Current Affairs 2019 updated

Top Headlines

🔹10% reservation for economically weaker sections achieved due to political will of my govt: PM Modi

🔹Ram Rahim, three others sentenced to life imprisonment in Journalist murder case

🔹J&K: Security forces kill five Pak soldiers in retaliation along LoC

🔹NIA conducts searches in UP, Punjab in connection with ISIS inspired module case

🔹Saina, Kidambi progress to quarterfinal of Malaysia Master

🔹CCEA approves Numaligarh Refinery capacity expansion project worth over Rs 22,000 cr

🔹Cabinet gives nod to integrated e-filing project for faster ITR processing

🔹WHO Goodwill ambassador Yohei Sasakawa to get Gandhi Peace Prize for 2018

🔹British PM Theresa May faces no-confidence vote tonight after Brexit defeat

🔹Nehwal, Parupalli & Kidambi enter second round of Malaysia Masters

🔹PM dedicates ollam bypass, Kerala to the Nation; also launches development projects worth over Rs 1,500 cr in Odisha

🔹10 % reservation in education to economically weaker sections of general category to be implemented from 2019-20 session

🔹Doordarshan's channel 'DD Science' along with internet-based channel 'India Science' launched

🔹J&K: BSF Assistant Commandant martyred in Pak firing

🔹Around two crore devotees take holy dip on Makar Sankranti at Kumbh in Prayagraj

🔹Delhi Police files charge sheet against Kanhaiya Kumar, others in 2016 sedition case

🔹Supreme Court not to intervene in investigation of Koregaon Bhima case

🔹PM Narendra Modi receives Philip Kotler award

🔹Wholesale inflation falls to 3.80% in December

🔹Kumbh Mela to begin at Prayag Raj from today

🔹BJP is not in politics for building vote bank but to serve nation: PM

🔹Prez Kovind approves re-promulgation of Triple Talaq ordinance

🔹Kartapur Sahib Corridor is atonement of mistake that took place in August 1947: PM

🔹India, Central Asia and Afghanistan are societies which are tolerant and plural: Sushma Swaraj

🔹Khelo India Youth Games: Abhinav Shaw becomes youngest gold medallist in shooting

   

🇮🇳NATIONAL NEWS

🔹Govt curtails tenures of Special CBI Director Rakesh Asthana, three other

🔹ED opposes bail application of journalist Upendra Rai

🔹Jitendra Singh inaugurates ISRO's UNNATI programme

🔹Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Protsahan Yojana crosses milestone of one crore beneficiaries

🔹Waqf properties will be utilized for socio-economic empowerment of needy sections of society

🔹President Kovind approves elevation of Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Dinesh Maheshwari to SC

🔸PM Modi to visit Gujarat tomorrow to inaugurate Global Trade Show

🔹Budget Session of Parliament to commence on Jan 31

🔹Delhi HC to hear National Herald publisher AJL’s plea on Jan 28

🔹Cold wave conditions continue to prevail over North India

🔹All time high Rs. 61,084 Crores for MGNREGA

🔹Govt approves proposal to extend 7th Central Pay Commission benefits to teachers, other academic Staff

🔹Pariksha Pe Charcha: PM to interact with students, teachers & parents on Jan 29

🔹SC asks UPSC secretary to inform about panel on DGP selection

🔹10% reservation for economically weak in general category comes into force

🔹Nageswara Rao's appointment as interim CBI chief challenged in SC

🔹PM Narendra Modi to visit Balangir in Odisha today

🔹Jaideep Govind appointed Secretary General, NHRC

🔹Rajnath Singh to call meeting of North East Chief Ministers

🔹Prakash Utsav of Guru Gobind Singh being celebrated

🔹Nirmala Sitharaman reaches Port Blair on 2-day visit to Andaman and Nicobar Command

🔹Naidu asks governments to focus on skill development to serve needs of changing farming sector

🔹Jaitley inaugurates Hunar Haat organised by Minority Affairs Ministry

🌍INTERNATIONAL NEWS

🔹Nine arrested following Nairobi terror attack

🔹Lankan President points Commission to probe corruption

🔹India condemns horrific Nairobi terror attack

🔹UK PM Theresa May wins no-confidence vote

🔹At least 20 people killed in militant attack in Northeastern Mali

🔹Cameroon: 36 People abducted in restive Anglophone region by gunmen

🔹Kenya: 14 People dead in terrorist attack in Nairobi

🔹Brexit: There is still time to negotiate, says German Chancellor

🔹Iran vows to keep military forces in Syria defying Israeli threats

🔹Landslide claims lives of nine labourers in Pakistan

🔹Avalanches, flooding cause disruptions in Austria, Germany

🔹ICC acquits former Ivory Coast Prez Laurent Gbagbo for crimes against humanity

🔹Pakistan forces kill two terrorists involved in kidnappings of American, son of ex-PM Gilani

🔹Winter weather killed 15 displaced children in Syria: UN

🔹Landslide claims lives of nine labourers in Pakistan

🔹15 people feared killed in a cargo plane crash in Iran

🔹Pakistan SC dismisses appeal against suspension of Nawaz Sharif's jail term

🔹British PM makes last-ditch appeal to save Brexit deal

🔹Thailand set to deploy rainmaking planes as pollution chokes Bangkok

🔹Qatar sees no need to re-open embassy in Syria

🔹'Yellow vests' protests stretch into ninth week in France

🔹Trump calls report about FBI investigating his alleged secret work for Russia insulting

🔹China: Search for missing miners in roof collapse came to end yesterday

🔹Israel carried out air strike in Syria at weekend: Benjamin Netanyahu

🔹Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos announces his resignation

⚽SPORTS NEWS

🔹Vinesh Phogat becomes first Indian athlete to be nominated in Laureus World Comeback of Year Award

🔹India takes on Australia in final ODI at Melbourne today

🔹Khelo India: Maharashtra all set to register a clean sweep in Kho Kho

🔹BCCI, ECB announce schedule for upcoming India-England women's home series

🔹Khelo India: Delhi dominate in judo by winning 12 gold medals

🔹Khelo India: Delhi dominate in judo by winning 12 gold medals

🔹Federer reaches 3rd round of Australian Open, beats Dan Evans

🔹Khelo India: Maharashtra tops Medal tally with 177 medals

🔹Saina, Srikanth begin new season at Malaysia Masters

🔹India beat Australia by 6 wickets; level 3 match ODI series 1-1

🔹Novak Djokovic begins seventh Australian Open title bid with easy win

🔹Khelo India Youth Games: Maharashtra stays ahead in medals tally

🔹India crash out of AFC Asian Cup with 0-1 defeat to Bahrain

🔹Abhinav Shaw becomes youngest gold medallist in shooting

🔹Shakil Ahmed sets world record in indoor rowing

🔹Khelo India Youth Games: Akshata wins gold medal

🔹India to take on Australia in second ODI today

🔹Bengaluru Raptors win Premier Badminton League title

🔹Australian Open: Prajnesh loses in straight sets

🔹Vijay Shankar replaces suspended Pandya for ongoing ODI series in Australia and tour to New Zealand

🔹Asian Football Confederation lauds Indian team for its commendable show in Asian Cup

🔹Premier Badminton League: Summit clash between Mumbai Rockets, Bengaluru Raptors underway

🔹Asian Cup: India to take on Bahrain in their final group league match today

🔹Dhoni joins elite list of Indian cricketers to score ten thousand runs

🇦🇶STATE NEWS

🔹Meghalaya: Indian Navy Divers spot body of one of 15 miners trapped in rat-hole mine

🔹PM Modi to inaugurate National Museum of Indian Cinema

🔹Lakhs of people gathered in public places on Kaanum Pongal

🔹AAP seeks Khaira's disqualification from Punjab Assembly

🔹CBI registers FIRs against 4 more in Bihar shelter homes

🔹BEST workers’ union calls off strike after accepting 10-step pay hike

🔹Odisha Congress Working President Naba Kishore Das resigns

🔹TRS and YSR Congress party leaders hold discussions in Hyderabad

🔹Tamil Nadu CM condemns killing of fisherman by Lankan Navy

🔹Bombay HC orders BEST workers to withdraw strike

🔹HP: Newly built broad gauge railway line inaugurated in Una district

🔹MP launches Rs 50,000-cr farm debt-waiver scheme

🔹RJD will not contest Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh: Tejashwi Prasad Yadav

🔹Fishermen in Rameswaram on strike following arrest of their 19 fellows by Srilankan Navy

🔹West Bengal: About 27 lakh devotees take holy dip at Ganga Sagar

🔹Delhi govt directs schools to ensure 220 working days in an academic year

🔹J&K Governor advises misguided youth to shun the path of violence

🔹Appropriate orders on Tuesday if BEST bus stir not resolved: Bombay HC

🔹Sunny morning in Kashmir amid cold conditions

🔹Special arrangements for delegates of 'Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas' for participating in Kumbh Mela

🔹Congress to contest 2019 Lok Sabha elections in UP alone

🔹Bihar: 352nd birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh celebrated as Prakash Utsav

🔹Uttar Pradesh: All arrangements in place for Kumbh 2019 at Prayagraj

🔹Rajasthan: Gulab Chand Kataria elected as Leader of Opposition in state assembly

🔹DG AIR commissions renovated Duty Room of Chennai Station