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• International Development Week (IDW) is celebrated every year on 7 February to show and inform about different roles and career paths in the international development sector.


• IDW is a one week event in which several activities and opportunities are given to learn about what local-global initiatives are happening near you and how you can become involved.

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• U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a State of the Union (SOTU) address that suggested he would continue to pursue policies that have most deeply divided the country.


• Standing in front of Nancy Pelosi, the House Speaker, Mr. Trump delivered an hour-and-twenty-minute speech that exposed, in parts, a chasm between his words and the reality of his governance.

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• Pakistan’s Supreme Court rebuked the military and intelligence agencies, asking them to uphold free speech and stay out of politics in a country ruled by the Generals for nearly half its existence.


• The unusually strong criticism was issued in a judgment released criticising the role of the intelligence agencies in anti-blasphemy protests which paralysed the capital Islamabad for several weeks.

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• A Hindu temple was vandalised in Pakistan’s Sindh province by miscreants who set holy books and idols on fire, drawing a strong reaction from Prime Minister Imran Khan, who ordered swift and decisive action against the perpetrators.


• This happened last week in Kumb town, Khairpur district.

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• Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for petroleum and natural gas, inaugurated the 2019 Asia LPG summit in New Delhi.


• This two-day event will focus on ‘LPG – Energy for Life.’


• India is the second largest consumer of liquified natural gas (LPG) in the world under the flagship ‘Ujjwala’ scheme, and in take of LPG in households is providing access to cleaner cooking fuel.

• A Pre-Departure Orientation Training (PDOT) programme has been launched by Government to orient potential migrant workers with regard to culture, language, do’s and don’ts in the emigration process and safety measures.


• This PDOT has been administered by the Ministry of External Affairs in alliance with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).


• PDOT has been conducted under Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and The National Skill Development Corporation is the devising agency for this programme.

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• The Ministry of AYUSH organised Second Conference of State AYUSH and Health Ministers conference in New Delhi. It was inaugurated by the Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge) and Health & Family Welfare Shripad Yesso Naik.


• The programme is inaugurated to discuss about National AYUSH Mission (NAM), Integration of AYUSH services in Ayushman Bharat, Medicinal Plants, Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homeopathy educational Institutes, Quality Control of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homeopathy drugs, Drugs Central Sector Schemes and special programmes and projects.


• During this meeting, Shripad Yesso Naik stressed about India to develop bilateral cooperation with USA in areas of Research, Capacity Training and scientific endeavors in the meeting to be held next month in New Delhi.

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• The “Darwaza Band- Part 2” campaign was launched by Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen focuses on sustaining the open defecation free status of villages across the country.
The campaign launched by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation in Mumbai in the presence of actor Amitabh Bachchan.

• Shri Babanrao Lonikar Maharashtra’s Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation and Shri Parameswaran Iyer Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation were also present.


• The World Bank also supported the Darwaza Band -Part 2. Earlier Darwaza Band campaign was launched in 2017.


• Three “Darwaza Band Part 2” films were launched by Amitabh Bachchan and dedicated re-adaptation of a poem of his father late Harivansh Rai Bachchan to the Swachh Bharat Mission “Swachh Tann, Swachh Mann, Swachh Bharat,Mera Parichay”.


• Over 50 crore people stopped defecating in the open since the launch of the Swachh Bharat Mission and with over 5.5 lakh villages have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) and the national sanitation coverage is now 98% compared to 39% in 2014.

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• The Maharashtra government has set up a committee to review various schemes implemented for the welfare of tribals in the state.


• The 17-member committee, headed by former MLA and Shramjeevi Sanghatna president Vivek Pandit, will undertake study of various works done for providing employment opportunities, minimum wages and proper livelihood to tribals.


• And it will suggest measures to ensure that children in tribal regions were not deprived of education.

• The National Minority Development and Finance Corporation executed diverse schemes for the socio-economic development of the ‘backward sections’ amidst the apprised minorities.


• Schemes are being executed by State Channelizing Agencies represented by state government.


• Credit schemes like Term loan, Micro Finance, Educational loan, etc. and Promotional schemes like Vocational training, Marketing assistance, etc. have been implemented.


• Beneficiaries are classified under 2 categories Those who have annual family income of Rs.98,000 for rural areas and Rs.1.20 lakh for urban areas and Those who have higher family income eligibility criteria of upto 6 lakhs.

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• Indian Banking Association (IBA) has marked the advisory recommendations from banks to exempt farmers from processing, documentation, inspection, ledger folio charge and various service charges for Kisan Credit Card loans upto Rs. 3 Lakhs.


• These guidelines came to highlight as nominal amount of charges were collected by some schedule commercial banks for agriculture loans.


• Government will launch campaign through various financial institutions for financial inclusion with spontaneous effect to farmers.


• Kisan Credit Card aims to provide adequate and timely monetary help from banks to farmers to meet short term credit requirement for agriculture purposes.

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• The government has requested the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for providing an interim surplus for the financial year 2018-19 on the analogy of previous financial year and transfer of the amount withheld from the surplus of 2016-17 and 2017-18.


• The RBI is unlikely to give in to the government’s demand for transferring funds that were set aside for contingency reserves in 2016-17 and 2017-18.


• A total of Rs.27,330 crore was set aside by the RBI for the contingency fund. Rs.13,140 crore in FY17 and Rs.14,190 crore in FY18.

• As per a statement released by Government, India’s export may slow down to 7.3% in 2018-19 from earlier growth rate of 9.8% of 2017-18 due to poor growth of traditional exports like gems and jewellary, marine, farm and engineering.


• On 5th February 2019, a meeting was held to discuss the problems being faces exporters and to examine the ways by which India’s growth rate may reach up to $ 325 billion by March 2019. The Liquidity Crunch and Global factors are also responsible for the slow export growth.


• India’s overall export were $498.61 billion in 2017-18 but in 2018-19, it is expected to come down to $325 billion.


• The overall growth of outward shipment from the country in December 2018 was $27.6 billion.

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• Vidarbha won their second Ranji Trophy title in a row after beating Saurashtra by 78 runs in the final at Nagpur.


• Vidarbha were helped by 29-year-old spinner Aditya Sarwate, who picked up his maiden first-class 10-wicket haul in the match. Vidarbha's 40-year-old batsman Wasim Jaffer, who was appearing in his 10th Ranji final, won his 10th Ranji title.

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• New Zealand defeated India by 80 runs in the first T20I of the three-match series at Wellington today to hand them their worst defeat (by runs) in T20I history.


• India's previous worst T20I defeat had come on May 7, 2010, when Australia defeated them by 49 runs in a World T20 match.

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• National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) has been named a winner under the ‘miniratna’ category by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.


• It is felicitated for their exemplary work towards promotion of SC/ST entrepreneurs.

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• State Bank of India’s UK chief Shri Sanjiv Chadha honoured with the ‘Freedom of the City Of London’ by city of London Corporation. Sanjiv Chadha was nominated for the honour by Lord Mayor of London Peter Estlin and Sheriff Vincent Keaveny.


• Sanjiv Chadha took up the position in 2014 and he will be succeeded by Sharad Chandak. The genesis of the ‘Freedom of the City of London’ is traced to the medieval time of around 123.

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• President Ram Nath Kovind presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the year 2017 to 42 noted artists in five categories.


• The awards were presented at a special function held at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.


• 10 eminent artistes received awards in the field of music, 9 artists were presented awards for their contribution in the field of dance, 9 noted artistes were facilitated for their contribution to theatre, 10 artists received awards for their contribution in the field of traditional art forms including folk and tribal music, dance, theatre, and puppetry.

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• Air India chief Pradeep Singh Kharola has been appointed Civil Aviation secretary.


• He will succeed Rajiv Nayan Choubey who retired on January 31,2019,after the resignation he took over as member in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

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• Former Assistant General Manager at Western Railway, Rahul Jain took charge as the General Manager of Integral Coach Factory.


• He succeeded Sudhanshu Mani, who is known as the architect of India’s first self-propelled long distance “Train 18″, which was later named “Vande Bharat Express” by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal.

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• Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched its 40th communication satellite “GSAT-31” from French Guiana by Arianespace launch vehicle.


• GSAT-31 will enlarge the Ku-band transponder capacity in geostationary orbit and will bestow the linkage to operational services on some of the in-orbit satellites.


• GSAT-31 will be beneficial for Television related up-links, connectivity, services, cellular backhaul connectivity, etc.

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• World’s largest cashless health insurance scheme “ the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY)”, popularly known as the Ayushman Bharat launched PM-JAY app on Google play store to access scheme details in New Delhi. It was launched by Indu Bhushan ,CEO of PM-JAY.


• This scheme aims at making interventions in primary, secondary and tertiary care systems, covering both preventive and promotive health, to address healthcare holistically.

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• Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP, Ladu Kishore Swain passed away at the age of 71 due to kidney-related ailments in Bhubaneswar.


• Ladu Kishore Swain was member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from 2004 to 2009 and also the President of CARD Bank from 1992-95.

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