One Liners of the Day, 16 February 2019

National

• India's first semi-high speed train, runs on New Delhi-Varanasi route - Vande Bharat Express.
• Anup Satpathy committee regarding finding a method to fix the National Minimum Wage has recommended the need-based national minimum wage for India at - Rs 375 per day or Rs 9,750 per month.
• Each subscriber under the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM), shall receive minimum assured pension of - Rs 3000/- per month.

International

• On February 13, India concluded defence cooperation and security protection agreements with - Germany and Sweden.
• On Feb 15, India has withdrawn the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status given to - Pakistan.

Sports

• Winner of Lifetime Achievement award at the Sportstar Aces Awards 2019 - Prakash Padukone (Badminton).
• Winner of the 'Sportstar Aces Best Player of the Year' (Male and Female) - Sunil Chhetri and Gurjeet Kaur.
• Winner of the 'Sportstar Aces Best Team' - Vidarbha (cricket).

Person In News

• Election Commissioner of India, appointed on February 14 - Sushil Chandra.
• Chief Election Commissioner of India - Sunil Arora.
• This Sudanese refugee received the prestigious 'Martin Ennals Human Rights Prize' from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - Abdul Aziz Muhmat.

General Knowledge

• Capital of Germany - Berlin.
• Currency of Germany - Euro.
• Capital of Sweden - Stockholm.
• Currency of Sweden - Swedish krona.
• Election Commission of India (ECI) established in the year – 1950.
• The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) established in the year – 1950.
• Headquarter of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - Geneva (Switzerland).