Weekly Current Affairs (01st to 07th January 2019)

Weekly Current Affairs – Dear Candidates, Here is the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of January 2019 for GPSC, GSSSB, Talati, TET, TAT, HTAT, Bin Sachivalay Clerks, PSI, Police Constable etc and other competitive exams.

Important Days:

• January 1 – Global Family Day
• January 4 – World Braille Day

Current Affairs: National

1. The Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) for Middle Income Group (MIG) Scheme has been extended by another 12 months till 31.03.2020.

2. ISRO Launched Samwad with Students Programme, through this Programme Space agency will engage youngsters across the country in activities concerning space science.

3. All Houses in 25 States Electrified under SaubhagyaYojana

4. Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair has been declared as an authorized Immigration Check post

5. The Indian Parliament passed the National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Bill, 2018

6. Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the nation’s biggest oil firm stated that, it will commission its first Rs. 5,151 crore worth liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at Ennore in Tamil Nadu.

7. Parliament has passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2018

8. The National Green Tribunal has imposed a fine of 100 crore rupees on Meghalaya government for its failure to curb illegal coal mining in the state.

9. A 10-day long Indian Panorama Film Festival began at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi. Indian Panorama Film Festival, being organized by Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of I&B

10. The 27th New Delhi World Book Fair inaugurated at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. Human Resources Development Minister Prakash Javadekar inaugurated the 9-day annual event. All India Radio is the radio partner for the fair.

11. Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, launched the ‘SwachhSurvekshan 2019’, the fourth edition of the annual nationwide cleanliness survey of urban India in New Delhi.

12. The Government of India launched a Global Environment Facility (GEF) assisted project, namely Green–Ag, in partnership with FAO.

13. The Ministry of Culture announced that ArchaeologicalSurveyofIndia(ASI) declared 6 monuments as ‘protected and of national importance’under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.

14. The Union Government has allocated 10,900 crore rupees for the development of 40 satellite launch vehicles in the next four years.

15. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the restructuring of existing National Health Agency as “National Health Authority” for better implementation of PradhanMantri Jan ArogyaYojana (PMJAY).

16. Government had notified the High Level Committee (HLC) for implementation of Clause 6 of Assam Accord. Retired IAS officer M.P. Bezbaruah is chairman of the 9 member Committee.

17. Farm cooperative major NAFED announced setting up 100 bio-CNG manufacturing facilities using agri waste such as stubble through public private partnership (PPP) with an estimated investment of Rs 5,000 crore.

18. Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberghas arrivedinNewDelhi on a threeday state visit to India. She was accompanied by senior officials from her government and a large business delegation. She will participate in the IndoNorwegian Business Conference.

19. The Union Cabinet approved a 10 per cent reservation for ‘economically backward’ upper castes in government jobs. The government has announced reservation in jobs for those belonging to the upper castes and earning less than Rs 8 lakh per year.

Current Affairs: International

1. The United States and Israel officially quit the U.N.’s educational, scientific and cultural agency, UNESCO

2. China is building the first of four ‘most advanced’ naval frigates for Pakistan as part of a major bilateral arms deal to ensure ‘balance of power’ in the Indian Ocean.

3. Storm Usman hit the Bicol region in Manila. The tropical depression, locally named Usman, brought heavy rains, causing catastrophic flooding and triggering deadly landslides.

4. S. President Donald J. Trump signed into law the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (ARIA)