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Cherrapunjee recently lost its "wettest place on earth" status to nearby Mawsynram but now the distinction has slipped out of Meghalaya and gone to Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra.

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2019 to Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck of the University of Texas at Austin, USA for her pioneering achievements in geometric partial differential equations, gauge theory and integrable systems, and for the fundamental impact of her work on analysis, geometry and mathematical physics.

Anjum Moudgil is an Indian sport shooter. She is from Chandigarh and represents Punjab team in shooting.
She has completed her Masters in sports psychology.
She is also an avid abstract painter .

On 30 March, 2019,  the Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Shaktikanta Das launched the book “Indian Fiscal Federalism” authored by Dr. Y.V. Reddy and G.R.Reddy. Dr Y.V. Reddy has served as the Governor of RBI during 2003-2008 and as the Chairman of the 14th Finance Commission of India.

The  precedence of the persons approved – (1). President (2). Vice-President (3). Prime Minister (4). Governors of States within their respective States (5). Former Presidents 5A. Deputy Prime Minister (6). Chief Justice of India; Speaker of Lok Sabha (7).
Cabinet Ministers of the Union. Chief Ministers of States within their respective; States Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission; Former Prime Ministers; Leaders of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha (7A).
Holders of Bharat Ratna decoration in their respective States. Chief Justices of High Courts within their respective jurisdictions.

The Sudirman Cup is the world mixed team badminton championship which takes place every two years. It is held in the same venue for the IBF World Championships in the same year until International Badminton Federation decided to split the two tournaments.

Pooja Dhanda claimed gold in the 59kg category while Sakshi Malik wins silver medal in the 65kg category at the Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov wrestling tournament.

The craft of the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru constitutes the traditional technique of manufacturing brass and copper utensils in Punjab. The metals used – copper, brass and certain alloys – are believed to be beneficial for health.

In January 2019, President Ram Nath Kovind appointed senior advocates Sanjay Jain and K M Nataraj as Additional Solicitor Generals of India. The appointments were made by the President as per the recommendations of the Appointments Committee of the cabinet.

Vivekananda Kendra from Kanyakumari was awarded the International Gandhi Peace Prize (2015) for its contributions to rural development, education and development of natural resources. The awards were conferred by the President, Ram Nath Kovind in Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.

The first Arya Samaj unit was formally set up by Swami Dayanand at Bombay in 1875 and later the headquarters were established at Lahore.

DD Science is a on e-hour programme slot on Doordarshan National Channel. It is an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, implemented and managed by Vigyan Prasar (VP) in collaboration with Doordarshan, Prasar Bharati. This platform is dedicated to science and technology knowledge dissemination, with a strong commitment to spreading scientific awareness especially with Indian perspectives, ethos and cultural milieu.

Jhulan is a dance form from Rajasthan.

Pakyong Air port is the first green field airpor t constructed in the Northeastern Region of India, the 100th operational airport in India, and the only airport in the state of Sikkim. The airport was inaugurated on 24th September 2018 by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In January 2019, The Chief Minister of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb unveiled the official logo of Tripura Tea. The Tripura Tea logo features Neermahal, the iconic landmark of Tripura. Neermahal is a former royal palace built by Maharaja of Tripura Kingdom Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Debbarma of the erstwhile Kingdom of Tripura, India in the middle of the lake Twijilikma (Now known as Rudrasagar) in 1930 and was completed by 1938.

Bayalata is a folk and traditional dance form which is performed by the people of Karnataka. This dance is even considered as a religious performance in honor of deities. Bayalata has basically five types which are commonly known as Sannatas, Parijata, Doddatas, Yakshagana and Dasarata. The theme of the drama is usually based on epic poetry, Puranas or mythological stories from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has drafted five year National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (2018-2023) for addressing the problem of drug and substance abuse in the country, dumping a long-pending draft policy on the matter. The Action Plan aims to employ a multi-pronged strategy involving education, de-addiction and rehabilitation of affected individuals and their families to address the issue.

The Mahabodhi Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an ancient, but much rebuilt and restored, Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, marking the location where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment. The site contains a descendant of the Bodhi Tree under which Buddha gained enlightenment, and has been a major pilgrimage destination for Hindus and Buddhists .

To boost indigenous pr oduction, the contemporary Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor on January 20, 2019.

The Khelo India Scheme was launched in 2016 after the merger of three schemes - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan (RGKA), Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme (USIS) and National Sports Talent Search Scheme (NSTSS). The scheme aims to boost mass participation of youth in annual sports games and competitions.
Khelo India (National Programme for Development of Sports Scheme) aims to achieve the twin objectives of mass participation and promotion of excellence in sports.

The Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu inaugurated the Global Aviation Summit 2019 in Mumbai, Maharashtra on January 15, 2019. The theme of the Summit is ‘Flying for all-especially the next 6 Billion’. The document estimates that India will need 200 airports and an investment of $40-50 billion to handle at least 1.1 billion passengers flying to, from and within the country.

18th Asian Games, which also known as Jakarta– Palembang 2018, was a pan-Asian multi-sport event held from 18 August to 2 September 2018 in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang. India won 69 medals at the Asian Games 2018 for best-ever medal haul at an Asiad.

Aadhaar cards are now valid travel documents for Indians under 15 and over 65 travelling to Nepal and Bhutan, according to a Home Ministry communique.

China’s Zhang Shuai and her Australian partner Samantha Stosur (Australia) won the 2019 Australian Open women’s doubles final in straight sets on Friday against Hungary’s Timea Babos and France’s Kristina Mladenovic, 6-3, 6-4.

Mamta Nainy is an editor of children’s books and author of eight herself — the latest being A Brush with Indian History — Nainy says her fondest childhood memory is graduating from a pencil to a fountain pen .

According to data released by Central Statistics Office (CSO), factory output measured in terms of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew 8.1% in October 2018 as against 4.5% in September 2018. The growth was aided by favourable base effect and robust output in all key sectors—manufacturing, electricity and mining.

The Pakyong Airport is one of the five highest airports in India. It is also the first greenfield airport constructed in the Northeastern Region of India, the 100th operational airport in India, and the only airport in the state of Sikkim. The airport was inaugurated on 24th September 2018 .

Six parliamentarians have received ‘Sansad Ratna’ awards while former Karnataka Chief Minister and senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily has bagged a special award for heading the parliamentary standing committee on finance.
Five MPs from Maharashtra and one from Odisha — belonging to different parties — won the best parliamentary performance award from Prime Point Foundation — a Chennai-based NGO.

Periyar National Park and Wildlife San ctuary is a protected area near Thekkady in the district of Idukki, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta in Kerala, India. It is notable as an elephant reserve and a tiger reserve.
The protected area covers an area of 925 km2 . 305 km2 of the core zone was declared as the Periyar National Park in 1982. The park is a repository of rare, endemic and endangered flora and fauna .

India Blue thrashed defending champion India Red by an innings and 187 runs in the final to win the Duleep Trophy at NPR College ground.