Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF 16 to 23 August

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 3rd week of August 2019.
Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming IBPS PO/Clerk and LIC HFL 2019 and other
competitive exams can make use of it.

Current Affairs: Important Days

Date Important days Theme
August 17 Indonesian Independence Day -
August 19 World Photography Day -
August 19 World Humanitarian Day #WomenHumanitarians
August 20 World Mosquito Day -
August 20 Sadbhavna Divas -
August 21 World Senior Citizen's Day -
International Day of
August 21 Remembrance and Tribute to the -
Victims of Terrorism
International Day
Commemorating the Victims of
August 22 -
Acts of Violence Based on
Religion or Belief

Current Affairs: National

1. CBDT to attach Documentation Identification Number (DIN) to each communication from Oct 1
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CBDT - Central Board of Direct Taxes
CBDT Headquarters New Delhi
CBDT Chairman Pramod Chandra Mody
2. Air India become the first Indian airline to fly over the North Pole
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Air India Headquarters New Delhi
Air India Chairman & MD Ashwani Lohani
3. India has got its first National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL) finalised by the Indian Council of
Medical Research (ICMR)
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Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
ICMR Headquarters New Delhi
ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava
4. All Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel will now retire at a uniform age of 60 years
5. Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) launched new scheme ‘Scientific and Useful
Profound Research Advancement (SUPRA) for high quality research funding
6. HRD Ministry launched the National Initiative for School Heads' and Teachers' Holistic
Advancements (NISHTHA) to train over 42 lakh teachers
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Minister for Human Resource
Development (HRD) Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’

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Constituency Haridwar, Uttarakhand

7. Railways' second double-decker Uday Express will run between Visakhapatnam and
Vijayawada
8. Centre has launched San-Sadhan Hackathon for Divyang accessible toilets
9. Committee formed to advise government on 'Fit India Movement' under the chairmanship of
sports minister Kiren Rijiju
10. Government to launch an e-commerce portal called 'Bharatcraft' to help SMEs
11. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved a Committee to review the Defence Procurement
Procedure (DPP) to strengthen 'Make in India'
Defence Minister Raj Nath Singh
Constituency Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Current Affairs: International

1. Ban imposed on unauthorized drone flying in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Bangladesh Capital Dhaka
Bangladesh Currency Taka
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
2. Japan surpassed China in June as the top holder of US Treasuries
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Japan Capital Tokyo
Japan Currency Japanese yen
Japan PM Shinzo Abe

Current Affairs: State

1. Andhra CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy launched Village Volunteers System
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Andhra Pradesh Capital Hyderabad, Amaravathi
Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy
Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan
2. Nagaland State Police Department got its first Laboratory-cum-Training Centre for Prevention of
Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Children (CCPAWC)
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Nagaland Capital Kohima
Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio
Nagaland Governor R. N. Ravi
3. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated an underground Bunker Museu m at Raj Bhavan
Mumbai.
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Maharashtra Capital Mumbai
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis
Maharashtra Governor Chinamani Vidyasagar Rao
4. Nine-day national tribal festival, Aadi Mahotsav, begins at Leh in Ladakh
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Jammu & Kashmir Capital Jammu & Srinagar
Jammu & Kashmir CM Vacant
Jammu & Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik
5. Lucknow city’s iconic Hazratganj Chauraha has been renamed as the ‘Atal Chowk’, in honour of
former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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Uttar Pradesh Capital Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adithiyanath
Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel
6. Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel announced the formation of 'Lemru Elephant Reserve' in
Chattisgarh
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Chhattisgarh Capital Atal Nagar
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel
Chhattisgarh Governor Anusuiya Uikey
7. Manipur CM has launched the "School Fagadaba" (Make education bettter) scheme to
improve school infrastructure and overall education quality
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Manipur Capital Imphal
Manipur CM N Biren Singh
Manipur Governor Padmanabha Acharya
8. Gujarat to get country's first Chemical Engineering & Technology Institute
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Gujarat Capital Gandhinagar
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani
Gujarat Governor Acharya Dev Vrat
9. Punjab government launched health insurance scheme ‘Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojna
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Punjab Capital Chandigarh
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh
Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore
10. Karnataka ranks the best among states for setting up a rooftop solar project, according to the
Attractiveness Index (SARAL) released by Minster of New and Renewable Energy and Power R
K Singh
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Karnataka Capital Bangalore
Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappa
Karnataka Governor Vajubai Rudubai Wala
11. Haryana government increased the income limit for BPL family to Rs 15000 per month
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Haryana Capital Chandigarh
Haryana CM Manohar lal Kathar
Haryana Governor Satyadev Narayan Arya
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Current Affairs: Banking and Finance

1. Denmark's ‘Jyske Bank’ has launched the world's first negative interest rate home loan
2. Axis Bank ex-chief Dharmesh Mehta along with investors to acquire 100% stake in IDFC
Securities
3. Government has removed debenture reserve requirement (DRR) for HFCs, NBFCs, listed firms
4. NPCI and Japan Credit Bureau (JCB) International have launched a new credit card - RuPay JCB
Global Cards in Mumbai
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National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
Headquarters Mumbai
MD & CEO Dilip Asbe
5. BookMyForex partners with YES Bank to launch Forex Card on Visa network
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Yes Bank CEO Ravneet Gill
Yes Bank Tagline Experience our Expertise
Yes Bank Headquarters Mumbai
6. RBI has been decided to extend the operating hours of RTGS from 7:00 am instead of 8 am
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RBI Headquarters Mumbai
RBI Governor Shaktikant Das
BP Kanungo, N S Vishwanathan,
RBI Deputy Governor and Mahesh Kumar Jain

Current Affairs: Business

1. Government relaxes norms for shares with differential voting rights
2. Amazon India opens its largest campus in the world in Hyderabad

Current Affairs: Appointments

VG Somani Drug Controller General of India (DCGI)
Manmohan Singh Elected to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan
Madhu Deora ( CFO of the
Paytm President
Paytm)
Ravinder Takkar CEO of Vodafone Idea
Dutee Chand Brand ambassador for Puma
Russell Domingo Head coach of Bangladesh Cricket
Ajay Kumar Bhalla Union home secretary
Ajay Kumar Defence Secretary
Abdalla Hamdok Sudan's new Prime Minister

Current Affairs: Awards and Honours

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APJ Abdul Kalam Award by Tamil Nadu Government

K Sivan (ISRO chief)
(award carries 8 gm gold medal, Rs. five lakh in cash)
Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in
Actor Steve Coogan
Comedy by the British Academy's Los Angeles branch
'100 years of Chrysostom,' by Guinness world book of records as longest documentary
filmmaker Blessy with its duration of 48 hours and 8 minutes
Dr K Thangaraj
( Chief Scientist at CSIR-
Centre for Cellular and JC Bose Fellowship
Molecular Biology (CCMB))
Navneeth Murali
( Indian-American teenager ) $3,000 South Asian Spelling Bee (SAS Bee) 2019

‘Pushkin Medal – 2019’

Meeta Narain (JNU Professor) ( highest honour given to an Indian scholar by the Russian
government)

1. Mumbai Youth Chinmay Prabhu solves 9 Pyraminxe (pyramid-shaped rubik’s cube) puzzles in
underwater, creates new Guinness World Record
2. Prasar Bharati will introduce 2 awards namely ‘Neelum Sharma Tejaswini award’ &
‘Achyutananda Sahoo Award’ in honor of Neelum Sharma

Current Affairs: Summit and Conference

1. Annual exhibition Construction Architecture & Interior (CAI) EXPO 2019 begins in Hyderabad
2. 28th BASIC Ministerial Meeting 2019 on Climate Change held in Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Brazil Capital Brasilia
Brazil Currency Brazilian real
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro
3. HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' inaugurates two-day international conference on
teacher education by NCTE in New Delhi
4. Sheikh Hasina and Sania Mirza to co-chair World Economic Forum’s India Economic Summit

Current Affairs: Ranking

1. Dwayne Johnson leads Forbes list of highest-paid actors
Current Affairs: MOU
1. PM Modi launches RuPay card in Bhutan and signed 10 MoUs to infuse new energy in India-
Bhutan ties
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Bhutan Capital Thimphu
Bhutan Currency Bhutanese ngultrum, Indian
rupee
Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering
2. Wipro ties up with IISc Bengaluru for innovative solutions in AI, robotics, 5G
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3. India provides Rs 233 crore financial aid to Nepal for infrastructure projects
4. Acko General Insurance has partnered with ZestMoney to offer credit insurance

Current Affairs: Science and Technology

1. India’s first private space museum inaugurated in Hyderabad
2. IIT-Madras researchers have developed a multimodal robotic system Called ‘GraspMan,’ with
good grasping, manipulation and locomotion abilities

Current Affairs: Books

Author Book
Rajiv Dogra “Second Night”
Iqbal Chand Malhotra & Maroof Raza ‘Kashmir’s Untold Story: Declassified’
Edited and translated by Dr. Tridip
Suhrud The Diary of Manu Gandhi’
(launched by Culture and Tourism (originally written in Gujarati
Minister Prahlad Singh Patel) language)

Current Affairs: Defence

1. Indian Army has won the 5th International Army Scout Masters competition held at Jaisalmer
Military Station in Rajasthan
2. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) handed over the design of Mobile
Metallic Ramp (MMR) to the Indian Army

Current Affairs: Sports

1. Virat Kohli become the first batsman to score 20,000 international runs in a decade
2. BCCI has agreed to come under the ambit of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)
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Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI)
BCCI Headquarters Mumbai
BCCI CEO Rahul Johri
3. Deepak Punia becomes India's first Junior Wrestling World Champion in 18 years
4. Liverpool to beat Chelsea 5-4 on penalties to win the UEFA Super Cup in Istanbul
5. India win gold at Under -12 Asian Tennis Team championship in Kazakhstan
6. Hima Das and Mohammad Anas have won a gold each in 300m races at the Athleticky Mitink
Reiter event in Czech Republic
7. Uganda beat Zambia in Victoria Rugby Cup game at the Kyadondo ground in Kampala
8. Assistant Inspector General Ashish Kapoor clinches two gold medals at World Police and Fire
Games (WPFG) 2019 held at Chengdu in China.
9. Kreishh Gurbaxani won the Bombay Gymkhana Youth Snooker Open
10. Russia’s Daniil Medvedev of and Madison Keys of the US won the men’s and women’s singles
titles of the Cincinnati Masters respectively

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11. Australia’s batsman Marnus Labuschagne has become the first cricketer in the world to be a
‘concussion substitute’ in test cricket
12. England football player Ashley Cole announced his retirement from football
13. Mumbai to host prestigious World Youth Chess Championship 2019
14. Virat Kohli retains top spot in the latest ICC Test rankings
15. Former Australia pacer Mitchell Johnson has been elected as an honorary member of the
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
16. BCCI awards title sponsorship rights to Paytm for five more years
17. Para swimmer Satendra Singh Lohia from Madhya Pradesh has become the first Asian swimmer
to cross the Catalina Channel of America.
18. Indian Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and Bhaichung Bhutia Flag-off 'OP-Blue Freedom' a nation-
wide adaptive scuba diving programme

Current Affairs: Obituaries

Person Field
Vidya Sinha Veteran Bollywood actress
Madan Mani Dixit Nepal's veteran Journalist
VB Chandrasekhar Former India cricket player
Veteran journalist and senior anchor
Neelum Sharma
at Doordarshan (DD) News
Ranjit Guru journalist and columnist
Richard Williams Three-time Oscar-winning Animator
Jagannath Mishra Former Bihar Chief Minister
Former Odisha MLA and Senior
Sahura Mallick
Congress leader
Umesh Bhat Bhavikeri former MLA of Ankola, Karnataka
Zahur Khayyam Hashmi Music Composer
Former Madhya Pradesh chief
Babulal Gaur
minister

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