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• January 30 is celebrated as Martyr's Day or Shaeed Diwas every year in the memory of Mahatma Gandhi and sacrifice of three revolutionaries of India.


• As, on January 30, 1948, the 'Father of Nation' was assassinated. And, on March 23, three heroes namely, Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, and Sukhdev Thapar of the nation were hanged to death by British.

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• Top US and Chinese trade officials return to the bargaining table, with extra tension in the atmosphere amid Washington's sweeping prosecution of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei.


• According to US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, the lead US negotiator The world's two largest economies are battling for nothing less than future dominance in critical high-tech industries.

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• British prime minister Theresa May has salvaged her Brexit deal after MPs voted in favour of an amendment to accept it if the Irish backstop can be changed.


• MPs voted on seven amendments in the House of Commons to demonstrate which direction the majority of Parliament want to go down in order to reshape EU negotiations after MPs overwhelmingly rejected May’s withdrawal deal two weeks ago.

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• The US intelligence's worldwide threat assessment report has stated terror groups supported by Pakistan will continue to conduct terrorist attacks in India and Afghanistan.


• It also warned of communal violence in India in view of the upcoming General polls. The report claimed communal clashes "could alienate Indian Muslims and allow Islamist terrorist groups in India to expand their influence."

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• Civil Aviation ministry launched the country’s first Geographical Indication (GI) store at Dabolim International Airport in Goa.


• The GI stores will promote local products made by the artisans and handicrafts at the airport.


• The store is set up by Airports Authority of India in partnership with The Cashew Export Promotional Council of India.

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• The Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India signed an agreement with Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for India’s participation in Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2021.


• The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests the learning levels of 15-year-old students in reading, mathematics, science and collaborative problem solving and is conducted by OECD every three years.


• For Indian students, the question in the test will be related to India’s perspective only and the test will be in offline format.


• The objective of joining the PISA is to help introduce competency based examination reforms in the school system and to enhance the quality of education in the country.


• The students for the test will be selected through random sampling by PISA and the CBSE and NCERT will be part of the process and activities leading to the actual test.


• The performance of India was very dismal in 2009 and it was placed 72nd among the 74 participating countries. Since then India stayed away from PISA.


• Union HRD Minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar graced the event for signing the agreement and it was signed by Shri Maneesh Garg, Joint Secretary, MHRD and Mr Andreas Schleicher, Director (PISA) in OECD.

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• Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) launches National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) to attract talent and strengthen higher agricultural education in the country.It is inaugurated at the fourth Convention of 2-day “Agrivision-2019” organized by Vidyarthi Kalyan Nyas in Pusa, New Delhi.


• During this inauguration, 5th Dean Committee have been implemented in all the Agricultural Universities.


• The ICAR has recently launched Rs 1100 crore ambitious National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) to attract talent and strengthen higher agricultural education in the country. This project is to be funded by the World Bank and the Indian Government on a 50:50 basis.


• Rajendra Agriculture University has been upgraded as Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University to strengthen to bring green revolution in Eastern India including North East.


• At the same time, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) isto be set up in Barhi, Jharkhand after New Delhi, and another would be in Assam.


• To enhance the participation of students in agricultural business,READY (Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana) is provided to the students.

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• Southern Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Association organized the South India MSME Summit-2019 at Bangaluru.


• Basavaraj S Javali chaired the event.


• The summit is held with a motive to find solution for their major problems like absence of good infrastructure, technology issues, marketing, procurement issues, regulatory issues, red tape, harassment and victimization.

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• 3rd stocktaking conference on tiger conservation inaugurated in New Delhi. It will discuss on the status of the Global tiger Recovery Programme (GTRD) by the thirteen tiger range countries besides deliberation in combating wildlife trafficking.


• Union Minister for environment, Forest and climate change Dr.Harsh Vardhan is the chairman of the National Tiger conservation Authority.


• The conference is hosted by the National Tiger conservation Authority, Ministry of Environment, Forest and climate change in collaboration with Global Tiger Forum which is an international, intergovernmental organization for conserving tiger.


• During the St. Petersburg declaration in 2010, tiger range countries had resolved to double tiger numbers across their range by 2022.


• International stock taking conference will review the progress in the resolution adopted at St. Petersburg, Russia in 2010 against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as decided by the countries.

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• Life insurance firm India First buys 9% stake in CSC e-Governance services India Limited. This stake purchase demonstrates bringing personal risk protection to all sections of the society in the four year association with Common Services Centre (CSC).


• India First life insurance is a joint venture between Bank of Baroda, Andra Bank and Legal and General (UK).


• CSC is an integral part of Digital India initiative of the government under ministry of Electronics and information Technology.


• CSC e-Governance services India Limited is a special purpose vehicle (CSCSPV) incorporated under the companies Act, 1956 to monitor the implementation of common services centers scheme (CSCs).


• The financial inclusion journey will bring the 2 entities to work towards enabling village level entrepreneurs for reaching out to the last rule customers with tailored solutions.

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• Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi annouced that GST on Haj has been reduced from 18% to 5% and this will reduce the airfare spend onHaj pilgrims’ by Rs.113 crore in 2019.


• This is also first time since the independence 2,340 women from India will go on 2019 Haj without Mehram.

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• Reserve Bank of India released a data on “Census on Foreign Liabilities and Assets of Indian Direct Investment Companies, 2017-18” which shows that the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been increased 18 per cent to Rs. 28.25 lakh crore.


• There is an increment of Rs 4,33,300 crore during 2017-18 which includes revaluation of past investments making the total FDI Rs. 28.25 lakh crore.


• Overseas Direct Investment (ODI) by Indian companies has also increased by 5% and reached Rs. 5.28 crore.


• Mauritius is the largest source of FDI in India (19.7%) followed by United States of America, United Kingdom, Singapore and Japan.


• Singapore was the top destination followed by Netherlands, Mauritius and United states of America in case of Overseas investment by Indian companies.

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• Malaysia removed from the right to host world Para swimming championship 2019, as Malaysia refused to allow Israeli athletes to take part in the game. The Malaysia authorities failed to provide necessary guarantees that Israeli Para swimming could participate free from discrimination and safety in the championships.


• International Para swimming championship 2019 were due to be held in Kuching, Malaysia between 29 July and 4 August 2019.


• This issue started when Malaysia imposed a cross-sport ban in Israeli athletes attending events.


• This championship is a qualifier for the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo. International Paralympics committee (IPC) encourages all potential hosts to express an interest in staging the event by 11 February 2019.

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• India's Irfan Pathan is the only cricketer to take a hat-trick in a Test's first over, in the format's nearly 142-year-history featuring 2,343 matches.


• Pathan dismissed Pakistan's Salman Butt, Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf on the last three deliveries of the first over in Karachi on January 29, 2006. He is the only Indian pacer to take a Test hat-trick.

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• Kannada poet and short story writer Jayant Kaikini was entitled as the winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for his translated work “No Presents Please. ”Jayant and translator Tejaswini Niranjana received the award from eminent writer Ruskin Bond.


• surpassed the internationally acclaimed writers Kamila Shamsie and Mohsin Hamid and won this title.


• The award was enlisted in the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet at the iconic Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata. This marks the first time a translated work has won the prestigious prize.

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• Defence minister, Nirmala Sitharaman presented the award to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for its representation on ‘Kisan Gandhi’.


• Tableau was displayed with the theme The ICAR ‘Empowering Rural Economy the Gandhian Way’.


• The ICAR presentation depicted the importance of dairy farming, use of indigenous breeds and livestock based organic agriculture for rural prosperity.


• Tripura bagged the best state tableau whereas The second position was bagged by Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab was placed in the third spot.

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• Tamil Nadu was awarded the “Best State Overall” for its active participation in the national campaign “Swasth Bharat Yatra”, which was organized from 16th October 2018 by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). The Swasth Bharat Yatra was culminated on 29th January 2019 at Connaught Place in New Delhi.


• The Swasth Bharat Yatra was World’s biggest Cyclothon and it saw the involvement of 10 lakh participants.


• The Cyclothon began from six different locations – Leh, Panaji, Thiruvananthapuram, Puducherry, Kolkata and Agartala in which more than 10,000 volunteer cyclists covered more than 20,000 km across 36 states and Union Territories.


• The Key element of the Cyclothon was “Eat Right India” and the goal of the campaign was to aware the sensitive people about eating food and being healthy.

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• India received the Award of Excellence for ‘Best in Show‘ in New York Times Travel Show 2019. It is the largest travel show in North America which held New York.


• The Ministry of Tourism led by Tourism Ministry Secretary Yogendra Tripathi participated as the ‘Presenting Partner’ in the New York Times Travel Show (NYTTS 2019).


• This programme is conducted with a motive to enhance India’s visibility and share In US tourism market.

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• South India based private sector lender Federal Bank appointed Dilip Sadarangani as the part-time Chairman. He has been on bank’s board since 2013.


• The appointment of Mr. Dilip Sadarangani who has been guiding person in technology in multiple banks, as Chairman of the board of Federal Bank comes at a time when the bank makes confident strides in gaining market share in India.


• Mr. Sadarangani played key roles in setting up of IT infrastructure in different banks in India, Australia and Kuwait. He was a core member of the team which automated the first 50 branches of State Bank of India.


• Federal Bank is a scheduled commercial bank in India with a history of 70 years. It also has its Representative offices abroad at Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

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• NASA's Curiosity rover has shared its last selfie clicked on Mars' Vera Rubin Ridge, which was its home for over a year. A series of 57 pictures were stitched together to create the selfie.


• Curiosity had drilled its 19th sample at 'Rock Hall' on the ridge on December 15, 2018, which is also visible in the photo.

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