RRB English Current Affairs 6th February 2019

INDIAN AFFAIRS

1. Women entrepreneurs have set up around 1.38 lakhs MSME (Micro, small and Medium Enterprises) projects under Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) scheme
2. Assam tops the ranking of “best budgetary practices followed by states”: Transparency International
3. Sopan 2019, Festival for young artists held in New Delhi
4. Kala ghoda festival 2019 was held in Mumbai
5. Odisha launched Kalia scholarship scheme  to boost education for farmers children
6. 12^thRegional Standards Conclave was held in Bhubaneswar (Odisha)
7. Keralabecame the first state to set up price monitoring and research unit (PMRU) to track violation of prices of essential drugs and medical devices.
8. National Foundation for Communal Harmony organized a special workshop under Know My India Programme held in Bengaluru
9. 325 children rescued under “Operation Smile” in Hyderabad

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

10. United States of Americapulls out of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty with Russia.
11. Indian Online Companies positioned 11th in the ranking of overseas expansion

BANKING & FINANCE

12. Under the sponsorship of Indian Bank, two regional rural bank – Pallavan Grama Bank and Pandyan Grama Bank will be amalgamated to form a single RRB i.e. Tamil Nadu Grama Bank in Tamil Nadu. 

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

13. FDI trimmed by 11% to $22.66 billion during April-September 2018-19
14. Fitch Group arm projects fiscal deficit to slip to 3.6% in 2019-20. Titled “India’s Populist FY2019-20 Budget To Delay Fiscal Consolidation”.
15. National Bulk Handling Corporation (NBHC) released Kharif Crop estimation for the year 2018-2019.

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

16. 9th edition of Aegis Graham Bell Awardwas held in Panaji Goa.

APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

17. P V Bharathi designated as the CEO of Corporation Bank
18. Former mayor Nayib Bukele won El Salvador’s presidential election.

ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

19. Asian Development Bank (ADB) bought 14% stake in micro-financier Annapurna Finance.
20. IndoStar Capital Finance Ltd (IndoStar) , a non-banking finance company, to acquired CV finance business, a subsidiary of IIFL Holdings . The IndoStar acquired CV Finance at a cost of 3949 crores.

ENVIRONMENT

21. Bedin 1- Dwarf galaxy discovered by Hubble Space Telescope 

SPORTS

22. Indian squash player Ramit Tandonwin the fourth title of Seattle open by defeating Mohamed El Sherbini of Egypt. Seattle Open is a PSA challenger squash Tour held in USA .