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BSC APRIL 2019 -----Match Point

·         The host of ISSF shooting world cup 2019: India.

·         The amount the govt recently approved for recapitalization in 12 public sector banks: Rs.48,239cr.

·         The country where president Omar-al-Bashir declared a long state of emergency recently: Sudan.

·         The Venue of the biennial Acro India 2019 show: Bangalore.

·         The country which conferred upon PM Narendra Modi the Seoul prize 2018 during his recent visit: South Korea.

·         The New interest rate on Employees Provident fund for the fiscal year 2018-19 as announced by the Employees Provident Fund organization: 8.65%.

·         The Person appointed by the supreme court as the first court appointed ombudsman for the cricket board BCCI: DK Jain.

·         The first Lok-ayukta of Nagaland appointed recently: Justice Uma Nath Singh.

·         The amount the RBI has announced to transfer as an interim surplus to the central govt for the half-year ended 31 Dec 2018: Rs.28,000cr.

·         The Eminent critic of Hindi Language who passed away recently: Dr Namvar Singh.

·         The state govt which has launched ‘Mukyamantri Yuva Swabhiman Yojana’ that guarantees 100 days of employment every year to certain urban youths: Madhya Pradesh.

·         The Person elected President of the Astronomical Society of India(ASI) recently: Dr GC Anupama.

·         The Host city for the 79^th Indian History Congress: Bhopal.

·         The scholarship program launched for the children of the beneficiaries of the kalia scheme in Odisha: Kalia Chhatra Brutti.

·         The scheme approved by the govt recently for providing financial and water security for farmers: KUSUM.

·         Winner of the 2019 Laureus Sportsman of the year award: Novak Djokovic.

·         Winner of the sportswoman of the year award: Simon Biles.

·         The actor appointed as the ambassador for the Swasth Immunised India compaign: Kareena Kapoor Khan.

·         The firm which unveiled the F-21 multi role fighter jet at Aero India recently: Lockhead Martin.

·         The three day annual Navy drill held by Iran recently: Velayat 97.

·         The second Indian and the first woman to receive the ‘Global Future of Nature award’ for her work on Marine conservation: Dr Divya Karnad.

·         The International Hockey Federation’s Male player of the year for 2018: Arthur Van Doren.

·         Female player of the year award: Eva de Geode.

·         Winner of the women’s single title of the senior National Badminton Tournament: Saina Nehwal.

·         Winner of Men’s Single: Sourabh Verma.

·         The present president of Argentina who visited India recently: Mauricio Macri.

·         Winner of the Martin Ennals Human rights prize: Abdul Aziz Muhamat.

·         Winner of the first ever football Ratna honour by Football Delhi: Sunil Chhetri.

·         Winner of the Irani Cup 2019: Vidarbha.

·          The new NASA space telescope to look for life’s ingredients and probe how the universe evolved: SPHEREx.

·         The state where India’s First Agromet Forecasting and research centre was established recently: Karnataka.

·         The US Bank which has created a crypto-currency to help settle payments between clients in its wholesale payments business: JP Morgan.

·         The first woman flight engineer appointed by the Indian Air Force: Hina Jaiswal.

·         Winner of the ‘EY Entrepreneur of the year 2018’ award: Siddhatha Lal.

·         Winner of the Israel’s prestigious Dan David Prize for 2019: Sanjay Subrahmanyam.

·         The new increased minimum support price of sugar: Rs.31 per kg.

·         The Bank with which Amazon has launched Amazon UPI for Android users: Axis bank.

·         The venue of the world’s sustainable Development summit 2019 organized recently by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI): New Delhi.

·         The annual Artillery drill conducted recently in Nashik: Exercise Topchi.

·         The Country where multi-nation annual cobra Gold military exercise was held recently: Thailand.

·         The state govt which has announced monthly pension of Rs.400 for all in the state above the age of 60: Bihar.

·         The state govt which has announced Annadata Sukhibhava scheme to provide Rs.10,000 a year as input subsidy to each farmer family: Andhra Pradesh.

·         Index of Industrial Population(IIP) in Dec 2018: 2.4%

·         Retail Inflation based on the Consumer price index(CPI) in Jan 2019: 2.05%

·         Winner of the German Price for Peace ‘Dresden Prize’: Kim Phue.

·         The state where the three day Krishi Kumbh was organized recently: Bihar (Motihari).

·         The Venue of the 13^th International Oil and Gas Conference-PETROTECH 2019: Greater Noida.

·         The venue of the 2019 world Government Summit: Dubai.

·         The state where the Sarthi Sandesh Vahini Vehicles were launched recently to spread awareness regarding family planning: Uttar Pradesh.

·         The Egyptian President who was elected as the new chairman of the African Union recently: Abdel-Fattah-el-Sissi.

·         The new secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation: Pradeep Singh Kharola.

·         The city which has decided to include Hindi as the third official language used in its courts: Abu Dhabi.

·         The state where PM Narendra Modi unveiled the statue of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya recently: Tripura.

·         The country which has topped the intellectual prosperity index in 2019: US.

·         India’s position on the index: 36.

·         The state where Nyishi tribe celebrated its fortnight long Boori Boot Yollo festival recently: Arunachal Pradesh.

·         The new limit of collateral free agricultural loans as announced by the RBI governor Shaktikanta Das: Rs.1.6 lakh.

·         The new director General of Punjab police: Dinkar Gupta.

·         The person nominated by the US President Donald Trump as the next chief of the world Bank: David Malpass.

·         The new repo rate after the RBI announced the sixth bi-monthly monetary policy review recently: 6.25%.

·         The economic growth rate for FY20 as projected by the RBI in its sixth monetary policy review: 7.4%

·         The pioneer in rice research who passed away recently: SVS Shastry.

·         The country which recently took a major step on road to NATO membership: Macedonia.

·         India’s 40^th communication satellite which has successfully placed in orbit by an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana recently: GSAT-31.

·         The foreign direct investment (FDI) into India during April-September period of FY19: $22.66bn.

·         The country which recently decided to extradite Vijay Mallya to India: UK.

·         India’s new ambassador to Colombia: Sanjiv Ranjan.

·         The new Managing Director and Chief Executive officer of Corporaion Bank: PV Bharathi.

·         Winner of the 2019 AFC Asian cup football tournament in Abu Dhabi: Qatar.

·         The first woman cricketer to play 200 ODIs: Mithali Raj.

·         The country which celebrated its 71^st independence day on 4 feb: Sri Lanka.

·         The new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI): Rishi Kumar Shukla.

·         The state where the 22^nd AIIMS of the country will be set up: Haryana.

·         The first Indian to grab Australian LPGA card in golf: Vani Kapoor.

·         The Banks relieved from RBI,s Prompt Corrective Action(PCA) recently: Bank of Maharashtra, Bank of India and Oriental Bank of Commerce.

·         The Country which has topped the Corruption Perception Index 2018: Denmark.

·         India’s position on the Index: 78^th.

·         The Head of the 8 member search panel formed to select members of Anti-Corruption Ombudsman Lokpal: Ranjana Prakash Desai.

·         Winner of the Best state award for its active participation in the Swasth Bharat Yatra: Tamil Nadu.

·         The persons extradited to India from UAE recently: Rajiv Saxena and Deepak Talwar.

·         The acting chairman of the National Statistical Commission who resigned recently: PC Mohanan.

·         The Fastest Indian bowler to claim 100 ODI wickets: Mohammed Shami.

·         Winner of Padma Vibushan Award this year 2019: Teejan Bai, Ismail Omar Guelleh, Anil Kumar Manibhai Naik and Balwant Moreshwar Purandare.

·         The veteran politician and former Defence Minister who passed away recently: George Fernandes.

·         Winner of the Women’s Single title of 2019 Indonesia Masters Badminton: Saina Nehwal.

·         The Lone Indian Brand in the list of Top 100 most valuable global brands: TATA.

·         Winner of the women’s singles title of the 2019 Australian open: Naomi Osaka.

·         Winner of the Men’s Singles: Novak Djokovic.

·         The new Chief Executive officer(CEO) of IndiGo: Ronojoy Dutta.

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Interim Budget 2019-20

·         The Overall expenditure programme for the Indian Railways: Rs.1,58,658cr.

·         The capital support proposed for the Indian Railways: Rs.64,587cr.

·         The amount set aside for the defence Budget: Rs.3.05lakh cr.

·         The allocation for MGNREGA scheme: Rs.60,000cr.

·         Fiscal deficit for the year 2019-20: 3.4% of GDP.

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