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01-January-2019 Current Affairs

Important Highlights: 1-2nd January 2019

Important Highlights: 1-2nd January 2019

  1. Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant (age 21 years) first wicket-keeper to claim 20 catches in Test series.
  2. Prime Minister of Bhutan Dr. Lotay Tshering concluded his three-day visit to India.
  3. Govt of Germany approves $8 billion rails and road tunnel link to Denmark.
  4. Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan appointed as new Chief Justice of Telangana High Court.
  5. DRDO day celebrated on 1st January every year.
  6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 6th International Rice Research Institute in Varanasi-Uttar Pradesh.
  7. PM Modi inaugurates 106th edition of Indian Science Congress-2019 in Punjab.
  8. BJP leader-Dharmendra Pradhan launches Ujjwala sanitary napkin initiative in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
  9. Afghan-born Indian-Canadian film actor-writer Kader Khan passes away at 81 in Canada.
  10. Amitabh Chaudhry takes charge as new MD & CEO of Axis Bank.
  11. Vinod Kumar Yadav (IRSEE: 1980 Batch cadre) assume-charge as new Chairman of Railway Board.
  12. Indian cricketer Smriti Mandhana (age 22 years) wins ICC women's cricketer of the year award 2019.
  13. PM Modi Govt appointed Sudhir Bhargava as new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC).
  14. Anindita Neogy Anaam honored with National Nritya Shiromani Award 2019.
  15. Allahabad Bank tied up with SBI Life Insurance for bancassurance partnership to sell the policies of the insurer from over 3,200 branches.
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