Current Affairs September 2019 – Awards
- “Global Goalkeeper Award 2019 ”
By: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Winner: PM Narendra Modi for Swachh Bharat - “Acadmie des beaux-arts Photography Award – William Klein”
Winner: Padma Shree Raghu Rai - Dr Kalam Smriti International Excellence Award
Winner: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina - ‘Ambassadors of Conscience’
By: Amnesty
Winner: Greta Thunberg (Sweden) - 11th International Hrant Dink Award 2019
Winner: Agnes Kharshiing (Meghalaya) - NEXA IIFA Awards for 2019
Best Film- Raazi
Best Actor in Leading Role (Female)- Alia Bhatt for Raazi
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)- Ranveer Singh for Padmaavat
Best Director- Sriram Raghavan for Andhadhun - Oscar Nomination 2020 (India)
Film ‘Gully Boy’ by Zoya Akhtar - 1st Gauri Lankesh Memorial Award 2019
By: The Gauri Lankesh Memorial Trust
Winner: NDTV’s Ravish Kumar - 19th Annual Asian Achievers Awards 2019
Lifetime Achievement Award: Anil Agarwal (Vedanta Resources founder & Chairman) - Order of Zayed II(Highest civilian honor)
By: Govt. of UAE
Winner: Navdeep Suri (Indian Ambassador to UAE)
- “The Guardian” list of 100 Best Films of the 21st Century”
#59- ‘Gangs Of Wasseypur’ by Anurag Kashyap - Global Happiness Survey
By: Ipsos (market research firm)
#1- Canada
#9- India - Global Liveability Index 2019
By: Economist Intelligence Unit(EIU)
#1- Vienna
#118- Delhi
#119- Mumbai - Top 10 individual nations in gold reserves
By: World Gold Council (WGC)
#1- USA
#9- India - Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI)
By: World Economic Forum(WEF)
#1- Spain
#34- India - Global Top 50 IB Schools 2019
By: UK based education consultancy ‘Education Advisers ltd’
#10- DAIS, Mumbai - Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2020
#1 (In India)- IIT Ropar & IISc Bangalore
Current Affairs 2019 – September 2019
| Position | Institution/ Organisation/Country | Person |
|---|---|---|
| Director-General | Border Security Forces | IPS Vivek Kumar Johri |
| MD and CEO | paytm Money | Praveen Jadhav |
| prime Minister | Ukraine | Oleksiy Honcharuk |
| Governor | Telangana | Dr.Tamilisai Soundararajan |
| Governor | Maharashtra | Bhagat Singh Koshyari |
| Governor | Rajasthan | Kalraj Mishra |
| Governor | Kerala | Arif Mohammed Khan |
| Governor | Himachal Pradesh | Bandaru Dattatreya |
| Ambassador to Republic of Ecuador | India | Sanjiv Ranjan |
| High Commissioner to Kingdom Of Lesotho | India | Shri Jaideep Sarkar |
| Ambassador to Kingdom Of orway | India | Dr. B. Bala Bhaskar |
| Acting Chief Justice | Jharkhand High Court | Justice Harish Chandra Mishra |
| Chairperson | Appellate Tribunal for Prevention of money Laundering (PMLA) Act | Justice Sunil Gaur |
| 26th Chief Of Air Staff | Indian Air force (IAF) | Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria |
| Judge | Supreme Court to India | Justices V Ramasubramanian |
| Judge | Supreme Court to India | Krishna Murari |
| Judge | Supreme Court to India | S Ravindra Bhat |
| Judge | Supreme Court to India | Hrishikesh Roy |
| MD & CEO | Federal Bank | Shyam Srinivasan |
| Chairman | Press trust of India | Vijay Kumar Chopra |
Current Affairs September 2019 – Important Day
- September 21-International Day of Peace or World Peace Day
- September 8-International Literacy Day (Theme ‘Literacy and Multilingualism’)
- September 10-World Suicide Prevention Day 2019 (Theme “Working Together to Prevent Suicide”)
- September 14-Hindi Diwas
- September 26-International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
- September 29-World Heart Day
Current Affairs September 2019 – Sports
- YONEX-SUNRISE Vietnam Open 2019
Winner: Sourabh Verma (India)
Category: Men’s Singles
Venue: Vietnam - 18th Men’s World Basketball Championship 2019
Winner: Spain
Venue: Beijing - IBSF World Billiards Championship 2019
Winner: Pankaj Advani (22nd time)
Venue: Myanmar - World Wrestling Championships 2019
Winner: Bajrang Punia (Bronze) (65 KG)
Venune: Nur-Sultan - 24th St. Petersburg Open for 2019
Winner: Divij Sharan (India) & Igor Zelenay(Slovkia) (men’s doubles)
Venue: Sibur Arena in St. Petersburg, Russia - ACC (Asian Cricket Council) U-19 Asia Cup 2019
Winner: India
Venue: Colombo, Sri Lanka by beating Bangladesh - IBSF World U-16 Snooker Championship 2019
Winner: Ranveer Duggal (Bronze Medal)
Venue: Tyumen, Russia - 6th Track Asia Cup cycling
Medal Tally #1- India
Venue: New Delhi - All India MCC Hockey Tournament for 2019
Winner: IOC(Indian Oil Corporation) won 93rd
Venue: Chennai - Duleep Trophy
Winner: India Red - Italian Grand Prix Formula 1(F1) race
Winner: Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc wins second successive F1 win through 2019
Venue: Monza, Italy - US Open 2019
Men’s Singles: Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Women’s Singles: Bianca Andreescu (Canada) - 2019 IWF World Weightlifting Championship
Medal tally #1- China
Venue: Pattaya, Thailand - 2019 Russia F1 Grand Prix
Winner: Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton
Current Affairs September 2019 – OBITUARIES
- Shyam Ramsay: Famous filmmaker
- Ram Jethmalani: Well-known lawyer and former Union minister