Test cricket

4. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes driver) has won the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix 2019

5. Vinesh Phogat has win the gold in women's 53kg category at Poland Open wrestling tournament

in Warsaw

6. Dwayne Johnson, popularly known as 'The Rock', has officially announced his retirement from

WWE

7. Former New Zealand all-rounder Daniel Vettori's jersey number 11 has been retired

8. South Africa bowler Dale Steyn has announced his retirement from Test cricket

9. Franky Zapata crossed the English Channel on Jet powered hoverboard on 2nd Try

Current Affairs: Obituaries

Person Field

Economist and former RBI deputy

Subir Gokarn governor

V G Siddhartha Founder of Cafe Coffee Day

Former England county cricketer and

Malcolm Nash coach

Devadas Kanakala Noted Telugu actor

Anant Setalvad Cricket commentator

Kanti Bhatt Gujarati journalist

Former Union External Affairs

Sushma Swaraj Minister

Jennifer Chandran Former Tamil Nadu fisheries Minister

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