Defence
- New Vice Chief of the Army Staff from 01 Sep 2019 - Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane.
- Indian Army Mountaineering Expedition to Mt Kun (7077M) was conducted from 30 July to 29 August 2019 in - Zanskar Range in Ladhak.
- New Director General (DG) of Border Security Force (BSF) - Vivek Kumar Johri.
- On 1 September, the elite Fire and Fury Corps celebrated its 20th raising day at - Leh, Ladakh.
Economy
- In order to redress grievances and address various tax related issues in the cases of Start-ups, a Start-up Cell has been constituted by - Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
- RBI has extended the deadline for complying with Know Your Customer (KYC) norms to Mobile Wallets till – 29 February 2020.
International
- US President has nominated this Indian-American person as a judge of the US District Court for the Southern District of California - Shireen Mathews.
- Host country of the 14th Conference of Parties (COP14) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification - India (at Greater Noida).
- This Asian country hosted the first global Sikh convention - Pakistan.
National
- Rashtriya Poshan Maah with the theme ‘Complementary Feeding’ - September 2019.
- A Freight Terminal, the first of its kind in Jammu and Kashmir - Samba Railway Station in Jammu Division.
- Theme of the 50 th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) during 20-28 November 2019 in Panaji, Goa - Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.
- The Final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam includes - 3.11 crore people.
Persons in News
- Total number of medals won by the Indian contingent at the WorldSkills 2019 competition in Russia’s Kazan - 5 (finished at the 13th position).
- Person who won India’s first-ever gold medal in the Water Technology category and was awarded ‘Best of Nation’ among all competitors from India at the WorldSkills 2019 competition - Aswatha Narayan Sanagavarapu.
- First-ever woman candidate from India to win a medal at World Skills 2019 - Shweta Ratanpura (bronze medal in the graphic design category).
- The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) entered into a partnership with this company with the aim of rolling out "Build for Digital India" - Google.
Sports
- Indian shooter who won gold in the women's 10meter Air Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup IV 2019 - Yashaswini Singh Deswal.
State Current Affairs
- This union territory government launched the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana (PMJAY) scheme on 31 August - Puducherry.
- New Governors of Rajasthan - Kalraj Mishra.
- New Governors of Maharashtra - Bhagat Singh Koshyari.
- New Governors of Himachal Pradesh - Bandaru Dattatreya.
- New Governors of Kerala - Arif Mohammed Khan.
- New Governors of Telangana - Tamilisai Soundararajan.
General Knowledge
- Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) in India – Founded in: 1951; Headquarters: Mumbai.
- The National Register of Citizens of India was first prepared after the - 1951 Census.
- Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in India was founded in - 1964.
