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IndusInd Bank appointed Sumant Kathpalia as in the govt’s target of 3.3%. new MD & CEO
This was due to corporate tax rate cuts, slow
A private sector lender, IndusInd Bank has growth etc. The long term foreign currency bond appointed its consumer banking head Suman and bank deposit ceilings were unchanged at Kathpalia, as its new Managing Director (MD) Baa1 and Baa2(both being 2nd lowest and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). investment-grade score), respectively.
He will replace Romesh Sobti, who will be retired Banks cannot charge on NEFT transactions in March 2020. from January 2020 Finance Minister launches two IT initiatives
As per the report titled “Furthering Digital ICEDASH and ATITHI Payments” released by the Reserve Bank of
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled India (RBI), With a view to promoting digital two new IT Initiatives – ICEDASH and ATITHI transactions on the 3 anniversary of for improved monitoring and pace of customs demonetisation, the Reserve Bank has moved a clearance of imported goods and facilitating proposal in this regard. arriving international passengers.
From January 2020, banks can no longer charge
ICEDASH is an Ease of Doing Business savings bank account holders for online monitoring dashboard of the Indian Customs transactions in the NEFT system. helping the public see the daily Customs
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has now clearance times of import cargo at various ports mandated banks to do this. RBI stated that it is and airports. doing this to promote digital payments.
The ATITHI app will facilitate hassle-free and SBI’s economic research team revised India’s faster clearance by Customs at the airports and FY20 GDP forecast to 5% enhance the experience of international tourists
The economic research team from the State and other visitors at the airports. Bank of India (SBI) has revised India’s Gross Exim Bank grants $30 million line of credit to Domestic Product(GDP) to 5% from its earlier Ghana estimate of 6.1% for the Fiscal Year 2020
The Export-Import (Exim) Bank has provided a (FY20). USD 30 million (about Rs 210 crore) line of credit
This downgrade was due to global slowdown in to Ghana for a potable water project in the the index of industrial production (IIP). country.
The SBI economic research team group has
As per the agreement, the terminal utilisation projected the second quarter (July-September) time is 60 months period after the scheduled GDP growth at 4.2% in their report titled completion date of the project. “EcoWrap”. Moody’s revises India’s economic outlook to
It expects the growth rate to pick up in FY2021 “negative” from “Stable” to 6.2%.
The American financial service company BHIM UPI all set for global launch with Moody’s has downgraded India’s economic Singapore demo outlook to “Negative” from “Stable”. This
A demo of BHIM UPI QR-based payments downgrade was due to slow growth in the began in Singapore with a live transaction at a economy. merchant terminal at the FinTech Festival 2019.
It also predicted that slow growth would be
High Commissioner of India to Singapore Jawed prolonged and would also have debt rises. Ashraf demonstrated the first transaction under
Moody’s has also predicted a budget deficit of the pilot run, which was continue during the 3.7% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Singapore FinTech Festival 2019. the year through March 2020, which is a breach NBFCs with over Rs. 500 cr assets size now

2 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 under IBC UN agencies for the year 2020.
On the heels of putting in place a generic
The contribution was announced at the UN framework for insolvency proceedings of General Assembly Pledging Conference for Systemically Important Financial Service Development Activities. The contribution is in Providers (FSP), the Centre has now specifically line with the country’s long-standing tradition of brought Non Banking Finance Companies supporting development activities across the UN (NBFCs) with over Rs. 500 crore assets size system. under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code NCAER forecasts India’s GDP growth at 4.9% (IBC) fold. for FY20
After discussions with the central bank, the
The National Council of Applied Economic corporate affairs ministry issued a notification Research (NCAER) has pegged India’s gross specifying the categories of financial service domestic product (GDP) growth for 2019-20 at providers (FSPs) that can be taken up for 4.9% as against 6.8 % in 2018 (or FY-19). resolution under the “generic framework” of the
It lowers its outlook due to the slowdown in Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. almost all sectors & it is primarily driven by a
The ministry notified the framework for dealing simultaneous deceleration of all the drivers of with systemically important FSPs, excluding aggregate demand. banks, under the Code wherein sectoral RBI enhances scope of Non-Resident Rupee regulators can seek resolution of stressed Accounts entities.
The RBI expanded the scope of Special Non- New rules framed under IBC for rescue of non- Resident Rupee Accounts (SNRR account) by bank lenders permitting non-residents to open such accounts
The Government of India has issued fresh rules for rupee-denominated overseas borrowings, under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code trade credit and trade invoicing for popularising (IBC) to govern the rescue of non-bank lenders. cross-border transactions in the domestic
The new rules are likely to help out distressed currency. shadow banks and housing financiers, which
Any person resident outside India, having a have been battling a liquidity crunch for a year. business interest in India, can open a non-interest
These entities will be covered by a special bearing Special Non-Resident Rupee Account window under the bankruptcy code, which will (SNRR account) with a bank for bona fide be notified from time to time. transactions in rupees.
Reserve Bank of India has been given the
The restriction on the tenure of SNRR account, authority to decide which companies will be which is currently 7 years, has also been taken up to a bankruptcy tribunal under these removed. rules.
RBI has also modified norms regarding re- India to contribute $13.5 mn for UN export of unsold rough diamonds from the special development activities for 2020 notified zone of Customs without export
India will contribute USD 13.5 million for various declaration form (EDF) formality. operational activities of development across the

3 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 STATE AFFAIRS

Punjab Cabinet passes resolution to institute
The decision to switch over to the English Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Award medium in government schools has been taken
Punjab State Cabinet passed a unanimous to uplift the marginalised section of society. resolution to institute Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Yogi Adityanath inaugurates North India’s 1st Award for Promotion of Peace and Interfaith sugar mill which will produce ethanol Understanding, in commemoration of the 550th
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has Prakash Purb of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. inaugurated North India’s first sugar mill which
The award would carry a citation and a cash will produce ethanol direct from sugarcane. prize of 11 lakh rupees. This coveted award would
The mill was inaugurated in Pipraich area of be given each year and would be adjudicated by Gorakhpur. a jury to be notified by the State Government. Darjeeling’s green and white teas get GI tag Satya Pal Malik takes oath as Goa Governor
The green tea and white tea of Darjeeling have
New Governor of Goa, Satya Pal Malik took oath been registered as a geographical indication (GI) of office. Chief Justice of Mumbai High Court, products in the country. Pradeep Nandrajog administered him the oath in
This will “strengthen the protection of the a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan at Dona Paula intellectual property rights of the Darjeeling tea” near Panaji. which is considered as “niche and luxury”
Earlier, Mr Malik has been Governor of Bihar products in the country and abroad. with additional charge of Governor of Odisha and Assam Govt approves 1 Tola Gold to Brides Jammu and Kashmir. free of cost under Arundhati scheme Umang Narula assumes charge of Advisor to
Assam Govt approves Arundhati scheme to LG, Ladakh provide 1 Tola Gold to Brides free of cost.
Mr Umang Narula has assumed charge of
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal approved Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Ladakh. this scheme to give 1 tola Gold (11.66 grams ) to
1989 batch IAS officer Mr Umang Narula took brides parents belonging to the economically first-hand information from Ladakh Affairs weaker sections of the society. Department Secretary Rigzin Samphel about the
With the aim to reduce child marriage under the newly setup Union Territory. Prohibition of Child Marriage Act that a girl in Amarinder Singh launches first of its kind India cant get married before the age of 18, and ‘Punjab job helpline’for job seekers a boy cant get married before 21 years of age,
The Punjab Chief Minister(CM) Amarinder Singh this scheme can be availed by formal registration has launched a first of its kind job helpline number of the marriage under the Special Marriage 76260-76260 for the unemployed youth of the (Assam) Rules, 1954 at the time of marriage. state under ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar’ programme.
This is only limited to the weaker section of the
The objective of this helpline is to reach every society whose annual income is below Rs 5 lakh house in Punjab and it can be contacted on 75 irrespective of caste, creed, religion etc. thousand mobile numbers daily. Uttarakhand CM launches virtual classes Andhra Pradesh government launches ‘Nadu- project Nedu’ scheme
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh
Andhra Pradesh government has launched the Rawat launched a project that will connect 500 ‘Nadu-Nedu’ programme. secondary schools to virtual classrooms and
The programme aims to introduce English medium schools in the state facing a shortage of teachers from classes 1 to 6 in state-run schools. will benefit from the new technology.
The scheme will be implemented in 15,715 schools
Virtual classes are attended through video in the first phase. conferences where students can meet the
It will cover all schools in three years’ time with teacher on a real-time basis and ask questions. a budget of Rs 12,000 crores.

4 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 J&K achieves highest road length under to rural areas. PMGSY in 2019 Madhya Pradesh govt to give 5% reservation
Jammu and Kashmir have achieved the highest to sportspersons in jobs road length in the country this year so far under
Madhya Pradesh government has announced 5% a Centre’s rural roads’ programme with the reservation to national and international medallists completion of around 11,400 kilometres covering sportspersons in state government jobs. 1,838 habitations.
The announcement in this regard was made by
The work is being carried under the centrally- Madhya Pradesh Minister of Sports and Youth sponsored Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana Welfare Jitu Patwari while inaugurating the (PMGSY), which is a mega flagship programme Regional Olympic Games at Kampoo sports with the main objective of providing connectivity complex in Gwalior.

NATIONAL NEWS Secunderabad to get country’s first ‘science river will start from West Bengal’s Haldia. corridor’
National Waterway 2 (NW-2) is a section of the
A first-of-its kind ‘science corridor’ will be Brahmaputra River having a length of 891 km developed between Secunderabad East and between the Bangladesh border near Dhubri and Nagole Metro stations to create scientific temper. Sadiya in Assam. As part of it, promotional activities, especially India refuses to sign up for RCEP, says its core theme-based science and technology exhibitions, concerns remain unresolved will be organised at some metro stations.
India has decided not to join the Regional
Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited, Indian Institute Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) of Chemical Technology (IICT) and L&T Metro pact, saying it will not “compromise” on its core Rail (Hyderabad) Limited signed a MoU to issues. develop the science corridor between
All RCEP participating countries will work Secunderabad East and Nagole Metro stations at together to resolve these outstanding issues in a Hyderabad Metro Rail Bhavan. mutually satisfactory way. India’s final decision Govt releases maps of newly-created UTs of will depend on satisfactory resolution of these Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh issues. 15 RCEP countries (all members other than
The Government of India released the maps of India) had completed the negotiations for the newly created union territories of Jammu-Kashmir RCEP agreement and would sign the deal next and Ladakh and the map of India depicting these year. union territories. IIT Madras launches India’s first indigenously
According to the Home Ministry, the new Union developed ‘Standing Wheelchair’ Territory of Ladakh consists of Kargil and Leh –
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) two districts. The rest of the former state of in collaboration with Phoenix Medical Systems Jammu and Kashmir is in the new Union Territory launched India’s first indigenously-designed of Jammu and Kashmir. ‘Standing Wheelchair.
The maps prepared by Survey General of India
The standing wheel chair branded as ‘Arise’ depicting the new UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, enables a differently-abled person requiring a and Ladakh, as created on October 31, 2019, along wheelchair to shift from sitting to standing position, with the map of India. and vice versa, independently and in a controlled First-ever movement of container cargo on manner. Brahmaputra Maharashtra tops in justice delivery
The first-ever containerised cargo movement via
Maharashtra has topped the list of 18 large Indo-Bangladesh protocol route and Brahmaputra medium States in the overall first ever ranking of 5 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 Indian States on justice delivery, followed by Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast. Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Haryana.
Agni-II, an intermediate-range ballistic missile
In this category, Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttar (IRBM), has already been inducted into the armed Pradesh are at the bottom, while among seven forces. smaller States, Goa leads the group.
The two-stage ballistic missile can carry a payload Guinness World Record of most students of 1000 kg over a distance of 2000 km. assembling radio kits simultaneously created Justice SA Bobde takes oath as 47th Chief at IIS Justice of India
A Guinness World Record of most students
Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde took oath as the assembling radio kits simultaneously was created 47th Chief Justice of India. on the third day of India International Science
President Ram Nath Kovind administered him the Festival at Kolkata. oath of office at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Justice
While 490 students participated in the event, a Bobde succeeds Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who record 268 succeeded in completing the retired on 17 November. assembling process in the stipulated hours.
Justice Bobde will have a tenure of around 18
A representative of the Guinness World Records months till his retirement on April 23, 2021. presented a certificate and memento to Union
Justice Bobde was elevated as a Judge of the Minister of Science and Technology Harsh Supreme Court on April 12, 2013. Vardhan who took it on behalf of the students.
He was part of the five-judge constitution bench India to host 2023 men’s hockey World Cup which delivered the landmark Ayodhya verdict.
India will become the first country to host ISRO to launch Cartosat-3, 13 commercial consecutive World Cups after being awarded the nano satellites on Nov 25 hosting rights for the men’s 2023 edition.
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C47
The men’s event will be held from January 13- will launch Cartosat-3 and 13 commercial 29, 2023, and the women’s event from July 1-17, nanosatellites into Sun Synchronous orbit from 2022. Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR,
The women’s event will be hosted jointly by Spain Sriharikota on 25th November. and the Netherlands - the first time the event will
Cartosat-3 satellite is a third-generation agile be held across multiple countries - in 2022. The advanced satellite having high-resolution imaging FIH had proposed two windows for both events capability. — 2022 and 2023.
This will be the 74th launch vehicle mission from Indian Oil to set up 2G ethanol plant in Panipat SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota.
The Ministry of Environment has granted
PSLV-C47 is the 21st flight of PSLV in ‘XL’ clearance to the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd configuration, that is with 6 solid strap-on motors. (IOCL) to set up a Rs.766-crore 2G ethanol plant
PSLV-C47 will also carry 13 commercial in Haryana’s Panipat district. nanosatellites from the United States of America
The Ethanol produced in the plant will be as part of a commercial arrangement with exclusively used to blend transportation fuels. The NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), Department of project also aims at doubling farmers income. Space. Brazilian President to be Republic Day chief Amit Shah launches special winter-grade diesel guest for Ladakh
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has accepted
Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to be supply of special winter-grade diesel for high the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations altitude Ladakh, which faces sub-zero in 2020. temperatures during the winter months. First night trial of Agni II missile conducted
Motorists in high-altitude areas like Ladakh, successfully Kargil, Kaza and Keylong face the problem of
India has successfully conducted the first night freezing of diesel in their vehicles when winter trial of Agni-II, its versatile surface-to-surface temperatures drop to as low as minus 30-degree medium-range nuclear-capable missile from Dr celsius.

6 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 Cabinet approves establishment of the National international Institutes and facilitate the integration Institute of Sowa Rigpa (NISR) of different systems of medicine.
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister
The objective is to establish the National Institute Narendra Modi approved the establishment of the of Sowa-Rigpa (NISR) as an apex Institute for National Institute for Sowa-Rigpa in Leh, Ladakh. Sowa-Rigpa with aim of bringing a valid and useful
The Institute will be an autonomous National synergy between Traditional Wisdom of Sowa- Institute under Ministry of AYUSH with the Rigpa and modern science, tools and technology. mandate to undertake interdisciplinary education
It will help to promote interdisciplinary research and research programmes in Sowa-Rigpa in & education of Sowa-Rigpa. collaboration with premier national and

GLOBAL NEWS

Spain to host COP-25 climate summit in developed by the Shenzhen Aerospace Oriental December Red Sea Satellite Co.
Spain will host the Conference of the Parties
The satellite was launched aboard China’s Long (COP-15) climate summit in December, after March-4B rocket along with other Chinese Chile abandoned plans to hold it due to deadly satellites including Gaofen 7, Xiaoxiang-1 08, anti-government protests. Whampoa 1 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch
The COP Bureau has agreed that COP-25 will Center in northern China. take place from 2-13 December in Madrid. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan re-elected China rolls out 5G telecom services as President of UAE
China’s three major state-run telecom operators
The UAE’s Supreme Council of the Union has have unveiled their 5G network, as the country re-elected His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed aims at becoming the global leader in next Al Nahyan as its President for a fourth five-year generation telecom technology surpassing the US term, in accordance with the provisions of the and other western nations. The US, the UK and UAE Constitution. South Korea have already rolled out their 5G
President Sheikh Khalifa was first elected networks this year, according to a BBC report. President of the UAE by the Supreme Council Guyana to be fastest growing country in the of the Union on 3rd November, 2004. world next year at 86% Mauritius elects incumbent Prime Minister for
According to the International Monetary Fund 5-year term (IMF), Guyana’s GDP is expected to be more at
Mauritius’ ruling Militant Socialist Movement 86% in 2020 after expanding 4.4% in 2019. (MSM) has won more than half of the seats in
This growth expectation had done after Exxon Parliament, securing incumbent Prime Minister Mobil Corp.’s discovery of oil at Guyana. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth a five year term, in the Guyana’s economy will grow more than three final election results. times within five years. NASA unveils its first electric airplane
Guyana’ GDP is to get fourteen times as fast as
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space China’s GDP in 2020. Guyana is projecting $300 Administration) has launched its 1st all-electric million in petroleum revenue in 2020. experimental aircraft named the X-57 China launches Sudan’s first ever satellite “Maxwell”. “SRSS-1”
It is NASA’s 1st crewed X-plane (experimental
Sudan’s first-ever satellite for conducting research plane) in nearly 2 decades adapted from Italian in military, economic and space technology has Tecnam P2006T aircraft. been launched by China.
The aircraft is expected to be operational by late
Sudan’s remote-sensing satellite (SRSS-1), was 2020. 7 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 NASA detects huge X-ray burst from outer Gotabaya Rajapaksa elected president of Sri space Lanka
NASA has detected a massive thermonuclear
Sri Lanka’s former wartime defence chief explosion coming from outer space, caused by a Gotabaya Rajapaksa, part of the country’s most massive thermonuclear flash on the surface of a powerful political dysnasty, has been elected pulsar. president.
The crushed remains of a star that long ago
Gotabaya was sworn in as seventh President of exploded as a supernova. The explosion released Sri Lanka. as much energy in 20 seconds as the Sun does in
Rajapaksa, the candidate for the SLPP, the nearly 10 days. Sinhalese-Buddhist nationalist party, claimed an
NASA’s Neutron Star Interior Composition easy victory in the election. Explorer (NICER) telescope on the International Pakistan successfully tests nuclear-capable Space Station (ISS) detected a sudden spike of missile X-rays on August 20, reports the US space
Pakistan successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable agency. surface-to-surface ballistic missile which can
The X-ray burst, the brightest seen by NICER strike targets up to 650 km. so far, came from an object named “J1808”.
The launch of the Shaheen-I missile was held as
The observations reveal many phenomena that part of a training exercise “aimed at testing the have never been seen together in a single burst. operational readiness of Army Strategic Forces Iran discovers new oil field with 53 Bn barrels Command”. of reserves Abe becomes Japan’s longest-serving premier:
Iran has discovered a new oilfield with 53 billion 2,887 days barrels of crude oil in Khuzestan province, home
Shinzo Abe entered the history books as Japan’s to Iran’s Khuzestan’s crucial oil industry. longest-serving premier, topping the record
The new oil field discovered is 2,400 square previously set by Taro Katsura, a revered kilometres (925 square miles), with the deposit politician who served three times between 1901 some 80 metres (260 feet) deep. and 1913. Sri Lanka becomes 1st South Asian country to
The 65-year-old is also the second-longest-serving call match fixing a crime leader of the Group of Seven major economies
Sri Lanka has become the first South Asian nation behind only German Chancellor Angela Merkel, to bring match-fixing cases to the category of who has been in office since 2005 crime as its parliament passed a bill related to
Abe’s tenure likely to last until at least September ‘Prevention of Offences Related to Sports’. 2021.
This new legislation related to match-fixing and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella tops Fortune’s corruption will apply to all sports & if a person is Businessperson of the Year 2019 list found guilty of corruption in the game, he can be
Microsoft’s India-born Chief Executive Officer punished for up to 10 years and also be required Satya Nadella has occupied the top spot in to pay other fines. Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year 2019 list. Bill Gates tops Jeff Bezos as world’s richest
The list also includes Mastercard CEO Ajay
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates overtook Banga and Arista head Jayshree Ullal. Banga is Amazon’s Jeff Bezos as the world’s richest ranked 8th, while Ullal comes in at the 18th spot person reclaiming the top ranking for the first time in the list for which Fortune looked at 10 financial in more than two years. factors ranging from a total return to shareholders
Gates may have been helped in part by the to return on capital. Both Banga and Ullal are of Pentagon’s surprise decision announced October Indian-origin. 25 to award a $10 billion cloud- computing
Fortune’s annual Businessperson of the Year list contract to Microsoft over Amazon. Shares of features 20 business leaders “who tackled Microsoft have since climbed 4%, giving Gates a audacious goals, overcame impossible odds, found $110 billion fortune, according to the Bloomberg creative solutions”. Billionaires Index.

8 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 Oxford Dictionary names ‘Climate Emergency’ also included “climate action,” “climate denial,” its 2019 Word of the Year “eco-anxiety,” “extinction” and “flight shame.
Oxford Dictionaries has named “climate
The word is selected because it shows the emergency” as its 2019 Word of the Year, increase in usage since 2018. choosing it from an all-environmental shortlist that

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Sanjeev Nandan Sahai appointed as Secretary, as the chairman of the LPAI on the Ministry of Power recommendations of a search-cum-selection
Sanjeev Nandan Sahai assumed charge as panel. Secretary, Ministry of Power. Prior to this, he was Former President of FICCI & Industrialist serving as the Special Secretary in the Ministry K.K. Modi passes away of Power.
Former President of Federation of Indian Dhanlaxmi Bank MD, CEO T. Latha resigns Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
Private sector lender Dhanlaxmi Bank managing and Chairman of Modi Enterprises Krishnan director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) Kumar Modi(K.K.Modi) passed away. T. Latha has resigned. The bank’s board has
He was also the president of the confederation accepted the resignation. of Asia-pacific chambers of commerce and
She was appointed as MD and CEO of Dhanlaxmi industry from 2002 to 2006. He hailed from Patiala Bank for three years due to the retirement of district, Punjab. former MD and CEO G Sreeram. Former Maharashtra minister Babasaheb Pavan Kapoor appointed as Ambassador to Dhabekar passes away UAE
Former Maharashtra minister and senior Congress
Pavan Kapoor, a 1990 batch Indian Foreign party leader Babasaheb Dhabekar passed away. Service officer took charge as the new
He served as water resource minister in the 1990s Ambassador to UAE. during the Shiv Sena-BJP (Bharatiya Janata
Ambassador Kapoor replaced Navdeep Singh Party) alliance government. Suri. Government clears Justice A.A. Kureshi’s
During his diplomatic career, Pavan Kapoor has appointment served in different capacities at the Indian
The government have cleared the Supreme Court Missions in Moscow, Kyiv, London and Geneva. Collegium’s recommendation to appoint Justice Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal sworn in as Chief A.A. Kureshi as the Chief Justice of the Tripura Justice of MP High Court High Court.
Justice Ajay Kumar Mittal was sworn in as the Eminent Bengali writer Nabanita Deb Sen is Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court dead today. Governor Lalji Tandon administered him
Award-winning poet, writer and acclaimed teacher the oath of office at Raj Bhavan. Nabanita Deb Sen passed away in her south Aditya Mishra appointed as chairman of Land Kolkata residence after prolonged illness. She was Ports Authority of India 81.
Senior IPS officer Aditya Mishra was appointed
A Sahitya Akademi and Padma Shri awardee, as the chairman of the Land Ports Authority of Ms. Deb Sen will be best remembered for her India (LPAI). feminist take on the Ramayana, which she has
He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh analysed from the perspective of Sita. Her book, cadre. The Appointments Committee of the Sitayana, was translated into many languages and Cabinet has approved the appointment of Mishra read across the world, establishing her as a

9 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 formidable feminist writer. from the Indian subcontinent and is related to the Arvind Singh takes over as AAI chairman South Indian Carnatic tradition.
Arvind Singh, a 1988-batch IAS officer of Former chief election commissioner TN Maharashtra cadre, took charge as the chairman Seshan passes away of the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Former chief election commissioner TN Seshan Dr. Vinaya Shetty appointed as IODA’s 1st passed away. A 1955 batch IAS officer of the Indian and Asian General Vice President Tamil Nadu cadre, Seshan had led the Election
Dr Vinaya Shetty is the first Indian to be elected Commission from 1990 to 1996. to the position of General Vice President (GVP), Mohammad Imran appointed Bangladesh High International Organisation Development Commissioner to India Association (IODA) since its inception in 1986.
Mohammad Imran has been appointed as the new Google has appointed Sanjay Gupta as its new High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India. He country manager and vice-president is currently Bangladesh’s Ambassador to United
Google has appointed former Disney India Arab Emirates. He succeeds Syed Muazzem Ali. executive Sanjay Gupta as its new country Mukesh Kumar Gupta & Rajkumar are new manager and vice-president of sales and MDs of LIC operations for India.
Mukesh Kumar Gupta and Raj Kumar have taken Sahitya Akademi awardee writer Nabaneeta charge as new Managing Directors of LIC. Dev Sen passes away Justice AP Sahi sworn-in as Chief Justice of
Sahitya Akademi awardee writer Nabaneeta Dev Madras High Court Sen passed away.
Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi was sworn-in as
A poet, novelist and short-story writer, Dev Sen Chief Justice of the Madras High Court. won the Sahitya Akademi award in 1999 for her
Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit book ‘Naba-Nita’. She was also the recipient of administered the oath of office to Justice Sahi. the Padma Shri in 2000. Justice Sahi replaces Justice VK Tahilramani, Anjani Kumar appointed as next Ambassador who quit on September 6. of India to the Republic of Mali Unilever appoints Nils Andersen as new
The Ministry of external affairs (MEA) Chairman announced Anjani Kumar was the next
British-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever ambassador of India to the Republic of Mali. named non-executive director Nils Andersen as
He is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Officer of its new chairman to utilise his deep experience batch 2003. He will replace Pradeep Kumar across consumer goods and logistics industries. Gupta.
Andersen will replace Marijn Dekkers. CJI Ranjan Gogoi releases Assamese version ITDC appoints Kamala Vardhana Rao as its new of book ‘Courts of India: Past to Present’ Chairman and MD
Chief Justice of India Justice Ranjan Gogoi
India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) released the Assamese version of the book has appointed G Kamala Vardhana Rao as the ‘Courts of India: Past to Present’ in Guwahati, new Chairman and Managing Director. Assam. Prakash Javadekar takes charge as Minister
The book has been published by the Publication of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises division. The various chapters of the book narrate
Prakash Javadekar took charge as the Union the historical events of the court. Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Padma Shri Dhrupad vocalist Ramakant Enterprises. This decision was taken after Shiv Gundecha passes away Sena leader Arvind Sawant resigned from the
Padma Shri-awardee Dhrupad vocalist Ramakant Union Cabinet. Gundecha passed away.
Javadekar also holds information & broadcasting,
He was awarded the Padma Shri for 2012 in the and environment, forest and climate change field of Art – Indian Classical Music – Vocal along portfolios. with his brother Umakant Gundecha. Justice Muhammad Raffiq takes oath as Chief
Dhrupad is a genre in Hindustani classical music Justice of Meghalaya HC

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Justice Muhammad Raffiq took oath as Chief appointed as Indian Army’s first female Judge Justice of Meghalaya High Court. He succeeds Advocate General officer to be deployed on a Ajay Kumar Mittal who is now the Chief Justice foreign mission. of Madhya Pradesh High Court.
She will serve the government of the East African Nilam Sawhney appointed as Andhra Pradesh country of Seychelles as a legal expert & would Chief Secretary give her opinion about defence and military act.
Senior IAS officer Nilam Sawhney has been Lieutenant Shivangi is the first-ever woman appointed as the Chief Secretary of Andhra pilot for Navy Pradesh.
The first woman pilot, Lieutenant Shivangi, will
She has become the first woman Chief Secretary join naval operations on completion of operational of Andhra Pradesh. training here on December 2. She hails from
She belongs to the 1984 batch of the IAS and Muzzafarpur, Bihar. from AP Cadre.
She was inducted into Indian Navy as SSC (Pilot)
She will replace Neerabh Kumar who is holding as part of 27 NOC course in Indian Naval the additional charge as the Chief Secretary of Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala. Andhra Pradesh. Kerala cadre IAS officer to head UN tourism Renowned mathematician Vashishtha Narayan body Singh passes away
Kerala cadre senior IAS officer Suman Billa is
Renowned mathematician Vashishtha Narayan set to join the United Nations World Tourism Singh passed away. He was born in 1942 in Organisation (UNWTO) at its headquarters in Basantpur village of the Bhojpur district in Bihar, Madrid, Spain. Narayan Singh was said to have challenged
He will take charge next week as Director, Einstein’s theory of relativity. Technical Cooperation and Silk Road
He completed his PhD on cycle vector space Development at the D1 level at UNWTO, a theory in 1969 and served as a professor at the specialised agency responsible for the promotion Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur(IITK) and of responsible, sustainable and universally the Indian Statistical Institute(ISI), Kolkata. accessible tourism. Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan takes oath as Chief Bipin Rawat to be first Chief of Defence Staff Justice of Jharkhand HC
General Bipin Rawat to be first Chief of Defence
Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan took oath as the Chief Staff. He will end his tenure as the Army Chief in Justice of Jharkhand High Court. December 2019.
He has been appointed as the 13th Chief Justice
He will take over as the first Chief of Defence of the Jharkhand High Court. Staff – a four-star position being created as part Sudhir Mital elected president of Gymnastics of a defence management overhaul. Federation of India
He will get a term of 2 years as the CDS.
Former Competition Commission of India
He took over as the 27th Chief of Army Staff on chairman Sudhir Mital and Shantikumar Singh 31 December 2016 after General Dalbir Singh were elected as president and general secretary retired. respectively, of the Gymnastics Federation of India Australian writer & broadcaster Clive James (GFI). passes away
Sudhir Mital is a retired IAS officer of Punjab
Australian writer and broadcaster, Clive James cadre, was also a former president and worked passed away. as GFI chief from 2003 to 2007.
He was born in 1939, he moved to England in Lt Col Jyoti Sharma appointed as Army’s first 1961 and rose to prominence as a literary critic female JAG officer and TV columnist.
Lieutenant Colonel Jyoti Sharma has been

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Maisnam Meiraba clinches Korea Jr Open Smriti becomes fastest Indian women to score Title 2019 2000 ODI runs
India’s Maisnam Meiraba Luwang clinched the
Smriti Mandhana became the fastest Indian boys’ singles U-19 title at the Woncheon Yonex women cricketer to smash 2,000 runs in ODIs. Korea Junior Open Badminton International
With 2,025 runs in 51 innings, Mandhana is also Challenge 2019 in Miryang, Korea. the third-fastest woman to reach the milestone.
Meanwhile, the eighth seed, Sathish Kumar Women’s boxing icon Nicola Adams announced Karunakaran, who had bowed out to Luwang retirement 16-21, 22-24 in the semi-final claimed bronze in
Two-time Olympic boxing champion Nicola the same category. Adams (37 years) announced her retirement from 3Pooja Gehlot wins silver in UWW Under-23 the sport on medical advice due to the World Championships vulnerability of losing eyesight.
Pooja Gehlot (53kg) in wrestling claimed India’s
She became the first-ever women’s Olympic second silver medal after going down to Japan’s boxing champion at London 2012 in the United Haruna Okuno in the finals of the UWW Under- Kingdom(UK), and also the first female boxer 23 World Championships in Budapest. to become a double Olympic champion after Novak Djokovic won the Paris Masters 2019 winning a second gold medal at the Rio Olympics title 2016, in Brazil.
Novak Djokovic won the Paris Masters 2019 title. Aradhya and Srishti are National junior chess He won the title for the fifth time. champions
He sealed his 34th Master’s title and fifth overall
Delhi’s Aradhya Garg claimed a sixth straight ATP victory of the year 2019. victory and became the National junior chess Lakshya Sen wins SaarLorLux Open champion. The girls’ title went to Maharashtra’s badminton tournament Srishti Pandey.
India’s Lakshya Sen has won the SaarLorLux
Garg was seeded a distant 20th and Srishti sixth. Open badminton tournament at Saarbrücken in Indian-origin boy breaks Praggnanandhaa’s Germany. youngest International Master (IM) record
He defeated Sen Weng Hong Yang of China.
At 10 years 9 months and 3 days, Abhimanyu Lakshya, seeded eighth, needed 59 minutes to Mishra became the youngest International overcome Weng 17-21 21-18 21-16 in the summit Master (IM) in the world. clash for his third successive singles title of the
Abhimanyu, an American boy with Indian roots, season. bettered Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa’s South Africa wins Rugby World Cup 2019 record of being the youngest IM by 17 days.
South Africa defeated England’s team by 32-12 Javelin thrower Sundar Singh wins gold in scores in the final of the 9 edition of Rugby World World Para Athletics Championships Cup 2019 held at International Stadium,
Javelin thrower Sundar Singh Gurjar has won Yokohama, Japan. India’s second gold defending his World Para
This was the 3 time the South African(SA) team Athletics Championships title in the men’s F-46 reached the final of the World Cup and won the javelin throw event in Dubai. tournament.
With this, India has secured three Tokyo Manu Bhaker bags gold medal in Asian Paralympic Games quota, along with the bronze Shooting Championships 2019 winner Ajeet Singh and Rinku.
Manu Bhaker won gold medal in women’s 10m Saurabh Chaudhary wins silver medal in Men’s air pistol event. She put up a dominant showing, 10m air pistol event at Asian Championship shooting 584 in qualification and 244.3 in the final
Saurabh Chaudhary claimed the silver medal in to take gold. men’s 10m air pistol event at the 14th Asian
While Vivaan Kapoor and Manisha Keer also Championship in Doha. won the yellow metal in junior trap mixed event
World Cup and Asian Games gold-medallist shot at the Asian Shooting Championships 2019. 244.5 to finish second on the podium behind North 12 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 Korea’s Kim Song Guk, who won the top prize tournament. with a world record 246.5. Iran’s Foroughi Javed Korea’s Kim Joo Hyung wins Panasonic Open bagged the bronze.
South Korea’s Kim Joo Hyung has won the
In all, India picked up eight medals on the day. Panasonic Open held at the Classic Golf and India won six Olympic quotas across events from Country Club in Gurugram, India. the prestigious championship, taking their total to
India’s Shiv Kapur finished tied runner-up with 15. S. Chikkarangappa. Thomas Dennerby takes charge as Indian Head
The victory has made Hyung the second- Coach in FIFA U-17 Women’s WC youngest winner behind Thailand’s Chinnarat
All India Football Federation (AIFF) has Phadugsil on the Tour at 17 years and 149 days. announced the appointment of Thomas Dennerby IAAF officially changes its name to “World (Sweden) as the Indian head coach of the Athletics” Women’s U-17 football team.
The International Association of Athletics
The FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Federations (IAAF) has officially changed its Association) U-17(under 17) women’s football name and will now be known as “World World Cup 2020 will be hosted by India. Athletics”.
Thomas led the Sweden Women’s national team
The IAAF was founded in 1912 as the to finish third in the FIFA World Cup in 2011. International Amateur Athletic Federation and
He previously worked as coach of Super Falcons, changed its name to the “International Association the Nigerian women’s national team to the 2019 of Athletics Federations” in 2001. FIFA World Cup in France. Harmeet Desai claims Indonesia Open TT
He was also awarded the coach of the year for Championship 2018 in Nigeria.
Indian paddler Harmeet Desai wins men’s singles FIFA bans three football officials for life for title at International Table Tennis Federation corruption (ITTF) Challenge Indonesia Open 2019 Table
FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Tennis tournament held at Batam, Indonesia. Association) has banned 3 South American Sarita Devi elected as member of AIBA football officials for a lifetime for connection with athletes commission a 2015 corruption scandal in football.
Laishram Sarita Devi (Manipur) is among the 6
The three officials who were banned were boxers from 5 continents who were elected as Former Peru Football Federation Manuel Burga members of AIBA Athletes Commission. and Argentinian officials Eduardo Deluca and
She was inspired by Muhammad Ali’s Jose Luis Meiszner. achievements and turned professional in boxing FIFA names Arsene Wenger as global football in the year 2000. She is DSP in Manipur Police. development chief Shooter Shreyasi Singh crowned National
Veteran coach Arsene Wenger has been named Champion in Women’s Trap FIFA’s Chief of global football development.
Reigning Commonwealth Games champion
The former Arsenal and Monaco coach would Shreyasi Singh won the women’s Trap Gold at be responsible for the growth of the game for the ongoing 63rd National Shooting Championship both men and women around the world and would for shotgun events in New Delhi. also be the leading authority on technical matters,
Shreyasi representing Bihar shot 42 out of 50 including potential changes to the sport’s laws. birds to claim the crown, while Rajeshwari from India set to host World Kabaddi cup 2019 in Punjab managed 38 hits to settle for silver. Punjab Brazil beats Mexico to lift U-17 World Cup title
The 2019 World Kabaddi Cup will take place
The Brazilian football team defeated the football from December 1 to 9 and will be organised by team of Mexico in the finals for 2-1, to win the the Punjab government in Punjab. 18th edition of the FIFA (Fédération
This year’s tournament will be dedicated to the Internationale de Football Association) under 17 550th birth anniversary of Sikh guru, Guru Nanak World Cup trophy held in Brasilia, Brazil. Dev Ji.
The victory added to Brazil’s successes in 1997,
Nine teams: India, USA, Australia, England, Sri 1999 and 2003 as it moved within one of Nigeria’s Lanka, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan and record of five championships. Canada are expected to take part in the 13 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 Manu Bhaker bags gold medal in ISSF World South Korea. Cup Finals
India secured the second position in the team
India’s Manu Bhaker created history at World championship category at the same event. Cup Finals in Women’s 10m Air Pistol event. Rafael Nadal wins Davis Cup title 2019
She bagged India’s first gold medal in the
Rafael Nadal has clinched 6th Davis Cup title tournament this year. for Spain after beating Denis Shapovalov of
She shot 244.7 to claim the top prize in the season- Canada in front of a jubilant home crowd in ending tournament of International Shooting Sport Madrid. Federation at Putian in China.
Nadal defeated Shapovalov 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) to
Serbia’s Zorana Arunovic won the silver while clinch Spain’s 2-0 win against Canada. Quian Wang of China bagged the bronze. Lakshya Sen wins Scottish Open title Bodybuilder Chitahresh Natesan crowned Mr
India’s Lakshya Sen has won the Scottish Open Universe 2019 badminton men’s singles title, defeating Brazilian
Chitahresh Natesan 33yr old former hockey Ygor Coelho to seal his fourth title in 3 months. player turned bodybuilder also known as the
Entering the tournament as the top seed, the world ‘Indian Monster’ by bodybuilding circles became number 41 registered an 18-21, 21-18, 21-19 win the first Indian to win ‘Mr. Universe (Pro) 2019’ in 56 minutes to claim the title in Glasgow, in 90kg category at the 11th World Bodybuilding Scotland. and Physique Sports Championship(WBPF) in


AWARDS

Nawazuddin Siddiqui wins Golden Dragon conferred to French Actress Isabelle Huppert. Award at 2019 CIFF Writer Anand selected for 27th Ezhuthachan
Indian actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been Puraskaram 2019 awarded the prestigious Golden Dragon Award
Noted writer Anand has been selected for the for his works in Hindi cinema at the Cardiff 27th Ezhuthachan Puraskaram 2019. International Film Festival (CIFF ) 2019 held in
This award is given by Kerala Sahitya Akademi Wales, United Kingdom. Award and the Government of Kerala.

Veteran Hollywood star-actress Dame Judith He was chosen for his overall contributions to Olivia Dench was also honoured with the Lifetime Malayalam language and Literature. His real Achievement award at the ceremony. name is P.Satchidanandan uses the pseudonym, Pepsico India wins US award for saving water Anand.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo presented Sudarsan Pattnaik selected for Italian Golden the prestigious Award for Corporate Excellence Sand Art Award
to Pepsico India. International acclaimed Sand Artist Sudarsan
This award is given for its efforts to save more Pattnaik who belongs to Odisha has been selected than 17 billion of litres of water by conducting for the prestigious Italian Golden Sand Art Award various community programs and replenished 2019. over 5 billion litres of water, by impacting 60,000 Neeraj sharma wins ‘Early career researcher community members. of the year 2019’ award

This award is given by the U.S. Department of Indian-origin researcher Neeraj Sharma has been State’s Bureau of Economic and Business given the ‘Early Career Researcher of the Year Affairs. award’ by the Australian government. Rajinikanth to be honoured special Icon award
This award is given for developing next-generation at IFFI battery systems such as a sodium-ion battery that
The 50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will leave a minimal environmental impact.
honoured superstar Rajinikanth with a special Icon He is a professor at the University of South Wales of Golden Jubilee Award and the Life Time (UNSW)’s School of Chemistry. Achievement Award for a Foreign Artiste 14 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 Serbia’s Sara Damnjanovic wins “Miss Asia Robert De Niro to be conferred with SAG Life Global title 2019” Achievement award
The 5th Edition of ‘Miss Asia Global Title 2019’
Hollywood veteran and double Oscar winner was organized at Gokulam Convention centre in Robert De Niro will receive the SAG-AFTRA’s Kochi, Kerala. Sara Damnjanovic from Serbia highest tribute: the SAG Life Achievement Award has been crowned ‘Miss Asia Global 2019’. for career achievement and humanitarian Infosys Prize 2019 for science and research accomplishment, at the 26th edition of the
The award is given annually to honour outstanding ceremony 2019. achievements of contemporary researchers and
The SAG Life Achievement Award is given scientists across six categories are: Humanities: annually to an actor who fosters the “finest ideals Manu V. Devadevan, Life Sciences: Manjula of the acting profession”. Reddy, Mathematical Sciences: Sidhartha Mishra, Movie “Bhonsle” Wins awards at Asian Film Physical Sciences: G. Mugesh, Social Sciences: Festival Barcelona Anand Pandian, Engineering and Computer
The Critically acclaimed movie “Bhonsle” has Science: Sunita Sarawagi. The annual award won prestigious awards at the Asian Film Festival includes a pure gold medal, a citation and a prize Barcelona. purse worth $100,000 or it’s equivalent in the
The film has bagged two awards in the ‘Best Indian rupees. Screenplay’ and ‘Best Director’ categories at the Gulab Kothari to be awarded Raja Ram Mohan festival. The film is directed by Devashish Roy Award Makhija.
Rajasthan Patrika group chairman Gulab Kothari
Bhonsle revolves around a police constable has been chosen for the prestigious Raja Ram played by Manoj Bajpayee, who tries to help in Mohan Roy Award, presented by the Press the struggles of migrants and their battles with Council of India, for his outstanding contribution the local politicians. towards journalism. Veteran actors Sridevi and Rekha conferred George Schaller award for wildlife biologist with ANR National Award
Wildlife biologist K. Ullas Karanth, Director,
The veteran actors Sridevi and Rekha were Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bengaluru, was conferred with the Akkineni Nageswara Rao awarded the George Schaller Lifetime Award in National Award for 2018 and 2019 respectively. Wildlife Conservation Science for his contribution
The award was presented by renowned Telugu to the field of conservation. actor Chiranjeevi.
He is the first recipient of the award instituted by
The award is instituted by the Akkineni the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), New International Foundation and honours those who York. have made a lasting impact on Indian cinema. Kumar Mangalam Birla conferred ABLF Global Bajrang Punia, Mahant Gaurav Sharma Asian award honoured in Dubai
Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the Aditya
Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia has been conferred Birla Group, was conferred the ABLF Global the Indian Personality of the Year Award (Sports) Asian Award, for “powerful individual whose at the Indo Arab Leaders Summit & Awards 2019 business footprint and commitment to excellence in Dubai. have engaged international interest and attention”.
World powerlifting champion Mahant Gaurav Indian wins BRICS-Young Innovator Prize Sharma was also honoured with Visionary
Ravi Prakash, a PhD scholar of ICAR-National Leaders of the Year (Sports) award. Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore, has won the Naturalist Sir David Attenborough will receive $25,000 BRICS-Young Innovator Prize for Indira Gandhi peace prize 2019 inventing an affordable indigenous milk chilling
The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament unit for smaller and marginal rural dairy farmers. and Development for 2019 will be conferred on
Prakash was a part of 21- member delegation renowned naturalist and broadcaster Sir David sent to Brazil by the Department of Science and Attenborough for his tireless work to preserve Technology for the 4th BRICS Young Scientist and protect biodiversity. Forum, 2019.
The award consists of a monetary award of 25
The unit can bring down the temperature of raw lakhs and a citation. The 2017 Prize had gone to milk from 37°C to 7°C within 30 minutes. 15 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 former Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh. World Athlete of the Year awards. Virat Kohli named PETA India’s Person of the
Kipchoge, claimed governing body World Year Athletics’ year-ending prize in Monaco after
India captain Virat Kohli was named People for making history last month when he ran the the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India’s marathon distance of 42.195 kilometres (26.219 ‘Person of the Year for 2019’ for his animal miles) in 1hr 59min 40.2sec. advocacy efforts. Ekalabya award 2019 for Odia weightlifter Jhilli
Kohli’s efforts to improve conditions for animals Dalabehera include sending a letter on PETA India’s behalf
Odia women weightlifter Jhilli Dalabehera, who to officials calling for the release of Malti, an has brought laurels for both the State and the elephant used for rides at Amer Fort, who was country in several national and international reportedly violently beaten by eight men. events, will receive the 27th Ekalabya Award for Swachh Survekshan Grameen Awards 2019 2019.
The Union Minister of the Ministry of Chemical
The annual award instituted by Indian Metals and Fertilizers, conferred the Swachh Survekshan Public Charitable Trust (IMPaCT) comprises a Grameen 2019 awards to top-ranked states, union cash prize of Rs 5 lakh along with a citation. territories, and districts in the various categories Billie Eilish is Billboard’s 2019 ‘Woman of the on the occasion of World Toilet Day at Pravasi Year’ Bhartiya Kendra, New Delhi.
Singer Billie Eilish will be honoured as Billboard’s
The top-ranked state: Tamil Nadu, and the top- 2019 Woman of the Year. ranked district: Peddapalli (Telangana), along with
Pop star Taylor Swift will also be honoured at the state with the maximum citizen participation: Billboard’s event, receiving the inaugural Woman Uttar Pradesh. of the Decade award. Greta Thunberg awarded international Royal Aeronautical Society honour for DRDO children’s peace prize chief G Satheesh Reddy
Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg was
Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) London has awarded an international children’s peace prize, conferred the Honorary Fellowship of the Society for her work in the struggle against climate change for the year 2019 to G Satheesh Reddy,Secretary which has resonated with schoolchildren across Department of Defence R&D and Chairman the world. DRDO.
Cameroonian peace activist Divina Maloum, aged
He is the first Indian recipient of this prestigious 15, also received the International Children’s award in over 100 years. Peace Prize, for her fighting spirit and ‘Peaceful
The Society’s highest award is bestowed in struggle’ against Boko Haram jihadist group. recognition of Reddy’s pioneering technological Marathon man Kipchoge, hurdle heroine contributions over the past three decades which Muhammad win Athlete of the Year has enabled the country to realise frontline military
Eliud Kipchoge, the first man to run a marathon systems and world-class missile technologies. in less than two hours, and 400 metres hurdles
This fellowship is considered as Nobel Prize in world champion Dalilah Muhammad won the the aerospace.

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MADHYA PRADESH largest state in India by area(308,000 sq. km) 6. After India’s independence, Nagpur was its “HEART OF INDIA” capital. However, in 1956 the state was reorganized and Bhopal became its new capital. 1.Capita - Bhopal th 2.Governor- Lalji Tandon 7.The Khajuraho monuments- The 10 century 3. CM- Kamal Nath world heritage site 4. Neighboring States- 5 (Uttar Pradesh, 8. The Caves of Bhimbetka- A collection of 600 Chhatisgarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan) caves and is considered one of the oldest cave 5. After Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh is the second collections in India. 16 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019

9. Ujjain-‘The City of Temples’ singers like Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar, Kumbh-Mela is hosted on the banks of the river Shipra actor Arjun Rampal, actress Jaya Bachchan 10. Protected Areas: National Parks; Bandhavgarh National Park, Kanha (Bhaduri) and cricketers like Mansoor Ali Khan National Park, Satpura National Park, Sanjay Pataudi, Amay Khurasia, and Narendra Hirwani National Park, Madhav National Park, Van Vihar National Park, Mandla Plant Fossils National among many others. Park, Panna National Park, Pench National 18. Natural Resources- Park and Dinosaur National Park, Dhar 11. Project Tiger areas. Balaghat is famous for bauxite, copper, manganese, Kanha, Bandhavgarh, Pench, Panna, and and dolomite. Panna is the most famous diamond Satpura National Parks mine, while Betul and Chhatarpur are known for 12. State symbols fireclay, china clay, and coal reserves. Title Symbol 19.The Jungle Book Connection- State animal Barasingha (Rucervus The famous novel ‘Jungle Book’ by Rudyard duvaucelii) Kipling draws its inspiration from the forests of State bird Indian paradise flycatcher Pench Tiger Reserve and Kanha National Park. (Terpsiphone paradisi) 20.The Historic City of Gwalior State tree banyan tree (ficus bengalensis) A tourist center surrounded by historic monuments, State fish Mahasheer (Tor tor) forts, museums etc. State Flower Madonna lily (Lilium candidum) 21.The Elegance of a Silken Touch 13. Rivers Since the 11th century, the exquisite hand-woven Narmada, Tapti,Chambal, Shipra,. Kali Chanderi sarees adorn the historic town of Chanderi Sindh, Parbati, Kuno, Sind, Betwa, Dhasan and Ken in Madhya Pradesh. 14.Main Tribal Groups – 22.Be Enlightened At Sanchi Gond, Bhil, Baiga, Korku, Bhadia (or Bhariya), The Stupas of Sanchi were constructed on the orders Halba, Kaul, Mariya, Malto and Sahariya of Emperor Ashoka the Great. 15.Culture 23.Jahaz Mahal in Mandu(1436-1439) #World Heritage Sites by UNESCO: It stands floating over the twin lakes- Munj Talao The Khajuraho Group Of Monuments (1986) and Kapur Talao that makes Jahaz Mahal look as if Including Devi Jagadambi it’s floating. Temple, Khajuraho, Buddhist Monuments At 24.Queen of Satpura- Pachmarhi Sanchi (1989) And The Rock Shelters Of Discovered by Captain James Forsyth in 1857, Bhimbetka (2003). Pachmarhi is Madhya Pradesh’s only hill station 16. The Major Folk Dances – that offers a refreshing escape from steamy central Rai, Karma, Saila, Matki, Gangaur, Badhai, Baredi, India. Situated at 1100 m, Pachmarhi is popularly Naurata, Ahiri and Bhagoria. known as ‘Satpura ki Rani’ (Queen of Satpura). 17.Birthplace of Legends- 25.Host To India’s Largest Water Carnival Madhya Pradesh has been home to numerous famous Every year, Hanuwantiya hosts India’s only and personalities. Freedom fighter – Chandra Shekhar largest water carnival, Jal Mahotsav, which is India’s one of its kind water festivals.( Indira Sagar Dam Azad, children rights activist – Kailash Satyarthi, on River Narmada)

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1. Who is the recently appointed chairman of 10.A school located in which city has won the Airports Authority of India (October 2019)? Guinness World Record for becoming the (a) Arvind Singh (b) Sukhbir Singh Sandhu ‘world’s largest school’ in terms of strength of (c) Sanjiv Saran (d) Bhupendra Singh students? 2. Recently, Paralympics champion Marieke (a) Mumbai (b) Hyderabad Vervoort ended her life through euthanasia at (c) Lucknow (d) Dehradun the age of 40 to end her sufferings due to 11. Which Indian public sector bank has recently degenerative muscle disease. She was from launched an healthcare insurance policy in which country? collaboration with Universal Sompo General (a) Spain (b) Belgium Insurance Company Ltd? (c) France (d) Italy (a) Canara Bank 3. Which professional football club has recently (b) Indian Overseas Bank conferred life membership to Nobel laureate (c) Union Bank of India Abhijit Banerjee? (d) Bank of India (a) Bengaluru FC (b) Mohun Bagan 12.Manohar Lal Khattar, who has recently become (c) United Sikkim (d) Indian Arrows CM of Haryana state for second time, represents 4. Dilip Parikh, who recently passed away, was a which constituency of Haryana Legislative former chief minister of which state? Assembly? (a) Maharashtra (b) Gujarat (a) Jind (b) Karnal (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh (c) Rohtak (d) Bhiwani 13.Which cyclone recently became first Super 5. TP Radhamani was an actress predominantly in Cyclonic storm in Arabian Sea in last 12 years? which language films? (a) Cyclone Fani (b) Cyclone Hikaa (a) Kannada (b) Tamil (c) Cyclone Kyarr (d) Cyclone Vayu (c) Telugu (d) Malayalam 14.In Mumbai, Indian Railways recently launched 6. K R Wadhwaney who recently passed away 42 Automatic Ticket Vending Machines for fast was a famous __? delivery of tickets of local trains. These ATVMs (a) Poet (b) Author work on which operating system? (c) Sports Journalist (d) Political Leader (a) Windows (b) Linux 7. What is India’s rank in Global Health Security (c) Debian (d) HeliOS Index, 2019? 15.Which Buddhist site of Bihar was recently in (a) 54th (b) 57th news for 50th anniversary of establishment of (c) 68th (d) 75th Vishwa Shanti Stupa (World Peace Pagoda)? 8. Which organization awards Sakharov Prize for (a) Gaya (b) Rajgir Human Rights? (c) Nalanda (d) Bodh Gaya (a) UN Human Rights Council 16.Ex Shakti -2019 is a joint counter-terrorism drill (b) Amnesty International between armies of India and __? (c) Refugees International (a) USA (b) UK (d) European Union (EU) Parliament (c) France (d) Israel 9. Which two Indian cricketers are winners of the 17.Recently Kalidhar Battalion was in news for a prestigious Wisden India Almanack Cricketer of white-water rafting expedition called the the Year award this year (2019)? “Rudrashila”. The “Battle of Kalidhar” was a (a) Bhuvneshwar Kumar & Mithali Raj part of which war? (b) Hardik Pandya & Jhulan Goswami (a) Indo-Pak War, 1948 (c) Hardik Pandya & Smriti Mandhana (b) Indo-Pak War, 1965 (d) Jasprit Bumrah & Smriti Mandhana (c) Indo-China War, 1962 (d) Indo-Pak War, 1971 18 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 18.On which date, World Day for Audiovisual 27.Who has been appointed as new Indian Heritage is celebrated? Ambassador to Iraq? (a) 25 October (b) 26 October (a)P S Chawala (c) 27 October (d) 28 October (b)Piyush Agrawal 19.What is the theme of 2019 Vigilance Awareness (c)Birender Singh Yadav Week? (d)Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi (a) Students and Watchfulness 28.Don Valentine, the founder of Sequoia Capital (b) Observing Prudence in Workplace has passed away. He was from which country? (c) Integrity- A way of life (a)United States (b)China (d) Vigilance for liberty and integrity of the (c)France (d)Germany country 29.V Nanammal, India’s oldest yoga teacher has 20.Which actor has joined hands with UNICEF and passed away. She was from which state? Ministry of Women and Child Development to (a)Odisha (b)Tamil Nadu raise awareness and speak up against sexual (c)Kerala (d)Karnataka abuse of children? 30.Who has been appointed as the 47th Chief (a) Ayushmann Khurrana Justice of India (CJI)? (b) Hritik Roshan (a)Jasti Chelameswar (c) Rajkummar Rao (b)Aniruddha Bose (d) Vicky Kaushal (c)Sharad Arvind Bobde 21.Which company has recently won DigiDhan (d)Madan Lokur Mission Fintech Award 2018-2019? 31.Which state government has decided to partner (a)PayTM (b)BharatPe with MIT-based Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty (c)PhonePe (d)MobiKwik Action Lab (J-PAL)? 22.Which Indian city has got the World Guinness (a) West Bengal (b) Kerala Record for lighting 4 lakh diyas? (c) Odisha (d) Sikkim (a)Lucknow(b)Ayodhya 32.What is the theme of 2019 edition of World Cities (c)Bhopal (d)Jaipur Day (WCD)? 23.Which two companies have got Maharatna status (a) Designed to Live Together in October 2019? (b) Inclusive Cities, Shared Development (a)Bhel and Power Grid Corporation (c) Changing the world (b)HPCL and Power Grid Corporation (d) Promoting a better urban future (c)Bhel and HPCL 33.Which golfer has won the 2019 Zozo (d)GAIL and BHEL Championship in Japan? 24.Which Central Armed Police Forces of India (a) Anirban Lahiri (b) Jyoti Randhawa recently celebrated its 58th raising day? (c) Gaganjeet Bhullar (d) Tiger Woods (a)Border Security Force (BSF) 34.Which state government has launched a new (b)Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) initiative “Meal in exchange for plastic waste”? (c)Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Odisha (d)Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) (c) Jharkhand (d) West Bengal 25.Recently, Central Government has given final 35.John Witherspoon, who passed away recently, approval to Tamil Nadu’s proposal to establish was the noted actor and comedian of which six new medical colleges. Which of the following country? is not a location of these new medical colleges? (a) United States (b) France (a)Tiruppur (b)Ramanathapuram (c) Japan (d) China (c)Dindigul (d)Sivagangai 36.Saint Kittis and Nevis, which recently signed ISA 26.Sadako Ogata, the first female UN refugee chief Framework Agreement, is an island country of passed away. She was from which country? which ocean? (a)Japan (b)New Zealand (a) Pacific Ocean (b) Indian Ocean (c)United States (d)France (c) Arctic Ocean (d) Atlantic Ocean

19 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 37.Girija Kir, who passed away recently, was the 48.The Madhya Pradesh government has decided noted author of which language? to set up Sikh museum and research centre in (a) Marathi (b) Tamil which city? (c) Telugu (d) Odia (a) Bhopal (b) Jabalpur 38.UNESCO has designated which Indian city as (c) Indore (d) Gwalior Creative City of Gastronomy? 49.The Indo-French exercise ‘Shakti-2019’ has (a) Mumbai (b) Chennai started at which region? (c) Hyderabad (d) Varanasi (a) Udaipur (b) Jodhpur 39.On which date, the 2019 edition of World Thrift (c) Bikaner (d) Jaipur Day (WTD) is observed in India? 50.The 2019 meeting of Council of Heads of (a) October 31 (b) October 30 Government (CHG) of SCO was held in which (c) October 29 (d) October 28 city? 40.Who is leading the Indian delegation at the 35th (a) Tashkent (b) Bishkek ASEAN Summit? (c) Ashgabat (d) Baku (a) Ram Nath Kovind (b) Venkaiah Naidu 51.The 1st-ever India-Uzbekistan joint military (c) Narendra Modi (d) Rajnath Singh exercise “Dustlik-2019” has started in which 41.Which IIT has decided to set up space region? technology cell in collaboration with ISRO? (a) Bukhara (b) Shahrisabz (a) IIT Delhi (b) IIT Kanpur (c) Samarkand (d) Tashkent (c) IIT Bombay (d) IIT Madras 52.Which country has won the 2019 Rugby World 42.India’s first-ever Arts Exposition for talents with Cup in Japan? intellectual challenges “eCAPA 2019” has (a) Japan (b) England started in which city? (c) South Africa (d) Singapore (a) Kanpur (b) Kochi 53.Which Indian sportsperson has won the 2019 (c) Dehradun (d) New Delhi SaarLorLux Open badminton tournament in 43.Which city is hosting the UN Climate Change Germany? Conference (COP 25) after Chile withdraws? (a) Srikanth Kidambi (b) Lakshya Sen (a) New York (b) Paris (c) Parupalli Kashyap (d) B Sai Praneeth (c) Madrid (d) New Delhi 54.Which Indian organization is hosting the 2019 44.Which country will be the partner country at the SCO Joint Exercise on Earthquake Rescue? International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2019)? (a) NDRF (b) CISF (a) Afghanistan (b) China (c) CRPF (d) BSF (c) Japan (d) Russia 55.The biennial Commonwealth Law Ministers’ 45.Which noted philanthropist has won the 2019 Conference has recently begun in which city? Sasthaaram Award? (a) New Delhi (b) Colombo (a) M Padmakuma (c) Tokyo (d) Male (b) K P Nandakumar 56.The Asia Pacific Golf Summit (APGS) has (c) V A Shrikumar Menon started in which city? (d) Unni Menon (a) Dehradun (b) Shimla 46.Which Indian sand artist has been selected for (c) Gurugram (d) Lucknow Italian Golden Sand Art Award 2019? 57.The ‘Red Atlas Action Plan Map’ has been (a) Manisha Swarnkar launched by which union ministry? (b) Dhanraj Shelke (a) Ministry of Defence (c) Sudarsan Pattnaik (b) Ministry of Earth Sciences (d) Nitish Bharti (c) Ministry of External Affairs 47.Which IIT has launched the Rs 250 crore Global (d) Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Alumni Endowment Fund? 58.Which Indian author has won the JCB Prize for (a) IIT Delhi (b) IIT Kharagpur Literature 2019? (c) IIT Bombay (d) IIT Kanpur (a) Madhuri Vijay (b) Pradip Krishen (c) Anjum Hasan (d) KR Meera

20 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 59.Pooja Gehlot has won India’s 2nd silver in 70.Which IT initiative has recently launched as an Under-23 World Wrestling Championships in Ease of Doing Business (EODB) monitoring which category? dashboard of the Indian Customs? (a) 57kg (b) 53kg (a) TECHDASH (b) CUSTOMDASH (c) 63kg (d) 65kg (c) ICEDASH (d) PORTDASH 60.The documentary of which Indian Football league 71.Who led Indian parliamentary delegation at the has won the ‘BAFTA Scotland’ Awards 2019 in 6th G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit? the ‘Single Documentary’ category? (a) S Jaishankar (b) Om Birla (a) Churchill Brothers (c) Piyush Goyal (d) Nitin Gadkari (b) Lonestar Kashmir 72. The students of which city has created Guinness (c) Real Kashmir World Records with largest astrophysics assemble? (d) Madhya Bharat (a) Kolkata (b) Mysuru 61.The National Tribal Festival (NTF-2019) is being (c) Pune (d) New Delhi held in which city? 73.DRDO Igniter Complex has come up in which (a) Kanpur (b) Patna DRDO’s laboratory? (c) Mumbai (d) New Delhi (a) Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics 62.What is the theme of the 5th India International (CAIR) Science Festival (IISF)? (b) Defence Research & Development (a) Science for Transformation Establishment (DRDE) (b) Science for New India (c) Armaments Research & Development (c) RISEN India Establishment (ARDE) (d) Boost New India (d) High Energy Materials Research Laboratory 63.Who is leading Indian delegation at the 15th (HEMRL) meeting of the Governing Council of SACEP? 74.Which union ministry has released 5th edition of (a) Narendra Modi (b) Om Birla Wastelands Atlas 2019? (c) Prakash Javadekar (d) Ram Nath Kovind (a) Ministry of Rural development 64. Which country has decided not to join the Regional (b) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) deal? Change (a) India (b) United States (c) Ministry of Jal Shakti (c) New Zealand (d) United Kingdom (d) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 65.Who has been selected for 27th Ezhuthachan 75.Sara Damnjanovic, who won the Miss Asia Puraskaram 2019? Global Title 2019, is from which country? (a) M Mukundan (b) Anand (a) France (b) Vietnam (c) K Jayakumar (d) Rani George (c) Serbia (d) Spain 66.Which Indian-origin researcher has won the 76. The Ministry of Skill Development & Australian government’s ‘Early career Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has launched the Skills researcher of the year 2019’ award? Build platform in collaboration with which company? (a) K S Mukherjee (b) Nishant Patil (a) Microsoft (b) Infosys (c) M K Sanoo (d) Neeraj Sharma (c) Facebook (d) IBM 67.Which IIT has launched ‘Arise-A Standing 77.The International Conference on Soil and Water Wheelchair’ for disabled? Resources Management for Climate has started (a) IIT Madras (b) IIT Bombay in which city? (c) IIT Indore (d) IIT Kanpur (a) Paris (b) Colombo 68.Which team has clinched the 2019 Deodhar (c) Kathmandu (d) New Delhi Trophy? 78.CARAT- 2019 is the biggest Naval Exercise (a) India C (b) India B between which of the following countries? (c) India A (d) India E (a) France & India 69.Who has been appointed as the chairman of (b) India & Sri Lanka the Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI)? (c) United States & Bangladesh (a) Virat Singh (b) Nitish Rana (d) Sri Lanka & Bangladesh (c) Aditya Mishra (d) Ishan Porel 21 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 79.On which date, the 2019 edition of World Tsunami 91.Abhisek Sarkar, who won award at 2019 Dhaka Awareness Day (WTAD) is observed? Lit-fest, is from which state? (a) November 5 (b) November 4 (a) West Bengal (b) Maharashtra (c) November 6 (d) November 7 (c) Bihar (d) Jharkhand 80.Danakil Depression, which is in news recently, 92.Who has become the first Indian man cricketer is associated to which African country? to complete 100 T-20 Internationals? (a) Morocco (b) Ethiopia (a) Ravindra Jadeja (b) Virat Kohli (c) Algeria (d) Kenya (c) Rohit Sharma (d) Dinesh Karthik 81.Which country has banned the Islamist outfit 93.Which country has protested over the inclusion ‘Allar Dol’? of the region of Kalapani in the new political (a) India (b) Bangladesh map of India? (c) Pakistan (d) Sri Lanka (a) Pakistan (b) Bhutan 82.Which country has recently approved the world’s (c) Nepal (d) Bangladesh first drug for Alzheimer’s Disease “GV-971”? 94.Nabaneeta Dev Sen, who passed away recently, (a) China (b) India was the renowned poet of which language? (c) United States (d) France (a) Odia (b) Marathi 83.India’s CO2 emissions growth poised to slow (c) Bengali (d) Tamil sharply by what % in 2019, according to an 95.Which Indian armed force has conducted analysis published in Carbon Brief? ReSAREX – 19 off Goa coast? (a) 3% (b) 1% (c) 4% (d) 2% (a) Indian Air Force (b) Indian Navy 84.Which Indian leader co-chaired IRIGC- (c) Indian Army (d) Indian Coast Guard M&MTC meeting in Moscow? 96.Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has been (a) Piyush Goyal (b) Venkaiah Naidu elected as the new President of which country? (c) Rajnath Singh (d) Narendra Modi (a) Turkmenistan (b) Afghanistan 85.Which state / UT government is organizing the (c) Kazakhstan (d) UAE theater festival “Mohan Rakesh Natya evam 97.The National Cancer Awareness Day (NCAD) Samman Samaroh”? is observed on the birth anniversary of which (a) MP (b) Punjab noted scientist? (c) UP (d) Delhi (a) Satyendra Nath Bose (b) C V Raman 86.The Union Ministry of Shipping is hosting the (c) Har Gobind Khorana (d) Madame Curie first-ever BIMSTEC Ports’ Conclave in which 98.Who has become the first Indian to be appointed city? as General Vice President (GVP) of IODA? (a) Kochi (b) Visakhapatnam (a) Rajesh Reddy (b) Vinaya Shetty (c) Mumbai (d) Kolkata (c) Mohit Kumar (d) Nidhi Sharma 87.The first-ever tri-services exercise “Tiger 99.Indian Navy conducted the bilateral maritime Ex TRIUMPH” is being conducted between India Samudra Shakti-19 with which country? & which country? (a) Vietnam (b) Malaysia (a) United States (b) France (c) Indonesia (d) Maldivies (c) Germany (d) Spain 100. The Government e-Marketplace (GeM) has partnered 88.Who has been chosen for the Tata Literature with which bank for payment related services? Live! Lifetime Achievement Award for 2019? (a) BoB (b) SBI (a) Shanta Gokhale (b) Arun Kolatkar (c) Central Bank of India (d) Dena Bank (c) K Satchidanandan (d) Bhau Panchbhai 101.Spain and which country have been named co- 89.Which noted journalist has been chosen for the hosts of the 2022 Women’s Hockey World Cup? 2019 Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award? (a) Italy (b) France (a) Akhil E S (b) Saurabh Duggal (c) Poland (d) Netherlands (c) P G Unnikrishnan (d) Gulab Kothari 102.Who has been named country manager at 90.Harmonized System (HS) code, which is in news Google India? recently, is associated to which field? (a) Sanjay Gupta (b) Jay Kumar (a) Insurance (b) Rural Banking (c) Ajay Jain (d) Rushiraj Pawar (c) Khadi (d) Medical 22 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 103.Which American University has collaborated 114. Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), with AIIMS on genetic testing? sometimes seen in news, is associated to which (a) Harvard University country? (b) Stanford University (a) Iran (b) Afghanistan (c) Michigan University (c) Russia (d) United States (d) Yale university 115. Which state assembly has passed resolution 104.Which state has topped India’s first-ever demanding lifting of traffic restrictions on NH ranking of states on justice delivery? 766? (a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu (a) Karnataka (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Maharashtra (d) Haryana (c) Kerala (d) Andhra Pradesh 105.Which city hosted the 2019 conference of the 116. Ramakant Gundecha, who passed away ‘No Money For Terror’? recently, was the renowned maestro of which (a) Melbourne (b) New Delhi classical Hindustani musical form? (c) Paris (d) New York (a) Dhrupad (b) Khyal 106.Which country has assumed the Chairship of (c) Tarana (d) Ghazal the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) 117. Shafali Verma, who has become the youngest for 2019-2021? Indian cricketer to international fifty, is from (a) Israel (b) UAE which state? (c) India (d) South Africa (a) Haryana (b) Odisha 107.The 10th Asian Conference of Emergency (c) UP (d) Rajasthan Medicine (ACEM) was held in which city? 118. The 50th WEF annual Meeting 2020 is being (a) Mumbai (b) Chennai held in which city? (c) Bangaluru (d) New Delhi (a) New Delhi (b) Paris 108.India’s first air pollution web repository (c) Davos (d) New York “IndAIR” has been launched by which 119. Brazil is hosting the 2019 BRICS summit under organisation? which theme? (a) BARC (b) CSIR (a) BRICS: 4th Industrial Revolution (c) DRDO(d) ISRO (b) BRICS: Economic Growth for an Innovative 109.Special Protection Group (SPG) Act, Future sometimes seen in news, was enacted by (c) BRICS: Unite for Climate Awareness Parliament of India in which year? (d) BRICS: Nature & Future (a) 1988 (b) 1987 120.What is the theme of 2019 edition of (c) 1986 (d) 1984 International Day of Radiology (IDoR) ? 110. The Sanskrit Bharati Vishwa Sammelan has (a) Cardiac Imaging (b) Sports Imaging started in which city? (c) Emergency Imaging (d) Brain Imaging (a) Shimla (b) Pune 121.The world’s first CNG port terminal is (c) Ranchi (d) New Delhi scheduled to be built in which Indian city? 111. Which Indian personality has been conferred (a) Bhavnagar (b) Chennai 2019 ABLF Global Asian award? (c) Pune (d) Dehradun (a) Mukesh Ambani (b) Gautam Adani 122.On which date, the 2019 edition of Public (c) Azim Premji (d) Kumar Mangalam Birla Service Broadcasting Day (PSBD) is 112. Legendary poll reformer TN Seshan, who celebrated in India? passed away recently, hold the post of CEC (a) November 13 (b) November 11 for how many years? (c) November 12 (d) November 10 (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 7 123.Sundar Singh Gurjar is is an Indian Paralympic 113. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has javelin thrower in which category? proposed to merge which Central paramilitary (a) F57 (b) F46 (c) F45 (d) F48 force with ITBP? 124.Who has become the first Indian bowler to take (a) BSF (b) Assam Rifles a hat-trick in Men’s T20 match? (c) CISF (d) SSB (a) R Ashwin (b) Jasprit Bumrah (c) Deepak Chahar (d) Mohammed Siraj 23 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 125.What is the theme of 2019 edition of World 135.The 7th edition of North East Festival (NEF- Science Day for Peace and Development 2019) was held in which city? (WSDPD) ? (a) Lucknow (b) Laddakh (a) Science, a Human Right (c) New Delhi (d) Guwahati (b) Science for Global Understanding 136.India’s first elephant memorial has come up in (c) Celebrating Science Centres and Science which city? Museums (a) Agra (b) Kanpur (d) Open science, leaving no one behind (c) Lucknow (d) Mathura 126.Which country has discovered a new oil field 137.On which date, the 2019 edition of National in Khuzestan with 53 billion barrels reserve? Legal Services Day (NLSD) is celebrated? (a) Saudi Arabia (b) Iran (a) November 11 (b) November 9 (c) Turkmenistan (d) Uzbekistan (c) November 10 (d) November 8 127.Pliosaurs, which are in news recently, are 138.Which union ministry has launched ‘Swachh- known from which geologic period? Nirmal Tat Abhiyaan’? (a) Pleistocene (b) Oligocene (a) Ministry of Jal Shakti (c) Jurassic (d) Carboniferous (b) Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and 128.Which Indian wildlife biologist has been Fisheries conferred the George Schaller lifetime award? (c) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate (a) Latika Nath (b) Biju Das Change (c) Purnima Sharma (d) K Ullas Karanth (d) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare 129.Thomas Dennerby, who has taken charge as 139.Which state government has decided to Indian Head Coach of Indian Women’s U-17 institute Suraj award to promote organ team, is from which country? donation? (a) Denmark (b) Portugal (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Gujarat (c) Sweden (d) Spain (c) Rajasthan (d) Odisha 130.What is the theme of 2019 edition of World 140.Which state government has decided to launch Pneumonia Day (WPD)? Sishu Suraksha app to help report child rights (a) Healthy Lungs for all violations? (b) Every Breath Counts: Stop Pneumonia Now (a) Nagaland (b) Assam (c) Innovate to End Child Pneumonia (c) Tripura (d) Karnataka (d) Universal access to pneumonia prevention 141.Which state government has launched e-Ganna and care App for sugarcane farmers? 131.Which space agency has detected huge X-ray (a) Chhattisgarh (b) Uttar Pradesh burst from outer space? (c) Maharashtra (d) Gujarat (a) NASA (b) ISRO 142.Which country is the focus country at the 39th (c) JAXA (d) Roscosmos India International Trade Fair (IITF)? 132.Which space agency has launched first all- (a) South Africa (b) South Korea electric experimental aircraft “ X-57 (c) Vietnam (d) Malaysia Maxwell”? 143.Which Indian sprinter has been listed in the (a) LAPAN (b) JAXA TIME 100 Next? (c) CNES (d) NASA (a) Dutee Chand (b) Hima Das 133.Who has been sworn-in as the new Prime (c) Sarita Gayakwad (d) Sathi Geetha Minister of Mauritius? 144.The Good Air Summit (GAS-2019) has been (a) Navin Ramgoolam (b) Nando Bodha organized under which theme? (c) Ameenah Gurib (d) Pravind Jugnauth (a) Making India Responsible 134.How many times the President’s rule has been (b) Making India Breathe imposed in Maharashtra? (c) Making India Clean (a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 (d) Making India Green

24 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 145.The UN Women has proposed to partner with 155.Which state government has decided to which state’s gender park? organize 2019 World Kabaddi Cup? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Karnataka (a) Tripura (b) Kerala (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Kerala (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Punjab 146.The 7th edition of IUCN Asia Regional 156.Suranga Bawadi, which has been selected as Conservation Forum 2019 was held in which the World Monument Watch List for 2020, is city? located in which state? (a) Beijing (b) Colombo (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Nagaland (c) Islamabad (d) New Delhi (c) Karnataka (d) Mizoram 147.India has partnered with which countries to 157.India is hosting the 19th Council of Heads of explore an alternative to SWIFT? Government (CHG) of SCO 2020 in which city? (a) South Africa & Maldives (a) Chennai (b) New Delhi (b) Bangladesh & Sri Lanka (c) Pune (d) Bangaluru (c) Russia & China 158.On which date, the 2019 edition of World (d) France & Japan Kindness Day (WKD) is celebrated? 148.Which tech giant has introduced ‘Project Zero’ (a) November 13 (b) November 14 in India to remove counterfeit products? (c) November 15 (d) November 16 (a) Paytm (b) Amazon 159.Which Indian scholar has won the 2019 (c) Flipkart(d) Indiamart BRICS-Young Innovator Prize? 149.Who led Indian delegation at the 8th Session (a) Sunil Rajput (b) Ravi Prakash of Governing Body of Seed Treaty in Rome? (c) Laxmi Jain (d) Deepankar Kumar (a) Parsottambhai Rupala 160.The 2019 International Lavi fair was held in (b) Abhishek Singh Chauhan which district of Himachal Pradesh? (c) Krishna Raj (a) Shimla (b) Hamirpur (d) Narendra Singh Tomar (c) Kangra(d) Kullu 150.Which country has become the first South Asian 161.What is the India’s rank at the 2019 Global nation to criminalize offences related to match- Bribery Risk Index? fixing & sports betting? (a) 78th (b) 93rd (a) Bangladesh (b) Pakistan (c) 102nd (d) 55th (c) Sri Lanka (d) India 162.Which state government has launched the 151.Which country’s President has been invited as ‘Nadu-Nedu’ programme? the chief guest at the India’s 2020 Republic (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Kerala Day? (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Karnataka (a) Italy (b) Brazil 163. Vashishtha Narayan Singh, who passed away (c) Portugal (d) New Zealand recently, was the noted personality of which field? 152.Which Indian personality has been named an (a) Maths (b) Biology honorary trustee of “The Metropolitan Museum (c) Chemistry (d) Physics of Art”? 164.The first ever international buyer seller meet (a) Nita Ambani (b) Ratan Tata on agriculture and horticulture produce has (c) Amitabh Bachchan (d) Priyanka Chopra started in which state? 153.Who has been appointed as new CMD of India (a) Rajasthan (b) Arunachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC)? (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh (a) Sudhir Kumar (b) Payal Sharma 165.The Golden Leaf Awards are awarded for (c) Kamala Vardhana Rao (d) Kirti Patel which sector? 154.The first-ever Indo-US tri-services ‘Tiger (a) Tobacco (b) Coffee Triumph’ has started in which state? (c) Tea (d) Jute (a) Madhya Pradesh 166.Who has been named FIFA’s Chief of global (b) Andhra Pradesh football development? (c) Himachal Pradesh (a) Robert Jerni (b) Arsene Wenger (d) Uttar Pradesh (c) Harendra Singh (d) Igor Stimac

25 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 167.On which date, the 2019 edition of National 177.Which state government has launched virtual Press Day (NPD) is celebrated in India? classes project? (a) November 16 (b) November 14 (a) Chhattisgarh (b) Jharkhand (c) November 17 (d) November 15 (c) Uttarakhand (d) Bihar 168.Which union ministry has decided to launch 178.The ‘SAANS’ campaign has been launched Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh (BPKK)? by which union ministry? (a) Ministry of Finance (a) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate (b) Ministry of Rural Development Change (c) Ministry of Women and Child Development (b) Ministry of Human Resource Development (d) Ministry of HRD (c) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 169.Which Indian movie bagged the Best Director (d) Ministry of Jal Shakti award at the 2019 Asian Film Festival 179.Which state government has launched Barcelona? Mukhyamantri Septic Tank Safai Yojana? (a) Super 30 (b) War (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Bhonsle (d) Panipat (c) Rajasthan (d) Delhi 170.Which movie bagged the Golden Royal Bengal 180.The first-ever National Agrochemicals Tiger Award for the Best Film at the 25th Congress (NAC) was held in which city? Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF)? (a) Pune (b) Bangaluru (a) Aga\’s House (b) The Painted Bird (c) Chennai (d) New Delhi (c) Run Kalyani (d) The Weeping Woman 181.Which state government has decided to create 171.The 6th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting- new new Foreign Cooperation department? Plus (ADMM-Plus) was held in which city? (a) Odisha (b) Haryana (a) Colombo (b) New Delhi (c) Karnataka (d) Kerala (c) Hanoi (d) Bangkok 182.What is the India’s rank in the 2019 IMD World 172.Who has been sworn-in as new President of Talent Ranking? Sri Lanka? (a) 62nd (b) 43rd (a) Gotabaya Rajapakasa (c) 59th (d) 68th (b) Priyantha Sirisena 183.Which union ministry has launched Bharatiya (c) Namal Rajapaksa Poshan Krishi Kosh (BPKK)? (d) Karu Jayasuriya (a) Ministry of Women and Child Development 173.Which Indian boxer has been elected as a (b) Ministry of Food Processing Industries member of the first-ever international boxing (c) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare body (AIBA) athletes’ commission? (d) Ministry of Rural Development (a) Shiva Thapa (b) Laishram Sarita Devi 184.The bilateral maritime exercise “Roar of the (c) Mary Kom (d) Vijender Singh Sea” has started between India & which 174.Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, who has been country? sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of India (a) Qatar (b) Japan (CJI), is a former Chief Justice of which High (c) Afghanistan (d) Saudi Arabia Court? 185.Which state Olympic Association has decided (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Rajasthan to launch ‘Grassroot Olympic – Mission Talent (c) Maharashtra (d) Uttar Pradesh Hunt’ to groom talent? 175.The Andhra Pradesh government has selected (a) Odisha (b) Rajasthan which IIM to help curb corruption in the state (c) Punjab (d) Assam administration? 186.Who is the author of the book “The Daughter (a) IIM Calcutta (b) IIM Indore from a Wishing Tree Unusual Tales about (c) IIM Ahmedabad (d) IIM Bangalore Women in Mythology”? 176.Which country has become the first country in (a) Sudha Chandran (b) Sudha Murty the world to introduce WHO approved typhoid (c) Kiran Bedi (d) Lakshmi Venu vaccine? (a) Sri Lanka (b) Pakistan (c) India (d) Bangladesh 26 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 187.On which date, the 2019 edition of National 197.Which city has become the India’s first City Epilepsy Day (NED) is observed? to Install ‘Third Umpire’ RT-PCR Machines? (a) November 17 (b) November 18 (a) Mumbai (b) Chennai (c) November 19 (d) November 20 (c) Kolkata (d) Delhi 188.What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World 198.IRCTC has signed pact with which state Toilet Day (WTD)? tourism to market & run Golden Chariot train? (a) Toilets and Nutrition (a) Karnataka (b) Maharashtra (b) Follow the Flush (c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu (c) When Nature Calls 199.NASA scientists have recently detected water (d) Leaving No One Behind vapor on which Jupiter’s moon? 189.Which company has launched 60 Starlink (a) Ganymede (b) Europa satellites for cheaper global Internet? (c) Callisto (d) Io (a) SpaceX (b) Blue Origin 200.Which country has declared that Israeli (c) Virgin Galactic (d) Boeing settlements on West Bank do not violate 190.Jayakwadi Dam, sometimes seen in news, is international laws? located on which river? (a) United Kingdom (b) Russia (a) Krishna (b) Kaveri (c) United States (d) France (c) Godavari (d) Mahanadi 201.Which Indian state has launched the first Hindi 191.The Union government has banned which state- daily “Arun Bhoomi”? based insurgent group Hynniewtrep National (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Nagaland Liberation Council (HNLC)? (c) Tripura (d) Mizoram (a) Nagaland (b) Tripura 202.Which international organisation has released (c) Mizoram (d) Meghalaya World Energy Outlook (WEO-2019)? 192.Which state government has decided to start (a) IMF (b) WHO Arundhati gold scheme by January 2020? (c) IEA (d) WB (a) Tamil Nadu (b) West Bengal 203.Which international organization has organized (c) Assam (d) Kerala the 2019 World Conference on Access to 193.Who has been named PETA India’s Person of Medical Products – Achieving the SDGs 2030 the Year for 2019? in New Delhi? (a) KS Panicker Radhakrishnan (a) WHO (b) UNICEF (b) Virat Kohli (c) UNESCO (d) IMF (c) Shashi Tharoor 204.Who has been conferred the Indira Gandhi (d) R Madhavan Prize for Peace, Disarmament and 194.Who is the head of the panel on petrochemical Development for 2019? investment? (a) Angela Merkel (a) P Raghavendra Rao (b) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (b) S Chaudhary (c) David Attenborough (c) Pradeep Sharma (d) Ela Bhatt (d) Rajat Bhargava 205.Which tech giant has organized the South Asia 195.Which military unit has been honoured with Safety Summit 2019? President’s Colour award? (a) Microsoft (b) Facebook (a) Mahar Regiment (c) Twitter (d) Infosys (b) Rajputana Rifles 206.The first-ever pink ball Test match is being held (c) Indian Naval Academy between India & which country? (d) The Garhwal Rifles (a) South Africa (b) Bangladesh 196.What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World (c) New Zealand (d) England Children’s Day (WCD)? 207.Which state government has launched YSR (a) Protect Child, Protect World Matsyakara Bharosa scheme for fishermen? (b) Children of today, our keepers tomorrow (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Children are taking over and turning the world blue (c) West Bengal (d) Kerala (d) Kids Take Over 27 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 208.On which date, the 2019 edition of World 218.The Union Cabinet has recently approved Fisheries Day (WFD) is observed? establishment of the National Institute of Sowa (a) November 22 (b) November 21 Rigpa (NISR) under which union ministry? (c) November 23 (d) November 20 (a) Ministry of Home Affairs 209.Which country is hosting the world’s first (b) Ministry of Tribal Affairs Muslim yoga camp? (c) Ministry of AYUSH (a) India (b) Israel (d) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (c) Bangladesh (d) China 219.Nilkanth Khadilkar, who passed away recently, 210.On which date, the 2019 edition of World was the noted personality of which field? Television Day (WTD) is observed? (a) Photography (b) Journalism (a) November 22 (b) November 20 (c) Politics (d) Arts (c) November 21 (d) November 23 220.Who is set to become the first woman pilot of 211. Which tech giant has launched ‘K-12 Education Indian Navy to join Naval operations? Transformation Framework’ to facilitate digital (a) Nikita Gupta (b) Komal Sharma transformation of schools in India? (c) Divya Kumari (d) Shivangi (a) Twitter (b) Wipro 221.Shaukat Kaifi, who passed away recently, was (c) Facebook (d) Microsoft the renowned actress of which cinema? 212.Which state government has decided to legalize (a) Hindi (b) Tamil the cultivation of cannabis in the state for (c) Telugu (d) Marathi medical and industrial purpose? 222.Who has been bestowed with the 28th Bihari (a) Haryana (b) Karnataka Puraskar for 2018? (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Punjab (a) Vijay Verma 213.Chitharesh Natesan, who became the first (b) Satya Narayan Indian to be crowned Mr Universe 2019, is from (c) Manisha Kulshreshtha which state? (d) Bhagwati Lal Vyas (a)Telangana (b) Tamil Nadu 223.Bougainville, which is in news recently, is the (c) Odisha (d) Kerala province of which country? 214.Which Indian organisation hosted the first-ever (a) Solomon Islands (b) Fiji Counter Terrorism Table Top Exercise (CTTE) (c) Kiribati (d) Papua New Guinea for the Quad countries? 224.Living Root Bridges, sometimes seen in news, (a) BSF (b) DRDO are associated to which state? (c) NIA (d) Indian Army (a) Meghalaya (b) Tripura 215.Which union ministry is organizing the (c) Nagaland (d) Mizoram Destination North East (NE) in Varanasi? 225.Which oil company has rolled out special (a) Ministry of Home Affairs winter-grade diesel for Ladakh ? (b) Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (a) HP (b) IOCL (c) Ministry of Finance (c) BPCL (d) GAIL (d) Ministry of Defense 226.Which state assembly is hosting the 216.Which business tycoon has been conferred Commonwealth Youth Parliament (CYP- with Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian 2019)? Council of Medical Research (ICMR)? (a) Delhi (b) Telangana (a) Azim Permji (c) Kerala (d) Punjab (b) Mukesh Ambani 227.Who is the author of the book “RN Kao: Gentle (c) Ratan Tata Spymaster”? (d) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (a) S E Joshi (b) Nitin A Gokhale 217.The NuGen Mobility Summit 2019 is being held (c) K Sankaran Nair (d) Girish Chandra Saxena in which village of Haryana? 228.Which state government has decided to (a) Badesra (b) Nathuwas constitute State Folk Art Council (SFAC)? (c) Chandeni (d) Manesar (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Chhattisgarh (d) Uttar Pradesh

28 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 229.The 8th International Tourism Mart (ITM-2019) 241.The 70th Constitution Day of India has was held in which city? celebrated on which date? (a) Imphal (b) Guwahati (a) November 25 (b) November 27 (c) Itanagar (d) Kolkata (c) November 28 (d) November 26 230.Oxford Dictionaries has named which word as 242.Which state government has launched a citizen its 2019 Word of the Year? helpline No. 14400 for corruption-related complaints? (a) Climate action (b) Climate denial (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Climate anxiety(d) Climate emergency (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Rajasthan 231.Which state government has decided to provide 243.Which Indian armed force is set to host multi- 5% reservation for its athletes in govt jobs? nation military drill ‘Milan 2020’? (a) Haryana (b) Uttar Pradesh (a) Indian Air Force (b) Indian Coast Guard (c) Punjab (d) Madhya Pradesh (c) Indian Navy (d) Indian Army 232.Kailash Joshi, who passed away recently, was 244.Sudhir Dhar, who passed away recently, was the former CM of which country? the renowned personality of which field? (a) Rajasthan (b) Madhya Pradesh (a) Painting (b) Journalism (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Chhattisgarh (c) Cartoon (d) Poetry 233.Who became the first Indian bowler to take 245.The Indian Railway Institute of Financial five-wicket haul with a pink ball? Management (IRIFM) has been set up in (a) Mohammed Shami (b) Umesh Yadav which city? (c) Ishant Sharma (d) Jasprit Bumrah (a) Dehradun (b) Hyderabad (c) Pune (d) Bangaluru 234.Which Indian Armed force has celebrated 246.The Guru Ghasidas National Park is located in ‘Poonch Link Up Day’? which district of Chhattisgarh? (a) Indian Army (b) Indian Air Force (a) Korea (b) Bilaspur (c) Indian Navy (d) Indian Coast Guard (c) Jashpur (d) Mungeli 235.India’s first largest biotechnology stakeholders 247.Which country has strongly criticized China’s conglomerate – the Global Bio-India (GBI) lending practices under its Belt and Road Summit 2019 was held in which city? Initiative (BRI)? (a) Chennai (b) New Delhi (a) Russia (b) United States (c) Pune (d) Kolkata (c) France (d) England 236.Which state government has launched 248.The Proposed Etalin Hydroelectric Project, immunisation campaign against Filaria? sometimes seen in news, is associated to which (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh state? (c) Rajasthan (d) Kerala (a) Odisha (b) Tripura 237.The Arcadia Education Project of which country (c) Punjab (d) Arunachal Pradesh 249.Which state cabinet has approved the has won 2019 Aga Khan Architecture Award? nomination of at least one differently abled (a) India (b) Bangladesh member to each panchayat? (c) Nepal (d) Sri Lanka (a) UP (b) Odisha 238.Which country’s team has won the 2019 Davis (c) Rajasthan (d) Chhattisgarh Cup title? 250.The Union government has decided to merge (a) Spain (b) Canada which of the following Union Territories (UTs)? (c) Switzerland (d) USA (a) Puducherry & Lakshadweep 239.Simon Taufel, who launched his book “Finding (b) Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli The Gaps”, is the former cricket umpire of (c) A&N and Lakshadweep which country? (d) Chandigarh & Delhi (a) South Africa (b) New Zealand 251.Which university has become the first state (c) Australia (d) Sri Lanka university of Madhya Pradesh to be accorded 240.On which date, the 2019 edition of International A+ Grade from National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)? Day for the Elimination of Violence against (a) Jiwaji University Women is observed? (b) Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundelkhand University (a) November 25 (b) November 26 (c) Devi Ahilya University (c) November 24 (d) November 23 (d) Barkatullah University 29 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 252.The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to 262.Which Indian organization has revised the set up its 1st vulture conservation in which framework on currency swap arrangement for district? the SAARC countries for 2019-2022? (a) Lucknow (b) Sitapur (a) Finance Ministry (b) RBI (c) Maharajganj (d) Raebareli (c) SEBI (d) IRDA 253.On which date, the 2019 edition of National 263.Which launch vehicle has successfully carried Milk Day (NMD) is celebrated in India? out remote sensing satellite Cartosat-3 into orbit? (a) November 29 (b) November 26 (a) PSLV-44 (b) PSLV-49 (c) November 28 (d) November 27 (c) PSLV-48 (d) PSLV-47 254.Which union ministry has launched Credit- 264.Which state Police has organized the 47th All linked Subsidy Services Awas Portal (CLAP)? India Police Science Congress (AIPSC)? (a) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (a) Punjab (b) MP (b) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (c) UP (d) Rajasthan (c) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare 265.Who is the head of the expert committee to (d) Ministry of Women and Child Development review Draft National Sports Code? 255.Which union ministry has launched Kartavya (a) Sudhanshu Mittal (b) B P Baishya portal as part of nationwide Nagrik Kartavya (c) Adille Sumariwala (d) Mukundakam Sharma Palan Abhiyan? 266.Who is the author of the book “Hemant (a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Karkare: A Daughters Memoir”? (a) S H Khan (b) Bhagat Gupta (b) Ministry of Human Resource Development (c) Ajay Singh (d) Jui Navare (c) Ministry of Home Affairs 267.Which Indian news channel has won the 2019 (d) Ministry of Women and Child Development IPI India Award for Excellence in Journalism 256. Which Indian scientist has been conferred the for Kathua coverage? RAeS Honorary Fellowship of the Society 2019? (a) NDTV India (b) Aaj Tak (a) Punit Goenka (b) K Sivan (c) Zee News (d) News 24 (c) G Satheesh Reddy (d) Ram Sewak Sharma 268. Clive James, who passed away recently, was the 257.Which state has topped the overall crimes renowned writer & broadcaster of which country? against children, as per latest CRY Report? (a) South Africa (b) Australia (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Punjab (c) France (d) United States (c) Haryana (d) Odisha 269.What is the theme of the 10th CMS 258.Balasingh, who passed away recently, was the VATAVARAN Environment and Wildlife Film renowned actor of which regional cinema? Festival? (a) Marathi (b) Odia (a) Celebrating Indian Villages (c) Telugu (d) Tamil (b) Celebrating Ganga 259.Madhu Shetye, who passed away recently, was (c) Celebrating Indian Wildlife the founding member of which press club? (d) Celebrating Himalayas (a) Kolkata Press Club 270.Which company has become the first Indian firm (b) Mumbai Press Club to hit Rs 10 lakh crore market valuation mark? (c) Press Club of India (a) Hindustan Unilever (b) HDFC Bank (d) Chennai Press Club (c) Reliance Industries (d) TCS 260.Which state government has decided to launch 271.Which Indian archer has won gold in the project Shakti to alert the public about crimes? women’s individual recurve event of the 21st (a) Kerala (b) Uttar Pradesh Asian Championships in Bangkok? (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Rajasthan (a) Nisha Rani Dutta 261.Who designed the logo for the apex anti- (b) Trisha Deb corruption ombudsman “Lokpal”? (c) Ankita Bhakat (a) Nikhil Kumar (d) Deepika Kumari (b) Prashant Mishra 272.The 2023 Men’s Hockey World Cup is being (c) Kanon Krishna hosted by which city? (d) Narayanan Krishnaswamy (a) Jaipur (b) New Delhi (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Gwalior 30 www.arifin.in Current Affairs Magazine DECEMBER 2019 273. Brad Gobright, who passed away recently, was 278.What is the India’s rank in the Global the world-renowned rock climber of which country? Diplomacy Index 2019? (a) Germany (b) United States (a) 64th (b) 25th (c) France (d) Russia (c) 5th (d) 12th 274.Which international organization has declared 279.The Union Government has proposed to set up a global climate & environmental emergency? rocket launching pad near Kulasekarapattinam. (a) European Union (b) BRICS The site is located in which state? (c) WHO (d) SAARC (a) Kerala (b) Karnataka 275.Which state government has decided to (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Andhra Pradesh replicate Tamil Nadu model of Micro 280.Which Union Ministry has collaborated with Composting Centre (MCC)? Ministry of Women and Child Development (a) Odisha (b) Punjab (MoWCD) to organize National Organic (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Rajasthan Festival of Women Entrepreneurs? 276.Which state Government has decided to set up (a) Ministry of Jal Shakti outdoor gyms at public places? (b) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (a) Rajasthan (b) Odisha (c) Ministry of Food Processing Industries (c) UP (d) Himachal Pradesh (d) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change 277.The researchers of which IIT has decided to create Gandhipedia? (a) IIT Kanpur (b) IIT Delhi (c) IIT Indore (d) IIT Kharagpur

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Change Your Vision..!!

Once there was very wealthy man who was suffering from severe eye pain. He consulted many doctors and tried their treatments but nothing helped. Even after consuming so many drugs to treat his eye, he still suffered from pain and that pain in eye persisted more than before. At last, he heard about a monk who was famous for being an expert in treating such problems. He went to him and told him about his problem. Monk understood his problem and said that, “You should concentrate only on green colors and try not to let your eyes fall on any other color.” Man found this kinda prescription strange but he was desperate to find cure and decided to try it. Wealthy man called for group of painters and purchased loads of green paint and directed that every object his eye was likely to fall to be painted green just as the monk had directed. Just in few days everything around that man was in green. Wealthy man made sure that nothing around would in any other color. After some days, monk came to visit wealthy man, millionaire servant ran with bucket of green paint and poured it all over him. Monk asked servants reason for this. Servant replied, “You were wearing saffron and we can’t let our master see any other color than green..” Hearing this monk laughed and said, “If only.. you had purchased a pair of green colored glasses for him to wear.. worth just few dollars.. You could have saved all these walls, articles and also would have been able to save a large amount of his fortune.. You cannot paint the world green.” Moral: It is foolish to shape/ Change the world, Let’s Shape ourselves first.. Let us change our vision and the world will appear accordingly.

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