Weekly Current Affairs (22nd to 31st January 2019)

Weekly Current Affairs Series (January Month) – 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 24 – National Girl Child Day
January 24 – Uttar Pradesh foundation day
January 25 – National Voters Day
January 26 – Republic Day
January 26 – International Customs Day
January 29 – Data privacy day

Current Affairs: National

1. India is considering a plan to transfer cash to farmers to ease their financial burden instead of offering subsidies. Finance Minister ArunJaitley had budgeted 701 billion rupees for farm subsidies in the year ending March 31.
2. Prime Minister NarendraModi inaugurated the Subhash Chandra Bose museum at the iconic Red Fort in New Delhi to mark the leader’s 122nd birth anniversary
3. The government has reportedly revived plans to change the fiscal year to January-December from the April-March period.
4. Minister of State for AyushShripadNaik inaugurated the 2nd World Integrated Medicine Forum 2019 in Panaji, Goa.
5. Central government jobs and services which come up from February onwards will have to implement the 10% quota for economically weaker sections (EWS), the Union ministry of personnel, grievances and pensions has notified.
6. Lieutenant BhavanaKasturi has become the first woman to lead an all-men Army contingent in Republic Day parade by leading the Indian Army Service Corps contingent.
7. I&B Ministry to increase advertisement rates by 11% to private TV channels
8. GST on Haj has been reduced from 18 per cent to 5 per cent and this will significantly lower the air fare thus saving Haj pilgrims’ 113 crore rupees this year
9. Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurated India’s 1st Geographical Indication (GI) Store at Goa International Airport in Dabolim
10. Western Railway provides segways to RPF personnel to enable stricter patrolling
11. India’s first indigenously built engineless semi high speed train, Train 18, has been named Vande Bharat Express
12. National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) to organize the first edition of Night at the Museum
13. Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) launched National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) to attract talent and strengthen higher agricultural education in the country
14. The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has been renamed as the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
15. Prime Minister NarendraModi dedicated the National Salt Satyagraha memorial monument to recall the historic DandiYatra on Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary.

Current Affairs: International

1. The Israel and US countries have successfully tested ballistic missile interceptors deployed at Israeli airbases.
2. Saudi Arabia builds its 1st ballistic missile factory
3. Pakistan government declared sugarcane juice as the “national drink” of the country
4. SumanKumari has become the first Hindu woman in Pakistan to be appointed as a civil judge.
5. Dubai International Airport has retained its position as the world’s busiest airport for the fifth consecutive year in a row in 2018
6. The Trump administration imposed sweeping sanctions on Venezuelan state owned oil firm PDVSA
7. India and China have signed the protocol for exports of Indian tobacco leaves to China
8. Syria signed long-term economic cooperation deal with Iran