RRB English Current Affairs 2nd February 2019

INDIAN AFFAIRS

1. Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry approves construction of 4 lakh houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). It makes the total numbers of houses to about 71.5 lakh.
2. Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) proposes three modelsthrough which the states can implement the scheme.
3. India’s unemployment rate hit 4 decade high of 6.1%in 2017-18 ; says NSSO Survey
4. Government renames DIPP as Department for promotion Of Industry and Internal Trade
5. BESAFE’s 3^rdAnnual Conference on ‘Measurable impacts of behavioural based safety implementation in Indian Industry’ held in New Delhi
6. Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar inaugurated new Campus of the National Museum Institute in Noida.
7. Punjab govt gave approval for ‘Smart Village Campaign’ worth of Rs 385 crores

BANKING & FINANCE

8. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank launches Kisan Suvidha loan product for small and marginal farmers

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

9. Israel Aerospace industries announces agreement worth $93 million with Indian Navy Cochin Shipyard
10. Nielsen study the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry is likely to grow between 11% and 12% in 2019which is a little lower than 8% in 2018.

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

11. Republic Day Parade: Gorkha Brigade wins best marching contingent award

APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

12. Vice Admiral MS Pawar, AVSM, VSM Assumes Charge as Deputy Chief of The Naval Staff
13. Punit Goenka re-elected as new BARC India chairman
14. Lt Gen Rajeev Chopra takes over as NCC Director General
15. Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar took charge as Western Naval Command chief
16. P C Mohanan and J V Meenakshi resigned from National Statistical Commission
17. ICICI Bankdecided to terminate the contract of former Managing Director and CEO Chanda Kochhar. 

ACQUISITION & MERGER

18. Paytm acquired Night Stay(hotel booking platform)for 70 mn

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

19. World’s largest digital sky survey issues biggest-ever astronomical data release
20. Scientists Developed Artificial Pancreas Smartphone App For Diabetics

SPORTS

21. ICC roped in Coca-Cola as official sponsor

OBITUARY

22. Former umpire Dara Dotiwalla, who officiated in the famous tied Test match between India and Australia passed away