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- Prakash Javadekar is the present HRD Minister of India.
ii. Dr. Sivan also stated that Chandrayan Mission will be launched within three months. It will land in one part of the Moon which is still unexplored. He also said that the human spaceflight Gaganyaan is planned to be launched by 2022, the 75th anniversary of Independence.
i. Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed MoU with Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER) for joint research programs in the field of Communication Navigation and Surveillance (CNS).
ii. The MOU, on the one hand, will provide for the transfer of skill by SAMEER experts in the areas of Radio Frequency, Millimetre Wave and Antenna-related solutions to AAI domain experts, while on the other hand, it will pave way for exposure for the SAMEER researchers to the challenging Aviation field.
Static/Current Takeaways Important For IBPS Clerk Mains Exam 2018:
- Chairman of AAI: Guruprasad Mohapatra, Director General of SAMEER: Sulabha Ranade.
4. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik Announces Interest Free Loans For Women SHGs
- Odisha Governor: Ganeshi Lal.
- Norway Capital: Oslo, Currency: Norwegian krone.
i. The Union Human Resource Development Ministry constituted a task force to look into the issues of suicides of the students in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas. The task force has been constituted under the Chairmanship of Psychiatrist, Dr Jitendra Nagpal.
ii. The task force will look into the circumstances leading to the suicidal deaths of students residing in the hostels of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas residential schools. It will also suggest ways and means to arrest the trend of suicides by students.
7. High-level Committee Headed By MP Bezbaruah Notified on Assam Accord
i. The government had notified a High-Level committee for implementation of Clause 6 of Assam Accord. Retired IAS officer M.P. Bezbaruah is chairman of the 9-member Committee. The committee will examine the effectiveness of actions since 1985 to implement Clause 6 of the Assam Accord.
ii. The clause envisaged that appropriate constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards, should be provided to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the people of Assam.
Static/Current Takeaways Important For IBPS Clerk Mains Exam:
- Assam Capital: Dispur, CM: Sarbanand Sonowal, Governor: Jagdish Mukhi.
8. Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards: Complete List Of Winners
i. Home Minister Rajnath Singh presented Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism awards in 18 categories across print, broadcast, and purely-digital for outstanding work done in 2017.
ii. The Express Group instituted the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards in 2005 as part of the centenary year celebrations of its founder, Ramnath Goenka.
Find The Complete List of Winners Here
9. Golden Globe Awards 2019 Announced: Complete List of Winners
i. The 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California, the USA. These annual awards honour the best in Motion Pictures and Television for the year 2018.
ii. This year’s event was hosted by actors Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh, who took over from 2018 host, comedian Seth Meyers.
Find The Complete List of Winners Here
i. In the United States, Department of Defence, Chief of Staff, Rear Admiral Kevin Sweeney has resigned, a month after Defence Secretary James Mattis announced his departure.
ii. He is now the third senior Pentagon official to announce his resignation since President Donald Trump announced US forces would leave Syria.
11. Hopman Cup: Roger Federer & Belinda Bencic Retain Title For Switzerland
- Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Federer is the first player to win three Hopman Cups – twice with Bencic and once with Martina Hingis, in 2001.
i. The government has amalgamated three Regional Rural Banks – Punjab Gramin Bank, Malwa Gramin Bank and Sutlej Gramin Bank – into a single RRB.
ii. The sponsor banks of the RRBs are National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), the Government of Punjab and Punjab National Bank, State Bank of India and Punjab and Sind Bank.
Static/Current Takeaways Important For IBPS Clerk Mains Exam:
- Father Of RRB is M.Swaminathan.
