Current Affairs Flashcards
The University of Agricultural Sciences in Bengaluru is gearing up to host the___________ Indian Science Congress from 3-7 Jan 2020.
107th
Australian pace bowler ____ announced his retirement from International Cricket.
Peter Siddle
Shipping Corporation of India appointed ___________, as Chairperson & Managing Director (CMD). It is a Govt of India Public Sector Enterprise with its HQs in Mumbai.
H.K. Joshi
Mastercard to acquire _______
Mastercard announced an agreement to acquire RiskRecon.
RiskRecon is one of the leading providers of data analytics solutions and artificial intelligence focused on cyber-risk and security and offering solutions to mitigate cyber risks faced by the companies
India improved its composite score from 57 to ___in the Sustainable Development Goals Index 2019-20.
60
______ state, achieved the first rank in the composite SDG Index with a score of 70.
Kerala
Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Lt Gen ______________ took over as the new Army Chief on 31 Dec 2019
Manoj Mukund Naravane
______________ has been named the country’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS).
General Bipin Rawat
The famous 11-day long ‘___________’, considered as the largest open-air theatre of the world began at Bargarh in western Odisha 31 Dec 2019.
Dhanu Jatra, The Jatra is based on the mythological story of Lord Krishna and his demon uncle King Kansa.
It is about the episode of Krishna and Balaram’s visit to Mathura to witness the Dhanu ceremony organized by their (maternal) uncle King Kansa.
Ministry of Commerce and Industry appointed ___________ as India’s Representative and Governor on board of Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
Rohan Shah
__________, the editor-in-chief of ‘Jagran’ will be honored with “Lokmanya Tilak National Journalism Award” for his great contribution in the field of Journalism.
Sanjay Gupta
The award will be conferred on him in Pune on 4 Jan 2020, coinciding with the 139th Foundation Day of ‘Kesari’ — the newspaper started by Lokmanya Tilak.
__________ founded Sikhism in 1469 and was the first Sikh Guru.
Guru Nanak
On January 2, 2019, India celebrated the birth anniversary of ___________. He is considered to be the 10th Guru of Sikhs.
Guru Gobind Singh.Guru Gobind Singh was the last guru of Sikhism
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled infrastructure projects worth __________ rupees
102 lakh crore
________ State continues to top Swachh Survekshan
Indore
Madhya Pradesh Capital Bhopal got the second and Surat in Gujarat third spot in first Quarter.
