Current affairs notes on 23/01/2019-26/01/2019

1.Rishabh Pant was named the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Emerging Player Of The Year following an impressive show in India's first-ever Test series win in Australia. 

2.The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi unveiled a statue of Dr Vikram Sarabhai, the father of Indian space programme at Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. 

3.Noted Gujarati poet Sitanshu Yashashchandra has been awarded Saraswati Samman, 2017, for his poetry collection in Gujarati named "Vakhar". This is the 27th edition of the prestigious award instituted by K.K.Birla foundation given every year to an outstanding work of an Indian citizen.

4.The annual meet of World Economic Forum (WEF) has started in Davos with theme 'Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution'.

5.Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) first mission of 2019, Microsat-R, is to be launched into space on 24th January 2019. The 130-kg Microsat-R is a military imaging satellite. PSLV-C44 is uesd.

6.National Girl Child Day is celebrated in India on 24 January.The theme of National Girl Child Day 2019 was "Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow" .

7.Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura are celebrating their statehood day. It is their 42nd statehood day. In the year 1972, all the three states became full-fledged states under the North Eastern Region (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.

8.Team India skipper Virat Kohli has become the first player-ever in history to win all three of top ICC awards after being named captain of the ICC's Test and ODI teams of 2018 for a fabulous run in international cricket.

9.25 January is celebrated every year as National Voters Day,National Voters Day Theme 2019 is "No Voter to be left behind".

10.President of India appointed Piyush Goyal as the interim finance and corporate affairs minister because of Arun Jaitely's health issues. Piyush Goyal's tenure as an interim Finance Minister will be till August 2019. 

11.Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba commissioned the new Naval Air Base 'INS Kohassa' in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on 24 January 2019. The airbase will be used to handle operations of helicopters and small aircraft like the Dornier.

12.The Telangana government has decided to form a 'State Tiger Protection Force' to save the Big Cat population in the State mainlt to protect Amarabad and Kawal Tiger Reserves. 

13.South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa will be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day Parade. He is the second President of South Africa after Nelson Mandela to be the Chief Guest at the parade.

14.The first-ever UN’s International Day of Education is observed on January 24 to highlight the role of education for peace and development.National Education Day (NED) is observed on November 11 to commemorate the birth anniversary of the first education minister of independent India Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

15.The new naval air base ‘INS Kohassa’ has recently commissioned by Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba into the Indian Navy at the Shibpur Naval Air Station in Diglipur, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as part of efforts to expand operational presence in the Indian Ocean.

16.Sea Vigil  is the first coastal defence Exercise, conducted by the Navy and Coast Guard, in close coordination with State Governments and Union Territories.

17.India is celebrating 70th Republic Day. ‘life of Gandhi’ which is a tribute to the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary.It will have the highest number of women officers participating in the program,Lt. Bhavana Kasturi the first time in the history of Indian Army that a woman will lead the Army services corps.An all-women contingent of Assam Rifles, India’s oldest paramilitary force, will be participating for the first time.

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