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Current Affairs – May 2019

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Cabinet of Modi 2.0

  • 57 ministers took the oath of secrecy in the mega oath ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
  • 24 Cabinet Ministers, 9 State Ministers with independent charge, and 24 Minister of States
  • Leaders of BIMSTEC nations were invited as guests for the ceremony,
  • Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbay Jeenbekov was also among invited guests. Next SCO Summit is scheduled to be organized in Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek.
  • A brand new JAL SHAKTI ministry has been introduced in this cabinet, much information about it is still awaited.
  • In the new cabinet, 30 ministers from the previous cabinet are found missing (which amounts to 40%).
  • Rajnath Singh – Defence, Amit Shah – Home Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman – Finance, S. Jaishankar – External Affairs full list of minister

World No Tobaco Day

  • Every year, on 31 May, the World Health Organization (WHO) and global partners celebrate World No Tobacco Day (WNTD).
  • The focus of World No Tobacco Day 2019 is on “tobacco and lung health.”
  • The campaign creates awareness on the negative impact that tobacco has on people’s lung health, from cancer to chronic respiratory disease, the fundamental role lungs play for the health and well-being of all people.

Trump announced 5% tariff on Mexican import

  • Trump administration has imposed 5 percent tariff on all imports from its neighbor Mexico effective from 10th June.
  • The aim of this move is to build pressure on Mexico to curb the inflow of illegal migration through the US-Mexico border.
  • Illegal migrants from central American countries e.g. El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala are entering the US through via Mexico.
  • The tariff rate may increase in the future if enough steps not taken by the Mexico government.

Harsh Vardhan Committee on Housing Finance Securitisation

  • RBI has constituted a six-member committee under Harsh Vardhan to review the existing state of mortgage-backed securitization in India and also suggest measures to deepen the housing finance securitization market.
  • Harsh Vardhan is a Senior Advisor at Bain & Co. consulting firm.
  • The committee will submit its report by August 2019.
  • There is an urgent need for a robust and transparent framework and bring mortgage securitization market out of the clutches of limited dominant participants.

2nd Term of Narendra Modi

After a great victory of The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 17th Lok Sabha elections 2019. Narendra Modi is ready to take oath as Prime Minister of India for his second term. The swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set. On the evening of May 30 around 7 pm, The honorable President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind will administer the Oath of Office and Secrecy to Modi and his new Union Council of Ministers in Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.

US removes India, Switzerland from its currency monitoring list

On Tuesday 28 may, the Trump administration removed India and Switzerland from its currency monitoring list of major trading partners for currency manipulation. However, the list includes China, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam among others.

Russia launched nuclear-powered icebreaker ‘Ural’

On Saturday, 25 May 2019, Russia launched the world’s largest nuclear-powered icebreaker named ‘Ural’ at the Baltic Shipyard in St Petersburg in order to ensure the dominance of Russia in the Artic region. The Ural is the part of an ambitious program to renew and expand its fleet of the vessels in order to improve its ability to tap the Arctic’s commercial potential.

Scott Morrison a new Australian Prime Minister

Scott Morrison has been sworn in at Government House in Canberra as Australia’s Prime Minister. Along with Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack and his new Ministry are being sworn-in, Morrison was sworn in by Queen Elizabeth’s official representative in Australia, Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove.

Pema Khandu to swear-in as the CM of Arunachal Pradesh

Khandu to swear-in as the CM of Arunachal Pradesh on May 29. BJP had won 41 seats out 60 seats in Arunachal Pradesh Assembly in the elections held along with the Lok Sabha elections. whereas, the Janata Dal-United (JDU) won seven seats, while Congress and National People’s Party (NPP) could manage to win only four seats each.

DRDO successfully tested the improved version of the Akash

The Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) 2nd time successfully test-fired the Akash missile in Balasore of the Odisha coast on 27 May. It is a surface-to-air defence missile system. This Akash missile developed as part of the Integrated Guided-Missile Development Programme (IGMDP).

Team Modi 2.0 – Ministers Portfolio, Constituencies

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Prime Minister – Sh. Narendra Modi

Apaprt from PMO, the Prime Minister also holds charge of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Dept. of Atomic Energy; & Department of Space

modi cabinet

Cabinet Ministers

  1. Rajnath Singh (Lucknow, UP) – Defence Minister
  2. Amit Shah (Gandhinagar, Gujarat) – Home Affairs
  3. Nitin Gadkari (Nagpur, Maharastra) – Road Transport & Highways, & MSME
  4. Sadananda Gowda (Bangalore North) – Chemicals and Fertilizer
  5. Nirmala Sitaraman (Rajya Sabha – Karnataka) – Finance Minister, Corporate Affairs
  6. Ram Vilash Paswan (expected in Rajya Sabha) – Food & Public distribution, & Consumer Affair
  7. Narendra Singh Tomar (Morena, MP) – Agriculture – Farmer Welfare, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj
  8. Ravi Shankar Prasad (Patna Sahib, Bihar) – Law and Justice, Communication, Electronics and Information Technology
  9. Harsimrat Kaur Badal (Bathinda, Punjab) – Food Processing Industries
  10. Thawar Chand Gehlot (Rajya Sabha – Madhya Pradesh) – Social Justice and Empowerment
  11. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (expecting Rajya Sabha) – External Affairs
  12. Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank” (Haridwar, Uttarakhand) – Human Resource Development
  13. Arjun Munda (Khunti, Jharkhand) – Tribal Affairs
  14. Smriti Irani (Amethi, UP) – Women and Child Welfare, & Textile
  15. Dr. Harsh Vardhan (Chandani Chowk, Delhi) – Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology, Earth Sciences
  16. Prakash Javadekar (Rajya Sabha – Maharastra) – Information and Broadcasting, Environment-Forest & Climate Change
  17. Piyush Goyal (Rajya Sabha – Maharastra) – Railways Minister, Commerce and Industries
  18. Dharmendra Pradhan (Rajya Sabha – Madhya Pradesh) – Petroleum and Natural Gas, Steel
  19. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (Rajya Sabha – Jharkhand) – Minority Affairs
  20. Pralhad Joshi (Dharwad – Karnataka) – Parliamentary Affairs, Coal, Mines
  21. Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey (Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh) – Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
  22. Arvind Ganpat Sawant (Mumbai South) – Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise
  23. Giriraj Singh (Begusarai, Bihar) – Animal Husbandry Fisheries and Dairy
  24. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (Jodhpur, Rajasthan) – Jal Shakti

State Ministers (Independent Charge)

  1. Santosh Kumar Gangwar (Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh) – Labour and Employment (Independent)
  2. Rao Inderjit Singh (Gurgaon, Haryana) – Statistics and Program Implementation (Independent) , Planning (Independent)
  3. Shripad Yesso Naik (North Goa) – AYUSH Ayurveda – Yoga – Naturopathy – Unani – Siddha – Homeopathy (Independent)
  4. Jitendra Singh (Udhampur, Rajasthan) – Development of North-Eastern Region (Independent) PMO (State), Personnel (State), Public Grievances (State), Dept. Atomic Energy (State), Dept. of Space (State)
  5. Kiren Rijiju (Arunachal Pradesh West) – Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent) , Minority Affairs (State)
  6. Prahlad Singh Patel (Damoh, Madhya Pradesh) – Culture (Independent) , Tourism (Independent)
  7. Raj Kumar Singh (Arrah, Bihar) – Power Minister (Independent) , New and Renewable Energy (Independent) , Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (State)
  8. Hardeep Singh Puri (Rajya Sabha – Uttar Pradesh) – Housing and Urban Affairs (Independent), Civil Aviation (Independent) , Commerce and Industries (State)
  9. Mansukh Mandaviya (Rajya Sabha – Gujarat) – Shipping (Independent), Chemicals and Fertilizer (state)

State Ministers

  1. Faggan Singh Kulaste (Mandla, Madhya Pradesh) – Steel
  2. Ashwini Kumar Choubey (Buxar, Bihar) – Health and Family Welfare
  3. Arjun Ram Meghwal (Bikaner, Rajasthan) – Parliamentary Affairs, Heavy Inustries and Public Enterprise
  4. General Vijay Kumar Singh (Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh) – Road Transport and Highways
  5. Krishan Pal Gurjar (Faridabad, Haryana) – Social Justice and Empowerment
  6. Raosaheb Dadarao Danve (Jalna, Maharastra) – Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
  7. G. Kishan Reddy (Secunderabad, Telangana) – Home Affairs
  8. Parshottam Rupala (Rajya Sabha – Gujarat) – Agriculture and Farmer Welfare
  9. Ramdas Athawale (Rajya Sabha – Maharashtra) – Social Justice and Empowerment
  10. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti (Fatehpur, Uttarpradesh) – Rural Development
  11. Babul Supriyo (Asansol, West Bengal) – Environment Forest and Climate Change
  12. Sanjeev Balyan (Muzaffarnagar, UP) – Animal Husbandry, Dairy, Fisheries
  13. Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre (Akola, Maharastra) – HRD, Communication, Electronics and Information Technology
  14. Anurag Thakur (Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh) – Finance, Corporate Affairs
  15. Suresh Angadi (Belgaum, Karnataka) – Railways
  16. Nityanand Rai (Ujiarpur, Bihar) – Home Affairs
  17. Rattan Lal Kataria (Ambala, Haryana) – Jal Shakti, Social Justice and Empowerment
  18. V. Muraleedharan (Rajya Sabha – Maharastra) – External Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs
  19. Renuka Singh (Surguja, Chhattisgarh) – Tribal Affairs
  20. Som Parkash (Hoshiarpur, Punjab) – Commerce and Industries
  21. Rameswar Teli (Dibrugarh, West Bengal) – Food Processing
  22. Pratap Chandra Sarangi (Balasore, Odisha) – MSME, Animal Husbandry, Dairy, Fisheries
  23. Kailash Choudhary (Barmer, Rajasthan) – Agriculture and Farmer Welfare
  24. Deboshree Chowdhury (Raiganj, West Bengal) – Women and Child Devvelopment

SC Orders Mediation and Appoints 3 member Panel in Ram Mandir Dispute

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Today on 8th March 2019, five judges constitution bench of Supreme Court appointed a panel for mediation in Ayodhya dispute.

Earlier it was reported that among four parties, two (Muslim Party and Nirmohi Akhada) were ready for the mediation but other two (Ramlalla Virajman, Hindu Mahasabha) were not in favor of mediation at this stage of legislation.

ram mandir dispute panel
ram mandir dispute panel

The mediation process is to be completed in eight weeks while the first report to be submitted before the supreme court in four weeks.

Ayodhya Dispute Mediation Panel

Supreme Court of India has appointed a three-member panel for ram mandir dispute mediation chaired by retired Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla. Other two members are Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Sriram Panchu.

Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla

  • Retired as Judge of Supreme Court of India in 2016
  • Appointed as Supreme Court Justice in 2012
  • Appointed as Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir in 2011
  • Appointed as a judge of the Madras High Court in 2000
  • Advocate since 1975
  • He is from Tamil Nadu

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  • Famous as Indian spiritual leader
  • Founder of Art of Living Foundation
  • He is also from Tamil Nadu

Sriram Panchu

  • Senior Advocate with 40 years of law practice
  • Renowned Mediator and Arbitrator
  • Founder of Concord Mediation
  • President of the national association Mediators India
  • A Director on the Board of the International Mediation Institute (IMI)
  • He is also from Tamil Nadu

Mediation process is to be held in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. Faizabad city forms a municipal corporation with Ayodhya.

Dadasaheb Phalke Award Winners

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Dadasaheb Phalke, known as the Father of Indian Cinema was the maker of India’s first feature film Raja Harishchandra back in 1913. In his honor, Government of India constituted the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest award in cinema. Under the Ministry of Information of Broadcasting, Directorate of Film Festival annually organizes this award ceremony. The selection of the recipient is done by an independent committee of eminent film personalities.
The award presented by the President of India and constitutes of a golden lotus medallion, and a cash prize.

Winners of Dadasaheb Phalke Award

1969 – Devika Rani, actress
1970 – B. N. Sircar, producer
1971 – Prithviraj Kapoor, actor (posthumous)
1972 – Pankaj Mullick, composer (music director)
1973 – Ruby Myers (Sulochana), actress
1974 – Bomireddi Narasimha, Reddy director
1975 – Dhirendranath Ganguly, actor, director
1976 – Kanan Devi, actress
1977 – Nitin Bose, cinematographer, director, writer
1978 – Rai Chand Boral, composer, director
1979 – Sohrab Modi, actor, director, producer
1980 – Paidi Jairaj, actor, director
1981 – Naushad Ali, composer (music director)
1982 – L. V. Prasad, actor, director, producer
1983 – Durga Khote, actress
1984 – Satyajit Ray, director
1985 – V. Shantaram, actor, director, producer
1986 – B. Nagi Reddy, producer
1987 – Raj Kapoor, actor, director
1988 – Ashok Kumar, actor
1989 – Lata Mangeshkar, singer
1990 – A. Nageswara Rao, actor
1991 – Bhalji Pendharkar, director, producer, writer
1992 – Bhupen Hazarika, composer (music director)
1993 – Majrooh Sultanpuri, lyricist
1994 – Dilip Kumar, actor
1995 – Dr. Rajkumar, actor
1996 – Sivaji Ganesan, actor
1997 – Pradeep, lyricist
1998 – B.R. Chopra, director, producer
1999 – Hrishikesh Mukherjee, director
2000 – Asha Bhosle, singer
2001 – Yash Chopra, director, producer
2002 – Dev Anand, actor, director, producer
2003 – Mrinal Sen, director
2004 – Adoor Gopalakrishnan, director
2005 – Shyam Benegal, director
2006 – Tapan Sinha, director
2007 – Manna Dey, singer
2008 – V.K. Murthy, cinematographer
2009 – D.Ramanaidu, producer, director
2010 – K. Balchander, director
2011 – Soumitra Chatterjee, actor
2012 – Pran, actor
2013 – Guljar, lyricist
2014 – Shashi Kapoor, actor
2015 – Manoj Kumar, actor
2016 – Kasinathuni Viswanath, director
2017 – Vinod Khanna, actor

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Journey of Indian Hockey

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Hockey – The ancient game

Hockey is one of the world’s most ancient games. It is older than even the ancient Olympic Games. The British Empire made hockey popular in the Indian sub-continent in the late nineteenth century. The first hockey club was formed in Calcutta in 1885. There were no major national tournaments during that time. In 1895, Beighton Cup in Calcutta and Aga Khan Tournament in Bombay were organized.

Game of India – Hockey

Despite the ever-growing popularity of cricket, Hockey has managed to hold a respectful status among popular games played across the globe. It is often referred as the National Game but no official gazette has been released in this regard. The peak time of Indian hockey team was from 1928 to 1956, when it brought all the six consecutive Olympic gold medals home that were held during those years. The end of its glory were perhaps the result of the death of the star hero Dhyan Chand, the introduction of Astroturf (still a rarity in India) and the migration of many hockey-playing Anglo Indians to Australia. Recently, the few wins have rekindled the interest of the Indians in the forgotten game and have managed to grab a little bit of attention to the hockey sport team starts such as Dhanraj Pillay.

Journey of Indian Hockey

India did not have any governing body for hockey. On 7th November, 1925 all the hockey associations and clubs congregated in Gwalior. This meeting led to the formation of Indian Hockey Federation (IHF). The Indian players got the international exposure after the formation of IHF.

India’s first international tour was to New Zealand. India played 21 matches, won 18, lost one and drew two matches. They scored 192 goals in those matches and Dhyan Chand’s hockey skills befuddled the opposition in every game.

IHF applied for global affiliation and it got the approval of International Hockey Federation (FIH) in 1927. That meant India could participate at the 1928 Summer Olympic Games. Hockey returned at the Olympics after 1920 Antwerp Games – after a hiatus of eight years.

Hockey was chosen as the National Game because of the team’s unparalleled distinction and matchless talent at the time. During the phase, India had played 24 Olympic matches and won all of them scoring 178 goals and conceding only 7 goals. The only other achievements of the team later that are worth mentioning are the gold medal in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the gold medal in the 1980 Moscow Olympics. It will be a good idea to train the talented children in hockey right from school level, providing them the necessary funds, training and facilities to preserve the Indian glory.

The glorious history of Indian Hockey Federation begins with the entry of India into the Olympics games. The tour was a huge success with India winning 18 out of the 21 matches and the legendary Dhyan Chand was the cynosure of all the eyes scoring over 100 goals of the 192 Indian accounted for.

During Amsterdam Olympics Games of 1928, Dhyan Chand scored 14 goals in the tournament and India did not concede a single goal. When the team landed in Bombay after their triumph, it was greeted by large number of fans. Hockey had gripped the entire nation.

The match began in Amsterdam in 1928 and India went on a winning spree in Los Angeles in 1932 and Berlin in 1936 and thus bagged a hat-trick of gold medals at the Olympics.

Post Indian Independence; the Indian team achieved another hat-trick of gold medals at the 1948 London Olympics, 1952 Helsinki Games and the Melbourne Olympics.

During the Golden Era, India played 24 Olympic matches, won all 24, scored 178 goals (at an average of 7.43 goals per match) and conceded only 7 goals. The two other gold medals for India came in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1980 Moscow Olympics”.

It’s an honour for Hockey India to felicitate the legends who brought the country on the forefront in the game and because of which many teams were apprehensive while facing us on the field. I am sure, history will repeat itself very soon and the players of this generation too will give us the same joy.

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