Current Affairs for the month of January & February 2019
January 8, 2019 - Vikram Misri was appointed as India's Ambassador to China . Mr. Misri replaced Mr. Gautam Bambawale who retired in November 2018.
January 10, 2019 - Mr. Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as the President of Venezuela for a second term in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela on January 10, 2019. Mr. Maduro will remain in office till 2025.
January 14, 2019 - Mr. Su Tseng-chang sworn in as the Prime Minister of Taiwan on January 14, 2019.
January 18, 2019 - Stefan Lofven elected as the Prime Minister of Sweden for the second term on January 18, 2019.
January 25, 2019 - Former President Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh and singer Bhupen Hazarika have been awarded the 2019 Bharat Ratna awards on January 25, 2019.
February 2, 2019 - Rishi Kumar Shukla was appointed as CBI Director by The Prime Minister-led selection panel on February 2, 2019. According to the Union Government, his selection was made on the basis of criteria endorsed by Chief Justice of India Mr. Ranjan Gogoi.
February 16, 2019 - Flight Lieutenant Hina Jaiswal was inducted as the first woman flight engineer by the Indian Air Force on February 16, 2019. Until 2018, the Flight Engineer branch was exclusively the men's domain.
February 22, 2019 - Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi was awarded the prestigious 14th Seoul Peace Prize 2018 in Seoul, South Korea on February 22, 2019. The award was presented to him by Mr. Kwon E-hyock, the Chairman of the Seoul Peace Prize Cultural Foundation.
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