International Migration
pact adopted by UN –
· The UN General Assembly officially adopted the ‘Global
Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration’ on 19 December 2018.
· The compact was adopted by the General Assembly in Marrakesh, Morocco
on 10 December 2018.
· It the first-ever negotiated global framework on a
common approach to international migration.
· It is non-legally binding compact.
Anup Kumar announces
his retirement –
· Kabaddi Player Anup Kumar announces his retirement on
19 December, 2018.
· He began his International carrer in 2006 at the South
Asian games in Sri Lanka.
· He led India
to Victory at the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup.
· It was during his tenure that the Indian team won 2
gold medals at Asian Games in 2014.
· In season 2 of the Pro Kabaddi League, Anup captained
U-Mumba and led the team to victory.
Train 18 to be flagged
off on December 29, 2018 –
· Train 18, India’s
fastest train, will be flagged off by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi from Varanasi on 29 December,
2018.
· It is the country’s first engine less train which will
replace the Shatabdi Express.
· It will run between Delhi
and Varanasi.
· It was manufactured by Integrated Coach Factory
Chennai.
· It became India’s fastest train by hitting
speeds of over 180 Kmph during a trial run.
Mobile app for Global
Aviation –
· The Civil Aviation Ministry along with the Airports
Authority of India (AII) launched the app name ‘GAS 2019’ on 19 December, 2018.
· The app is for the ‘Global Aviation Summit’ will be
held in Mumbai on January 2019.
· The app enables users to interact with the
co-delegates and speakers besides providing a platform for networking through
personal and group chats.
Startup Ranking 2018
released by DIPP –
· The National Reports on States’ ‘Startup Ranking 2018’
2 was unveiled by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP),
Ministry of Commerce and Industry on 20 December 2018.
· Gujarat has emerged as the best-performing state in the
Startup Ranking 2018.
· Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, and Rajasthan, with a score
of more than 85 percentile, have been adjudged the top performers.
India’s largest Cancer Institution launched –
· India’s largest cancer hospital, National Cancer Institute
(NCI) in Jhajjar District started the trial run of its outpatient Department on
18 December, 2018.
· NCI is a project under Delhi AIIMS.
· It will be headed by Dr. GK Rath who is also the chief
of Institute Rotary Cancer
Hospital at AIIMS.
· It will be the Nodal Institute of all activities
related to cancer in the country.
Nevada: 1st US state to have female majority –
· Nevada became the first state in the US with an
overall female majority in its legislature on 18 December 2018.
· The appointments of the Democrats Rochelle Thuy Nguyen
and Beatrice Angela Duran to two Las-Vegas area legislative seats give women
51% of the 63 seats in the legislature.
· No state has previously had a female-majority or even
a 50% female legislature.
Harsh
appointed as India
Ambassador to US –
· The government of India
appointed Harsh Vardhan Shrigala as the next ambassador of India to the United States on 20 December 2018.
· Harsh Vardhan Shringla, a 1984-batch Indian Foreign
Service diplomat will succeed Navtej Sarna.
· At present, he is serving as Indian High Commissioner
to Bangladesh.
· Senior Diplomat Riva Ganguly Das has been appointed as
new High Commissioner to Bangladesh.
Gadkari
laid foundation for several projects –
· Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin
Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for several national highways
project at Rowing in Lower Dibang Valley District, Arunachal Pradesh on 20
November 2018.
· The Minister also inaugurated two bridges over the
Lohit and Dibang River.
· These projects will improve connectivity between Assam and
Arunachal Pradesh.
Karnataka
Bank Partners with Paisabazaar.com –
· Paisabazaar.com and Karnataka Bank announced a
strategic partnership on 19 December 2018.
· Through this Partnership, consumers will now be able
to choose and apply for a home loan from Karnataka Bank, directly through the
Paisabazaar.com in India’s
largest online market place for financial products.
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