Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 9th to 15th 9th to 15th December 2018 September 2018 India’s Largest Online Test Series 1 Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 9th to 15th 9th to 15th December 2018 September 2018 Table of Contents Awards & Honours ................................................................................................................................................. 3 Days & Events ......................................................................................................................................................... 4 International Affairs ............................................................................................................................................... 4 National Affairs ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 India & World ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 Government Policies & Schemes ........................................................................................................................... 6 Personality in News ................................................................................................................................................ 6 Science & Technology ............................................................................................................................................. 7 Books & Authors ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 Business & Economy ............................................................................................................................................... 7 Sports ...................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Defence ................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Polity ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10 India’s Largest Online Test Series 2 Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 23rd to 29th Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 16th to 22nd Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 19th to 25th 9th to 15th December 2018 September 2018 September 2018 August 2018 Awards & Honours 'The Dark Room' will get a cash prize of Rs 15 lakh, which will be shared with the producer. Women Transforming India Awards 2018 Jharkhand gets 'Krishi Karman' award Government think-tank NITI Aayog will organise the 3rd edition of the 'Women Transforming India Awards' 2018 Jharkhand has been selected for the 'Krishi Karman' award on 16 December 2018. in the rice category from the Union Ministry of Agriculture It will also launch the upgraded portal of the Women on 13 December 2018. Entrepreneurship Platform. The award to be given away in February 2019 carries a Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu will present the awards cash prize of Rs 2 crore and a citation. and launch the portal. Each farmer would be given a cash award of Rs 2 lakh The awards were instituted to recognise and celebrate along with citation. stories of exemplary women from across India. Amitav Ghosh honoured with 'Jnanpith Award' Noted English writer Amitav Ghosh has been honoured with the 'Jnanpith Award' 2018 for outstanding contribution towards literature. The decision was taken in a meeting of Jnanpith Selection Board chaired by eminent novelist, scholar and Jnanpith laureate Pratibha Ray. He is known for a series of novels such as 'The Shadow Lines', 'The Glass Palace', and 'The Hungry Tide'. Tata Steel won the Prime Minister's Trophy UN honoured Indian startup 'HelpUsGreen' Private steel major Tata Steel Limited won the Prime Minister's Trophy for the 'Best Performing Integrated Steel Uttar Pradesh-based 'HelpUsGreen' named startup has Plant' in the country for 2016-17. been honoured by the UN. It also won the award for 2014-15 and 2015-16. The startup works to clean up the mighty river Ganga by It was the fourth consecutive year when the company recycling thousands of tonnes of floral waste from was honoured with this award. temples. The award has been instituted to recognize the 'HelpUsGreen' has come up with the world's first outstanding performance of integrated steel plants in the profitable solution to the monumental temple waste country. problem: 'flowercycling'. 'Doordarshan Mahila Kisan' Awards launched Mary Kom honoured with highest civilian title Prasar Bharati Chairman Dr A Surya Prakash launched Manipur Government honoured MC Mary Kom with the 'Doordarshan Mahila Kisan' Awards programme on DD title 'Meethoileima' (par excellent queen) in Imphal on 11 Kisan Channel in New Delhi on 14 December 2018. December 2018. The award is an effort to bring the stories of struggle and She was honoured with the title 'Meethoileima' for success of women farmers in front of the country. winning the sixth gold medal in the World Boxing The women farmers have been selected by the Indian Championship 2018. Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) On the occasion, state's Chief Minister N. Biren Singh handed over a cheque of ten lakh rupees to her. 8 parliamentarians awarded by M Venkaiah Naidu Shyam Sundar won the Sahitya Akademi Award Eight parliamentarians were honoured by Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu for their contribution in strengthening Shyam Sundar Besra has been conferred the 'Sahitya parliamentary democracy on 13 December 2018. Akademi Award 2018' on 5 December 2018. Rajya Sabha MP Sharad Pawar and veteran leader Murli He has been awarded for his novel 'Marom' in Santhali Manohar Joshi got the 'Lifetime Achievement' award. language. Ghulam Nabi Azad and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey were The novel highlights the situation emerged after the two selected for the 'Best Parliamentarians' award 2018. main industrial development of the Santhal area after Independence. Iranian Film 'Dark Room' won an award at IFFK He is the Chief Inspector of Ticket working in Asansol Iranian movie 'Dark Room' bagged the 'Suvarna Chakoram' Division of Eastern Railway. (The Golden Crow Pheasant) award in the 23rd edition of Best Woman Parliamentarian Award for Kanimozhi the International Film Festival of Kerala (IIFK) on 13 December 2018. DMK MP Kanimozhi has been selected for the 'Best The movie revolves around the efforts of the parents of a Woman Parliamentarian Award' (Rajya Sabha) set up by boy to identify the abusers of their child. Lokmat newspaper for 2018. India’s Largest Online Test Series 3 Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 23rd to 29th Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 16th to 22nd Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 19th to 25th 9th to 15th December 2018 September 2018 September 2018 August 2018 A jury of eminent personalities headed by Murali Manohar The aim of the day is to raise awareness about the Joshi selected her for the award. importance of mountains. The award will be presented to her by Vice-President M. The theme for 2018 is '#MountainsMatter'. Venkaiah Naidu on 13 December 2018. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is the coordinating agency for celebrating International Imran won the Sanctuary Wildlife Service Award Mountain Day and is mandated to lead observance of it at Conservationist Imran Siddiqui has been honoured with the global level. 'Sanctuary Wildlife Service Award 2018' on 8 December 'India Day' inaugurated in New Delhi 2018. He is the Assistant Director for Conservation Science at 'India Day' was inaugurated in New Delhi on 10 December Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-India that monitors 2018. tigers. It is the official side event organised jointly by the Ministry The Sanctuary Wildlife Awards are organised annually by of Health and Family Welfare and the development the Sanctuary Nature Foundation. partners ahead of 'Partners’ Forum 2018'. The aim of the event is to highlight the government's Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Days & Events Health (RMNCH+A) programme. 1st Workshop on Explosives Detection held Human Rights Day: 10 December The first National Workshop on Explosives Detection was Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December. inaugurated at High Energy Materials Research Laboratory On this day, the United Nations General Assembly adopted (HEMRL) in Pune on 14 December 2018. the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. A trace explosive detection device, 'OPX-Revelator', This year, Human Rights Day marks the 70th anniversary of developed by HEMRL was also unveiled during the the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. workshop. The theme for 2018 is 'Stand up for the human rights'. The OPX Revelator is a portable, miniaturised, an electronic detector capable of detecting almost all the 1st Conference on Sustainable Water Management explosives. The first International Conference on 'Sustainable Water National Energy Conservation Day: 14 December Management' is being organised in Mohali from 10 to 11 December 2018. National energy conservation day is celebrated every year The conference