Loan agreement signed
between India
and ADB –
· India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $60 million
loan agreement on 13 december 2018.
· The loan aims to continue financing riverbank
protection works, renovation of flood embankments and community- based flood
risk management activities in critically flood-prone areas along the Brahmaputra rive in basin.
· The loan is part of the $120 million multi tranche
financing facilitiy.
‘ECO Niwas Samitha
2018’ launched –
· The Ministry Power launched ‘ECO Niwas Samitha 2018’
on 14th December 2018.
· It is an Energy Conservation Building Code for
Residential Buildings (ECBC-R)
· The objective is to benefit the occupants and
environment by promoting energy efficiency in the design and construction of
homes, apartments, and township.
· The code is expected to assist a large number of
architects and builders.
Ramphal Pawar appointed
as Director of NCRB –
· The government of India appointed Ramphal Pawar as
Director of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)
· He is the former joint secretary of NATGRID.
· He is the Indian Police Services (IPS) officer from
West Bengal Cadre.
· NCRB is an Indian Government agency responsible for
collecting and analyzing crime data as defined by the Indian Panel Code.
Ashok Gehlot will be
the CM of Rajasthan-
· Ashok Gehlot will be the new Chief Minister of
Rajasthan, while Sachin Pilot will be Deputy Chief Minister.
· Ashok Gehlot will be the fourth leader to become Chief
Minister of Rajasthan for the third time.
· He has been the Chief Minister of the State from
1998-2003 and 2008-2013.
ICC Ropes in Royal Stag
as official sponsor –
· The International Cricket Council (ICC) has roped in
Royal Stag as the official sponsor for the next five years.
· The partnership, which runs through 2033, will cover
International events, include the ICC Cricket World Cup, ICC T20 World Cup and
ICC World Test Championship.
· ICC currently also has Nissan, Oppo, MRF Tyres and
Emirates as global partners.
Amitav Ghosh honoured
with ‘Jnapath Award’ –
· Noted English writer Amitav Ghosh has been honoured
with ‘Jnapath Award’ 2018 for outstanding contribution towards literature.
· The decision was taken in a meeting of Jnapath
Selection Board chaired by eminent novelist, scholar and Jnapath laureate
Pratibha Ray.
· He is known for a series of a novel such as ‘The
Shadow Lines’, ‘The Glass Palace’, and ‘The Hungary Tide’.
India’s first private UAV factory inaugurated –
·
India’s first private sector unit for manufacturing
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) opened at Adani
Aerospace Park
in Hyderabad.
·
The Adani Aerospace
Park facility has been
built by the Adani group and Israel-based Elbit Systems.
·
The facility will
develop ‘Hermens 900’ medium altitude long-endurance UAVs for the Indian and
global markets.
Ashok Kumar Singh
assumes charge of secretary –
·
Ashok Kumar Singh
has assumed charge as secretary of National Commission for Schedule Tribes
(NSCT) on 14th November, 2018.
·
Dr. Nand Kumar
Sai is the chairperson of NSCT.
·
He is the former
Additional Secretary of Lok Sabha Sceretariat.
·
NSCT investigates
and monitors all matters relating to the safeguard provided for the Schedule
Tribes under the Constitution or under any other Law.
Chief’s of IB and RAW
gets six months extensions –
· The chief’s of Intelligence Bureau and Research and
Analysis Wing Rajiv Jain and Anil K Dhasmana respectively got extension of six
months each on 14th December 2018.
· The decision to extend the tenure of the two
intelligence chiefs by six months was taken due to the fourth upcoming general
elections.
· Rajiv Jain, 1980-batch IPS officer from Jharkhand, was
appointed IP director on December 20, 2016.
1st Workshop
on Explosive Detection held –
· The first National Workshop on Explosive Detection was
inaugurated at High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) in Pune on 14th
December, 2018.
· A trace explosive detection device, ‘OPX-Revelator’,
developed by HEMRL was also unveiled during the workshop.
· The OPX revelator is a portable, miniaturized, an
electronic detector capable of detecting almost all the explosives.
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