1. Election Commission hosted 4th General Assembly of Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) at _____________. India's Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora took over as A-WEB’s Chair for 2019-21 term.
2. __________________ become 1st bank in India to deploy industrial ‘robotic arms’ to count millions of notes in currency chests across country, with 14 machines deployed in 12 cities that can count 6 million notes in a day.
3. India will contribute _____________ million to Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) for the 6th replenishment cycle (2020-22), with 10% jump from US$ 20 million contributed in 5th cycle. So far, India has contributed US$ 46.5 million.
4. Government approved a capital infusion of Rs 9,300 crore in Troubled IDBI Bank. Government (49% stake) will give Rs 4,557 crore, while 4,743 crore will be given by _________________ (51% stake).
- After _______________ acquired controlling 51% stake in IDBI Bank in January 2019, RBI placed IDBI Bank in category of private sector bank.
5. Indian Air Force (IAF) received 8 US-made Boeing Apache AH-64E fighter helicopters at Airforce Station in Pathankot (_________________). In September 2015, IAF had signed contract with Boeing for purchasing 22 AH-64E Apache helicopters. Boeing delivered first 4 out of 22 helicopters in July 2019.
6. Book “First They Erased Our Name: A Rohingya Speaks” by journalist Sophie Ansel (_________________) has been released in India.
7. Havesti festival of __________________ Nuakhai has been celebrated (appears one day after Ganesh Chathurthi).
8. 1st ASEAN-US Maritime Exercise (AUMX) between Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and US started in ________________. It will see participation of all 10 members of ASEAN (Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam) and US.
9. Auto Maker ________________ become 1st Indian original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to meet the Bharat Stage (BS ) VI emission standards for all its heavy-duty trucks with a gross vehicle weight of 16.2 tonnes and above.
10. World Bank(WB) approved funding _____________________ government's ‘pro-poor tourism’ (PPT) development projects with funding worth more than $57 million.
11. ISSF World Cup 2019 (4th Leg - Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)) (Rifle / Pistol) -
- India Ranked at top. Indian Medalists -
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Sl No |
Event |
Winners |
Medal |
1 |
Mixed 10m air pistol |
Manu Bhaker & Saurabh Chaudhary |
Gold |
2 |
Women’s 10m air rifle |
Elavenil Valarivan |
Gold |
3 |
Men’s 10m Air Pistol |
Abhishek Verma |
Gold |
4 |
Women’s 10m air pistol |
Yashaswini Singh Deswal |
Gold |
5 |
Mixed 10M Air Rifle |
Apurvi Chandela & Deepak Kumar |
Gold |
6 |
Men’s 50m rifle |
Sanjeev Rajput |
Silver |
7 |
Mixed 10m air pistol |
Yashaswini Deswal & Abhishek Verma |
Silver |
8 |
Men’s 10m Air Pistol |
Saurabh Chaudhary |
Bronze |
9 |
Mixed 10m air pistol |
Anjum Moudgil & Divyansh Singh Panwar |
Bronze |
- In Previous 3 Legs of ISSF World Cup in New Delhi, Beijing and Munich, India had won 11 Gold and 2 Silver Medals.
- India is at top with total 22 Medals - 3 in Leg 1 in New Delhi, 4 in Leg 2 in Bejing, 6 in Leg 3 in Munich and 9 in Leg 4 in Rio De Janeiro.
- Location for Final is to be decided.
- Medal Tally -
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Rank |
Nation |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
1 |
India |
16 |
4 |
2 |
_____________________ |
2 |
China |
8 |
13 |
15 |
36 |
3 |
United States |
5 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
4 |
Russia |
4 |
5 |
3 |
12 |
5 |
Hungary |
4 |
1 |
1 |
6 |