Exambazaar Current Affairs Dec 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS DECEMBER 2019 01-12 TO 07-12 2019 Important Current Affairs for IAS, SSC, Bank, RRB and Other Government Exams WITH SYNOPSIS www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs Current Affairs Digest Dec 2019 https://www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS 01 Dec COO of AirAsia India, Sanjay Kumar quits 01 Dec Babulal Sarma appointed as coordinator of National Register of Citizens 02 Dec Iraqi PM Adel Abdul-Mahdi formally submits resignation amid more violence 02 Dec Nana Patole of Congress elected Speaker of Maharashtra Assembly 02 Dec Namibia's Hage Geingob wins second term as president 02 Dec Soma Roy Burman appointed as Controller General of Accounts 02 Dec Shri Hari Mohan takes over as Chairman, Ordnance Factory Board 03 Dec Syngene appoints former Vodafone executive Sibaji Biswas as its CFO 03 Dec Aditya Ghosh joins OYO board, Rohit Kapoor becomes CEO 04 Dec Lt Gen P S Rajeshwar takes over as C-n-C of Andaman & Nicobar Command 04 Dec Sub-Lieutenant Shivangi becomes navy's first woman pilot 04 Dec Lockheed Martin appoints William Blair as chief executive for India operations 04 Dec Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne resignes 05 Dec Google founders step down, Pichai takes helm 05 Dec Vice Admiral Ravneet Singh took over as Chief of Personnel AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS 01 Dec People Times Group Chairman Indu Jain gets Lifetime Achievement Award 01 Dec Sports Mairaj-Areeba shoot mixed skeet gold in the 63rd National Shotgun Championship 02 Dec People Former FM Arun Jaitley conferred with ET Lifetime Achievement Award 02 Dec Sports Vishnu clinches National racing championship title 02 Dec Sports Gurpreet and Sunil clinch gold at National Wrestling championship 03 Dec International Roger Federer's face to be minted on Swiss coin Supermoms Anita Sheoran, Gursharanpreet Kaur gets gold in senior national women’s 03 Dec Sports wrestling championships South Asian Games: India opens medal account with four medals including one gold in 03 Dec Sports triathlon 04 Dec Sports New Zealand win MCC’s Spirit of Cricket award 04 Dec Sports South Asian Games: Mehuli Ghosh shoots 10m air rifle gold 05 Dec Sports India wins 29 medals, including 15 gold, jumps to top spot in SAG 06 Dec Read Current Affairs With Synopsis on https://www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs EXAM PREPARATION RESOURCES: Free Question Papers | EQAD - Free Daily Practice | Preparation Strategies | Best Coaching Classes 2 Current Affairs Digest Dec 2019 https://www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs 06 Dec Sports Satwik-Chirag, Para shuttler Pramod nominated for BWF awards 06 Dec People Shilpa Shetty's fitness app wins Google Play's Best Apps of 2019 Award Read Current Affairs With Synopsis on https://www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs EXAM PREPARATION RESOURCES: Free Question Papers | EQAD - Free Daily Practice | Preparation Strategies | Best Coaching Classes 3 Current Affairs Digest Dec 2019 https://www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs 1. National GOVERNMENT POLICIES & SCHEMES 01 Dec India and Japan hold first 'two-plus-two' dialogue Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar led the Indian delegation while the Japanese side was headed by Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Minister of Defence Taro Kono. POINTS TO NOTE The countries meet with an aim to give further momentum to their special strategic partnership, particularly in the maritime domain. The talks under the new framework are taking place following a decision taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe during the 13th India-Japan annual summit last year. 01 Dec Dr. Harsh Vardhan presides over the 10th Indian Organ Donation Day Government of India has set up the National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organization as a mandate of the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act 2011, for carrying out the activities for promotion of organ donation from deceased persons, putting systems in place for organ donation and transplantation and training the needed manpower etc. POINTS TO NOTE Government of India has set up the National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) as a mandate of the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act 2011, for carrying out the activities for promotion of organ donation from deceased persons, putting systems in place for organ donation and transplantation and training the needed manpower etc. The networking of the transplant and / or retrieval hospitals has been done to ensure that any organ which is donated does not get wasted. Donor families, best performing states, best performing hospitals, best performing transplant coordinators and states that have shown excellent performance in uploading maximum data in the national registry were felicitated and awarded at the event by the dignitaries. Read Current Affairs With Synopsis on https://www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs EXAM PREPARATION RESOURCES: Free Question Papers | EQAD - Free Daily Practice | Preparation Strategies | Best Coaching Classes 4 Current Affairs Digest Dec 2019 https://www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs 03 Dec Lok Sabha passes Bill to effect corporate tax reduction In the biggest reduction in 28 years, the government in September slashed corporate tax rates up to 10 percentage points as it looked to pull the economy out of a six-year low growth with a Rs 1.45 lakh crore tax break. POINTS TO NOTE Base corporate tax for existing companies has been reduced to 22 per cent from 30 per cent, and to 15 per cent from 25 per cent for new manufacturing firms incorporated after October 1, 2019, and starting operations before March 31, 2023. The companies opting for lower tax rates, however, will not be entitled to claim any rebate or deductions. 04 Dec Election Commission of India to implement “Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System” The salient feature in the Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System is that the applicant will be able to track the progress of his / her application and will get status update through SMS and email. POINTS TO NOTE The applicant is required to provide contact mobile number and email address of the party / applicant in his application if he/she wishes to track the progress of the application. A party seeking registration under the said section with the Commission has to submit an application to the Commission within a period of 30 days following the date of its formation in prescribed format with basic particulars about the party such as name, address, membership details of various units, names of office bearers, etc, 04 Dec AIIMS, Sweden launch healthcare innovation centre for cancer, diabetes The signing of the Memorandum of Intent took place at the event to mark 10 years of India-Sweden health cooperation. Others present were Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and his Swedish counterpart Maja Fjaestad. POINTS TO NOTE The Swedish Trade Commissioner's Office, in collaboration with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi and Jodhpur, announced launch of the India-Sweden Healthcare Innovation Centre in India. The Centre is envisaged to develop an ecosystem of open innovation that healthcare delivery stakeholders can use to collaborate and address current and future challenges in the healthcare sector in India. King Gustaf separately chaired a dialogue on circular economy approaches in India, along with Swedish and Indian senior government officials, as well as academic, private sector and non-governmental organisations. Read Current Affairs With Synopsis on https://www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs EXAM PREPARATION RESOURCES: Free Question Papers | EQAD - Free Daily Practice | Preparation Strategies | Best Coaching Classes 5 Current Affairs Digest Dec 2019 https://www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs 05 Dec Union cabinet approves SC/ST reservation in Lok Sabha, state assemblies for another 10 years The reservation for members of the Anglo-Indian community has been done away with for the time being. POINTS TO NOTE The government will bring a Bill to extend the reservation till January 25, 2030 in the ongoing winter session. The government was of the view, that the community is doing well and does not need reservation in the legislature. here are 84 members from the Scheduled Caste and 47 from the Scheduled Tribe communities in Parliament. While reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the legislature is carried out through constitutional amendments, similar reservation in jobs for these categories is decided by respective state governments. 05 Dec Cabinet approves Bill to amend law concerning parents, senior citizens It provides for the registration of senior citizens care homes and home-care service agencies and minimum standards for senior citizen care homes. POINTS TO NOTE The Bill seeks to amend the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007. It provides for the registration of senior citizens care homes and home-care service agencies and minimum standards for senior citizen care homes. 05 Dec Rajya Sabha passes Bill to provide ownership rights in unauthorised colonies in Delhi The Bill recognises the property rights of residents of 1,731 unauthorised colonies and also provides some relief to the residents of such colonies in Delhi from registration charges. POINTS TO NOTE The properties in these colonies are at present not being registered by registration authorities. The Bill seeks to recognise and confer rights of ownership or transfer or mortgage to the residents of such colonies on the basis of power of attorney, agreement to sale, will, possession letter and other documents. Read Current Affairs With Synopsis on https://www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs EXAM PREPARATION RESOURCES: Free Question Papers | EQAD - Free Daily Practice | Preparation Strategies | Best Coaching Classes 6 Current Affairs Digest Dec 2019 https://www.exambazaar.com/current-affairs 05 Dec Union Cabinet clears contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill It aims to provide citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, has been opposed by several opposition parties with Congress threatening to go to Supreme Court to challenge the proposed legislation.

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