Awards & Honours
- The Union Minister who has been awarded the Carnot Prize 2018 by the University of Pennsylvania, USA – Piyush Goyal
- The noted Gujarati poet who has been awarded the Saraswati Samman 2017 by the KK Birla Foundation for his collection named Vakhar – Sitanshu Yashashchandra
- The organisation which has been awarded the Exhibitor of the Year Award at the 106th Indian Science Congress held at Lovely Professional
University – DRDO
Persons
- The noted Hindi writer, recipient of 2017 Jnanpith Award and author of novels Zindaginama, Mitro Marjani who passed away on 25 Jan 2019 –
Krishna Sobti - The five-member high-level committee constituted by the RBI to encourage digitisation of payments and enchance financial inclusion is headed by –
Nandan Nilekani - The Indian-American economist who has become the first female to be appointed the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund – Gita Gopinath
- The Awami League candidate who has taken oath as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh for the third time – Sheikh Hasina
- The new Chairman of Railway Board who has been appointed to succeed Ashwani Lohani who retired on 31 Dec 2018 – Vinod K. Yadav
The veteran Bollywood actor, screenwriter, comedian and director who passed away on 31 Dec 2018 – Kader Khan - The President of Venezuela who has been sworn in for the second term – Nicolas Maduro
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