What happened in 2019 ? A look back at the biggest stories !
What happened in 2019 ? A look back at the biggest stories !
Authored by Anna Mariya Joseph | Last updated: 31 Dec 2019, 2:49 PM | 11 min read
2019 is almost over and lets take a loot that have happend in the past year !
Kerala in 2019
Sabarimala Women entry
The God's own country started the year with women entering the sacred Sabarimala temple defying protests on 2 January, which resulted in wide spread protests from devotees across the state. The Supreme Court later handed the Sabarimala case to a larger bench on Nov 14.
By elections
In 2019, six assembly by-elections were held to the Kerala Niamasabha on 23 September and 21 October, which consists of 140 constituencies in total.
The first phase was conducted on 23 September for Pala Constituency. The remaining 5 assembly constituencies ( Manjeshwaram, Ernakulam, Aroor, Ernakulam, Konni and Vattiyoorkavu ) voted to elect their representatives on 21 October.
The ruling CPI(M)-led LDF registered impressive wins at Vattiyoorkavu and Konni, the two strongholds of the Congress headed UDF, while the opposition front retained the Aroor seat in the October 21 bypolls to the five assembly seats in Kerala.
2019 Kerala Floods
As of 14 August 2019 people have been killed due to the floods across the state of Kerala. Over 2 lakh people have been directly affected by the flood, and have been shifted to 1318 relief camps in different parts of Kerala.
Kerala No 1
For the second time in a row, Kerala has emerged as the top ranking state in terms of overall health performance, according to second health index launched by NITI Aayog.
Rahul Gandhi and Wayanad Election
Rahul Gandhi's star candidature from Wayanad constituency hogged the headlines in addition to Amethi. He won with a record margin of 431,770 votes.
KM Mani
Veteran leader and Kerala Congress M Chairman passed away on April 9
Crime Cases
The state witnessed some bone chilling crimes including the Koodathai serial murders and Journalist KM Basheer's case after former IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman hit and killed the journalist.
The murder of the Walayar sisters also haunted the conscious of Keralalites after the court acquitted the convicts. After facing protests from various corners, the state government ordered a judicial probe into the case.
Maradu Flat Controversies.
The demolition of a group of apartments in Maradu Municipality in Ernakulam district has been framed both as a tug of war between environmentalists and investors, and between two different arms of the government.
India in 2019
Merging of Banks
This year kicked off in India with Government approving the merger of Dena Bank, Vijaya Bank and Bank of Baroda On January 4, Arunima Sinha became the world's first woman amputee to scale Mount Vinson
Pulwama Attack & Balakot Strike
India lost of 40 of its jawans on February 14 and later on India revenged their deaths by launching an air strike at Balakot on February 26.
Anti- Satelite Missile
On March 27 , India became the 4th nation to have an anti-satellite missile.
Narendra Modi
Qatar
Qatar withdraws from the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries after 57 years of membership. Also same sex marriage became legal in Austria.
Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump confirmed that the US withdrew from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty due to Russia's violation of the treaty.
China
On January 3, China became the first nation in the world to safely and successfully land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon.
Adding to the trade tension between the two countries, the U.S. filed 23 charges against Chinese telecom company Huawei and its Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou on Jan 28
Hong Kong King marries Commoner
Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn married for the fourth time to Suthida Tidjai, deputy head of his bodyguard, days before his coronation
2019 was a momentous and enthralling year for sports world-
England lifts world cup
After an enthralling day of nail-biting cricket, England lifted the Men's ICC Cricket World Cup for the first time.
World Champion PV Sindhu
PV. Sindhu became the first Indian to win the badminton World Championships by beating familiar rival Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in a lop-sided final in Basel on Sunday.
The Olympic silver-medallist Indian was in total control as she won 21-7, 21-7 in a match that lasted just 38 minutes.
Pankaj Adwani
Pankaj Adwani on Sunday, bagged a record 22nd world title by winning a fourth straight final in the 150-up format at the IBSF World Billiard Championship
Magnificent Messi
Lionel Messi has been awarded the 2019 Ballon d'Or a star-studded ceremony in Paris on Monday evening, the FC Barcelona star was crowned the world's best player for the first time since 2015 and on a record sixth occasion overall
The entertainment industry certainly had a blockbuster year nationally and internationally with many movies exceeding our expectations.
'Peranbu' tops IMDb
Mammootty starer 'Peranmbu' was named as the top Indian movie of 2019 in a list released by IMDb which is determined by visitors' ratings. The other top-rated films are Uri: The Surgical Strike which got second place; Gully Boy and Article 15 at third and fourth places respectively. Chhichhore, Super 30, Badla, The Tashkent Files, Kesari and Lucifer are the other films that made it to the list.
National Awards
The 66th National Award for Best Feature Film went to Gujarati movie 'Hellaro', based on women in Kutch. Vicky Kaushal and Ayushmann Khurrana shared the award for Best Actor for their performances in 'Uri' and 'Andhadhun' respectively, while Malayalam actress Keerthy Suresh took home the National Award for Best Actress for the Telugu film 'Mahanati Sudani from Nigeria was the best Malayalam movie
Joju George’s days keep getting better as the actor has followed his State award win with a special jury mention at the National level. Joju along with Sruthi Hariharan (Nathicharami), Chandrachud Rai and Savithri Sreedharan (Sudani From Nigeria) were honoured with a special mention for their performances.
'Uri' director Aditya Dhar won in the Best Director category. The Indira Gandhi award for Best Debut Film of a director went to Marathi film 'Naal' by film-maker Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti.Surekha Sikri's performance in 'Badhaai Ho' won her the award for Best Supporting Actress, while lyricist-actor Swanand Kirkire bagged the award for Best Supporting Actor for Marathi film 'Chumbak'. Sriram Raghavan's critically-acclaimed 'Andhadhun' won the award for the Best Hindi movie. The film was also named winner in the Best Adapted Screenplay category.
Narendra Modi secured a landslide victory on 17th Loksabha elections and took oath as the 14 th Prime Minister of India
Chandrayaan 2
July 23 rd marked a milestone in the Space History of India as ISRO launched India's second mission to moon 'Chandrayaan 2'. The project was partially successful. Vikram the lander crashed into the surface of the moon and later NASA confirmed the same.
Triple Talaq Ban
The country banned triple talaq, an instant form of Islamic divorce declared the act as illegal, unconstitutional and a punishable act from 1 August 2019.
Article 370 revoked
Article 370 and Article 35 A revoked from Constitution of India which gives special status to Jammu and Kasmur. Government also bifurcated Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh into separate Union Territories.
Delhi pollution.
Delhi reaches worst pollution levels of the year, over 900 AQI, with authorities declaring public health emergency.
Noble Prize
Indian -American economist Abhijith Banerjee shared the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty"
Ayodhya Judgment
Also the final Judgment in the Ayodhya dispute was declared by the Supreme Court of India on 9 November 2019. The court also ordered to hand over the disputed land to trust to build the Ram Janmabhoomi. The court also ordered the government to give an alternate 5 acre of land in another place to the Sunni Waqf Board to build a mosque.
Citizenship Amendment Act
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed by the on 11 December 2019. It amended the Citizenship Act of 1955 by providing a path to Indian citizenship for Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian religious minorities fleeing persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The nation saw widespread protest all over the implementation of the bill citing it was unconstitutional.
The World in 2019
New Zealand Terror attack
On March 15, at least 50 people were killed and 50 more wounded after a gunman opened fire at the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Image of Black Hole
Captured by the Event Horizon Telescope, the first ever image of a black hole was released on April 10
Julian Assange
After seven years of taking refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, England, the WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange was arrested after he was found guilty of failing to surrender to the court. On April 15, A fire broke out at the 850-year-old cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, France, causing heavy damage to the iconic structure.
Theresa May resigns !
After nearly three years of serving as the U.K. prime minister, May formally quit as the leader of the ruling Conservative Party over failed Brexit negotiations on June 7.
Hong Kong Protests.
Nearly 1.03 million people attended a march protesting a proposed legislation that allows extradition of individuals, including foreign nationals, to mainland China to stand trial. After the protests turned violent, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced that the bill would be indefinitely suspended
Sri Lankan Terror Attack.
Serial bomb blasts by Islamic state rattled Sri Lankan capital on April 21, killing more than 25 people and injuring many.
Sports World
Papua new Guinea
History was made at a qualifying tournament after the Barramundis first beat Kenya by 45 runs at the Dubai International Stadium, thus the Pacific island nation secured qualification for the 2020 World Cup in thrilling fashion.
Pink Test in India
India's first pink ball match took place in Kolkata on 18 July 2016. It was CAB Super League Final between Bhowanipore Club and Mohan Bagan. Mohan Bagan won the match by 296 runs.
Ban for Bangladesh star
Bangladesh cricket star Shakib Al Hasan has been banned from cricket for two years, with one year suspended, after breaching the sport's anti-corruption code. ... Captain of the country's Test match and Twenty 20 team, he was the third-highest run scorer at the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
'Dada' as BCCI Chief
Former Indian Captain Sourav Ganguly was unanimously elected as the 33th President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India ( BCCI)
Showbiz and Awards !
The Oscar goes to....!
Best Original Screenplay — Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Green Book, Best Adapted Screenplay — Spike Lee, Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Jordan Peele, BlacKkKlansman,Original Score — Ludwig Goransson,Black Panther Original Song — Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt, “Shallow,” A Star Is Born,Best Actor in a Leading Role — Rami Malek,Bohemian Rhapsody, Best Actress in a Leading Role — Olivia Colman, The Favourite, Best Director— Alfonso Cuarón,Roma,Best Picture — Green Book
Documentary (Feature) — Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Free Solo.Actress in a Supporting Role — Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk, Makeup and Hairstyling — Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe, and Patricia Dehaney, Vice Costume Design — Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther, Production Design — Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart, Black Panther . Cinematography — Alfonso Cuarón, Roma ,Sound Editing — John Warhurst, Bohemian Rhapsody, Sound Mixing — Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin, and John Casali, Bohemian Rhapsody, Foreign Language Film — Alfonso Cuarón, Roma, Film Editing — John Ottman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Actor in a Supporting Role — Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Golden Globe !
Leading the way at the 76th annual Golden Globes ceremony on Sunday was Universal's Green Book, which claimed three wins, in the best comedy, best supporting actor and best screenplay categories.
Netflix's Roma, meanwhile, took home two wins, in the foreign-language and director categories. As did Fox's Bohemian Rhapsody, which won in the best drama and best actor categories.
On the TV side, FX's The Americans nabbed a best drama series win and Netflix's The Kominsky Method won in the best comedy series category.
Sony's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse claimed the best animated feature win. And FX's The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story won in the limited TV series category.
Warner Bros.' A Star Is Born won for best original song for "Shallow," while Universal's First Man claimed the best original score win.
Glorious Grammy's !
Touted as the most celebrated musical night of the year, international music aficionados and enthusiasts geared up to witness the 61 st Grammy Awards celebrations !.Album of the Year -Kacey Musgraves, "Golden Hour" | Record of the Year -Childish Gambino - "This Is America"| Song of the Year - Childish Gambino, "This Is America" | Best New Artist - Dua Lipa | Best Pop Solo Performance - Lady Gaga, "Joanne" (Where Do You Think You're Goin'?)
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance- Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, "Shallow"| Best Country Album - Kacey Musgraves, "Golden Hour"| Best Pop Vocal Album -Ariana Grande, "Sweetener"
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album- Willie Nelson, "My Way"| Best Rap Performance - Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Future, & James Blake, "King's Dead" Anderson .Paak – "Bubblin"| Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - Childish Gambino, "This Is America"| Best Rap Song - Drake, "God's Plan" Best Rap Album - Cardi B, Invasion of Privacy| Best Rock Performance - Chris Cornell, "When Bad Does Good"| Best Metal Performance - High on Fire, "Electric Messiah" | Best Rock Song - St. Vincent, "Masseduction" | Best Alternative Music Album -Arctic Monkeys, "Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino"
Best Rock Album| Greta Van Fleet, "From the Fires"| Best R&B Performance - H.E.R., "Best Part" [ft. Daniel Caesar | Best Traditional R&B Performance- Leon Bridges, "Bet Ain't Worth the Hand"
