08th January 2019 One Liners Current Affairs

1. Supreme court issues notice to Election commission on VVPAT

2. DNA (Use and Application) Bill passed in Lok Sabha
• Date – 08 January 2019
• It also seeks to establish ‘National DNA Data Bank’ and ‘Regional DNA Data Banks’.

3. Egypt opens West Asia’s largest cathedral in its new administrative capital

4. As per the CSO, the Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.2% in 2018-19

5. Alok Verma Appointed as CBI Director
• CBI’s Joint Director M Nageswara Rao also become interim chief of Probe Agency

6. Rajesh Chandra appointed Director-General of SSB Up to 31st December 2021

7. Malaysia’s king Muhammad V resigns
• Date – 06th January 2019

8. Gita Gopinath joins IMF as Chief Economist
• Become first woman to occupy top IMF post
• Succeeds Maurice Obstfeld

9. Jammu and Kashmir set up law commission
• Date – 07 January 2019
• Justice M.K Hajura become its Chairperson
• Term – 3 Years

10. AAI bans single-use plastic items