Southern Railway bagged the number one position for cleanliness in the country under the category of other than Premium Category trains in the recently conducted IRCTC survey. Southern Railway introduced 54 new trains in past 4 years.
Southern Railway headquarters: Chennai
India's Kartik Sharma won the recently held New South Wales men's Amateur Golf Championship in Australia. He pulled off an exotic win over Australia's Nathan Barberie in the scheduled 36-hole final to emerge as champion
Kartik also won western India amateur golf championship 2018
2000 students, parents & teachers to participate in the 2nd edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha to be organised at Delhi. Students from all over India & Indian students residing abroad like Russia, Nigeria, Iran, Nepal, Doha, Kuwait are to be part of the event.
PM Modi recently authored Exam Warriors in 2018.
Ministry of Defence launched a mobile app 'RDP India 2019' on the Republic Day, with the intent of making available the provision for live streaming of the Parade & the highlights of the Republic Day event to the general public all over the world.
Nirmala Sitharaman is India's 2nd female defence minister.
Indian Railways has named the indigenously manufactured Train 18, India's first semi-highspeed train as Vande Bharat Express. It is set to run between Delhi and Varanasi at a maximum speed of 160 kmph.
Train 18 designed and built by Integral Coach Factory Chennai.
Ministry of Textiles to put National Conclave on Technical Textiles as a curtain raiser for TechnoTex 2019 at Mumbai. Major highlights of the conclave is the release of HSN codes by Government of India for technical textiles.
India has 4-5% share in the Global technical textile market size
PM Modi laid foundation stone for AIIMS Madurai to give boost to healthcare facilities and advanced healthcare, medical education and research in the region in Madurai, Tamil Nadu & inaugurated several projects.
AIIMS Delhi established in 1956.
PM Modi dedicated to the nation Integrated Refinery Expansion Project Complex (IREP) at Kochi which would be a modern expansion complex and transform Kochi refinery into the largest PSU Refinery in India with world class standards.
BPCL is a Maharatna oil and gas PSU headquartered in Mumbai.
Brand TATA was placed at 86th rank in the Brand Finance Global 500 2019 report’s ‘100 most valuable brands’ released at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Total value of brand increased 37% to $19.5 bn in 2019 from $14.2 bn a year ago.
Tata Group HQ: Mumbai, CEO: Natarajan Chandrasekaran
Chief of the Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat, was recently awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM), the highest military medal awarded in recognition of peace-time services not relating to gallantry.
Param Vir Chakra is highest award for acts during wartime.
Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal to win his 7th Australian Open Men's Singles title at Melbourne. He surpassed American legend Pete Sampras to elevate himself to outright third on the all-time Grand Slam title leader board.
Djokovic belongs to Serbia.