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Asian Games 2018 Concludes: Complete List of Medals
ASIAN GAMES 2018

India’s final tally at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia read 69 medals – 15 gold, 24 silver and 30 bronze to surpass the medal count from 2010 Games in Guangzhou, China and match the gold medal tally from the first-ever Asian Games in 1951. The games saw India create new national records. The Games got underway with Neeraj Chopra as the flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Rani Rampal was the flag bearer at the closing ceremony.

1st In Asian Games: 

  • 1st medal in Sepak Takraw, 
  • Rahi Sarnobat became 1st Indian woman to win Asian Games gold in shooting,
  • Vinesh Phogat became 1st Indian woman to win gold in wrestling
  • It was the 1st time that Indian Kabaddi Team could not win Gold. 
  • Swapna Barman became 1st Indian to win an Asiad gold in the women’s heptathlon event. 
  • Neeraj Chopra became 1st Indian javelin thrower to win an Asiad gold.
  • Dutee Chand Won India’s first medal in 20 years in a women’s 100 event. 
  • Bajrang Punia (Wrestling) won 1st Gold Medal for India in Asian Games 2018.
List of GOLD MEDALS Won by India:

ATHLETICS
Sl.
No.		 Event Winners
1. Men’s Shot put Tajinderpal Singh Toor
2. Men’s Javelin Throw Neeraj Chopra
3. Men’s 800m Manjit Singh
4. Men’s Triple Jump Arpinder Singh
5. Women’s Heptathlon Swapna Barman
6. Men’s 1500m Jinson Johnson
7. Women’s 4x400m Relay M. R. Poovamma, Saritaben Gaikwad,
Hima Das, V.K. Vismaya
BOXING
8. Men’s Light Fly (49kg) Amit Panghal
BRIDGE
9. Men’s Pair Pranab Bardhan, Shibhnath Sarkar
ROWING
10. Men’s Quadruple Sculls Sawarn Singh, Dattu Baban Bhokanal,
Om Prakash, Sukhmeet Singh
SHOOTING
11. Men’s 10-metre air pistol Saurabh Chaudhary
12. Women’s 25-metre pistol Rahi Sarnobat
TENNIS
13. Men’s Doubles Rohan Bopanna, Divij Sharan
WRESTLING
14. Men’s freestyle 65 kg Bajrang Punia
15. Women’s freestyle 50 kg Vinesh Phogat
List of SILVER MEDALS Won by India:

ARCHERY
Sl.
No.		 Event Winners
1. Women’s Team Compound Muskan Kirar, Madhumita Kumari,
Jyothi Surekha Vennam
2. Men’s Team Compound Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan,
Aman Saini
ATHLETICS
3. Men’s 800m Jinson Johnson
4. Women’s 400m Hima Das
5. Men’s 400m Muhammad Anas
6. Women’s 100m Dutee Chand
7. Women’s 200m Dutee Chand
8. Men’s 400m Hurdles Dharun Ayyasamy
9. Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Sudha Singh
10. Women’s Long jump Neena Varakil
11. Mixed 4 x 400 metres relay Rajiv Arokia, Muhammed Anas,
Hima Das, M. R. Poovamma
12. Men’s 4x400m Relay Dharun Ayyasamy, Kunhu Mohammed,
Rajiv Arokia, Muhammed Anas
BADMINTON
13. Women’s Singles PV Sindhu
EQUESTRIAN
14. Individual Eventing Fouaad Mirza
15. Team Eventing Fouaad Mirza, Rakesh Kumar,
Ashish Malik, Jitender Singh
HOCKEY
16. Women’s Tournament Indian Women’s Team
KABADDI
17. Women’s Tournament Indian Women’s Team
KURASH
18. Women’s 52 kg Pincky Balhara
SAILING
19. 49er FX women Shweta Shervegar, Varsha Gautham
SHOOTING
20. Men’s 10-metre air rifle Deepak Kumar
21. Men’s trap Lakshay Sheoran
22. Men’s 50-metre rifle three positions Sanjeev Rajput
23. Men’s double trap Shardul Vihan
SQUASH
24. Women’s Team Dipika Pallikal Karthik, Joshna Chinappa,
Tanvi Khanna, Sunayna Kuruvilla
List of BRONZE MEDALS Won by India:

Sl.
No.		 Event Winners
ATHLETICS
1. Women’s 1500 m PU Chitra
2. Women’s Discus Throw Seema Punia
BADMINTON
3. Women’s Singles Saina Nehwal
BOXING
4. Men’s Middle (75kg) Vikas Krishan Yadav
BRIDGE
5. Men’s Team Sumit Mukherjee, Debabrata Majumder,
Jaggy Shivdasani, Rajeshwar Tewari, Ajay Khare, Raju Tolani
6. Mixed Team Bachiraju Satyanarayana, Rajeev Khandelwal, Gopinath Manna,
Himani Khandelwal, Hema Deora, Kiran Nadar
HOCKEY
7. Men’s Tournament Indian Men’s Team
KABADDI
8. Men’s Tournament Indian Men’s Team
KURASH
9. Women’s 52kg Malaprabha Jadhav
ROWING
10. Men’s Lightweight single sculls Dushyant Chauhan
11. Men’s Lightweight double sculls Rohit Kumar, Bhagwan Singh
SAILING
12. 49er Men Varun Thakkar, Ganapathy Chengappa
13. Mixed Open Laser 4.7 Harshita Tomar
SEPAK TAKRAW
14. Men’s Team Regu Indian Men’s Team
SHOOTING
15. 10-metre air rifle mixed team Ravi Kumar, Apurvi Chandela
16. Men’s 10-metre air pistol Abhishek Verma
17. Women’s 10-metre air pistol Heena Sidhu
SQUASH
18. Men’s singles Saurav Ghosal
19. Women’s singles Joshna Chinappa
20. Women’s singles Dipika Pallikal Karthik
21. Men’s Team Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Sandhu, Ramit Tandon, Mahesh Mangaonkar
TABLE TENNIS
22. Men’s Team Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Achanta Sharath Kamal,
Anthony Amalraj, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar
23. Mixed doubles Achanta Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra
TENNIS
24. Women’s Singles Ankita Raina –
25. Men’s Singles Prajnesh Gunneswaran
WRESTLING
26. Women’s freestyle 68 kg Divya Kakran
WUSHU
27. Women’s Sanda 60 kg (Bronze) Roshibina Naorem
28. Men’s Sanda 56 kg Santhosh Kumar
29. Men’s Sanda 60 kg Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh
30. Men’s Sanda 65 kg Narender Grewal

Top 3 Countries in the MEDAL TALLY along with India are as follows:

RANK COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
1 China 132 92 65 289
2 Japan 75 56 74 205
3 Republic of Korea 49 58 70 177
8 India 15 24 30 69
Source- Asian Games

Static/Current Takeaways Important for Indian Bank PO Exam 2018- 
  • The Host cities for Asian Games 2018 are Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia. 
  • Bhin Bhin, Kaka, and Atung are the mascots of the 2018 Asian Games. 

Bi-Annual Talks Between Indian and Bangladeshi Border Forces Begin in New Delhi

The bi-annual talks between Indian and Bangladeshi border forces have begun in New Delhi. Director General of Border Security Force (BSF) KK Sharma represented the Indian side while Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Major General Md Shafeenul Islam led the Bangladeshi side in the talks.

The meeting is aimed at increasing bilateral cooperation in checking trans-border crimes such as smuggling of drugs and narcotics, cattle lifting and gun running across the international border between the two countries. This is the 47th DG-level conference between the two sides since it began in 1975. 
Source- The Indian Express

Static/Current Takeaways Important for Indian Bank PO Exam 2018- 
  • Bangladesh PM- Sheikh Hasina, Capital- Dhaka, Currency- Bangladeshi Taka. 

International Tourist Arrivals Hit Record High In 2017: UN Report

International tourist arrivals hit record high in 2017 with India leading the growth in South Asian region. According to data from the UN’s tourism organisation, a total of 1,323 million international tourist arrivals recorded in destinations around the world. The figure represents an 84 million increase over 2016, and a new record. 
The sector also recorded an uninterrupted growth in arrivals for eight consecutive years. According to the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), positive results in South Asia were largely driven by the strong performance of India, the subregion’s largest destination, which benefited from increasing demand from western source markets and simpler visa procedures. 
In India, international tourists arrivals grew from 14.57 million in 2016 to 15.54 million in 2017. International tourism receipts for India grew from 22.42 billion dollars in 2016 to 27.36 billion dollars last year.
Source- AIR World Service

Static/Current Takeaways Important for Indian Bank PO Exam 2018- 
  • Zurab Pololikashvili is Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). 
  • UNWTO’s membership includes 158 countries, 6 Associate Members and over 500 Affiliate Members. 
  • UNWTO Headquarters in Madrid, Spain. 

6th East Asia Summit And 15th India-ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting Held in Singapore

Commerce & Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu attended the 6th East Asia Summit- Economic Ministers’ Meeting (EAS-EMM) and 15th India-ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM) in Singapore. Singapore is currently holding the Chair of ASEAN.
The 6th East-Asia Economic Ministers’  Meeting was chaired by Chan Chun Sing, Minister for Trade and Industry, Singapore, and was attended by Economic Ministers from  10  ASEAN countries  and their eight  dialogue partners,  Australia, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and the United States of America. 
Source- Press Information Bureau (PIB)

Asian Games 2018: India Finishes With Biggest Ever Medal Tally of 69

The 18th Asian Games came to a close, with India achieving its best-ever medal haul of 69 and equaling its best gold medal haul of 15 after 67 years. In the final few medal events on the 14th day, India added four medals to its kitty, two Gold, a silver and a bronze.

Boxer Amit Panghal stunned the Olympic Champion Hasanboy Dusmatov in the men’s 49 Kilogram category to win India’s only boxing gold. Indian men’s bridge team won bridge gold for India. The duo of Pranab Bardhan, Shibhnath Sarkar finished top of the table with 384 points.
Note:
Apart from the 15 gold, India picked up 24 silver and 30 bronze medals for a brilliant show that helped them finish inside top-10 at eighth for the third consecutive time. 
Source- Asian Games

Static/Current Takeaways Important for Indian Bank PO Exam 2018- 
  • The Host cities for Asian Games 2018 are Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia. 
  • Bhin Bhin, Kaka, and Atung are the mascots of the 2018 Asian Games. 

India, Nepal Sign MoU on Preliminary Survey Of Railway Line Between Raxaul & Kathmandu

India and Nepal have signed an MoU on Preliminary Engineering-cum-Traffic Survey on Broad Gauge Rail Line between Raxaul (Bihar) and Kathmandu. Indian Ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri and Nepal’s Secretary of Ministry of Physical Planning and Works, Madhusudan Adhikari signed the MoU in Kathmandu. 
India and Nepal had agreed in April 2018 to construct a new electrified rail line with India’s financial support connecting the border city of Raxaul in India to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. has been entrusted to conduct a preliminary engineering-cum-traffic survey of the new rail line in consultation with the Government of Nepal. 
Source- DD News

Static/Current Takeaways Important for Indian Bank PO Exam 2018- 
  • Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli is the current Prime Minister of Nepal.
  • Bidhya Devi Bhandari is the current President of Nepal and commander in chief of Nepalese Army. 
  • The Nepalese Rupee is the currency of Nepal. 

IPPB, India’s Largest Payments Bank Launched: All You Need To Know

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi. IPPB is the largest payments bank in the country by network size. The launch of India Post Payments Bank marks another significant milestone in the government’s endeavour to take the benefits of a rapidly developing India to the remotest corners of the country. Now, IPPB has 650 Branches and 3250 Access Points spread across the country. All the 1.55 lakh post offices in the country have been linked to the IPPB system by December 31, 2018. Now you all must be pondering that ‘what will be the impact after the launch of IPPB in Indian Banking System’? Well, in order to understand it, first of all, we need to know about what is a Payments Bank? 
What is a Payments Bank? 
A payments bank is a new category of banks conceptualized by the Reserve Bank of India, which operates at a smaller scale than an actual bank and doesn’t involve any credit risk. It can carry out most banking operations but can’t advance loans or issue credit cards. These banks operate digitally (on mobile phones and other devices using internet) rather than through physical branches.
How do payments banks operate?
A payment bank is not a commercial bank but a registered public limited company under the Companies Act, 2013 which has also obtained a license under Section 22 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and a special permit by RBI to operate as a payments bank.
Payments Banks cannot carry out lending activities like: 
1. Advancing loans
2. Issuance of credit cards, etc.
A payment bank should fulfil the following conditions set by RBI: 
1. The minimum capital investment to be Rs100 crore.
2. For the first five years, the stake of the promoter to be 40% minimum.
3. 25% of its branches must be in the unbanked rural area. 
Ten Things You Must Know About India Post Payments Bank: 
1. IPPB has been set up under the Department of Posts, Ministry of Communication, with 100% equity owned by Government of India.
2. It started operations on 30 January 2017, by opening two pilot branches, one at Raipur and the other at Ranchi.
3. IPPB will offer 4% interest rate on savings accounts.
4. Payments banks can accept deposits of up to Rs 1 lakh per account from individuals and small businesses, but do not have the mandate to extend loans. 
5. But IPPB will, in alliance with other financial service providers, offer third-party products. For example, in case of loans, IPPB will work as an agent of PNB.
6. IPPB will offer a range of products such as savings and current accounts, money transfer, direct benefit transfers, bill and utility payments, and enterprise and merchant payments.
7. These products and services will be offered across multiple channels (counter services, micro-ATM, mobile banking app, SMS and IVR), using the IPPB’s technology platform.
8. IPPB has been allowed to link around 17 crore postal savings bank (PSB) accounts with its accounts.
9. IPPB will leverage the vast network of the Department of Posts, which covers every corner of the country with more than 300,000 postmen and Grameen Dak Sewaks.
10. The Cabinet has approved an 80% increase in spending for IPPB to Rs 1,435 crore. 
List of Payments Banks Operating in India: 
1. Airtel Payments Bank (1st company to start this service) 
2. India Post Payments Bank 
3. Paytm Payments Bank
4. Fino Pay Tech Ltd
5. National Securities Depository Ltd
6. Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd
7. Vodafone m-Pesa Ltd
8. Reliance Industries Ltd

Prime Minister Launches India Post Payments Bank

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a payments bank of the Department of Posts that will take banking to the doorstep of every citizen through an unmatched network of post offices and almost 3 lakh postmen and ‘Grameen Dak Sewaks’. 
The India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) will be like any other banks but its operations will be on a smaller scale without involving any credit risk. It will carry out most banking operations like accepting deposits but won’t advance loans or issue credit cards.
The payments bank will accept deposits of up to Rs 1 lakh, offer remittance services, mobile payments/transfers/purchases and other banking services like ATM/debit cards, net banking and third-party fund transfers. The IPPB would be available through 650 branches and 3,250 access points. 

Source- The Hindu

Static/Current Takeaways Important for Indian Bank PO Exam 2018- 
  • Suresh Kumar Sethi is the Managing Director & CEO of IPPB. 

Asian Games 2018: Pranab, Shibnath Wins India’s 1st Ever Bridge Gold

India’s 60-year-old Pranab Bardhan and 56-year-old Shibnath Sarkar won the men’s pair bridge event to bag the country’s first-ever gold in bridge at the Asian Games. 
The card game has been featured as a sport at the Asian Games for the first time, in the 2018 edition.  China won silver in this event. India has won 15 gold medals at the Asiad 2018 so far. 
Source- Asian Games