Current Affairs 19th february 2019
NATIONAL
1. India’s first district cooling system to be built in Amravati.
–United Arab Emirates {UAE} based international cooling provider, National Central Cooling Company PJSC entered into a 30-year concession with Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority {APCRDA} to build India’s first district cooling system in Amaravati.
2. Hina Jaiswal becomes the First Indian Woman Flight Engineer.
–Flight Lieutenant Hina Jaiswal from Chandigarh, became the First Indian Woman Flight Engineer of the Indian Air Force{IAF}.
INTERNATIONAL
1. J P Morgan became first US Bank with Cryptocurrency.
–JP Morgan rolled out the first US Bank Cryptocurrency. The currency is designed to be decentralized so that no one has control over transactions being sent over the network.
AWARDS
1. Sunil Chhetri given first ever Football Ratna Award.
–Sunil Chhetri, the all time leading scorer for India in international football, has been conferred the first ever Football Ratna Awards honour by Football Delhi, the association governing the sport in Delhi.
2. De Goede, Van Doren win 2018 FIH player of The Year Awards.
–Eva de Goede from Netherlands and Arthur van doren of Belgium were titled the International Hockey Federation’s players of the year for 2018.
3. Abdul Aziz Muhamat wins International Human Rights Prize.
–Sudanese refugee, Abdul Aziz Muhamat, who spent 5 years in the Australian detention centre on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, was given the Martin Ennals Award 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland, for exposing “the very cruel asylum seeker policy of the Australian Government.
APPOINTMENT
1. UN appoints C Ramanathan as Controller and ASG for Programme Planning, Budget and Finance.
–Chandramouli Ramanathan has been appointed as Controller, Assistant Secretary General for Programme Planning, Budget and Finance in the management strateg, policy and compliance department.
BANKING and ECONOMY
1. RBI lifts cap on FPI Investments in Corporate Bonds.
–The Reserve Bank of India withdrew the 20% limit on investments by FPIs in corporate bonds of an entity with a view to encourage more foreign investments.
2. Government raised Rs. 10000 crore from Bharat-22 ETF offering.
–The government of India gets Rs. 10000 crore from Bharat-22 Exchange Traded Fund {ETF} by additional offering. The government has absorbed approximately Rs. 46000 crore by way of disinvestment with the successful offering of Bharat-22 ETF.
SPORTS
1. Vidarbha clinches the Irani Cup Title.
–Vidarbha became the only 3rd team in Indian Domestic Cricket history after Bombay and Karnataka to defend their Irani Cup Titles at Jamtha Stadium in Nagpur by defeating rest of India.
2. Senior Badminton Nationals: Saina Nehwal wins Women’s singles title.
-In badminton, Saina Nehwal won her fourth title at the Yonex-Sunrise 83rd Senior National. She defeated P.V Sindhu in the finals in Guwahati. Sourabh Verma completed a hatrick of titles, claiming the men’s singles crown after defeating young Lakshya Sen in straight games.
