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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

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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➢ 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

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➢ 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

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Appointments & Resignations News

• World Gold Council appoints David Tait as next CEO • Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey takes over as Revenue Secretary • Georgia elects its first female president Salome Zurichishvili • Paul Polman step down as Unilever’s CEO • Raninder Singh becomes first Indian to be elected ISSF’s vice- president • NGT appoints former HC judge U C Dhyani to monitor Ganga cleaning • Andrés Manuel López Obrador became first leftist president of Mexico • AS Rajeev appointed MD & CEO of Bank of Maharashtra • Pawan Singh is the first Indian to be elected in ISSF’s judges committee • Ravindra Kumar Verma assumes charge as Technical Member in the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity • Jon Ridgeon Appointed CEO of IAAF • Ajay Narayan Jha takes over as Finance Secretary • Ex-IRDAI chief TS Vijayan appointed as additional director of YES bank board • IL&FS appoints ex-L&T executive N Sivaraman as group COO • Axis Capital CEO Dharmesh Mehta stepped down; Salil Pitale and Chirag Negandhi appointed as joint MD and co-CEO

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• Former Indian diplomat Preeti Saran elected to UN’s socio- economic, cultural panel • Indian-origin Shamila Batohi,the First Female appointed head of South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority • IL&FS Investment Managers’ board appointed Nand Kishore and Kaushik Modak as new additional directors • Government appointed Lalit Kumar as its nominee on ICICI Bank • Atul Sahai appointed as New India Assurance CMD for a 5 year term • ACC led by Pm Modi appointed Krishnamurthy Subramanian as new Chief Economic Advisor • Axis Bank inducts Amitabh Chaudhry on its board • SoftBank Vision Fund gets Facebook’s Kirthiga Reddy as first venture partner • James Quincey to Succeed Muhtar Kent as Chairman of The Coca- Cola Company • Urjit Patel resigned as the 24th RBI Governor • Wasim Khan appointed as PCB’s Managing Director • Myntra CEO Ananth Narayanan Quits • RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha resigns from Union council of ministers • SWIFT India appointed former SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya as board chairman • Economist Surjit Bhalla resigned from PM Economic Advisory Council

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• Shaktikanta Das takes charge as 25th Governor of the RBI • CAG Rajiv Mehrishi appointed as Vice-Chair of UN Panel of Auditors till 2020 • TRS leader K. Chandrashekhar Rao sworn in as Telangana CM for second straight term • Shri Bharat Bhushan Vyas takes Oath of Office and Secrecy as Member, UPSC • Bilateral Annual Haj 2019 Agreement between India and Saudi Arabia Signed at Jeddah • CID producer BP Singh to succeed Anupam Kher as FTII Chairman • Patrick Shanahan to replace James Mattis as Acting US Defence Secretary • P V Bharathi appointed MD and CEO of Corporation Bank; other appointments made by Ministry of Personnel • Riva Ganguly Das appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh • Ex-IES Officer Sangeeta Verma appointed as third CCI Member: CCI Chairperson • Retired IAS official Bijay Kumar appointed as deputy MD of IL&FS • Air Marshal Rajeev Sachdeva takes over as Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations) • CA Kuttappa appointed India’s new chief men’s boxing coach • Ex-President Rajoelina wins Madagascar Election by defeating Marc Ravalomanana.

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Awards News

▪ Indian Navy commander (Pilot) Vijay Varma,Captain (Pilot) P Rajkumar win Asian of The Year award for Kerala flood rescue ▪ Myanmar Leader Suu Kyi was the First Leader to Be Stripped of Freedom Of Paris Award ▪ Barack Obama named most admired man for 11th year in a row ▪ Abhinav Bindra: First Indian to get the Blue Cross, highest shooting honour by ISSF ▪ Madhya Pradesh’s Divya Patidar Joshi crowned Mrs. India 2018 title in New Delhi ▪ VP Naidu conferred ‘Champions of Change’ award to Manipur CM N Biren Singh ▪ Four Indian-origin women among Forbes list of top female US tech moguls ▪ Swachhta Pakhwada of Ministry in Civil Aviation, Government of India: Pawan Hans Ltd, Airports Authority of India and Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi awarded the 3 best performing organizations ▪ ‘Outstanding Case Writer’ award presented to ICFAI Business School ▪ Delhi Minister Imran Hussain gets PETA ‘Hero to Animals’ award for banning Chinese manjha ▪ Kohli honoured by Bradman Museum ahead of India-Aus Test ▪ Tuhin becomes first Indian to scale Sahayadri mountain range ▪ 2018 Ballon d’Or:Luka Modric and Ada Hegerberg win awards

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▪ Eliud Kipchoge and Caterine Ibarguen named IAAF athletes of the year ▪ IIT-Mandi professor wins Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award ▪ iPhone artist and film maker Charlotte Prodger won the 2018 Turner Award ▪ Rattan Lal honoured with Glinka World Soil Prize 2018 ▪ Ministry of New and Renewable Energy conferred Skoch Award for National Significance for installation of 73 GW of renewable energy ▪ Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai won 2018 Gleitsman Award by Harvard University ▪ Sunil Mittal, the First Indian received honorary doctorate from ESCP biz school ▪ Mexico’s Vanessa Poncede Leon wins Miss World 2018 crown at grand event held in China’s Sanya ▪ IIT KGP won the DSCI Excellence Award 2018 for Cyber Security Education: DSCI ▪ Sundaram Finance MD T T Srinivasaraghavan awarded lifetime achievement award by PTI chairman ▪ Prathamesh Maulingkar, hailing from Goa, India, became the first Asian/Indian Mr Supranational 2018 ▪ DMK MP Kanimozhi gets the best woman Parliamentarian Award ▪ Sascha Bajin, Naomi Osaka’s coach became first ever WTA Coach of the Year ▪ Golden State Warriors Named Sports Illustrated’s 2018 Sportsperson of the Year

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▪ Jamal Khashoggi named Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ ▪ Mary Kom honoured with Meethoileima title by Manipur Government ▪ UN honours Indian startup ‘HelpUsGreen’ which recycles floral waste from temples to clean Ganga ▪ Delhi Police enters into Limca Book of Records for training over two lakh women and girls ▪ Jharkhand gets “Krishi Karman” award in rice category ▪ Lewis Hamilton awarded Drivers’ Driver of the Year ▪ Indian Railways bagged 17 awards at the ‘National Energy Conservation awards 2018’ in New Delhi ▪ Mohammed Rafi Award conferred to late music composer Laxmikant and singer Usha Timothy in Mumbai ▪ Aadi Sai Vijaykaran,first Indian to win the “Top Debater in the World” title ▪ DIPP Swachch Bharat Grand Challenge Awards Presented ▪ Sitarist Manju Mehta conferred ‘Tansen Samman 2018’ by Madhya Pradesh government

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National News

➢ 8 States achieve 100% household electrification under Saubhagya ➢ Government launches Bhasha Sangam to introduce school students to 22 Indian languages ➢ Cope India 2019: India, US air exercise to be held in West Bengal ➢ 4th India-Mozambique Joint Commission meeting held in New Delhi ➢ NITI Aayog organized dialogue on ‘Health System for A New India’, the first event of a dialogue series for the 15-year vision document ➢ eDrishti: software to help Railways Minister keep track of punctuality of trains launched by Indian Railways ➢ Health ministry approved formula for compensation to patients who received faulty hip implants by subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson Pvt Ltd ➢ Three services (navy, Army and Air Force) conduct joint drill off Goa and Karwar coasts ➢ India’s first indigenous film festival to be held in Odisha next year ➢ President of India Inaugurates the 2nd International Ambedkar Conclave in New Delhi ➢ Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated second edition of Khasdar Mahotsav in Nagpur ➢ FSSAI launches new campaign “Heart Attack Rewind” to eliminate trans fats by 2022 ➢ President of India presents Standards to 118 Helicopter Unit and Colours to Air Defence College

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➢ DAC approves procurements worth Rs 3000 crores, including BrahMos and ARVs ➢ Government puts imports of gold dore in restricted category ➢ Centre proposes ban on use of animals in circuses, performances ➢ Train 18: India’s 1st engineless train crosses 180 kmph during trials ➢ Visit of Romanian Foreign Minister H.E. Mr. Teodor Melescanu to India ➢ Government holds Workshop on Developing ‘Ganga Museum’ in New Delhi ➢ Indian Navy to conduct ‘Exercise sea vigil’ as a part of 2-month long Exercise TROPEX ➢ Delhi government launched ‘One’ card for ease of commute on metro, buses ➢ 8th Session of the foreign Office Consultations between India and Sudan held in New Delhi ➢ Centre included Gangotri, Yamunotri in Uttarakhand, Amarkantak in MP and Parasnath in Jharkhand under PRASAD Scheme: Tourism Ministry ➢ 2nd meeting of the NITI Forum for the North East held in Guwahati, Assam ➢ ‘Mukhyamantri Teerth Yatra Yojana’: Delhi government launched free pilgrimage scheme for 77, 000 senior citizens ➢ First ever Swadesh Darshan Project in Nagaland worth Rs. 97.36 crore inaugurated by CM Rio ➢ SC approved Centre’s draft of India’s First Witness Protection Scheme 2018

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➢ Three Day annual India Water Impact Summit 2018 held in New Delhi ➢ Two day Regional Customs Enforcement Meeting (RCEM) held in New Delhi ➢ New Vehicles to be Pre-Fitted with High Security Registration plates from April, 2019 ➢ Indian Coast Guard conducted Exercise ‘Clean Sea-2018’ at sea off Port Blair ➢ Rs 50 crore Science and Technology Innovation fund, first in the country, approved by Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani ➢ “Ideate for India- Creative Solutions using Technology”: National challenge for youth launched by Meity minister Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad ➢ Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Union minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurate Kannur international Airport ➢ India’s first underwater museum to open off Puducherry coast in INS Cuddalore ➢ NITI Aayog Launches Global Hackathon on Artificial Intelligence ➢ Indian Railways launched new Buddhist Circuit Tourist Train for the 16-day pilgrimage tour ➢ Second edition of exercise AVIAINDRA 2018 commenced between IAF and RFSAF at Jodhpur ➢ Shi Yomi became 23rd district of Arunachal Pradesh ➢ CBSE conducts largest ever Central Teacher Eligibility Test ➢ 1st International Conference on Sustainable Water Management held in Mohali, Punjab

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➢ ‘Operation Minimum wage’,to check violations of Minimum Wage Act 2017, launched by Delhi government ➢ Lepa Rada becomes 24th district of Arunachal Pradesh ➢ First ever Agriculture Export Policy 2018 launched by Commerce Ministry ➢ “Uncrowned Glory – An exhibition of Ethnic Ornaments of Himachal Pradesh” inaugurated in New Delhi ➢ UP to establish Umbrella University named after former PM late Atal Bihari Vajpayee ➢ GoM headed by Arun Jaitley set up by govt to review recommendations of Sinha committee on stressed power assets ➢ 9 states achieved 100% household electrification under SAUBHAGYA: Power Ministry ➢ Dam Safety Bill 2018 introduced in Lok Sabha by MoSPA&WR ➢ Government forms seven-member panel under BBB to select MD for PSU insurance firms ➢ 18th meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) held in New Delhi ➢ West Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh top beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat: MoSH&FW ➢ PM Modi released Rs 100 commemorative coin in memory of Late former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee ➢ Prime Minister launched website of Cyber Coordination Centre during DGP Conference ➢ India’s first music museum to be set up in Thiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu

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➢ Bogibeel Bridge, India’s longest rail cum road bridge, inaugurated in Assam by PM Narendra Modi ➢ 17-day International Gita Mahotsav, 2018 concluded in Kurukshetra, Haryana ➢ 485 schemes of 37 depts launched by CM of Haryana under ‘Digital Haryana’ initiative ➢ West Bengal cabinet approved online system for mutation of property; Flipkart to set up hub in WB at a cost of Rs. 991 crores ➢ Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana launched in Uttarakhand ➢ Governing council under MSME Secretary to ensure efficient delivery of export-related interventions: MSME Ministry ➢ President gave his assent to 2 bills from Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh ➢ Central Railways introduces ‘Automated Train Examination System (ATES)’ technology to eliminate manual examination of trains ➢ 26th National Children’s Science Congress inaugurated by CM Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar, Odisha ➢ Nitin Gadkari lays Foundation Stone of 11 projects for Yamuna Rejuvenation ➢ Government bans Khalistan Liberation Force under UAPA ➢ All vehicles to come fitted with high security number plates from Apr 1: Road ministry ➢ Hooda panel recommends creation of specialized information warfare units, restructuring of military intelligence ➢ Railways enhanced combined reservation quota of lower berths for senior citizens and women passengers.

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International News

❖ EU sets goal to be ‘climate neutral’ by 2050 ❖ 3rd ASEAN – India Business Summit (AIBS) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ❖ India’s chairmanship of Kimberley Process, from January 2019, announced in the 15th KPCS 2018 plenary session held in Brussels, Belgium ❖ India has highest number of children, teens with HIV in South Asia: Report ❖ Australia the first country in the World to recognise ‘orphanage trafficking’ as slavery ❖ UK amended weapons bill to ensure the right to possession of kirpans by Sikhs ❖ Asia-Pacific Summit 2018 in Nepal ❖ Climate Vulnerable Forum meeting is being held in Marshall Islands ❖ UAE passport topped the Global Passport Power Rank 2018: Arton Capital ❖ Panama 1st Latin American nation to join Belt and Road Initiative ❖ India tops in road deaths; globally fatalities increase by 1 lakh in 3 years: WHO report ❖ Two day 175th Meeting of the OPEC Conference & one day 5th OPEC and Non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting held in Vienna, Austria ❖ Luxembourg became the first country to make public transport free

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❖ Dubai Crown Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum launches world’s largest Arabic audio library in Dubai ❖ Conference on ‘Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code – A New Paradigm for Stressed Assets’ held in New York, USA ❖ UN launches new framework to combat international terrorism ❖ Legislation allowing foreign blue-collar workers to ease labour shortage from April 2019 approved by Japanese Parliament ❖ UN conference adopts migration pact despite withdrawals ❖ 7th Sino-India joint exercise Hand-in-Hand 2018 between Armies of India and China commenced at Chengdu, China ❖ Israel becomes a member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) ❖ India signed the 30-member Trans Regional Maritime Network pact in Rome, Italy ❖ Overview of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s 5-day visit to the United States ❖ 39th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit held in Riyadh,Saudi Arabia ❖ Nepal government bans Indian currency notes above Rs 100 ❖ Bilateral Annual Haj 2019 Agreement between India and Saudi Arabia Signed at Jeddah ❖ 24th meeting of Conference of Parties (COP-24) held in Katowice, Poland ❖ First meeting of the Follow-up Committee between India, Afghanistan and Iran held in Iran

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❖ Thailand 1st Southeast Asian nation to legalise medical marijuana and kratom ❖ Japan announces International Whaling Commission (IWC) withdrawal to resume commercial whaling ❖ Israel’s parliament approved a law to permit exports of medical marijuana ❖ Nepal caps expenditure of its citizens in India-1 Lakh per Month ❖ UNGA adopts Russian Resolution on International Information Security

❖ Pakistan Cabinet Approves Issuance of “Panda Bonds” in Chinese Currency

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Business News • RBI moves to ease liquidity for non-banking finance firms • Indian economy likely to grow at 7-7.4 per cent in FY19: NCAER • India is the fastest growing e-commerce market: Report by Bain & Company • 20-character LEI code mandatory for market participants regulated by the Central Bank: RBI • Interest subsidy for MSME sector exporters increased to 5 per cent: RBI • Net stable funding ratio (NSFR) norms for banks to be operational from April, 2020: RBI • India’s economy grows at 7.1 per cent for 2nd part of 2018-19 • Avoidance of double taxation treaty between India, HKSAR became effective • ECB launch TIPS instant payment system • World Bank unveils USD 200 bn in climate action investment for 2021-25 • Government of India and Asian Development Bank inked $85 Million loan to support Odisha Skill Development Project • India’s growth forecast cut by 10 bps to 7.4% on weakening global growth: CRISIL

• 5th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy released by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) • CASHe partners with Mswipe to offer instant loans

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• Paisabazaar.com launches India’s first chance of approval feature for lending products • India records 2nd highest Fintech adoption rate • RBI laid down norms to draw at least 40% of capital for large borrowers having working capital of Rs.150 crore and above • HDFC ERGO Announces Corporate Agency Tie-up with Federal Bank • ADB enters an arrangement with World Bank for co-financed projects • Exim Bank extended USD 500 mn loan to Tanzania for water supply projects • India to retain top position in remittances with $80 billion:World Bank • AIIB Clears $400 million loan for water supply project in Andhra Pradesh • RBI to implement an Ombudsman scheme for digital transactions • Tranche 4 loan agreement worth $31 mn to develop Tourism infrastructure in Tamil Nadu under IDIPT signed between India and ADB • Jana Small Finance Bank Launches Jana Bankable Debit Card • RBI slapped Rs 1 crore fine on Indian Bank for violating cyber security norms • Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy 2018 released by World Bank • Russia emerges as world’s No. 2 arms producer: Report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

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• RBI grants 40 branch licenses to Bandhan Bank • FDI inflows to South, South West Asia down 6 pc to USD 63 billion in 2017: UN report • OBOPAY Card: new generation pre-payment instrument for enterprise customers launched by OBOPAY, Federal Bank and MasterCard • PNB Rupay Card: special card for Kumbh Mela launched by PNB and UP government • Govt extended ban on import of milk products from China for 4 months will April 23, 2019: DGFT • Survey to capture retail payment habits in 6 cities launched by RBI • CAGR of security-service SMEs to grow at 18-20% in the next 2 FYs: CRISIL Research • RBI relaxes withdrawal limit for depositors of City Co-operative Bank • ICICI topped list of banks penalising staff for fraud in 2015-2017: RBI data • India pips China in FDI inflows for the first time in 20 years • ESAF small finance bank gets RBI nod to operate as scheduled bank • RBI extends liquidity sops for banks to March 31 • AAAR okays GST on inter-state office services

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Sports News ▪ AIBA set to introduce ‘protest system’ at 2019 Men’s World championship ▪ Minjee Lee becomes the first woman to win Australia’s Greg Norman Medal ▪ Lionel Messi surpasses Cristiano Ronaldo to be Champions League top goal scorer ▪ IOC sets up human rights advisory committee starting in 2024 ▪ Wrestling Federation of India rolls out contracts system for Wrestlers ▪ Women’s Pro Golf Tour: Ridhima Dilawari wins maiden professional title ▪ Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik won gold in Tata Motors Senior National Championship ▪ Commonwealth Senior Fencing Championships in Canberra, Australia ▪ Ullas Narayan wins India’s first international medal in ultra running ▪ Atlawim Debebe of Ethiopia wins Pune International Marathon ▪ Delhi Daredevils renamed as Delhi Capitals ahead of 2019 IPL season. ▪ Gautam Gambhir announced retirement from all forms of cricket ▪ Budapest to host 2023 IAAF World Championships ▪ Yasir Shah becomes fastest bowler to take 200 Test wickets after Breaking 82 year old Record

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▪ Italy won the Ninth edition of International Admiral’s Cup Regatta 2018 held in Ettikulam Beach at Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala ▪ Ashwin makes Marsh break 130-year-old Australian record ▪ Shubhankar Sharma becomes youngest Indian to win Asian Tour Order of Merit ▪ Anushka, Chaitanya emerge youngest winners at US Kids Golf India tour event in Gurugram ▪ Pune to host Khelo India Youth Games 2019; Jersey launched ▪ Virat Kohli becomes first Asian skipper to win a Test in South Africa, England and Australia ▪ SAIL Hockey Academy wins Aga Khan Gold Cup tournament ▪ ICC ropes in Royal Stag as official sponsor for next five years ▪ Bhubaneswar to host one of Hockey Series Finals in 2019 ▪ Allan Border Medal to be rebranded as Australian Cricket Awards ▪ National Athletics Championship for Blind held in New Delhi ▪ Five weightlifters banned after 2012 Olympic tests reanalyzed ▪ Real Madrid won third straight Club World Cup title with win over Al-Ain in Abu Dhabi, UAE ▪ Bala Rafique Shaikh Wins Maharashtra Kesari 2018 in Maharashtra ▪ Mangaonkar, Fadte clinch titles at squash tournament in Maharashtra ▪ Shiffrin first woman to reach 50 World Cup wins with Courchevel victory

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▪ India’s Arjun Bhati wins US Kids Junior Golf World Championship held in Malaysia ▪ Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting inducted into ICC Hall of Fame ▪ Modric beats Djokovic to win Balkan athlete of the year award ▪ Virat Kohli breaks Dravid’s 16-year-old Test record with 82-run knock

▪ American adventurer O’Brady First Person to complete solo trek across Antarctica

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Obituary ➢ Former 41st US President George HW Bush passed away at 94 ➢ Spider-Man, Iron Man co-creator Stan Lee died of cardiac arrest ➢ Singer Mohammed Aziz passed away at 64 ➢ Noted agriculturalist Jayaraman passes away ➢ Former National Champion Swimmer Arun Kumar Shaw passes away ➢ Senior Congress MP Mohammad Asrarul Haque passed away at 76 ➢ Ex-Soviet Dissident Lyudmila Alexeyeva Dies Aged 91 ➢ ‘Marketing Superstar’ Nabankur Gupta passes away at 70 ➢ Former Colombian president Belisario Betancur passed away at 95 ➢ Senior Journalist Jagdish Thakkar Passes Away ➢ Padma Shri historian and former Jamia VC, Mushirul Hasan passed away at 71 ➢ Senior Kerala Congress Leader CN Balakrishnan passed away at 87 ➢ Nancy Wilson, Grammy winning jazz singer, dies at 81 ➢ Oscar-nominated actress Sondra Locke died at 74 ➢ Thoppil Ajayan, National award winning director, passed away at 66 ➢ Former Union Minister Jai Narain Prasad Nishad Dies At 88 in NewDelhi ➢ Rabindra sangeet exponent Dwijen Mukhopadhyay passes away in West Bengal

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➢ Former Mumbai Mayor and Padma Shri Nana Chudasama dies at 85 in Maharashtra ➢ Veteran CPI (M) leader Nirupam Sen passes away in West Bengal ➢ Former Liberal Democrats and UK Political leader Paddy Ashdown died aged 77 ➢ Bengali poet Nirendranath Chakraborty dead in WestBengal ➢ Padma Shri awardee Sulagitti Narasamma passes away at Bengaluru, Karnataka ➢ Former KU VC and Padma Shri awardee Prof Hamidi Kashmiri passes away ➢ Former Nigerian President Shehu Shagari died at 93 ➢ Oscar-and Grammy-winning lyricist Norman Gimbel died at 91

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