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• On 28th January 2019, Data Protection Day also known as Data Privacy Day in some parts of the world was observed to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection.


• It is an annual event which was observed for the first time on 28th January 2007 by Council of Europe as European Data Protection Day.


• The Day is currently observed in the 47 European Countries, United States, Israel and Canada.

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• The US Special Representative for Afghanistan said Officials from the United States and the Taliban have agreed in principle to a framework that could eventually bring Afghanistan's long-running war to an end.


• US Embassy in Kabul, Zalmay Khalilzad said the framework for peace would see the insurgent group vow to prevent the country from being used as a hub for terrorism in return for a US military withdrawal.

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• The Pakistan Army has said that the fencing of a substantial portion of the over 2,600-km-long Afghan border has been completed and the rest will be finished by next year to check the movement of terrorists.


• Pakistan has spent billions of rupees for putting fence on the porous border.


• Army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor said that the fencing of the entire border will be completed next year with the cost of about Rs 70 billion.

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• Sri Lanka's Elections Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya threatened to resign if the long-delayed provincial councils elections were not held before November 10.


• He said that six out of the nine provincial councils, the highest level of local government, were up to 16 months over due undermining democracy.

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• HRD Ministry reformed up a Empowered Expert Committee (EEC) from current 20 to 30 in New Delhi.


• Last year, 19 institution got the title of eminent institution and the selected government institutions were granted upto Rs. 1,000 crore provided and the private institutions were given the freedom to decide their fee structure and courses.

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• Third bridge was inaugurated by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari in the presence of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. The bridge has been named as ‘Atal Setu’ after former prime minister of India late Atal Bihari Bajpai.


• It is four-lane, 5.1-kilometer long and the third Cable bridge across river Mandovi in Panaji, Goa.


• The bridge weighs 2.5 lakh tonnes which is equivalent to the weight of aircraft  570 Boeing.


• The bridge is constructed by the GIDC (Goa Infrastructure Development Corporation)  and engineering and construction major Larsen and Toubro.


• The bridge is built at a cost of Rs 850 crore.


• The two bridges already present in Goa are Mandovi Bridge and Zurai Bridge.


• The bridge will be open for four wheeler vehicles from Jan 29 but two and three wheelers will not be allowed on the bridge.

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• Chief Minister of Odisha, Shri Naveen Patnaik launched various development and welfare projects worth Rs 1100 crore during his one day visit at Ganjam district.


• Naveen Patnaik laid foundation stone for 231 projects worth Rs 715 crore and inaugurated 48 projects in the Ganjam District of Odisha.


• Some of the Major Projects inaugurated by Naveen Patnaik are 10-bedded geriatric ward (Rs 40 crore), bleaching store (Rs 29.64 crore), district vaccine store (Rs 79 crore) and Construction of OPD for eye department at the district headquarter hospital and city hospital.


• Foundation stone for various projects were laid during the visit of Naveen Patnaik including Railway over bridge at Jagannathpur and Ambapua with estimated cost of Rs 30 and Rs 35 crore respectively and 9 Major Rail project (Rs 113.51 crore).


• Foundation stone were also laid for the development of infrastructure of 11 tourism projects costing Rs. 4.78 crore in the district.


• The Foundation for an additional project costing Rs 49 crore for double laning of a 15-km road from Karapalli to Loudigaon were also laid by Naveen Patnaik.

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• The BJP has decided to shift the venue of PM Narendra Modi's rally in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas' Thakurnagar to another nearby ground.


• The ground, where PM Modi was supposed to address the mega-gathering on February 2, was booked by the Trinamool Congress for a week-long religious programme. The venue did not meet the security requirements.

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• Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, PAIIMS at Madurai in Tamil Nadu.


• Narendra Modi also inaugurated the Super Speciality blocks of government medical college hospitals in Madurai, Tirunelveli and Thanjuvar built at a total cost of Rs.450 crores contributed by the Centre and Rs. 85 crores contributed by the State.


• PM Modi also inaugurated 12 Passport Seva Kendra across Tamil Nadu.


• PThe Institute is to be built within 45 months at an allocated budget of Rs. 1,264 crores.


• AIIMS, Madurai will be a 750 bedded hospital with 30 Emergency/Trauma beds, 75 beds in the ICU & Critical Care unit, 215 beds in Super Specialty unit, will also offer 100 MBBS seats.

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• SBI Card and Etihad Guest, the loyalty programme of Etihad Airways, have joined hands to launch a travel-specific Visa credit card for members and Indian travellers. This is the first international co-brand partnership of SBI Card, the country's second-largest credit card issuer.


• The card will be available in two variants, Etihad Guest SBI Card and Etihad Guest SBI Premier Card, will bring an unmatched value proposition to Etihad Guest members and international travellers from India.

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• Former Finance Commission Chairman Vijay Kelkar has pitched for setting up 'Niti Aayog 2.0' for allocating capital and revenue grants to the states.


• He added that the 'new Niti Aayog' could remove structural issues including regional imbalances in the economy. Kelkar, however, said he is not suggesting that the new panel should take the form of the old Planning Commission.

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• Rohit sharma and virat Kohli joint 3rd in list of most century stands in ODIs.


• They reached this milestone, while they played in the match of India and New Zealand.


• Virat Kohli is also entitled as the 5th indian player to acquire the fame of hitting 100 50 plus score.

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• India Golfer, Kartik Sharma won the New South Wales Men’s Amateur Golf Championship held in Australia by defeating Australia’s Nathan Barberie in the scheduled 36-hole final.


• Kartik Sharma is playing for India as a part of National Squad since the age of 10.


• Kartik Sharma who is selected to represent Indian Golf Union for the three events in Australia had also won the Indian Golf Union western India amateur golf championship 2018.

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• West Indies captain Jason Holder has become the first player from the country in 45 years to top the list of all-rounders in the International Cricket Council Test Player Rankings after slamming an unbeaten double-century that helped script a memorable 381-run win over England in the first Test in Bridgetown.


• West Indies legend Gary Sobers was at the top last in March 1974 and Holder has now emulated him following his 202 not out off 229 balls in the second innings in Bridgetown, which is the third highest score by a number eight batsman in Test history after the Pakistan pair of Wasim Akram (257 not out) and Imtiaz Ahmed (209).

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• Danish player Anders Antonsen won his first ever Indonesia Masters after defeating world number one Kento Momota of Japan to claim the 2019 title.


• Antonsen, who was not accompanied by his coach, reached the final of the the championship for the first time and managed to upset Momota 21-16, 14-21 and 21-16 in a game that lasted one hour and 19 minutes.

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• The Southern Railway bagged number one position for cleanliness in the country in the survey conducted by Trains Cleanliness Survey conducted by IRCTC.


• Last year,Southern Railways also had a hike in their gross earning of more than six thousand crore rupees
  
• To fulfill the demands of passengers,Southern Railway also introduced 54 trains in the past four years.

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• Dubai International Airport has said that it retained its position as the world's busiest airport for international travel for the fifth consecutive year in 2018.


• Passenger traffic at the airport rose to over 8.9 crore in 2018. India remained the biggest source of traffic, accounting for more than 1.2 crore passengers.

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• Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh has been appointed Regional Director for World Health Organization South-East Asia, for a second five-year term.Her second term of office will begin on 1 February 2019.


• she is the first woman to become Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia Region.


• Previous year,Thailand became the first in Asia-Pacific to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.


• India was declared yaws-free and Nepal trachoma-free.

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• Former Defence Minister George Fernandes passed away in Delhi at the age of 88.


• Fernandes, who also served as the Railways Minister in former Prime Minister VP Singh's government, had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. His last stint as a parliamentarian was as a Rajya Sabha MP between August 2009 and July 2010.

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