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December 2018 Current Affairs Pdf DECEMBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF www.recruitment.guru Follow Us DECEMBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS www.recruitment.guru/current-affairs/ | 1 Follow Us DECEMBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS CONTENTS: Important Dates and Events___________________________________ 2 Agreements News __________________________________________ 6 Science & Technology News ___________________________________ 7 Appointments & Resignations News ___________________________ 10 Awards News _____________________________________________ 13 National News ____________________________________________ 16 International News _________________________________________ 21 Business News ____________________________________________ 24 Sports News ______________________________________________ 27 Obituary News ____________________________________________ 30 Current Affairs 2017 - 18 PDF Collections _______________________ 32 More Current Affairs _______________________________________ 33 www.recruitment.guru/current-affairs/ | 2 Follow Us DECEMBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS Important Dates World Aids Day is celebrated on 1st December Every year. International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is celebrated on 2nd December. National Pollution Prevention Day is celebrated on 2nd December to give the honor and memorialize the thousands of human beings who had lost their existence because of the Bhopal gas calamity. World Disabled Day is celebrated on 3rd December every year. World wildlife conservation Day is celebrated on December 4th with the aims to preserve and protect the natural world and its inhabitants. International Cheetah Day is celebrated on December 4th to generate awareness for the cheetah. International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development is celebrated on 5th December. It is an international observance designated by the United Nations since 1985. World Soil Day (WSD) is held annually on 5 December to focus attention on the importance of healthy soil and advocating for the sustainable management of soil resources. International Ninja Day is celebrated on 5th December every year. It is dedicated to remembering and honoring these ancient warriors of China and Japan. National Miner's Day is observed annually on December 6. International Civil Aviation Day is annually observed December 7 to raise awareness of the importance and the role of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). www.recruitment.guru/current-affairs/ | 3 Follow Us DECEMBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS Flag Day of India is celebrated on December 7th. It is a day dedicated to India towards collection of funds from people of India for the welfare of the Indian Armed Forces personnel. International Anti-Corruption Day has been observed annually, on 9 December, since the passage of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption on 31 October 2003. International Shareware Day is an annual celebration that is observed on December 9 of this year. International Day of Veterinary Medicine is always being observed annually on December 9th. Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December every year. The date was chosen to honour the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation. International Mountain Day is celebrated on December 11th. It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 2003. National Violin Day is observed annually on December 13, National Violin Day honors that bowed string instrument, which is also known as the fiddle. Monkey Day is an unofficial international holiday celebrated on December 14. National energy conservation Day is celebrated every year by the people all over the India on 14th of December. Free Shipping Day is a one-day event held annually in mid-December. It was celebrated on December 15th in 2017. International Tea Day is observed annually on December 15. It has been celebrated since 2005. The Day of Reconciliation is a public holiday in South Africa held annually on 16 December. www.recruitment.guru/current-affairs/ | 4 Follow Us DECEMBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS Wright Brothers Day is celebrated in the United States on December 17 each year. International Migrants Day is an international day observed on 18 December. UN Arabic Language Day is observed annually on December 18. Minorities Rights Day Minorities Rights Day is observed on 18th December. The day reminds us of true rights of Minorities. Goa Liberation Day is celebrated on 19th December every year. The United Nations (UN) International Human Solidarity Day is annually held on December 20 to celebrate unity in diversity. National Flashlight Day is always celebrated on December 21st. Short girl appreciation Day is celebrated on 21st December. Forefathers' Day is a holiday celebrated in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on December 22. Roots Day takes place on December 23, 2017. Roots Day is a holiday to care for one's family and its history. Kisan Diwas Day is observed across the country on 23 December 2013 to celebrate the birthday of Chaudhary Charan Singh. Christmas Eve Day is annually on December 24, is the day before Christmas Day. Christmas Day is a Christian festival, celebrated on 25th December in all over the world. St Stephen's feast Day is celebrated as a public holiday across Italy on December 26. It is the day after Christmas Day. Rizal Day in the Philippines is celebrated on December 30 each year and celebrates Dr. Jose Rizal's contribution to the revolution against the Spanish. www.recruitment.guru/current-affairs/ | 5 Follow Us DECEMBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS Agreement News DAIC and JNU signed MoU to collaborate in research activities & policy formulation for Socio-Economic Transformation & Sustainable Development Nagaland signs MoU with Estonian academy on e-governance Economic Development board (EDB) signed MoU with the Maharashtra Government to promote Fintech HUL board approves merger with GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ministry of Railways signed MoU with Madame Tussauds Wax Museum Sweden and India inks pact to bolster renewable energy technologies India inks pact with Iran to pay crude bill in rupee NABARD signed USD 100 mn agreement with UNFCC approved Green Climate Fund to boost USD 250 mn worth solar power project Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) sign a $60 Million Loan Agreement to reduce floods and the riverbank erosion in Assam Amazon India signed MoU with FISME to empower MSME sector www.recruitment.guru/current-affairs/ | 6 Follow Us DECEMBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS Science & Technology News ➢ World Gold Council appoints David Tait as next CEO ➢ Chinese firm unveils plans to provide free worldwide WiFi with 272 satellites ➢ WMO pointed 2018 to be the fourth warmest on record besides speculating 75-80% chance of El Niño within next 3 months ➢ Digital Sky portal : India starts online registration portal for drones, pilots, and operators ➢ Greenhouse Gas Emissions up 22% between 2010 and 2014 ➢ Sixth National Report submitted by India to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) ➢ USD 3 bn worth Russia’s S-400 missile air defence system successfully tested by China ➢ Russia successfully tested new hypersonic nuclear missile Avangard ➢ Rajnath Singh announces special women safety feature in pan- India emergency app ➢ SpaceX launches India’s first privately built satellite ExseedSAT 1 ➢ Soyuz first manned mission to ISS since October failure ➢ India’s heaviest communication satellite GSAT-11 launched successfully from French Guiana ➢ World’s 1st 3D-printed functional e-bike made in Germany by BigRep and NOWlab ➢ 1st synthetic material that gets thicker on stretching found www.recruitment.guru/current-affairs/ | 7 Follow Us DECEMBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS ➢ Over 100 new exoplanets discovered by NASA’s Kepler telescope ➢ Chang’e-4 mission: China to be the first country to attempt soft landing at, Von Karman crater, the far side of the moon, for the first time ➢ Nanowires, made from zinc oxide crystals, capable of mimicking neurons: German scientists ➢ India test fires nuclear capable Agni-5 missile, 2nd test in six months ➢ Long-lasting re-writable paper, controlled by temperature, developed by scientists ➢ CROSS BOW-18: IAF conducts combined guided firing of surface-to- air missiles ➢ Shri Radha Mohan Singh launched a portal ENSURE- National Livestock Mission-EDEG developed by NABARD ➢ Voyager 2 probe has officially reached interstellar space: NASA ➢ HAL developed Light Utility Helicopter achieves important milestone of flying at 6 km altitude ➢ Indian Navy’s first flyaway Deep-Sea Submarine Rescue System inducted in to Indian Navy in Mumbai ➢ Indian Ports Association Launches ‘PCS 1x’ to Increase Ease of Doing Business ➢ Akademik Lomonosov: World’s first floating nuclear plant installed in Russia ➢ NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft find evidence of water on asteroid Bennu www.recruitment.guru/current-affairs/ | 8 Follow Us DECEMBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS ➢ HD219134 b: Shimmering ‘super-Earth’ in constellation Cassiopeia discovered ➢ First Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite nicknamed as Vespucci US Military Satellite launched by SpaceX ➢ US researchers made world’s smallest tic-tac-toe game board with DNA ➢ BizBarde App: Isolated Turkmenistan launches first messaging app ➢ Coast Guard deploys faster vessels for enhanced security in Sir Creek with Pakistan ➢ USTAAD: Railways develops AI-powered robot to check for faults in trains ➢ Achievements of Indian Scientists beyond rocket launches and nuclear capable missiles www.recruitment.guru/current-affairs/ | 9 Follow Us DECEMBER 2018 CURRENT AFFAIRS Appointments & Resignations
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