WEEKLY ONE LINERS - 12th to 18th January 2020

WEEKLY ONE LINERS

3RD WEEK - 12th January to 18th January 2020

Countries in News

• Oman's Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Passed Away At 79
• South Korea's Gangwon To Host 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
• China Launches World's Fastest Driverless Bullet Train
• World Future Energy Summit To Begin Today In Abu Dhabi
• 13 January : India Volunteers Day
• Nepal To Make Yoga Education Compulsory For School Children
• Switzerland Retained Top Spot In The 2020 Best Countries Report
• Canada Ranked 2nd In The 2020 Best Countries Report
• India Ranked 25th In The 2020 Best Countries Report
• England Become 1st Team To Play 500 Test Matches On Foreign Soil

States in News

• UP Govt Announced To Build A 121 Acre Zoo Named After Ashfaqullah Khan
• Andhra Pradesh Launched " Amma Vodi " Scheme For Indigent Mothers
• Arunachal Pradesh Adopts New Logo For The State
• 3rd Khelo India Youth Games Begins At Guwahati , Assam
• Sindoda (MP) Being Declared As The 1st Plastic Free Area
• Himachal Tourism Department Sets Guinness Record By Preparing Largest Quantity Of Khichdi (1995 Kg)
• Puri , Odisha Receives Swachhata Darpan Award 2019
• Rajkot Stadium To Be 1st In India To Get Roof
• Shillong To Host Hero Junior National Football Championship

Persons in News

• MS Swaminathan & Dr. Gutta Honoured With 1st Venkaiah Naidu National Awards
• Hassan Minhaj Topped Forbes’ 20 People To Watch In The 2020s
• Kanhaiya Kumar Ranked 12th In Forbes’ 20 People To Watch In The 2020s
• Garima Arora Ranked 14th In Forbes’ 20 People To Watch In The 2020s
• V Kohli Becomes Quickest To Reach 11000 International Runs As Captain
• Babar Azam Ranked No.1 In In Latest ICC T20I Rankings
• Poonam Yadav Named Best International Cricketer ( Woman )
• Yuvraj Malik Appointed As Director Of National Book Trust
• Harmanpreet Kaur To Lead India In Women's T20 World Cup
• PM Modi Renames Kolkata Port After Syama Prasad Mookerjee
• Sayyid Haitham Bin Tariq Al Said Takes Charge As Sultan Of Oman
• Alok Singh Becomes Noida's 1st Police Commissioner
• Tania Shergill To Become 1st Woman Parade Adjutant For Republic Day Parade Of 2020
• V Kohli Was Awarded The 2019 Spirit Of Cricket Award
• Dr Mihir Shah Appointed Chairman Of The Committee To Draft National Water Policy
• Vasdev Mohi To Be Conferred With 29th Saraswati Samman
• Nishanth A. Naidu Being Conferred With ‘Kannada Manikya Ratna’ Award
• Aditi Rao Hydari , Mithali Raj & Shakti Mohan Are New Ambassadors Of L'Oreal Paris
• MS Dhoni Excluded From BCCI's Annual Player Contract

Organisations/Events/Schemes/Apps In News

• Census India-2021 Will Start On April 01, 2020
• HDFC Bank Unveiled MyApps App To Boost Digital Payments
• Pulses Conclave 2020 To Be Held In Lonavala, Maharashtra
• Govt Released 2nd State Energy Efficiency Index 2019
• HDFC Acquired Apollo Munich Health Insurance For Rs 1,495.81 Cr
• 23rd National Youth Festival 2020 To Be Held In Lucknow
• 23rd NYF Theme 2020 : " Fit Youth , Fit India "
• SC Has Declared Access To The Internet A Fundamental Right
• India Ranked 5th Biggest Geopolitical Risk Of 2020
• Real Madrid Beat Atletico On Penalties To Win Spanish Super Cup
• India's 1st Cyber Crime Prevention Unit "AASHVAST" Launched In Gujarat
• Statue of Unity Hs Been Included In The SCO’s ' 8 Wonders Of SCO '
• Govt Launches Integrated Road Accident Database (IRAD) Developed By IIT-Madras
• 4th Armed Forces Veterans Day Is Observed On 14 January 2020
• Parliament Budget Session From January 31 , 2020
• WHO Releases List Of Global Health Challenges For 2020
• Microsoft Aims To Be ' Carbon Negative ' By 2030