Indian weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu clinched a gold medal in the 48 kg category at the EGAT Cup in Thailand. The tournament result would come in handy during the final rankings for Tokyo 2020 olympics.
She was awarded Padma Shri in 2018
Vidharbha lifted the Ranji Trophy for the second time in a row in 2018-2019 edition by defeating Saurashtra by 78 runs. In 2017-2018 Ranji final, Vidharbha had won the final against Delhi.
Mumbai has the record for most Ranji wins with 41/85 times
Sushma Swaraj and Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen Foreign Affairs Minister of respective nations would co-chair the 5th edition of India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative Committee Meet to be held in Delhi
Bangladesh PM: Sheikh Hasina
A study by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration revealed that earth's global surface temperatures in 2018 were 0.83 degrees Celsius warmer than the 1951 to 1980 mean deeming it as the 4th warmest since 1880
NASA HQ: Washington D.C., USA
RBI in its bi-monthly monetary policy reduced repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25% and reverse repo rate to 6% amidst low expectations for inflation. It was the 6th bimonthly monetary policy report of current fiscal
RBI Governor: Shaktikanta Das
Dinkar Gupta, the newly appointed DGP Punjab Police vowed to profess zero tolerance against drug abuse during his first meeting with officers at Punjab Police headquarters in Chandigarh
Punjab CM: Amarinder Singh; Governor: V.P. Singh Badnore
‘YONO Farmer’ would offer several agriculture-related services such as seeds, climate or weather information, Kisan Credit Card loans among others while for the businessmen, all their needs and requirements would be put under one card or services
SBI Chairperson: Rajnish Kumar; HQ: Mumbai
MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga and Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf were among the names announced for US-India CEO Forum to be held in Delhi. The US CEOs would serve 2-year terms in the forum
2+2 Indo-US dialogue takes place b/w foreign & defence ministers
CCEA approved setting up of 12,000 MW grid-connected Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power Projects. The scheme mandates use of both solar photovoltaic (SPV) cells and modules manufactured domestically as per specifications to boost ‘Make in India’
PM chairs Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
RBI in its bi-monthly report, raised the limit of collateral-free agricultural loans to ₹1.6 lakh from the current ₹1 lakh with a view to help small and marginal farmers. RBI also intends to set up an internal working group to review agricultural credit po
RBI MPC has 6 members, 3 of which are government nominees