Longest rail-cum-road
bridge inaugurated –
· India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge – Bogibeel Bridge
was inaugurated in Assam
on 25 December 2018.
· The Bridge is situated 17 Km downstream of Dibrugarh
city in Assam.
· It crosses the Brahmaputra river and will connect Assam’s
Dibrugarh town with Dhemaji.
· The Bridge will also facilitate faster movement of
army troops and supplies to Arunachal Pradesh.
Good Governance Day: 25
December –
· Good Governance Day is observed annually on 25th
December, the birth anniversary of Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
· Good Governance Day was established by the government
of India
in 2014.
· The aim of the Day is to make people aware of the
government’s commitment to providing a transparent and accountable
administration in the country.
Government to make all
meter’s smart prepaid –
· Ministry of Power, Government of India has decided to
make all meters smart prepaid in 3 years from 1st April 2019.
· Advantages of this step: Reduction of AT&C losses,
better health of Discoms, energy conservation, ease of bill payments, and doing
away with the paper bills.
· Consumers need not to pay the whole months bill one go
instead they can pay as per their requirements.
UP approves setting up
of 2 developments boards –
· The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet gave its approval for
setting up of development boards for Bundelkhand and Purvanchal.
· It will be chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
· Both boards will be formed for 3 years.
· The Chairperson of the board will select two
Vice-Chairman, 11 non-government members and two experts for each board.
Book on Maharaja
Jagatjit Singh launched –
· Punjab’s Chief Minister Amarinder Singh released a book on
former ruler Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala on 24 December 2018.
· The title of the book is ‘Prince, Patron, and
Patriarch – Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala’.
· It is co-authored by Brigadier (Retd) Sukhjit Singh
and Cynthia Meera Frederick.
Indian Science Congress
to be held on 3 January 2019 –
·
The 106th
Indian Science Congress will be held on 3 January 2019 at Lovely
Professional University
in Punjab.
·
The theme of the
four-day event is ‘Future India: Science and Technology’.
·
The aim of the
event is to bring together science fraternity from across the world to discuss
innovations and researches.
·
It is organized
by the Indian Science Congress Associations.
Turkmenistan launches first messaging app –
· Turkmenistan launches its first messaging app on 24 December,
2018.
· The name of the messaging app is ‘Bizbarde’.
· The app will allow to exchange the messages, files,
photos, and videos.
· The application is available via the Google Android
platform as well as Apple’s iOS and Microsoft Windows.
Rs.100 coin in memory
of Vajpayee launched –
· A commemorative coin worth Rs.100 in honour of former
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was launched on 24 December 2018.
· The coin features the Emblem of India on the front
side.
· The reverse side of the coin features a portrait of
Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
· The year 1924 and 2018 are inscribed below Vajpayee’s
portrait to mark the year of his birth and death respectively.
PNB launches special
card for Kumbh Mela –
· Punjab National Bank (PNB) has launched a special card
for Kumbh Mela 2019.
· The bank has partnered with the Uttar Pradesh
government to create a model for digitization at Kumbh Mela 2019.
· For convenient and hassle-free transactions at these
shops, the bank has created the ‘PNB Rupay’ card which works even without the
Internet.
‘Super-Earth’ in
‘Cassiopeia’ discovered –
· Researchers have discovered a new exotic planet
outside the solar system in the constellation ‘Cassiopiea’.
· The planet has been named ‘HD219134 b’.
· It is located 21 light years away from earth.
· It has a mass of almost five times that of Earth,
which is considered a so-called ‘Super-Earth’.
· It is rich in Calcium and Aluminum alongside magnesium
and silicon.
SpaceX launches new GPS
satellite –
· SpaceX successfully launched the US Air Force’s its
Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite, nicknamed ‘Vespucci’,on 23
December 2018.
· The new GPS satellites, built by Lockheed Martin, will
provide three-times better accuracy than the current system of GPS and will be
eight times better at anti-jamming.
· The GPS is owned by the U.S military and operated by
the U.S Air Force.
Former Minister Captain
Nishad passed away –
· Former Minister Captain Jai Narayan Prasad Nishad
passed away on 24 December 2018.
· He had represented the Bihar’s
Muzaffarpur parliamentary constituency in Lok Sabha.
· He was elected to 11th Lok Sabha for the
first time in 1996.
· During 1996-97, he served as the Union Minister of
State, Environment and Forests (Independent Charge).
Sangeeta Verma joins as
CCI member –
· Sangeeta Verma as joined the Commission of India (CCI)
as its member on 24 December 2018.
· She is a former Indian Economic Services (IES)
officer.
· She has been appointed for a period of 5 years.
· The commission is established in 2003 to replace the
erstwhile Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commissions.
· Ashok Kumar Gupta is the Chairperson of CCI.
Hamilton awarded Driver’s Driver of the Year –
· On 22 December 2018, Lewis Hamilton won the Drivers
‘Drive of the Year’ award.
· For the first time, voting was done to determine the
winner of the award.
· He won the award after he claimed the 5th
World Driver ‘s Championship.
· Lewis Hamilton is the third man in history to secure
the 5th world title.
· Max Verstappen was placed in the 2nd
position and Fernando Alonso got the 3rd place.
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