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Index Chapter 1- Appointment (December) Chapter 2- Awards (December) Chapter 3- Summit/ Conference (December) Chapter- 4 Government Scheme (December) Chapter 5- Ranking Index Chapter 6- Partnership/ Agreement (December) Chapter 7- Important MoU (December) Chapter 8- Loan Agreement (December) Chapter 9- Current Affairs (National) In Short Chapter 10- International (Current Affairs) Chapter 11- Spots News Chapter 12- Defence News Chapter 13- Books/ Author (December) Chapter 14- Committee (December) Chapter 15- Banking and Financial (December) Chapter 16- Important Day (December) Chapter 17- Obituary –December

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Chapter 1- Appointment (December)

(National)

Organization Persons New Controller General of Accounts Soma Roy Burman (effect from December 1, 2019) Chairman of Ordnance Factory Board Shri Hari Mohan (Updated: 1st December) Kerala based Catholic Syrian Bank MD Rajendran Chinna Veerappan (Reappoint) and CEO (Updated: 2nd December) New NSE chairman Girish Chandra Chaturvedi (Updated: 2nd December) President of News Broadcasters Arnab Goswami Federation’s governing board (Updated: 4th December)

Anti-doping brand ambassador Suniel Shetty (Updated: 10th December) PUMA brand ambassador Sunil Chhetri (Updated: 11th December) Pepsi’s new brand ambassador Salman Khan (Updated: 11th December) New Expenditure Secretary T.V. Somanathan (Updated: 13th December) New Information and Broadcasting Ravi Mittal Secretary (Updated: 13th December)

Group of Ministers on Integrated Goods Sushil Modi and Services Tax (IGST) (Updated: 15th December)

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Next Indian Oil Corporation Chief Shrikant Madhav Vaidya (effect from June, 2020)

(Updated: 15th December)

Next army chief Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane (effect from 1st Jan, 2020) New NALCO Chief Managing Director Sridhar Patra

(Updated: 16th December)

Tata Sons chairman In a big win for Cyrus Mistry, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on 18th December ordered restoration of him as the Executive Chairman of Tata Sons. as the Executive Chairman of Tata Sons. New Assocham President Niranjan Hiranandani

(Updated: 24th December)

New Ficci President Sangita Reddy

(Updated: 22nd December)

New foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla

(Updated: 23rd December) CMD of General Insurance Corporation of Devesh Srivastava India (Updated:18th December) Director of National Police Academy IPS officer Atul Karwal (Updated:20th December)

11th CM of Jharkhand Hemant Soren (Updated:29th December)

Deputy CM of Maharashtra Ajit Pawar (Updated:29th December)

CRPF DG ITBP chief SS Deswal given additional charge (Updated:31st December)

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(International)

Organization Persons President of the Asian Development Masatsugu Asakawa (Updated 1 Bank (ADB) December) Headquarters: Mandaluyong, Philippines New President of Mauritius Pritivirajsing Roopun (Updated 1 December) Capital: Port Louis Currency: Mauritian rupee

CEO at Google’s parent firm Alphabet Sundar Pichai (Updated 4th December)

Namibian president Hage Geingob Second times (Updated 5th December)

Capital: Windhoek Currencies: South African rand, Namibian dollar New Finland prime minister Sanna Marin to be world's youngest-serving prime minister (Updated 8th December) Capital: Helsinki Currency: Euro

UK PM Boris Johnson (Updated 10th December) Currency: Pound Capital: London

New Algeria President Abdelmadjid Tebboune(Updated 16th December) Capital: Algiers

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Currency: Algerian dinar

Cuba 1st PM after 1976 Manuel Marrero Cruz (Updated 18th December) Capital: Havana Currency: Peso 1st woman CTO of US' communications Indian-American Dr Monisha Ghosh commission (Updated 23rd December) Algerian new PM Abdelaziz Djerad (Updated 29th December) Capital- Algiers. Currency- Algerian dinar.

Chapter 2- Awards (December)

Awards Persons/Organization Purpose/ Field

Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize Author Tony Joseph for his book Early Indians: 2019 The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From.

MCC’s Spirit of Cricket award New Zealand team The New Zealand team, led by Kane Williamson, has won the Christopher Martin- Jenkins Spirit of Cricket award for 2019 for their “grace and humility” after being denied the trophy in the 2019 Men's Cricket World Cup.

Miss Teen International Aayushi Dholakia Vadodra’s Aayushi Dholakia 2019 has bagged the title of Miss Teen International 2019. The event was held at Kingdom of Dreams,

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Gurugram

Bharat Award for bravery Malayali boy Aditya Kumar The most prestigious of the National Bravery Awards, given away by the Indian Council for Child Welfare, the Bharat Award has gone to Aditya for rescuing 20 people from a burning bus that was on the move.

BBC's Sports Personality of Ben Stokes Stokes beat out six-time the Year 2019 Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton, who finished second. The podium was rounded off by sprinter Dina Asher-Smith.

Miss World 2019 Jamaica's Toni-Ann Singh with India's Suman Rao becoming second runners- up. The 23-year-old Jamaican was declared the winner at a televised event, hosted by British television personality Piers Morgan, held at ExceL London here on 14th December.

Time magazine's Person of Greta Thunberg Who inspired a global the Year for 2019 movement to fight climate change

Crystal award for spreading Deepika Padukone for spreading awareness about mental health awareness the importance of mental health.

‘Gangadhar National Award’ Poet Viswanath Prasad Eminent Hindi poet Tiwari Viswanath Prasad Tiwari would be honoured with the prestigious ‘Gangadhar National Award’ during the 53rd Foundation Day celebrations of the Sambalpur University. The award, carrying a cash prize of Rs 50,000, a shawl and citation.

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Miss Universe 2019 South Africa's Zozibini Tunzi Zozibini and Miss Universe Puerto Rico Madison Anderson were the top two contestants for the Miss Universe title. Miss Universe Mexico is the second-runner up. Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray crowned Zozibini Tunzi at the event held in Atlanta on 8th December night. India's Vartika Singh couldn't make it to top ten.

2019 Google Play Awards Actress Shilpa Shetty Actress Shilpa Shetty is super happy as her fitness and wellness application “ShilpaShettyApp” was awarded Google Play’s Best Apps of 2019 in the ‘Personal Growth’ category.

Asian Business Leadership Colm McLoughlin Established in 2007, the Forum (ABLF) “Lifetime ABLF is held under the Achievement Award” patronage and guidance of H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Cabinet Member and Minister of Tolerance, UAE, and is recognised by the Federal Government through a long-term partnership with the UAE Ministry of Economy.

PETA’s 2019 Person of the Joaquin Phoenix Hollywood actor, has been a Year longtime supporter of the animal rights organization.

Ballon d'Or Award Lionel Messi Lionel Messi won a record- breaking sixth Ballon d'Or on 2nd December after another sublime year for the Argentinian, whose familiar brilliance remained undimmed even through difficult times for club and country. He now stands alone in the history of the game's most prestigious

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individual prize.

CK Nayudu Lifetime Krish Srikkanth, Anjum Former India captain and Achievement Award Chopra member of the 1983 World Cup - winning team

Krishnamachari Srikkanth Former India women’s captain Anjum Chopra is the co-recipient of the lifetime achievement award for the year 2019.

Sahitya Akademi award 2019

Sahitya Akademi announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards in 23 languages. Seven books of poetry, four of the novel, six of short stories, three of essays and one each of non-fiction, autobiography and biography have won the Sahitya Akademi Awards 2019. The Award in the form of a casket containing an engraved copper-plaque, a shawl and an amount of Rs. 1,00,000/- towards cash content will be presented to the authors of these books at a special function to be held on 25 February 2020 at New Delhi during the Festival of Letters organized by Sahitya Akademi. Language Title and Genre Name of the Author

Assamese Chanakya (Novel) Joysree Goswami Mahanta

Bengali Ghumer Chinmoy Darja Thele (Essays) Guha

Bodo Akhai Phukan Athumniphrai (Poetry) Ch. Basumatary

Dogri Bandralta Om Darpan (Essays) Sharma Jandriari

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English An Shashi Era of Darkness (Non-Fiction) Tharoor

Gujarati Mojma Ratilal Revu Re (Essays) Borisagar

Hindi Chheelate Nand Hue Apne Ko (Poetry) Kishore Acharya

Kannada Kudi Vijaya Esaru (Autobiography)

Kashmiri Akh Abdul Yaad Akh Qayamat (Short Stories) AhadHajini

Konkani The Nilba Words (Poetry) A Khandekar

Maithili Jingik Kumar Oriaon Kariat (Poetry) Manish Arvind

Malayalam Achan V Piranna Veedu (Poetry) Madhusoodanan Nair

Manipuri EiAmadi L Adungeigi Eethat (Novel) Birmangol Singh (Beryl Thanga)

Odia Bhaswati Tarun (Short Stories) Kanti Mishra

Punjabi Antheen Kirpal (Short Stories) Kazak

Rajasthani BareekBaat Ramswaroop (Short Stories) Kisan

Sanskrit Prajnachakshusham Penna (Poetry) Madhusudan

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Santali Sisirkali Kali (Short Stories) Charan Hembram

Sindhi Jeejal Ishwar (Short Stories) Moorjani

Tamil Sool Cho (Novel) Dharman

Telugu Septabhoomi Bandi (Novel) Narayana Swamy

Marathi Kadachit Ajaanahi (Poetry) Anuradha Patil

Urdu Sawaneh-E-Sir Shafey Syed: Ek Bazadeed (Biography) Kidwai

Chapter 3- Summit/ Conference (December)

Summit/ Conference Location About

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54th DGsP/IGsP Conference Pune The Prime Minister participated in the 54th DGsP/IGsP Conference in Pune on December 7-8, 2019. Apart from leading the discussions and giving valuable suggestions over the past two days, he addressed the valedictory session of the Conference this evening.

11th Delhi Dialogue; 6th Indian New Delhi The Ministry of External Affairs will host Ocean Dialogue and associated the 6th Indian Ocean Dialogue and Delhi events Dialogue XI at the Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra in New Delhi on December 13 and 14, 2019. The 6th Indian Ocean Dialogue takes place on December 13, and the theme is "Indo-Pacific: Re-imagining the Indian Ocean through an Expanded Geography”.

Assocham Annual Conference Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Assocham Annual Conference in Delhi; PM Says, India's progress towards becoming a USD 5 trillion economy will be strengthened by investment of Rupees 100 lakh crore in infrastructure; also helped by an investment of Rupees 25 lakh crore in rural economy.

World Economic Forum’s 50th Davos, Switzerland The Geneva-based WEF has selected annual meeting ‘Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World’ as the theme for its 2020 annual meeting, which will bring together 3,000 global leaders. Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Mansukh Mandaviya as well as three Chief Ministers — Amarinder Singh, Kamal Nath and B.S. Yeddyurappa — will join over 100 Indian CEOs in the Swiss ski resort town of Davos

Chapter- 4 Government Scheme (December)

SCHEME PURPOSE

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YSR Arogya Asara scheme Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is in the process of launched Arogya Asara (Andhra Pradesh) scheme to provide relief to poor patients as part of (Updated: 10th December) the health scheme. Benefit: Patients are offered a maximum of Rs.225 per day or a maximum of Rs5,000 per month for the prescribed relaxation time. This is the first in India to offer this type of service to patients. The scheme was introduced by the CM with the intention that the family should not suffer financially if the family gets sick. 4.5 lakh people benefit from this.

Vijayamritham’ and ‘Sahachari’ ‘Vijayamritham’ and ‘Sahachari’ to honour differently-abled people as well as NSS, NCC and (Kerala) Student Police Cadet (SPC) units working for their (Updated: 13th December) care and welfare. The ‘Vijayamritham’ scheme has been introduced to provide financial assistance for differently-abled people who battled odds and scored high marks in degree, PG and professional courses. i)Degree/ Equivalent courses-60% marks for Arts subject, 80% marks for Science subject, 8000/- Amount provide 10 students per district

ii)Post-Graduation (PG)& Professional courses-60 % and above, 10000/-Amount provide 5 students per district

Sahachari scheme: This scheme is provide encouragement to NCC/NSS/SPC units functioning in schools who offer assistance to differently abled students with over 40% disability in their studies as well as other extra-curricular activities. Certificates and plaques will be awarded to 3 best NCC/NSS/SPC units, who offer service to the much needy differently abled students. For this work, they will be given an amount of Rs. 40,000/- for each. 'Jalsathi' 'Jalsathi' programme which will ensure supply of safe drinking water to all households in the state. (Odisha)

(Updated: 18th December)

Nethanna Nestham’ At Dharmavaram of Anantapur district. (Andhra Pradesh) The scheme aims: Extending an aid of ₹24,000 every year for each handloom weaver family that is

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(Updated: 21st December) currently running a loom.

Atal Bhujal Yojana PM Modi launched the Atal Bhujal Yojana. The scheme with a total outlay of Rs.6000 crore will be (Central Govt.) implemented over a period of 5 years. Aims: Improve ground water management through community participation in identified priority areas in seven States. The states identified are Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Chapter 5- Ranking Index

Index Index released by India’s 1st Rank Rank

Global Climate Risk Environment think tank, 5th Japan Index Germanwatch

(Updated: 5th December)

UNDP Human United Nations Development 129th Norway Development Index Programme (UNDP) report

(Updated: 9th December)

Forbes most-powerful Forbes Sitharaman Angela Merkel women list stands at 34th spot (Updated: 12th December)

Gender gap World Economic Forum 112th Iceland

(Updated: 16th December)

Good governance index Department of Administrative Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Reforms and Public Grievances and Karnataka (Updated: 24th placed second, December) third

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Chapter 6- Partnership/ Agreement (December)

Partnership/ Agreement Aims

Walmart India, in partnership with HDFC Launched a co-branded credit card exclusively Bank for members of its Best Price Modern Wholesale "B2B Cash & Carry" stores, offering "free credit up to 50 days.

CSIR signs MoU with BHEL To cooperate, collaborate and pursue industrial application oriented research programmes and its commercialization in large scale. Thus, indigenously developed technologies by CSIR shall be commercialised & implemented jointly by BHEL & CSIR in the country, to make the Government of India initiative “Make in India” successful.

MoUs signed with Amazon, Flipkart Punjab industries and Commerce Minister Sunder Sham Arora on 6th December signed MoUs with key e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart to enable access to new markets for the Punjab-based MSMEs. Benefit: Flipkart will facilitate access for MSMEs to new domestic markets, impetus to handloom weavers and small enterprises in the State.

Mastercard ties up with Thailand Tourism Global payments technology major Authority Mastercard has tied up with the Thailand Tourism Authority (TAT) to tap Indians travelling to the ASEAN country. Mastercard data, there has been 20 per cent

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increase in spends on cashless transactions in Thailand by Indians as compared to 2018-19.

MOU signed Between NSIC & ARAMCO Asia For the development of MSME Ecosystem in India in Oil & Gas Sector.

ICAR and NABARD signs MoU Promote sustainable agriculture and climate resilient farming systems the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Board of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to facilitate the action research (the research carried out with the active participation of farmers to provide solutions for the challenges) and up-scaling of the various technologies and innovative farmer models developed by the ICAR.

Axis Bank and Indian Oil launch co-branded credit card for cashless payments The co-branded card is for customers who prefer cashless and hassle-free payments. Offer attractive rewards and benefits for its customers

Software major Wipro partnered with the To upskill 10,000 students from 20 Indian IT industry apex body Nasscom engineering colleges across the country.

Vakrangee partners with UBI The Central government has made financial inclusion its key priority, with a vision to have universal access to banking facilities for every household, financial literacy, access to credit, insurance and pension.

SEBI inks pact with Kazakhstan-based AFSA Mutual cooperation and technical assistance, AIFC’s press service informed.

Pine Labs partners with Kotak Mahindra To enable EMI payments via Kotak Debit Cards. Bank This arrangement enables over 10 million eligible Kotak debit card customers to pay for their purchases in easy instalments via the Pine Labs POS terminals.

Federal Bank ties up with Magicbricks Private sector lender Federal Bank has tied up with online real estate platform Magicbricks for listing and e-auctioning of immovable properties repossessed by it in recovery proceedings.

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Aimed: Speedy recovery of the bank's impaired assets, while helping customers get the best rate in the market for their properties.

Chapter 7- Important MoU (December)

MoU Between Two Countries Healthcare Innovation Centre India and Sweden

Rs 1,958 crore finance to develop energy- India, Germany efficient housing programme

Chapter 8- Loan Agreement December

ORGANIZATION/BANK Loan Amount PURPOSE

ADB $206 million Develop water supply and sewerage infrastructure in 5 cities of Tamil Nadu

ADB $250 Million to expand energy efficiency investments in India

ADB $ 490 Million for public-private partnership (PPP) project to upgrade about 1,600 km of state highways and major district roads (MDRs) from single-lane to two-lane widths in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

AIIB $210 million for irrigation & solar energy projects in India

Chapter 9- Current Affairs (National) In Short

Madhya Pradesh CM to inaugurate International Film Festival in Shilpkala International Film Festival in village of Khajuraho on 17th December. Khajuraho Films from the country and abroad In Madhya Pradesh, the Chief Minister including Bundelkhandi will be screened Kamal Nath will inaugurate the 7-Day

ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series at the Tapra Talkies made for the Hallmarking of gold jewellery and festival. artefacts will be made mandatory across the country from January 15, 2021 to Losar Festival (Ladakhi New Year) ensure purity of the precious metal. celebrated in UT of Ladakh Konark Festival & International The people of Union Territory(UT) of the Sand Art Festival 2019 From 1st – Ladakh region celebrated Losar festival, 5th Dec the Ladakhi new year. The Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) and Leh Hill Odisha’s prime coastal tourism hub of Council, Leh organised the celebrations in Konark will once again witness a global which Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Radha confluence of arts through the twin Krishna Mathur participated. The year annual events of the Konark Festival of 2020 will mark the 1st Losar festival classical dance performances with the celebrated in the Ladakh Region as a UT. grand Sun Temple in the backdrop and the International Sand Art Festival. NITI Aayog Released 2nd SDG India Index 2019 in New Delhi; Kerala Chief of Defence Staff to come topped the index under RTI Act NITI (National Institution for A high-level committee headed by NSA Transforming India) Aayog has released Ajit Doval to finalise responsibilities and the 2nd edition of Sustainable enabling framework for the proposed Development Goals (SDG) India Index and chief of defence staff (CDS) has dashboard for the year 2019 in New submitted its report to the government. Delhi. Kerala topped the index with a 20th Edition of Hornbill Festival score of 70. The index gives a brief begins in Nagaland analysis on the progress made by states and union territories(UTs) towards Hornbill Festival began with a achieving the 2030 SDG targets. colourful blend of culture and tradition with a modern twist at Naga Mumbai-Nagpur expressway to be Heritage Kisama in Nagaland. named after Bal Thackeray The festival organised by Nagaland The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) Government is an annual tourism government on 11th December decided promotional event to showcase the state’s to name the upcoming Nagpur-Mumbai traditional and rich cultural heritage in all Super Communication Expressway its ethnicity, diversity and grandeur. (NMSCE) after the Shiv Sena founder- patriarch late Balasaheb Thackeray. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu launches Bharatiya POSHAN Hallmarking to be mandatory for Anthem gold jewellery from 2021 Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has stressed on the need to focus on ensuring

ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series good quality, easily accessible and offence, crime against women and affordable maternal healthcare services weaker sections. for all women. Launching the Bharatiya Balasinor in Mahisagar district of Gujarat POSHAN Anthem in New Delhi. has been selected the second best while Aims: India malnutrition-free by 2022 to Ajk Burhanpur in Burhanpur district of all corners of the country. Madhya Pradesh the third best police station in the country. Mumbai Central gets first ‘Eat Right Station’ certification from FSSAI Karnataka conducted a Human Library event in Mysuru The Mumbai Central station of Railways was conferred with the ‘Eat Right Station’ Karnataka conducted a Human Library certification with four stars rating by the event in Mysuru on 8 December 2019. Food Safety and Standards Authority of Human Library is spread across various India (FSSAI). metropolitan cities including Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru in India. Avantee mega Food Park inaugurated in MP’s Dewas Aims: The aim of the Human Library event is to break long-standing prejudices In Madhya Pradesh, Union Minister for and stereotypes of the past and create a food processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal safe framework for conservation by using inaugurated Avantee mega Food Park in a library analogy of lending people rather Dewas. This first food park of central than books. India is spread over 51 acres and has been constructed at a cost of about 150 Odisha’s Jaga Mission Wins Bronze crore rupees. At World Habitat Awards Railways 'RailWire' Wi-Fi goes in State government’s Odisha Liveable 5500 Railway Stations Habitat Mission (OLHM) also known as Jaga Mission has won the bronze medal Railways has successfully completed the at the World Habitat Awards on 11th work of providing free public Wi-Fi at December. 5500 stations across the country. Mahua Milan Railway Station of East The State government’s initiative has Central Railway zone, became the 5500th been awarded for granting land rights station in the country to have free public and upgrading slums through state-wide Wi-Fi. government legislation. Aberdeen in Andaman adjudged ISRO launches RISAT-2BR1 & 9 best police station in country customer satellites by PSLV-C48 Aberdeen in the Andaman and Nicobar On the 50th mission of its workhorse Islands has been adjudged the best PSLV, ISRO successfully launches an performing police station in the advanced earth observation satellite country while dealing with property RISAT-2BR1 and 9 other international

ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series customer satellites onboard the PSLV C- The Tansen Music Festival or the 48 on 11th December. Tansen Sangeet Sammelan or the Tansen Utsav is held every year in order All 9 customer satellites from Israel, Italy, to celebrate the memory of one of the Japan and USA were successfully placed in greatest artists in Indian history, Tansen. their designated orbit by PSLV C48. Tansen was one of the nine gems in the MP govt to host Orchha festival in court of one of the greatest Mughal rulers March, 2020 of India, Emperor Akbar. "Namaste Orchha" festival marking the Virat Kohli Replaces Salman Khan, cultural landscape of Madhya Pradesh Tops Forbes List in India will be held in the ancient town in March India's ace cricketer Virat Kohli has next year. become the first sportsman to gain the The three-day festival will be organised top spot in the Forbes India list since its by the state government from March 6 to inception. March 8 in Orchha, which won the Kohli topped the list thanks to match award for the best heritage city for 2017- fees, the BCCI central contract, brand 18. endorsements and a massive-figure fee Gurgaon-based Space startup with for every sponsored Instagram post. In AI solution to stubble burning wins fact, his estimated earnings -- of Rs ‘Space Oscar’ 252.72 crore -- constitutes 6.57 percent of the total earnings -- Rs 3,842.94 crore - A Gurgaon-based startup working in - of the top 100 celebrities for the year. utilizing satellite data to solve environmental Integral Coach Factory produces 3000 Coaches in record 215 days Madhya Pradesh CM to inaugurate International Film Festival in Integral Coach Factory (ICF) of Indian Khajuraho Railways has produced its 3000th coach of the year in less than nine In Madhya Pradesh, the Chief Minister months. Kamal Nath will inaugurate the 7-Day International Film Festival in Shilpkala This would help in meeting the growing village of Khajuraho on 17th December. demand for coaches. The number of working days to achieve the above figure Films from the country and abroad has been reduced from 289 days in the including Bundelkhandi will be screened last year to 215 days in the current year. at the Tapra Talkies made for the festival. Govt has approved projects worth Rs 7000 cr under Nirbhaya fund Tansen Music Festival 2019 in Gwalior Under the NIRBHAYA Fund, projects of Rs 7,000 crore, including setting up of

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1,023 fast-track courts, have been coverage of area under micro-irrigation approved by the Modi government. (MI) for the year 2019. As per the data, Tamil Nadu(TN) topped the list in In a tribute to the 23-year-old Delhi coverage under micro-irrigation. gangrape victim, then Congress-led government had announced setting up Rank Country 'Nirbhaya Fund' of Rs 1,000 crore for 1 Tamil Nadu safety and empowerment of women in the Budget presented in February 2 Gujarat 2013. 3 Andhra Pradesh Urban India declared Open defecation free Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban has Unicef award to Kamareddy dist. achieved its target of creating Urban for Swachh Bharat implementation India Open Defecation Free. United Nations International Urban areas of 35 states and Union Children’s and Education Fund Territories have become ODF. In all, (UNICEF) has awarded Kamareddy 4,320 cities out of 4,372 have declared district of Telangana for effective themselves ODF, of which 4,167 cities implementation of Swachh Bharat have been certified through third-party Mission in water sanitation and hygiene verification. sectors for the year 2019. India is world's third largest Rohtang tunnel in Himachal producer of scientific articles Pradesh named as Atal tunnel With over 1.35 lakh scientific papers Prime Minister Narendra Modi named published, India has become the Rohtang passageway in Himachal world's third largest publisher of Pradesh as Atal Tunnel to mark the science and engineering articles, 95th birth anniversary of former Prime according to a US government agency Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. data, topped by China. Prime Minister said the strategic Atal As per the statistics compiled by the US tunnel will change the fortunes of this National Science Foundation (NSF), the region and will help in promoting tourism number of scientific papers published in the region. worldwide increased from 1,755,850 in India set to cross 100-GW renewable 2008 to 2,555,959 in 2018. energy capacity mark in 2020 Tamil Nadu tops in coverage under India is set to cross the 100-Gw renewable micro-irrigation energy capacity mark in 2020 and can make Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana rapid strides towards the ambitious 175 Gw (PMKSY) released the data on states with clean energy target by 2022 provided the

ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series government keeps a close eye on key issues WiFi services being provided through and deals with those well in time. BharatNet in villages across India will be free of charge till March 2020. PM Modi to release operational guidelines for Jal Jeevan Mission India's first university for transgender community to come up in UP's The Centre’s most recent flagship scheme - Kushinagar dist Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) to provide drinking water to 14.6 crore rural The country's first university for households- is set to be operationalized transgender community will be opened in with Prime Minister Modi to release the Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district to Operational Guidelines on December 25- facilitate its members to study right from Good Governance Day. class one to PG and even do research and get PhD degree. On financing front, Centre will provide Rs.2.08 lakh Crore while the fund sharing The university, which will come up in pattern to be 90:10 for Himalayan and Fazilnagar block of Kushinagar district, is North-Eastern States; 50:50 for other being built by the Akhil Bhartiya Kinnar States and 100% for UTs. Siksha Seva Trust (All-India transgender education service trust). JJM which aims at providing Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to Crore Madhya Pradesh: Mandu festival rural households every rural household by starts in Mandu 2024 at an expected cost of Rs 3.6 lakh In Madhya Pradesh, the 5-day Mandu crore will cover over 81% rural households. festival has been started in Mandu, a Out of 17.87 in the country, about 14.6 world-famous picturesque tourist Crore or 81.67% are yet to have household destination located in Dhar district of the water tap connections. state. The village community in fact will be a key The Mandu festival, which will run till and active stakeholder for the Mission. To January 1. bring in sense of ownership and pride among rural communities, 5% capital cost National Tribal Dance Festival begins in Raipur contribution towards in-village water supply infrastructure in hilly, forested, and National Tribal Dance Festival has more than 50% SC/ ST dominant begun in Raipur, the capital of population villages, and 10% in the Chhattisgarh. Congress leader Rahul remaining villages is proposed. Gandhi inaugurated the festival. The inaugural function was presided over by

Free WiFi to all villages connected via Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. Bharat Net till March 2020

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Chapter 10- International (Current Affairs)

Saudi Arabia Takes over G20 Roger Federer’s face to go on Swiss Presidency from Japan coin Saudi Arabia became the first Arab Tennis legend Roger Federer will nation on December 1st to take over the become the first living person in G20 presidency, stepping onto the world Switzerland to have a coin minted in his stage. honour. The Federal Mint, Swissmint, has created a 20-franc silver coin bearing Saudi Arabia is taking over the G20 Federer’s image. presidency from Japan and will host world leaders for a global summit in its Abu Dhabi selected as world’s capital Riyadh November 21st and 22nd leading sports tourism destination 2020. Abu Dhabi has been selected as the Typhoon Kammuri hits Philippines world’s leading Sports tourism Destination at the 26th edition of the Typhoon Kammuri lashed the Philippines World Travel Awards (WTA) being held with fierce winds and heavy rain, as in Muscat. hundreds of thousands took refuge in shelters and the capital Manila prepared This is the seventh time in a row that Abu to shut down its international airport Dhabi has been selected for this coveted over safety concerns. award. NATO Summit 2019 held in United India among top 10 countries with Kingdom higher climate performance: CCPI The United Kingdom will host NATO India, for the first time, ranks among Heads of State and Government in the top 10 in this year's Climate London, on 3-4 December 2019. Change Performance Index (CCPI) presented on 10th December at the The NATO Leaders Meeting, chaired by COP25 climate summit in Madrid. the NATO Secretary General, will take place at the Grove Hotel, Hertfordshire The current levels of per capita emissions on 4 December 2019. and energy use in India, ranked 9th in the "high category", are still comparatively 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of low and, along with ambitious 2030 the alliance's meetings. Nato summits targets, result in high ratings for the are a periodic opportunity for Heads of green house gas (GHG) emissions and State and Heads of Government to meet energy use categories, the report released and evaluate Nato's current strategies, in the Spanish capital. evaluate the alliance's current position and brainstorm strategic direction. Bougainville To Become World's Newest Nation

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The South Pacific archipelago of Portugal announces Gandhi Bougainville on 11th December Citizenship Education Prize overwhelmingly voted to become Portuguese Prime Minister, Antonio independent of Papua New Guinea, Costa has announced that in order to help becoming the world's latest territory to perpetuate Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals, seek secession. Portugal will be launching a Gandhi Buka town on Buka island is the capital Citizenship Education Prize, each year of the region, and houses the government inspired by his different thoughts and headquarters. quotes. Priyanka Chopra honoured at Eight West African nations rename Marrakech Film Festival for 20 common currency to Eco years in cinema Eight West African countries have agreed A day after receiving the Danny Kaye to change the name of their common Humanitarian Award at the UNICEF currency to Eco and severed their earlier Snowflake Ball, Priyanka Chopra Jonas currency CFA Franc's links to former was awarded at Festival International colonial ruler France. Du Film De Marrakech in Morocco. The The CFA Franc was initially pegged to the actress and producer took to social media French franc and has been linked to the to express her gratitude after receiving euro for about two decades. Benin, the award. Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory EU leaves Poland out of 2050 Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo climate deal after standoff currently use the currency. The European Union left Poland out of Typhoon Phanfone hit the a 2050 climate neutrality agreement on Philippines 14th December after hours of summit Typhoon Phanfone, also known as haggling with three poorer eastern Ursula, has battered the central member states that demanded more Philippines. funds for economic transition and support for nuclear power. Thousands of people have been left stranded, as ferries and flights were First Global Refugee Forum hosted cancelled. Thousands more spent the in Geneva night in temporary shelters. On 17 and 18 December 2019, UNHCR, Tropical Cyclone Sarai hits Fiji the UN Refugee Agency and the Government of Switzerland will jointly Fiji as Tropical Cyclone Sarai lashed the host in Geneva a world meeting on Pacific island nation with heavy rain and refugees, the first-ever Global Refugee destructive winds on 28th December. Forum (GRF).

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UN declares Malala decade’s ‘most Malala Yousafzai as “the most famous famous teenager’ teenager in the world” in its ‘Decade in Review’ report. The UN has declared Pakistani education activist and Nobel laureate

Chapter 11- Spots News

Indian weightlifter Seema banned In a soporific race, Red Bull's Max by NADA for 4 years for doping Verstappen took a comfortable second after Ferrari slipped backwards. Indian Weightlifter Seema, who won a silver medal in the Commonwealth Games Karnataka won Syed Mushtaq Ali 2017, has been banned for 4-years by title National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), the Tamil Nadu can only pick up another run national organization responsible for of the last ball as Karnataka the defending monitoring the doping control program in champions retain the Syed Mushtaq Ali sports, for a doping violation. trophy in 2019/20. It was a thriller of a Koneru Humpy won 2019 FIDE final that went down to the last delivery Women’s World Rapid Chess before Karnataka won by 1 run. Championship title India defeated Pakistan in Davis Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy (32 Cup tie for 2020 years) from Andhra Pradesh, became The tie match between India and FIDE Women’s World Rapid Champion for Pakistan for the International Tennis the year 2019 by defeating China’s Lei Federation’s (ITF’s) Davis cup 2020, Tingjie in Armageddon (chess penalty was held at the National Tennis Center, shoot-out) in the finals held at Luzhniki in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan from football stadium in Moscow, Russia which November 29-30,2019. India defeated was held from December 26-28, 2019. Pakistan in the tie match. Tingjie finished with a silver, while Turkey’s Ekaterina Atalik won the bronze 13th South Asian Games formally medal. begins in Kathmandu Lewis Hamilton wins Abu Dhabi 13th South Asian Games have formally Grand Prix begun in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Lewis Hamilton dominated the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to end the season in President of Nepal Bidya Devi which he won a sixth world drivers' Bhandari declared games open in a title on a high. glittering ceremony at Dasaratha Rangshala in Kathmandu. Over 2700

ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series athletes from seven South Asian GS Lakshmi to become first woman Countries participated in the march past. referee to oversee a men's ODI match Syed Modi International final (badminton tournament): Former India cricketer GS Lakshmi is set to become the first woman match Men’s Single referee to oversee a men's ODI when Winner- Wang Tzu (China) she officiates the opening match of the third series of the World Cup League 2 in Runner-up- Sourabh Verma (India) the United Arab Emirates on 8th Women’s Single: December. Winner: Carolina Marin (Spain) Rani Rampal, Saurabh Chaudhary Win Top Honours at FICCI India WADA bans Russia from Sports Awards international sporting events for 4 years Indian women's hockey team captain Rani Rampal and ace pistol shooter Russia was banned from the Olympics Saurabh Chaudhary won the Sports and world championships in a range of Person of the Year awards at the FICCI th sports for four years on 9 December India Sports Awards 2019 on 11th after the World Anti-Doping Agency December. (WADA) ruled to punish it for manipulating laboratory data, a WADA Rani played a crucial role in India's spokesman said. qualification for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, scoring the winning goal in the two-legged qualifier against the US in 13th South Asian Games concludes November. at Kathmandu FIH unveils new world ranking 13th South Asian Games concluded in system for 2020 Nepal on 10th December evening; The International Hockey Federation Thousands of sports lovers witnessed (FIH) unveiled a new world ranking gala closing ceremony held at historic system for 2020 in Lausanne, Dasaratha Rangshala in Kathmandu. Switzerland. Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal, Ishwar Pokharel graced the occasion as Chief Smriti Mandhana in ICC's ODI and Guest. T20 team of the year India finished on top with 312 medals India opener Smriti Mandhana was comprising 174 gold, 93 silver and 45 named in both the International Cricket bronze. Host Nepal remained second Council's ODI and T20 teams of the and Sri Lanka got third place. year, capping off a memorable season. Mandhana has Jhulan Goswami,

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Poonam Yadav and Shikha Pandey for open India’s account at the 6th Qatar company in the ODI team of the year International Cup in Doha on 20th and all-rounder Deepti Sharma in the December. T20 side. Liverpool win FIFA Club World Cup Deepak Punia Named World's Best Liverpool lifting FIFA’s lesser-regarded Junior Freestyle Wrestler of the Club World Cup trophy on 21st Year December. In three years, the biggest World Championships silver medallist prize in football will be handed out in a Deepak Punia added yet another feather stadium yet to be completed. to his cap after being named the 'Junior The Club World Cup, which ended Freestyle Wrestler of the Year by Saturday with Roberto Firmino sealing United World Wrestling (UWW). Liverpool’s 1-0 victory over Flamengo ICC extends partnership with in extra time. UNICEF for Women's World T20 Rafael Nadal, Ashleigh Barty named The International Cricket Council (ICC) ITF World Champions for 2019 has announced that it has extended its Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Australian partnership with UNICEF through to the Ashleigh Barty have been named Women's T20 World Cup 2020 with the International Tennis Federation's focus on empowering women and girls (ITF) World Champions for 2019. through cricket. Virat Kohli, Dale Steyn named in Belgium crowned FIFA Team of the Wisden cricketers of the decade list Year, Qatar biggest climber India captain Virat Kohli has been Belgium have been crowned FIFA named in the Cricketers of the decade 'Team of the Year' for the second list alongside four others by the successive time after a record-breaking Wisden Cricketers' Almanac. year for the global ladder. Apart from Kohli, South African duo of Mirabai Chanu wins gold at Qatar Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers, International Cup Australia's Steve Smith and women's Former world champion weightlifter all-rounder Ellyse Perry also found a Saikhom Mirabai Chanu notched up the place in the list of five cricketers of the women’s 49kg category gold medal to decade.

Chapter 12- Defence News

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Military Exercise Countries Purpose

Mitra Shakti 2019 India-Sri Lanka The seventh edition of the India – Sri Lanka joint training exercise, Mitra Shakti 2019, will be conducted at the Foreign Training Node (FTN) in Pune from December 1 to 14.

'HAND-IN-HAND 2019' India-China The 8th India-China joint training exercise 'HAND-IN- HAND 2019' with the theme counter-terrorism under United Nations mandate will be held in Meghalaya's Umroi from Dec 7-20.

'Indra 2019' India-Russia Indra 2019, joint tri-services exercise between India and Russia will be conducted in India from 10 to 19 December simultaneously at Babina (near Jhansi), Pune, and Goa. The Indra series of exercise began in 2003 and the 1st joint tri-services exercise was conducted in 2017.

India successfully conducts trial of Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was indigenously made Prithvi-2 missile successfully test-fired from a base in Odisha's Chandipur. India on 3rd December successfully conducted another night trial of its The land-attack version of the missile was indigenously developed nuclear capable test-fired from a mobile autonomous Prithvi-2 missile as part of a user trial for launcher at Launch Complex-3 of the the armed forces from a test range in Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur. Odisha coast. The trial of the surface-to-surface missile was successful, meeting all the The trial of the surface-to-surface missile, parameters. which has a strike range of 350 kilometres. Indian Navy conducts anti-hijacking BrahMos Missile Successfully Test- exercise off Kochi coast fired from Odisha's Chandipur

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On December 18, if you were in Kochi, them is 52 per cent more than that in the you might have seen a dramatic sight previous edition of the event in 2018. unfurl near the Kochi Port—Marine DefExpo 2020 is scheduled to be held Commandos descending onto a ship from in Lucknow between February 5-8 next a helicopter. year. The theme of the exhibition is Rajnath Singh launches DefExpo 'India: The Emerging Defence mobile app Manufacturing Hub'. Nearly 900 exhibitors, including foreign companies, have registered for DefExpo 2020 and the exhibition space booked by Chapter 13- Books/ Author (December)

Books Author

“Turbulence and Triumph- The Modi Years” Rahul Agarwal and Bharti S Pradhan

“Dreams of a Billion: India and the Olympic by Boria Majumdar with Nalin Mehta released Games”

The Renaissance Man-The Many Facets of Venkaiah Naidu said this in New Delhi while Arun Jaitley releasing a book on former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on his birth Anniversary, titled-

‘The Renaissance Man-The Many Facets of Arun Jaitley.

Politics of Opportunism Noted Economist and Political Analyst S Gurumurthy released a book titled Politics of

Opportunism at a function in New Delhi. The book was written by R P N Singh

Chapter 14- Committee (December)

Committee Headed by Purpose

Parliament's meeting of Rajnath Singh Defence Minister Rajnath Consultative Committee Singh chaired a meeting of the Consultative Committee of Parliament for the Ministry of Defence in New Delhi. The subject of the meeting was

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Border Roads Organisation, BRO. Director General BRO Lt Gen Harpal Singh gave a detailed presentation on the working of the organisation, especially on maintaining operational road infrastructure for the armed forces in border areas.

15th Finance Commission N K Singh The Finance Commission submits its report for 2020- submitted its report for the

21 financial year 2020-21 to President Ram Nath Kovind on 5th December. The Commission headed by N K Singh apprised the President of the recommendations contained therein. The 15th Finance Commission was constituted by the President of India under Article 280 of the Constitution on November 27, 2017, to make recommendations for a period of five years from April 2020 to March 2025.

Rajya Sabha forms informal Jairam Ramesh Rajya Sabha Chairman group to study issues related Venkaiah Naidu on 5th to pornographic content on December announced the Internet, social media formation of a 14-member informal group to study issues related to pornographic content on the Internet and social media platforms. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh will co-ordinate the group which will submit its report within a month.

Chapter 15- Banking and Financial (December)

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IFC to invest USD 200 million in The licensing window will be open on-tap. Mahindra Finance The minimum capital for setting up an SFB has been mandated at ₹200 crores, adding World Bank Group arm IFC on 2nd for primary (urban) co-operative banks December it has anchored an investment (UCBs), which wish to become SFBs, the round of USD 200 million (about Rs 1,433 initial requirement of net worth will be ₹100 crore) in Mahindra and Mahindra crores, which will have to be increased to Financial Services to create a dedicated pool ₹200 crores within five years from the of financing for MSMEs in low-income states. date of commencement of business. SFBs At least USD 100 million will be earmarked will be given scheduled bank status for women-owned micro, small and immediately upon commencement of medium enterprises (MSMEs), according to operations. a release. India Extends Line of Credits for two Fifth bi-monthly policy review: RBI solar projects in Guinea Six-member Monetary Policy Committee India has extended Line of Credits for two (MPC), headed by RBI Governor solar projects in Guinea. The agreements Shaktikanta Das, unanimously voted to hold were exchanged in the presence of External the key repo rate at 5.15 per cent and reverse Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his repo rate at 4.90 per cent. Guinean counterpart Mamadi Toure. The two countries also signed an agreement for the Repo Rate 5.15% development of a water supply agreement in Guinea. Reverse Repo Rate 4.90% NEFT transactions to be available 24x7 Marginal standing facility 5.40% from 16 December (MSF) Rate In a bid to promote digital transactions, the RBI on 6th December said round-the-clock Bank Rate 5.40% transactions will be allowed under the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) Cash reserve Ratio (CRR) 4% system from December 16. The 24X7 NEFT system will be available on Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) 18.50% all days of the year, including holidays. RBI releases "Guidelines for 'on tap' Canada's CPPIB to invest up to $600 Licensing of SFB in the Private Sector" million in Indian infrastructure fund The Reserve Bank of India released Canada's biggest public pension fund is guidelines for 'on tap' Licensing of Small investing up to $600 million in India's Finance Banks in the Private Sector. Now National Investment and Infrastructure payments banks willing to convert Fund (NIIF), as it seeks to grow its themselves into small finance banks (SFBs) infrastructure bets in Asia's third-largest can apply for such a licence only after 5 economy. years of operations. The deal includes a commitment of $150 million in NIIF's Master Fund and co-

ambitiousbaba.com Online Test Series investment rights of up to $450 million in (IOC). RIL revenues crossed Rs 5.81 trillion future opportunities to invest alongside in FY19 against IOC’s Rs 5.36 trillion. the Master Fund, Canada Pension Plan Since it was first published in 2010, IOC has Investment Board (CPPIB). been topping the list. India needs investments worth about $778 RBI caps aggregate exposure limit for billion for highways, urban transport and lending on P2P platforms at Rs 50 lakh renewable energy by 2022, according to the India Brand Equity Foundation, a government To protect consumers interest, the body. Reserve Bank on December 23 said that on a peer-to-peer lending (P2P) platform the NTPC signs term loan of Rs 5,000 cr permissible exposure of a lender to all with SBI borrowers should not exceed Rs 50 lakh at Power generation company NTPC signed a any given point of time. term loan agreement for Rs 5,000 crore with The lender investing more than Rs 10 lakh State Bank of India. across P2P platforms will produce a The loan facility has been extended at an certificate to P2P platforms from a practising interest rate linked to 3-month MCLR Chartered Accountant certifying minimum (marginal cost of funds-based lending rate) of net-worth of Rs 50 lakh. the bank and has a door-to-door tenure of RBI introduces new prepaid payment 15 years. tool for transactions upto Rs 10,000 a Exim Bank provides USD 500 mn credit month to Bangladesh for defence The Reserve Bank has introduced a new procurement type of prepaid payment instrument (PPI) India has provided USD 500 million (Rs which could be used only for purchase of 3,561 crore) line of credit to Bangladesh goods and services up to a limit of Rs 10,000 for defence-related procurement in the per month. neighbouring country. "To give impetus to small value digital Export Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) payments and for enhanced user experience, entered into an agreement on April 11 it has been decided to introduce a new type of with Bangladesh's Armed Forces Division semi-closed PPI. for making available to the latter a PPIs are financial instruments that facilitate Government of India-supported line of credit the purchase of goods and services against (LoC) of USD 500 million. the value stored on such instruments. RIL beat Indian Oil to be number one "The amount loaded in such PPIs during player by revenue in the Fortune India any month shall not exceed Rs 10,000 and 500 list for 2019 the total amount loaded during the Reliance Industries (RIL) has emerged as financial year shall not exceed Rs the number one company in terms of 1,20,000". revenue in the Fortune India 500 list for SBI to launch OTP-based ATM cash 2019, pipping Indian Oil Corporation withdrawal from January 1

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With ATM-related frauds on the rise, banks A loan agreement has been signed between are introducing ways to protect their State Bank of India and German customers from tricksters. The country's development bank KfW for USD 277 largest public sector lender, the State million to establish an energy-efficient Bank of India (SBI). it will introduce a one- housing programme in India time password (OTP)-based cash The programme shall be part of the Indo- withdrawal system for its ATMs. German Development Co-operation, The bank said that this facility will be guided by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable available for transactions above Rs 10,000 Development. between 8 pm and 8 am. this facility will be applicable from January 1, 2020 across RBI directs large co-op banks to all SBI ATMs. report exposures above Rs 5 cr Sebi slaps Rs 25 lakh fine each on ICRA, The Reserve Bank on 27th December CARE, India Ratings directed large cooperative banks to report all exposures of Rs 5 crore and Sebi on 26th December slapped a penalty more to the Central Repository of of Rs 25 lakh each on ICRA, CARE, and India Ratings & Research in connection Information on Large Credits (CRILC), a with lapses in assigning credit ratings to non- move aimed at early recognition of convertible debentures of IL&FS. financial distress. Allahabad Bank, IOB, UCO to get ₹8,655 The Reserve Bank has created a CRILC of crore for preferential allotment commercial banks, all India financial institutions and certain non-banking The government has approved releasing ₹8,655 crore to three public sector lenders financial companies with multiple -- Allahabad Bank, Indian Overseas Bank objectives, which, among others, include (IOB) and UCO Bank -- for preferential strengthening offsite supervision and allotment of shares. early recognition of financial distress. The Ministry of Finance has approved Earlier in its bi-monthly monetary infusing fresh capital amounting to ₹2,153 policy review this month, the RBI had crore in Allahabad Bank, ₹2,142 crore in announced that to bring UCBs with assets UCO Bank and ₹4,630 crore in IOB via for of Rs 500 crore and above under the preferential allotment of shares. CRILC reporting framework. India, Germany ink pact for Rs 1,958 crore finance to develop energy- efficient housing programme India has secured a USD 277 million (about Rs 1,900 crore) loan from Germany to establish an energy-efficient housing programme in the country.

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Chapter 16- Important Day (December)

Dates Day Theme/Important 1st December World AIDS Day “Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Community by Community"

2nd December World Computer Literacy Day 3rd December Promoting the participation of World Disability Day 2019 persons with disabilities and their leadership: taking action on the 2030 Development Agenda’.

4 December Indian Navy Day The day is celebrated in honour of the maritime force’s role during the war with Pakistan in 1971

5th December International Volunteer Day "Volunteer for an inclusive future".

5th December World Soil Day “Stop soil erosion, Save our future”.

7th December Armed Forces Flag Day

7th December International Civil Aviation Day ICAD 2019-2023 is “75 years of connecting the world”.

9th December International Anti-Corruption Day ‘United against corruption.’

10th December Human Rights Day Youth Standing Up for Human

Rights’ 11th December UNICEF Day 'Mountains Matter for Youth' 12 December Keep The Promise’. International Universal Health

Coverage 2019 12 December International Day of Neutrality

14th December National Energy Conservation Day

16th December Vijay Diwas The nation is celebrating Vijay Diwas to commemorate India's victory over Pakistan in 1971 war.

18th December International Migrants Day “We together”

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20th December International Human Solidarity Day 22nd December National Mathematics Day

23rd December Kisan Diwas The day honours Chaudhary Charan Singh, the 5th Prime Minister of India

24th December National Consumers Right Day

25th December “Good Governance Day” The birth anniversary of former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Chapter 15- Obituary –December

Persons About Former England cricket captain Bob Willis Veteran Telugu actor Gollapudi Maruthi Veteran Bollywood actress Gita Siddharth Mohun Bagan president and retired Justice Gitanath Ganguly Eminent theatre and film actor Shriram Lagoo Veteran Kannada writer and critic L S Sheshagiri Rao Eminent translator and Sahitya Akademi award Dr G Nanjundan winner

Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Vidushi Savita Devi Renowned Hindi author Ganga Prasad Vimal Ganga Prasad Vimal passed away in road accident in Sri Lanka

head of prominent Pejavara Mutt and one Vishvesha Teertha among the Ashta Mathas of Udupi. Swamiji had opened several hostels, hospitals and schools benefitting the poor.

Veteran Political cartoonist Vikas Sabnis

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