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Banking Current Affairs
Agri service solutions provider Sohan Lal Commodity
Management (SLCM) having operations across India and
Myanmar has tied up with HDFC Bank and IndusInd
Bank to provide collateral management services.
As per SBI, its board has approved raising Rs 8,000 crore
through various sources, including masala bonds, to meet
Basel III capital norms.
Bank of Baroda has entered into MoU with POORTI Agri
Services Pvt. Ltd to enable the farmers to purchase
agricultural inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides, seeds etc.
provided by POORTI.
US buyout giant KKR & Co has become the first foreign
investor to fully own an asset reconstruction company
(ARC) in India as it received approval from the Reserve
Bank of India.
Public sector IDBI Bank has received the capital infusion
of Rs 2,729 crore from the government of India.
State-run Bank of India has received capital infusion of Rs.
2,257 crore from the government.
Allahabad Bank has entered into an agreement with state-
run National e-Governance Services Limited (NeSL) for
utilizing the latter’s Information Utility Services envisaged
under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
Reserve Bank of India has put Kolkata-based United Bank
of India under the prompt corrective action (PCA)
framework.
Capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of
India (SEBI) has raised the investment limit for foreign
portfolio investors (FPI) in central government securities to
over 1.91 lakh crore from January 2018.
Reserve Bank of India has placed Bank of India under the
Prompt Corrective Action Framework, consequent to the
onsite inspection under the Risk-Based Supervision Model
carried out for the year ended March 2017.
Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the
scheme of amalgamation between IndusInd Bank and
Bharat Financial Inclusion.
AU Small Finance Bank has announced signing an MoU
with Sahaj e-Village for extending its banking service in
remote areas through Business Correspondent Agent (BC)
model.
YES Bank and the European Investment Bank will co-
finance $400-million funding for renewable power
generation in the country.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 5
crore on Syndicate Bank for non-compliance with its
directions on "Cheque Purchase or Discounting, Bill
Discounting, and Know Your Customer (KYC)" norms.
As per the IT Ministry, the government will bear the
Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) charges on transactions up
to Rs 2,000 made through debit cards, BHIM UPI or
Aadhaar-enabled payment systems to promote digital
transactions.
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The government has engaged private lender ICICI Bank
to enable online payments at 470 mandis integrated
with the national portal of electronic National
Agriculture Market (e-NAM).
Axis Securities, a subsidiary of Axis Bank become the
first-ever broking arm of a bank to take membership of
a commodity exchange by registering itself with
NCDEX.
BSE's India International Exchange (India INX) received
approval from SEBI for the listing of debt securities.
This will enable Indian & foreign issuers to issue masala
bonds, Eurobonds, and foreign currency bonds from
India INX at International Financial Service Centre
(IFSC) at Gujarat International Finance Tech (GIFT) for
the first time.
Govt. fixed Rs 2,890 per gram as the price of new series
of sovereign gold bonds (SGBs). Govt. decided to offer a
discount of Rs 50 per gram to investors applying online
and making payments digitally. Minimum investment
in the bonds is one gram, with a maximum limit of 500
grams per person, per financial year.
RBI increased the limits for investment by foreign
portfolio investors (FPIs) for the January-March 2018
quarter by Rs 6,400 crore in Central Government
Securities (G-Secs) and Rs 5,800 crore in State
development loans (SDLs). Revised investment limit for
FPIs in G-Secs will be Rs 2,56,400 crore against the
existing limit of Rs 2,50,000 crore.
State Bank of India introduced a loyalty program for its
valued customers named as State Bank Rewardz, which
gives the customers several opportunities to earn
reward points and earn many times faster at Max Get
More partner outlets.
RBI imposed Rs 3 crore penalty on IndusInd Bank for
breaching rules on income classification norms.
RBI has triggered prompt corrective action
(PCA) against Corporation Bank, in view of high non-
performing loans and requirement to raise capital. This
makes Corporation Bank eighth bank to face restriction.
OBOPAY announced that the company has secured a
license for Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) from
RBI to operate a semi-closed loop wallet in the country.
Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep
policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment
facility (LAF) unchanged at 6%. RRR under the LAF
remains at 5.75%, & MSF rate & Bank Rate at 6.25%. The
projection of real GVA growth for 2017-18 of 6.7% has
been retained.
Govt. has fixed 2,952 rupees per gram as price of new
series of sovereign gold bonds (SGBs). Govt., in
consultation with RBI decided to offer a discount of Rs.
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50 per gram to investors applying online & making
payments digitally.
Paytm Payments Bank rolled out Paytm FASTag to
enable electronic toll fee collection on highways across
the country.
Paytm Payments Bank is the only bank providing zero
balance accounts & zero charges on digital
transactions. It unveiled 'Paytm Ka ATM' outlets that
allows customers to open Saving A/c &
deposit/withdraw money from their A/c.
Corporation Bank launched its RuPay Select & RuPay
Platinum credit cards. Jai Kumar Garg, MD & CEO
unveiled it.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the
creation of a new virtual currency named 'Petro' to
ease the country's economic crisis.
Schemes/Portals/Missions Launched
The government had formally launched the ‘Ganga Gram’
project at the Ganga Gram Swachata Sammelan in New
Delhi. The Ganga Gram project is an integrated approach
for the holistic development of villages situated on the
banks of the holy river with the active participation of
villagers.
With an aim to bring the foreign policy to the masses
the External Affairs Ministry has come up with an
initiative called SAMEEP - 'Students and MEA
Engagement Programme'. Under this MEA official will
talk to students to help them better understand foreign
policy. The main objective of SAMEEP is to take Indian
foreign policy and its global engagements to students
across the country.
Union Minister of State (I/C) of the Ministry of
Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Dr
Jitendra Singh launched the electronic-Human Resource
Management System (e-HRMS) in New Delhi.
Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, Shri
Radha Mohan Singh has launched Livestock Disease
Forewarning –Mobile Application (LDF-Mobile
App). The app is developed by ICAR-National Institute of
Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics (ICAR-
NIVEDI), Bengaluru.
To enhance standards of cleanliness on beaches, the
environment ministry has launched a pilot project 'Blue
Flag' for its clean-up and development. With the prime
objective of enhancing standards of cleanliness, upkeep
and basic amenities at beaches, the ministry has launched a
pilot project, also striving for the 'Blue Flag' certification
for such identified beaches.
Uttar Pradesh launched a free household power
connection scheme for the poor in the state to mark former
prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary.
The scheme is driven by government’s motto ‘Prakash hai
to Vikas hai’ (the barometer of development is light). The
government also introduced Kisan Uday Yojana, a novel
scheme for farmers.
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Minister of Communications Manoj Sinha launched
DARPAN- “Digital Advancement of Rural Post Office
for A New India” Project to improve the quality of
service, add value to services and achieve 'financial
inclusion' of the unbanked rural population.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren
Rijiju, inaugurated the first national-level training of
trainers program to sensitize various Central Ministries
and Departments on the utilization of Sendai Monitor
for developing action plans for Disaster Risk Reduction
(DRR) in New Delhi.
Jammu and Kashmir Bank launched a special financial
scheme for journalists of the state. The scheme "J&K
Bank Sahafat Finance Scheme" was launched by the
bank's chairman and CEO Parvez Ahmad.
Union Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi has
approved the Ministry of Railways' transformative
initiative to set up India's first ever National Rail and
Transport University (NRTU) in Vadodara, Gujarat to
skill its human resources and build capability.
CCEA given its approval for a new skill development
scheme covering the entire value chain of the textile
sector excluding Spinning & Weaving in organized
Sector, titled "Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile
Sector (SCBTS)" from 2017-18 to 2019-20 with an outlay
of Rs. 1300 crore. The scheme will have National Skill
Qualification Framework (NSQF) compliant training
courses.
President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, laid the
foundation stone of the 'Nyaya Gram project' of the
High Court of Allahabad in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.
'Nyaya Gram' is a residential and training complex of
Allahabad High Court.
A Public Procurement Portal named ‘MSME Sambandh’
was launched by Shri Giriraj Singh, Minister of State
(Independent Charge) for MSME in New Delhi. The
objective is to monitor the implementation of Public
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Procurement from MSEs by Central Public-Sector
Enterprises.
Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi
Shankar Prasad launched first NIC-CERT (Computer
State in News
Senior BJP leader Jai Ram Thakur took oath as the 6th
Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. He has
replaced Virbhadra Singh.
Vijay Rupani was sworn in at a grand ceremony in the
State capital of Gandhinagar as the Chief Minister of
Gujarat state. Governor Om Prakash Kohli
administered the Oath of Office and Secrecy to 21
ministers including Mr Rupani and his deputy Nitin
Patel.
Mumbai has got India's first ever AC suburban local
train as Christmas gift. The first service of the 12-coach
EMU will commence between Borivali and Churchgate.
Karnataka's capital city Bengaluru has become the first
Indian city to have its own logo after the state government
launched it.
President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, dedicated to the
people of Andhra Pradesh four projects of the State
Government. The Projects were Andhra Pradesh Fibregrid
Project, Andhra Pradesh Surveillance Project, Drone
Project; and Free Space Optical Communication (FSOC)
system. The President focused on the 24/7 hyper-
connected world and the online presence of the
government.
Nirmala Sitharaman has launched a start-up incubation
centre called the Centre for Entrepreneurship
Opportunities and Learning (CEOL) in Mangaluru,
Karnataka.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar laid foundation stones
for more than 100 projects worth Rs 700 crore in Nalanda
district as part of his state-wide "Vikas Samiksha Yatra".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 60-
megawatt Tuirial hydroelectric power project from Aizawl,
Mizoram.
Assam government has signed an MoU with Isha
Foundation to conserve and rejuvenate the rivers of
Assam.
The Telangana state government’s prestigious
Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) has finally got
the Green Nod from central government.
Goa has celebrated its 56th Liberation Day. The state was
liberated on 19th December in 1961 from Portuguese
control after almost 450 years of colonial rule.
Andhra Pradesh Cabinet approved a scheme to provide a
pension of Rs 1500 to transgenders above 18 years of age in
the state. Under this scheme, the transgenders will be
provided ration cards, plots, and scholarships, also skill
development for financial stability.
New Appointments (National & International)
Emergency Response Teams), a setup of National
Informatics Centre to prevent and predict cyber-attacks
on government utilities.
Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated eastern
India’s first compressed natural gas (CNG) stations for
scooters in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Kacheguda Railway Station in Hyderabad under South
Central Railway (SCR) earned the unique distinction of
being the first Energy Efficient ‘A1 Category’ Railway
Station on Indian Railways. It achieved 100% energy
efficiency by replacing 1,312 conventional lights with
light-emitting diode (LED) lighting, among other steps.
Kerala govt. lead by Left Democratic Front (LDF) has
decided to raise the legal drinking age from 21 to 23
years.
Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to
launch free email addresses in Hindi (in Devanagari
script) for its residents, as per state IT department
Principal Secretary Akhil Arora.
Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district was included in the
National Capital Region (NCR), taking the total
number of districts in the NCR to 23.
Uttar Pradesh becomes the first state to endorse the
Centre's draft bill that makes instant triple talaq a
cognizable & non-bailable offense. As per the draft
law, its three years' imprisonment & a fine to a Muslim
man trying to divorce his wife by uttering "talaq" three
times.
Nagaland is all set to celebrate the 54th Statehood Day
& the 18th Hornbill festival 2017 at Naga Heritage
Village, Kisama.
PM Modi inaugurated unique world-class hospital at
Swaminarayan Gurukul Vidyapeeth Pratisthanam in
Ahmedabad, Gujarat. This world-class hospital aims at
providing top of the line medical & health care on
subsidized rates.
Madhya Pradesh Assembly unanimously passed a Bill
awarding death to those found guilty of raping girls
aged 12 & below. With this, Madhya Pradesh becomes
the first State where those convicted of such rapes will
face the gallows.
Air Force & Coast Guard have launched a massive
rescue operation off the Kerala coast to save hundreds
of fishermen stranded in the rough sea hit by Cyclone
Ockhi.
Andhra Pradesh assembly unanimously passed the
Kapu reservation bill which will provide the
community with a 5% quota in education &
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Bharatiya Janata Party has named Jairam Thakur as
legislature party leader in Himachal Pradesh, effectively
making him the state’s next chief minister.
Lieutenant General B S Sahrawat took over the reins
of National Cadet Corps as its Director General.
Former football star George Weah has been elected
as Liberia's president. He succeeded Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf.
Shri M. Subbarayudu, presently Joint Secretary in the
Ministry of External Affairs has been appointed as the next iUma Shankar, chief general manager (CGM) in charge
Ambassador of India to the Republic of Peru.
Actress Anushka Sharma named as the PETA's Person
of the Year by animal rights organisation People for
Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
Senior IPS officer Abhay was appointed Director
General of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). He is at
present working in Central Reserve Police Force
(CRPF).
Vijay Rupani will continue as chief minister of Gujarat the new Chairman of Prasar Bharati Board.
and Nitin Patel as his deputy chief minister, as per the The new appointed President of the National
Bhartiya Janata Party.
Government has appointed Justice U D Salvi as officiating
chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT)
following the superannuation of Justice Swatanter Kumar.
National Green Tribunal (NGT) Chairperson Justice
Swatanter Kumar retired from the post after completing
his five-year tenure.
A conservative billionaire and former president, Sebastian
Pinera, has won Chile's presidential election run-off.
Sebastian Pinera has replaced Michelle Bachelet.
R Hemalatha has been appointed as the new Director of
the country’s premier National Institute of Nutrition
(NIN), Hyderabad.
Shri Azar A.H. Khan, presently Consulate General of
India, Istanbul has been appointed as the next
Ambassador of India to Turkmenistan.
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan named noted Indian
businessman, Deepak Parekh, as 'International
Ambassador' who will be tasked with championing the
UK capital across the globe.
Sarvesh Kumar Tiwari, was appointed as the President
of Para-Sports Foundation (PSF), India.
of RBI's financial inclusion and development
department has taken over as executive director (ED).
Senior IAS officer Pradeep Singh Kharola took charge as
the Chairman and Managing Director of Air India. He
assumed charge from Rajiv Bansal.
Indian National Congress announced that Rahul
Gandhi has been elected as its new President, taking
over from his mother Sonia Gandhi. He is the 16th
president of the Congress since Independence and sixth
from the Nehru-Gandhi clan to take over the party
reins.
Nakul Chopra, President of AAAI and Senior Advisor,
Publicis Communications, has been elected as the next
Chairman of BARC India. He succeeds Viacom18 Group
CEO Sudhanshu Vats.
Buddhist monk Dhammapiya from Tripura has been
elected as the new secretary general of the International
Buddhist Confederation (IBC).
The new Director General of Ordnance Factories
(DGOF) & Chairman of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB)
is Shri Sunil Kumar Chourasia.
Infosys appointed Salil S. Parekh as it new CEO & MD.
Veteran journalist A Surya Prakash was appointed as
Restaurant Association of India is Rahul Singh.
Online food delivery start-up Swiggy appointed Vishal
Bhatia as it new CEO.
Pakistan's law minister Zahid Hamid resigned from his
post.
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta appointed for his
Second 5 year term.
The new Mayor of Yuba city in California is Preet
Didbal. She is the first Sikh woman to hold the position
in USA.
The newly appointed UN Environment’s Goodwill
Ambassador for India is the Former Miss Asia Pacific
Dia Mirza.

Economy & Business Current Affairs

Economy Current Affairs
India’s first home-grown high purity gold reference
standard - the Bharatiya Nirdeshak Dravya (BND-4201) -
launched at the India Government Mint, Mumbai. BND-
4201, which is the reference material for gold of ‘9999’
fineness (gold that is 99.99 per cent pure), will be beneficial
to the consumers and public at large to ensure purity of
gold.
Sectoral regulator IRDAI issued regulations for
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Gujarat-based GIFT International Financial Services
Centre (IFSC). Under the regulations, for the first time
in the country, foreign insurers are permitted to open
IFSC Insurance Office (IIO) at GIFT IFSC.
SEBI stated that cross-holding in credit rating agencies
(CRAs) will be capped at 10 percent and also decided to
raise the minimum net worth requirement to Rs 25 crore
from the current Rs 5 crore.
Cryptocurrency dealer 'Pluto Exchange' announced the
launch of India’s first mobile application for transacting
in virtual currencies.
GST Council has decided to implement the e-way bill
mechanism throughout the country by June 1st after
reviewing the readiness of the IT network.
Indian economy is expected to witness cyclical growth
recovery, with real GDP growth likely to accelerate from
6.4 % this year to 7.5% in 2018 and further 7.7% in 2019, as KYC) verification process.
per report of Morgan Stanley.
Indian economy is likely to grow by 7.2% in 2018 and 7.4%
in 2019 as per the ‘World Economic Situation and Prospects
2018’ report was unveiled by United Nations Department
of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA).
ADB lowered India’s GDP forecast for the current fiscal by
0.3% to 6.7 %. & 7.3% from March 2018.
Provisional figures of Direct Tax collections up to
November, 2017 show that net collections are at Rs. 4.8
lakh crore which is 14.4% higher than the net collections for Bharti Airtel Ltd has entered into a definitive agreement
the corresponding period of last year.
Finance Minister of India Arun Jaitley holds his 5th Pre-
Budget Consultation Meeting with the leading Economists
in New Delhi.
As per Finance Minister, India has recorded an average
growth of 7.5% from 2014-15 to 2016-17.
The fiscal deficit as a ratio of GDP stood at 3.9% in 2015-16 stock deal that will see the ride-hailing major infuse
and 3.5% in 2016-17 and is budgeted to be 3.2% for the
Current Financial Year 2017-18.
CBDT entered into 2 Bilateral Advance Pricing
Agreements (APAs). These Agreements are the first ever
Bilateral APAs with the Netherlands. With this, the total
number of APAs by the CBDT has gone up to 186. This
includes 171 Unilateral APAs & 15 Bilateral APAs.
GOI increased the budget of Agricultural Education by
47.4% this year as compared to the financial year 2013-14.
Commerce & Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu stated that
the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS)
incentive rate will be raised by 2% across the board for
labor-intensive/MSME sectors.
Sports
Indian boxers have claimed three gold, a silver, and a
bronze medal at the Galym Zharylgapov Boxing
Tournament in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. In the event, the
country’s Gold Medal winners were K Shyam Kumar in
49kg, Naman Tanwar in 91kg and Satish Kumar in the
91kg category claimed gold medals. 19-year-old Naman
Business Current Affairs
Amazon has bought an Andover, Massachusetts-based
company 'Blink' that makes Internet-connected
doorbells and security cameras.
Smartphone manufacturer Samsung launched its 'Bill
Payments' on its flagship payments service, Samsung
Pay in partnership with Axis Bank.
India's largest mobile-first financial services platform,
Paytm announced that its app has crossed the 100
million milestone on Google Play Store in the second
week of December 2017.
Airtel Payments Bank Chief Executive Shashi
Arora has quit the company after a recent controversy
surrounding India’s largest telecom operator and its
payment bank’s alleged violation of rules on using
Aadhaar for its electronic know-your-customer (e-
SBI Card, the credit card issuer and Bharat
Petroleum, the leading petroleum company in India
announced the launch of the BPCL SBI Card – the most
rewarding fuel co-branded credit card in the country.
India's largest mortgage lender HDFC has sold its
realty brokerage business HDFC Realty and its digital
real estate business HDFC Developers which owns
HDFC RED (Real Estate Destination) to online
classifieds player Quikr.
with Millicom International Cellular S.A., under which
Airtel Rwanda Ltd will acquire 100% equity in Tigo
Rwanda Ltd.
Ola, operated by ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd has
acquired food delivery start-up Foodpanda India Pvt.
Ltd from its German parent Delivery Hero AG in an all-
$200 million in Foodpanda’s India operations.
Dish TV India Limited (Dishtv), Asia Pacific’s largest
direct-to-home (DTH) company and part of the Essel
Group has received the final approval for closing of the
merger of Videocon d2h with DishTV.
Samsung India has entered into a partnership with
UNESCO to launch virtual reality content and 360-
degree videos on Indian heritage sites.
India's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki became India's
sixth most valued firm, crossing India's largest lender
State Bank of India (SBI). Reliance Industries is the
country's most valued company firm in India.
Tanwar was also adjudged the best boxer of the
tournament.
India’s ace chess player Viswanathan Anand won
the World Rapid Chess tournament title in Saudi
Arabia by beating Russia’s Vladimir Fedoseev. Saudi
Arabia hosted the world chess tournament for the first
time. The women’s title was won by China’s Ju Wenjun.

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Former India wicketkeeper Saba Karim has appointed as
General Manager (Cricket Operations) of the BCCI. He will
assume office from 01st January and he will report to CEO
Rahul Johri.
Vijender Singh defended his WBO Oriental and Asia
Pacific super middleweight titles against Ghana’s Ernest
Amuzu at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
Sushil Kumar was wanted by all the teams ahead of the
new season of Pro Wrestling League (PWL) and the
bidding war created history in New Delhi.
Haryana shooter Anisa Sayyed won the women’s 25m
pistol gold with a new record at the ongoing 61st
National Shooting Championship Competitions (61st
NSCC), in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
The emblems of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic
Winter Games have been named “Winter Dream” and
“Flight,” respectively.
The central English city of Birmingham will host the
Commonwealth Games in 2022. Gold Coast, Australia,
will host the next Commonwealth Games in 2018.
Lionel Messi, the star forward of Barcelona, has received
La Liga’s top scorer and best player awards for the 2016-
2017 football season.
Indian junior boxers had clinched total 11 Medals (six gold,
four silver and a bronze medal) at the fifth International
Sven Lange Memorial Tournament, to finish as overall
champions in the German city of Schwerin.
India’s top-ranked junior shuttler Aakarshi Kashyap won
U-17 and U-19 singles titles at Badminton junior Nationals
in Guwahati, Assam.
Double Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar clinched a gold
medal at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships
in South Africa. He defeated New Zealand's Akash
Khullar.
Top Indian shuttler P V Sindhu won the Silver medal in
women’s singles summit clash of the Dubai World Super
Series Final in Dubai. She was defeated by World No. 2
Akane Yamaguchi of Japan.
Former AC Milan and Real Madrid midfielder Kaka, who
lifted the 2002 World Cup with Brazil, announced his
retirement from football.
World 10,000m champion Sir Mo Farah has been voted
BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2017. He becomes the
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first long-distance runner to win the Sports Personality
award since Paula Radcliffe in 2002.
Real Madrid earned the honor of being able to wear the
official FIFA World Champions Badge on their
competition jerseys for the duration of 2018 by
defeating Gremio in the final of the FIFA Club World
Cup UAE 2017.
Nagpur’s Kanchanmala Pande created history as she
became the first Indian to secure pole position at the
World Para-Swimming Championship in Mexico. She
won gold in 200-meter medley event in the S-11
category and was also the only Indian to qualify for the
women’s category.
FIFA, has lifted a two-year suspension against Kuwait’s
football association that has prevented the country from
participating in international tournaments.
Indian Diving Team won 1 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze
Medals in Indonesia Open Aquatic Championship 2017.
The Championship was concluded in Indonesia's
Jakarta.
India defeated Germany 2-1 in the Hockey World
League Final to grab the bronze medal at the event, in
Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Australia beat Argentina 2-1 in the final of the Hockey
World League Final (HWLF) to win gold at Kalinga
Stadium, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
India is all set to host the 2023 World Cup, the global
cricketing event’s 13th edition after the BCCI confirmed
the host nation. India will also host the upcoming
Champions Trophy in 2021. ICC World Cup 2019 will
be held in England and Wales.
India's Saurabh Chaudhary qualified for the Youth
Olympics Games with a gold medal and a junior world
record in 10m air pistol at the ongoing Asia Youth
Olympics Games qualification tournament in Wako
City, Japan.
Pistol aces Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu bagged a bronze at
the 10th Asian Championship 10m Rifle/Pistol in Wako
City, Japan. Jitu won an individual bronze in the men's
10m Air Pistol while Heena claimed an individual
bronze in the women's 10m Air Pistol.
India has become the first-ever team to register 300+
totals 100 times in ODIs, after posting 392/4 against Sri
Lanka in Mohali.
21-year-old Indian Golfer Shubhankar Sharma claimed
his maiden European Tour victory in the Joburg Open,
in South Africa.
Board of Control for Cricket in India decided to lift the
ban on the Rajasthan Cricket Association
(RCA) provided former IPL chief Lalit Modi stays away
from its functioning, the Board decided in its Special
General Meeting (SGM).
Virat Kohli surpasses Brian Lara for Most Double
Centuries as Captain by scoring his 6th Double Century
in Delhi.
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Mumbai's 18-year-old batsman Prithvi Shaw named
the captain of the Indian Under-19 team for the 2018
U-19 World Cup to be held in New Zealand.
Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh will be promoting a
UNICEF sports initiative for youngsters in South Asia.
He launched the "Power of Sports to Shape the Future
of Adolescents" campaign in South Asia.
Mujeeb Zadran From Afghanistan Becomes First
Cricketer to Born in 21st Century. 16-year-old off-
spinner, became the youngest ever from Afghanistan to
play International cricket.
The final draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup was held
in the Russian capital of Moscow. The ceremony was
held at the State Kremlin Palace, in Moscow, Russia.
National & International Current Affairs
National Current Affairs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that Republic Day
celebration in 2018 would be "remembered through the
ages" because the government for the first time in India's
history would host leaders of 10 ASEAN countries as chief
guests on 26th January 2018.
India is set to leapfrog Britain and France in 2018 to
become the world’s fifth-largest economy in dollar terms.
Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR)
consultancy’s 2018 World Economic League Table painted
an upbeat view of the global economy, boosted by cheap
energy and technology prices. Top 3 Economies of the
world according to the World Economic Forum are- USA
($18 trillion), China ($11 trillion), & Japan ($4.4 trillion).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will become the first PM in
20 years to attend the World Economic Forum’s
(WEF) annual celebration of the global elite. The meeting
will be held in Davos town of Switzerland.
India is all set to get its first runway on a ‘sea bridge’, as
the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has been given a nod
to extend Lakshadweep’s Agatti Airport.
Government of India, the Government of Tamil Nadu
and the World Bank signed a $318 million loan agreement
for the Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization
Project to promote climate resilient agriculture
technologies, improve water management practices, and
increase market opportunities for small and marginal
farmers.
The World Bank has committed $125 million (around
Rs800 crore) loan to India for the STRIVE project for skill
development.
Lok Sabha passed the Muslim Women (Protection of
Rights on Marriages) Bill 2017 making instant triple talaq
illegal with up to three years in jail for the husband.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and
her Jordanian counterpart Ayman Al Safadi held a
bilateral meeting in New Delhi and discussed deepening
bilateral ties across multiple sectors.
India has won the first-ever South Asian Regional
Badminton Team Championship. In the title clash
played in Guwahati, India defeated Nepal, 3-0.
Indian archers produced an impressive performance,
grabbed three gold, four silver & two bronze medals
at the Asian Championships in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
India's Winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan won gold
medal at Asian Luge Championships at Altenberg,
Germany.
India’s Deepika Kumari won bronze medal at the
Indoor Archery World Cup Stage 2 held in Bangkok,
Thailand.
Russia was banned from the 2018 Winter Games by
the International Olympic Committee over its state-
orchestrated doping programme.
In a move aimed at combating black money stashed
abroad, India signed an agreement with Switzerland
that would allow automatic sharing of tax-related
information from January 1, 2018.
India's first and only design university, 'World
University of Design' opened its campus at Sonipat,
Haryana.
In a significant development, elite export control regime
Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) decided to admit India
as its new member.
India has been declared free from infectious Trachoma
which is a contagious bacterial infection of the eye. It
causes inflamed granulation on the inner surface of the
lids.
Half a billion people have gained access to electricity in
India since 2000, almost doubling the country’s
electrification rate, as per the World Energy Access
report released by the International Energy Agency
(IEA). This puts India on course to achieving access to
electricity for all in the early 2020s.
The winter session of Parliament begins with PM Modi
urging all political parties to extend co-operation for
smooth conduct and pressing for a "national
consensus" on the issue of simultaneous elections in the
country. It will end on 5th January 2018 has only 14
proposed sittings.
Union Cabinet cleared the Muslim Women (Protection
of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017, or the Triple Talaq
bill, which makes the practice a non-bailable offense. It
proposes a three-year jail term for men who practice
instant Triple Talaq.
India re-elected to the Council of the International
Maritime Organisation under Category B. Indian High
Commissioner to the UK Y K Sinha represented India at
the assembly.
The Government to Government Umbrella Agreement
between India & Germany concerning Financial
Cooperation in 2016 (II) signed to formalize an amount
up to Euro 200 million for Financial Cooperation in
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Mobility III’ & Euro 11 million Accompanying
measures in form of grant for four projects.
India & Cuba signed MoU for enhanced cooperation in
the health sector.
Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri
Radha Mohan Singh with H.E Maurizio Martina, Italian
Minister for Agriculture Food & Forestry Policies have
signed a new MoU for cooperation in Agriculture &
Phytosanitary issues.
PM Modi inaugurated the BR Ambedkar International
Centre in New Delhi. He also unveiled two statues of
the Dalit icon at the center in Janpath.
Union Cabinet chaired by PM Modi has approved
setting up of National Nutrition Mission (NNM) with
a 3-year budget of Rs.9046.17 crore commencing from
2017-18. The program through the targets will strive to
reduce the level of stunting, under-nutrition, anemia &
low birth weight babies.
International Current Affairs
Prince Harry has been named the president of African
Parks, a conservation group that manages a dozen
wildlife areas across the continent.
US President Donald Trump has signed into law a
sweeping overhaul of the US tax code. Congress passed
the 1.5 trillion dollars overhaul, set to impact every
corner of the economy through dramatic tax cuts for
corporations and temporary reductions for individuals.
The world’s longest glass bridge has been opened in
China for the public. Located in Shijiazhuang, the
magnificent bridge lies 218 meters above hanging
between the two cliffs in Hongyagu Scenic Area in
Pingshan county.
The world's largest human genome research project of
100,000 people was launched by China to document
their genetic makeup for a study that aims to help
generate the precision medicines of the future.
World Health Organisation has declared Gabon a
"polio-free country", given the lack of new reported or
suspected cases in the central African country.
France's parliament has approved a law banning all
exploration and production of oil and natural gas by
2040 within the country and its overseas territories.
Washington resident Shree Saini has been crowned Miss
India USA 2017.
Iraq has overtaken Saudi Arabia for the first time to
become India's top crude oil supplier in the current
fiscal, according to the Oil Minister Dharmendra
Pradhan.
President of USA Donald Trump announced that the US
now recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital,
overturning decades of official US policy.
China Three Gorges New Energy Co. is building a 1
billion yuan ($151 million) floating solar power plant,
the world’s biggest, in the nation’s eastern province of
Anhui.
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Mount Hope, in the British Atlantic Territory, recently
re-measured and found to be 377 metres taller & thus
Becomes UK's New Highest Mountain.
Saudi Arabia will have its first public cinemas in more
than 35 years after the government announced
the lifting of the ban on movie theatres.
Google announced that it will open a research lab
focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Beijing,
China. It will be its first such center in Asia.
Norway became the world's first country to shut down
national broadcasts of its FM network by completing its
transition to digital radio.
IMF approved a new USD 88 billion credit line for
Mexico which will boosts Mexico’s ability to
immediately deal with a potential need for liquidity.
Raj Shah who holds a key position in the White House,
gaggled with reporters on board US Presidential
chopper Air Force One, becoming the first Indian-
American to enjoy the privilege.
The first phase of Chabahar port inaugurated by
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. The port, located in
Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan Province.
ADB Board of Directors has approved debt financing
& partial risk guarantees totaling $583 million to
develop the Reliance Bangladesh Liquefied Natural Gas
(LNG) & Power Project.
US Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump’s
travel ban to take full effect pending appeal, for
people coming from six Muslim-majority countries. As
a result of the SC's ruling, Trump's travel ban, which
restricts travel to the US by people from Iran, Libya,
Syria, Yemen, Somalia & Chad without bona fide
connections to the US, can take full effect while legal
challenges proceed.
Australia’s parliament legislated for marriage equality,
passing a bill almost unanimously to allow two
people, regardless of sex, to marry. Australia becomes
the 25th country to recognize same-sex marriage.
International Solar Alliance (ISA) has now become a
treaty-based international intergovernmental
organization. ISA is India's global initiative & was
jointly launched by PM Modi & president of France in
November 2015 in Paris.
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Defence Current Affairs
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has
allowed Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)
manufactured Dornier 228 to be used for civilian flights.
The 19-seater aircraft has, till now, been used by defence
forces and is the first plane to be made in the country for
commercial flights.
India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed
Advanced Air Defence (AAD) supersonic interceptor
missile, capable of destroying any incoming ballistic
missile at low altitude, from a test range in Odisha.
The two-week long eighth edition of the Indo-Maldives
joint military exercise, ‘Ekuverin’, came to an end
at Belagavi, Karnataka.
Indian Naval Ships Trikand and Teg are deployed to
Oman for bilateral exercise ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ or ‘Sea
Breeze’. This exercise is the 11th edition.
Indian Army's Southern Command had conducted
exercise 'Hamesha Vijayee' in the deserts of Rajasthan to
Ranks/ Indexes Released
Vin Diesel has been named the top-grossing actor of 2017
by Forbes, with $1.6 billion in global ticketing receipts
from his film 'The Fate of the Furious'.
India has the highest level of non-performing assets
(NPA) among BRICS countries and is ranked fifth on a
list of countries with the highest levels of NPAs, as per
the report by CARE Ratings. The only countries ranked
higher than India on the list are Greece, Italy, Portugal,
and Ireland.
United Kingdom topped Forbes' rankings of best countries
in the world for business in 2018 for the first time, up from
fifth last year. The list ranks 153 countries on 15 factors
including property rights, innovation, taxes and red tape.
UK is followed by New Zealand and the Netherlands,
while India was ranked 62nd on the list.
Delhi has emerged as one of the most expensive premium
office locations in the world. Ranked 7th in the list, rent of
Delhi’s premium office location is higher than San
Francisco and Dubai, according to the latest report by JLL
India, a real estate services firm. Mumbai is at 16th position
in the list. The top spot is again taken by Hong Kong and
there is the huge margin between the rent rates between
Hong Kong and London (West), which is second in the list.
New York was at the third position.
India currently ranks 60th out of 127 countries on the
Global Innovation Index (GII) 2017 as compared to 66th
rank on GII 2016. The list was topped by Switzerland.
With earnings of Rs232.83 crore, actor Salman Khan has
topped the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list 2017 for the
second consecutive year.
Since 1980, India led to substantial increase in inequality so
much that top 0.1% of earners has continued to capture
more growth than all those in the bottom 50% combined, as
per the World Inequality Lab in its World Inequality
Report 2018.
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evaluate the capability of the armed forces to strike
deep into the enemy territory in an integrated air-land
battle.
Indian Navy in collaboration with its Sri Lankan
counterpart successfully completed the second phase of
the joint oceanographic survey conducted off the South-
Western Coast of Sri Lanka.
Surface to Air Missile AKASH with indigenous radio
frequency seeker against target Banshee has been
successfully launched from the Launch Complex-III at
ITR Chandipur, Odisha.
South Korea & USA launched their largest-ever joint
aerial drills called Vigilant Ace.
UAE Armed Forces along with the UK, US & French
armies are participating in joint exercises in Abu Dhabi.
The drill code is named as “Flag4”.
“The Silence Breakers”, the vanguard of a global
movement by millions of women to share their stories
of sexual harassment and abuse, was revealed to be
Time magazine’s Person of the Year.
The Taj Mahal, India's iconic ivory-white marble
mausoleum in Agra, is the second-best UNESCO world
heritage site in the world, as per survey by TripAdvisor.
It is rated after Cambodia's Angkor Wat.
The waste management system being implemented in
Kerala's coastal town of Alappuzha has been recognized
by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as
one of the five models across the world for fighting the
pollution menace. Alappuzha listed in the UNEP
environment report entitled, 'Solid approach to waste:
how five cities are beating pollution' alongside cities
like Osaka in Japan, Ljubljana in Slovenia, Penang in
Malaysia and Cajica in Colombia.
Musician Diddy was on the top of Forbes’ annual
world’s highest-paid musician list shows.
Indian diaspora is the largest in the world, with over 15
million migrants from India living abroad, as per the
World Migration Report 2018 published by
International Organisation for Migration, UN migration
agency. World's 3 largest diasporas- India Mexico and
Russia. United States remained the top destination for
migrants in the world in 2015.
In the latest list released by Forbes, Michael Jordan has
been named as the highest-paid athletes of all time.
India has upgraded its ranks in ‘The Legatum
Prosperity Index 2017’ and is
now on 100th position. Norway tops the prosperity
index by regaining the first spot from New Zealand.
In the Fortune’s ‘Businessperson of the Year’ 2017,
Aditya Puri, MD of HDFC Bank ranked at 18th. The list
is Topped by Nvidia’s Mr. Jensen Huang.
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As per the Foreign Policy magazine's 2017 list of '50 In the Time magazine readers’ Person of the Year, Saudi
Leading Global Thinkers', Indian-American senator Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman named as
Kamala Harris ranked 1st. the Person of the Year.
Important Days
1st December observed as the World AIDS day with the Vijay Diwas is celebrated across the Nation on 16th
theme 'Right to health'. December.
1st December celebrated as the BSF Raising Day. International Migrants Day is organized across the
International Day of Disabled Persons was observed on 3rd world on 18th December. The theme for IMD 2017 is
December with the theme“Transformation towards 'Safe Migration in a World on the Move.'
sustainable & resilient society for all”. The famed Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan’s birth
4th December 2017 observed as the Indian Navy Day. anniversary on December 22 is celebrated as National
World Soil Day was celebrated with the theme ‘Caring for Mathematics Day.
the Planet starts from the Ground’ on 5th December 2017. Kisan Diwas (Farmer's Day) is observed every year
7th December was observed as the Armed Forces Flag Day on 23 December to celebrate the birth anniversary of
to honor the martyrs & the men in uniform who valiantly the fifth prime minister of India Chaudhary Charan
fought on our borders to safeguard the country's honor. Singh.
Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s
December. The Campaign is named as birthday is being celebrated as Good Governance Day
#standup4humanrights. across the country on 25th December.
The National Energy Conservation Day is
celebrated annually on 14th December.
Agreement Signed
Uttar Pradesh government signed an MoU with South dependence on coal by over 600,000 tonnes annually by
Korea to enhance cooperation in the field of tourism, skill building a natural gas distribution network for villages.
development, culture and farming. USD 250-million-loan will fund a project to connect
An agreement for IBRD Credit of USD 40 Million from 216,750 households in approximately 510 villages to the
World Bank for “U.P. Pro-Poor Tourism Development natural gas distribution network.
Project” was signed between India and the World Bank. Financing Agreement for IBRD loan of USD 250 million
Loan agreement signed between India and Germany for (equivalent) for the “Skills Acquisition and Knowledge
providing additional funding of EUR 20 million for the Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP)
Pare Hydroelectric Plant project under Indo-German Project” was signed with the World Bank by India.
Bilateral Development Cooperation. India and Morocco signed an MoU for
The government of Andhra Pradesh has entered into an enhanced cooperation in the health sector in New
agreement with the moonshot factory of Alphabet Delhi. Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health &
(earlier Google) X to bring the breakthrough Free Space Family Welfare and Dr. Abdelkader Amara, Ministry of
Optical Communication (FSOC) technology in order to Health, Kingdom of Morocco signed the MoU.
provide internet through the government Fibergrid
project.
The Skill Development Ministry and Maruti Suzuki have
signed an agreement to impart training to youth and
enhance their employment potential.
India and Myanmar signed MoU on Rakhine State
Development Programme and on Government to
Government agreement on long-term socio-economic
development of the state.
India & Singapore signed agreement on enhancing the
naval cooperation between both the countries.
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved
its first loan to China, its largest shareholder, to reduce its
Awards & Recognition
Veteran singer K S Chitra has been selected for Authors Mamang Dai and Ramesh Kuntal Megh have
prestigious 'Harivarasanam' award 2017, instituted by the won this year's Sahitya Akademi award for their work
Kerala government. The Black Hill, a novel, and Vishw Mithak Sarit Sagar, a
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Eminent Bengali poet Joy Goswami will be given the 31st
Moortidevi Award for the year 2017.
G. Satheesh Reddy, Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri
and Director General, Missiles and Strategic Systems, has
been conferred with the prestigious National Design
Award.
Joda East Iron Mine (JEIM) of Tata Steel has been honored
with the prestigious Golden Peacock Innovation
Management Award for the year 2017 for driving
innovation in mines.
Cristiano Ronaldo (from Portugal) won the Ballon d'Or for
a fifth time to move level with rival Lionel Messi.
Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu
has conferred 'Yeraringan' Award to Prof. M.S.
Swaminathan, in Chennai.
Visits
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin arrived
in New Delhi. He will co-chair the meeting of India-
Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade,
Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural
Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ockhi affected
Lakshwadeep, Tamil Nadu and Kerala to take stock of the
situation, meets affected people. He announced the relief
package of Rs 325 crore for all 3 states and ex-gratia
assistance of Rs. 2 lakh to the next of kin of the deceased.
Summits/Events Held
The seventh edition of the India International Coffee
Festival (IICF) will be held in Bengaluru from January 16-
19. As per the officials, IICF 2018 would be a precursor to
the International Coffee Organization’s World Coffee
Conference being hosted by India in Bengaluru in 2020.
President Ramnath Kovind inaugurated the 100th Annual
Conference of the Indian Economic Association at
Acharya Nagarjuna University in Guntur of Andhra
Pradesh.
The three-day long 78th session of the Indian History
Congress begun in Kolkata, West Bengal.
India will host a meeting of WTO member countries in
February 2018 to muster support for food security and
other issues. The announcement was made by Commerce
and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu in New Delhi.
First International Conference on Sports Medicine and
Sports Sciences SAICON 2017 inaugurated in New Delhi
by Minister of State (I/C) Youth Affairs and Sports Col.
Rajyavardhan Rathore.
International conference on the Groundwater issues in the
country with a theme of “Groundwater Vision 2030- Water
Security, Challenges, and Climate Change Adaptation”
was organized by National Institute of Hydrology (NIH),
Roorkee and Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) under
the aegis of Ministry of Water Resources, River
Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
Jitesh Singh Deo from Lucknow was declared
the winner of the 2017 Mr. India pageant which was
held in Mumbai. Indian footballer Prathamesh
Maulingkar won the title of Mr. India Supranational.
World youth champion Sachin Siwach was named
the Asian Boxing Confederation’s best youth boxer of
the year 2017.
The famous British singer & songwriter Ellie Goulding
appointed as the Global Goodwill Ambassador for UN
Environment.
24-year-old model & Miss Korea Jenny Kim bagged the
title of Miss Supranational 2017 held in Poland.
16-year-old Mohamad Al Jounde from Syria awarded
the International Children's Peace Prize for his efforts to
ensure the rights of Syrian refugee children.
Commerce & Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu is in
Buenos Aires, Argentina to attend the 11th Ministerial
conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Singapore Defence minister Ng Eng Hen was in India
& signed the agreement with Defence Minister
Seetharaman.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj attended the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit at Sochi
in Russia.
Minister of State for Culture (Independent Charge) Dr.
Mahesh Sharma inaugurated the ‘Bodhi Parva:
BIMSTEC Festival of Buddhist Heritage’ in New Delhi.
As per the External Affairs Ministry, New Delhi will
host the two-day long Asean-India Connectivity
Summit (AICS) on the theme "Powering Digital and
Physical Linkages for Asia in the 21st Century".
UN Women in collaboration with Facebook inaugurated
event in Mumbai titled 'We The Women' to empower
and recognise the magnificent contribution of women in
our society.
Foreign Ministers of Russia, India, and China (RIC) held
a trilateral meeting in New Delhi. Russian Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov and Minister of Foreign Affairs
of China Wang Yi have arrived in New Delhi for the
summit.
The second UN World Tourism Organization/UNESCO
World Conference on Tourism and Culture was held
in Muscat, Capital city of Oman. Minister of State for
Culture (Independent Charge) and Environment, Forest
& Climate Change, Dr. Mahesh Sharma led the Indian
delegation.
India will host the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Board of
Governors of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(AIIB) at Mumbai in June 2018. The Theme of the
Annual Meeting, 2018 will be “Mobilizing Finance for
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14th Inclusive Finance India Summit began in New Delhi International Conference on Climate Change, 'Resilient
to build consensus on strategies and a unified vision for Hindu Kush Himalaya: Developing Solutions towards a
achieving universal financial inclusion in India. Sustainable Future for Asia' inaugurated by Nepal
Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar hosted the 4th India- President Bidya Devi Bhandari held in Nepal.
Australia-Japan Trilateral Dialogue with Secretary of 3rd Dialogue between the NITI Aayog & Development
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia Ms. Research Council of China, co-chaired by VC Dr. Rajiv
Frances Adamson and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kumar, & Mr Li Wei, President (Minister), DRC held in
Japan Mr. Shinsuke J. Sugiyama, in New Delhi. Beijing, China.
The Shared Value Summit 2017 with the theme “Equity &
Empowerment” held in New Delhi. Minister of Industry &
Commerce, Suresh Prabhu was the chief guest of the
summit.
15th Finance Commission first meeting under the
Chairmanship of Shri N.K. Singh & other members held in
New Delhi.
1st International exhibition & Conference on AYUSH &
Wellness sector- AROGYA 2017 with the theme 'Enhancing
the global potential of Ayush' held in New Delhi.
The 6th International Tourism Mart-2017 held in Guwahati,
Assam.
VP M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated 12th Annual
convention of central information commission in New
Delhi.
Miscellaneous
Committees Formed The book, The Way I See It - a Gauri Lankesh
The High-level committee set up by the Govt. to address Reader, has been edited by writer and sociologist
the problem of stressed assets in India's power sector will Chandan Gowda.
be Headed by NITI Aayog chief executive Amitabh Kant. Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan launched a
book based on Indian cinema. It is titled 'Bollywood:
Other Miscellaneous Current Affairs The Films! The Songs! The Stars!', is a coffee table
book, co-authored by S.M.M. Ausaja, Karan Bali,
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the
Rajesh Devraj & Tanul Thakur.
Centenary celebrations of the Yoga Institute in Mumbai.
Frenchman Francois Gabart smashed the world record
Acclaimed Bengali singer Jatileswar
for the fastest non-stop solo navigation of the globe,
Mukhopadhyay passed away in Kolkata following a
completing the mammoth feat in 42 days, 16 hours, 40
prolonged illness. He was 82.
minutes and 35 seconds.
Famed Bengali film actor Partha Mukhopadhyay had
UNESCO inscribed 'Kumbh Mela' on the
passed away. He was 70.
Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of
Legendary South African musician Robbie
Humanity.
Malinga passed away.
The largest-ever floating solar power plant in India
Bob Givens, one of the animators behind designing
inaugurated by state power minister MM Man at the
the iconic characters Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd,
Banasura Sagar dam in Wayanad, Kerala. The solar
died at the age of 99.
power plant that floats on the surface of the water has
Lalji Singh, a pioneer of DNA fingerprinting
a capacity of 500 kilowatts.
technology in India and former Vice-Chancellor of
The word 'populism' has been announced as
Benares Hindu University, BHU (2011 to 2014), passed
Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year 2017.
away.
The Nation on 3rd December 2017 remembered India's
Veteran journalist Sukharanjan Sengupta died due to
first President Rajendra Prasad on his 133rd birthday.
old age-related health problems.
India's first Madame Tussauds wax museum has been
Bollywood actor, writer, and filmmaker Neeraj Vora, in
opened in New Delhi.
the coma since a year, died at a Mumbai hospital.
Johnny Hallyday, France's biggest rock star passed
away recently. State-Run Banks' NPAs Touched Rs 7.34 Lakh Crore- RBI
The famous Actor, Director & Producer Shashi Kapoor Data
passed away recently. i. Bad loans of Public sector banks (PSBs) stood at Rs 7.34
lakh crore by the end of second quarter this fiscal, a bulk of

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which came from corporate defaulters, private sector
banks' NPAs were considerably low.
ii. Moreover, for the recovery of the bad loans, the network of Actress (Critics) for Tumhari Sulu, Irrfan won the Best
Debt Recovery Tribunals have been expanded to 39 at
present, as compared to 33 in 2016-17, as per data by by
the RBI and the government.
iii. The gross non-performing assets of the public sector and
private sector banks as on September 30, 2017, were Rs
7,33,974 crore and Rs 1,02,808 crore, respectively.
iv. Among the major government-owned banks, State Bank of
India had the highest level of NPAs at over Rs 1.86 lakh
crore, followed by Punjab National Bank (Rs 57,630 crore)
and Bank of India (Rs 49,307 crore).
v. Up to end-September, among private banks, ICICI Bank
had the most amount of NPAs at Rs 44,237 crore, followed
by Axis Bank (Rs 22,136 crore) and HDFC Bank (Rs 7,644
crore).
The annual film awards recognises the best of talent in
Hindi films. Vidya Balan bagged the award for Best
Actor Award for his performance in Hindi Medium.
Rajkummar Rao won the Best Actor Award (Critics) for
Newton & Best Actor in a Supporting Role Award for
Bareilly Ki Barfi as well. The complete list of winners are as
follows:
Best Film (Critics): Newton
Best Director: Nitesh Tiwari (Dangal)
Best Actress (Critics): Vidya Balan (Tumhari Sulu)
Best Actress: Konkona Sen Sharma (Lipstick Under My
Burkha)
Best Actor (Critics): Rajkummar Rao (Newton)
Best Actor: Irrfan Khan (Hindi Medium)
Best Supporting Actor: Rajkummar Rao (Bareilly Ki
Barfi)
Best Supporting Actor (Female): Neha Dhupia
(Tumhari Sulu)
Best Dialogues: Nitesh Tiwari & Shreyas Jain (Bareilly
Ki Barfi)
Best Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya (Dangal)
Best Music Director: Pritam (Dangal)
Best Debut Director: Suresh Triveni (Tumhari Sulu)
Best Playback Singer: Arijit Singh (Raees - Zaalima &
Jagga Jasoos)
Best Playback Singer: Shashaa Tirupati (Kanha -
Shubh Mangal Savdhaan)

Center Enhances Monetary Allowances for Gallantry

Award Winners
Small Savings Schemes’ Interest Rates Cut by 20 bps Govt. enhanced the monetary allowances for the
Government slashed interest rates on small savings Gallantry Award winners.
schemes, including National Savings Certificate (NSC) & Jangi Inam (a Pre-Independence Gallantry Award) (100%
Public Provident Fund (PPF), by 0.2 percentage point for Increase)
the January-March period from the rates applicable in the Gallantry Award Revised rate of Monetary Allowance
previous quarter. This will prompt banks to lower deposit (Rupees per month)
rates. Jangi Inam 1000
As per the finance ministry notification, rates have been
reduced across the board for schemes such as National Post-Independence Gallantry Awards (100% Increase)
Savings Certificate (NSC), Sukanya Samriddhi Account, Gallantry Award Revised rate of Monetary
Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) and Public Provident Fund Allowance
(PPF). However, interest on savings deposits has been (Rupees per month)
retained at 4 percent annually. Param Vir Chakra (PVC) 20,000
Instrument Rate of Interest Ashoka Chakra 12,000
National Savings Certificate (NSC) 7.6% Maha Vir Chakra (MVC) 10,000
Sukanya Samriddhi Account 8.1% Kirti Chakra (KC),000 9,000
Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) 7.3% Vir Chakra (VrC) 7,000
Public Provident Fund (PPF) 7.6% Shaurya Chakra (SC) 6,000
Senior Citizens Savings Scheme 8.3% Sena/Nao Sena/Vayu 2,000
Savings Deposit 4% Sena Medal
5 Years Recurring Deposit 6.9%
Pre-Independence Gallantry Awards
All About the Star Screen Awards 2017 held in Mumbai Gallantry Award Revised rate of
Monetary Allowance

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(Rupees per month) developing countries and to help them play a more active
role in trade negotiations.
3. The United Kingdom government announced at the
Distinguished Service Order 8,000 (From 4000)
WTO’s Ministerial Conference with a commitment of £16
(DSO)
million (around US$ 21.3 million) to 51 of the world’s
Indian Order of Merit (10M) 8,000 (From 4000)
poorest countries.
Indian Distinguished Service 8,000 (From 4000)
4. For the first time in the history of the WTO members
Medal(IOSM)
and observers have endorsed a collective initiative to
Distinguished Service Cross 6,000 (From 2800)
increase the participation of women in trade.
(DSC)
Military Cross (MC) 6,000 (From 2800)
Narendra Modi Inducts Scorpene-Class Submarine
Distinguished Flying Cross 6,000 (From 2800)
Kalvari into Indian Navy
(DFC) for Officers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India's first
Distinguished Service Medal 6,000 (From 2800)
modern conventional submarine, INS Kalvari, into
(DSM)
Navy's fleet in Mumbai, a first in almost two decades.
Military Medal (MM) 6,000 (From 2800)
Distinguished Flying Medal 6,000 (From 2800)
(DFM) for Other Ranks
Note: Chief of Army Staff- Bipin Rawat| Chief of Navy
Staff- Sunil Lanba. | Chief of Air Staff- Birender Singh
Dhanoa.

Kalvari is the first of the six Scorpene-class submarines

handed over by shipbuilder Mazagon Dock Limited
(MDL).

Key facts to know about Kalvari Submarine-

1. Dreaded Tiger shark- Kalvari is named after the
dreaded tiger shark, a deadly deep-sea predator of the
11th WTO Ministerial Conference Held in Argentina Indian Ocean.
Eleventh World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial
2. French naval defense's design- The submarines,
Conference (MC11) took place in Buenos Aires,
designed by French naval defense and energy company
Argentina. The Conference was chaired by Minister
DCNS, are being built by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in
Susana Malcorra of Argentina. Indian Delegation was led
Mumbai as part of Project-75 of the Indian Navy.
by Minister of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu.
3. Scorpene class submarine- The Navy is inducting six
Key Highlights of the conference-
Scorpene-class submarines on a 3-billion dollar contract.
1. Three proponent groups announced new initiatives to
Construction for the first submarine, designated as MDL
advance talks at the WTO on the issues of electronic
Yard 11875 commenced in December 2006.
commerce, investment facilitation, and micro, small and
medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
2. The European Union contributed EUR 1 million (over
CHF 1.2 million) to improve the trading capacity of
Static Take Aways December 2017 Current Affairs
K K Sharma is the Director Genereal of BSF. Nagaland CM- T R Zeliang, Governor- Padmanabha
Headquarters- New Delhi. Balakrishna Acharya.
SIMBEX is the Joint Military Exercise between India & CBDT Chairperson- Sushil Chandra, Headquarters-
Singapore. New Delhi
Halimah Yacob was recently (September 2017) named Pakistan PM- Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Capital-
Singapore's first female president. Islamabad.
Mexico- a Country in North America, Capital- Mexico Miss Supranational 2016 was India's Srinidhi Shetty.
City. Poland Capital- Warsaw, Currency- Polish zloty.

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Secretary-General of IMO- Kitack Lim, Headquarters-
London, UK.
Russia Capital- Moscow, President- Vladimir Putin.
Kenya Capital- Nairobi, Currency- Kenyan shilling.
2018 Youth Olympics will be held in Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
Germany Capital- Berlin, Chancellor- Angela Merkel.
Headquarters of UN: New York, USA | Secretary
General: Antonio Guterres
Admiral Sunil Lanba- Chief of Naval Staff (CNS).
Nepal PM- Sher Bahadur Deuba, Capital- Kathmandu,
Currency- Nepalese rupee.
Gujarat CM- Vijaybhai R. Rupani, Governor- Om
Prakash Kohli.
Andhra Pradesh CM- Chandra Babu Naidu, Governor-
ESL Narsimhan.
HDFC Bank- India’s largest private bank by market
capitalization
USA President- Donald Trumph (45th), Capital-
Washington DC.
AYUSH- Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy,
Unani, Siddha & Homoeopathy.
AYUSH Minister- Shripad Yesso Naik.
New Zealand Capital- Wellington, Currency- New
Zealand Dollar.
Thailand Capital- Bangkok, Currency- Thai baht.
The 21st FIFA World Cup will be held from June 14 to
July 15, 2018, at 12 stadiums in 11 Russian cities.
Food & Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations headquarters in Rome, Italy.
Rome is the Capital city of Italy.
Germany capital- Berlin. Chancellor of Germany-
Angela Merkel.
President of ADB is Takehiko Nakao.
Founded on 19 December 1966 ADB has its
Headquarter in Manila, Philippines.
Chief Minister of Kerala is Pinarayi Vijayan. Capital of
Kerala Thiruvananthapuram.
Venezuela Capital- Caracas, Currency- Venezuelan
bolivar.
UAE Capital- Abu Dhabi, Currency- UAE dirham
Dr. Urjit Patel is the 24th Governor of RBI. RBI
Headquarters in Mumbai.
M Venkaiah Naidu is the 13th VP if India.
Dr. Jitender Singh: Minister of State for the Ministry of Sriharsha Majety- CEO & Co-founder of Swiggy.
Development of North Eastern Region.
Assam CM- Sarbananda Sonowal, Governor- Jagdish
Mukhi. Assam Capital - Dispur.
The ISA, headquartered in India, has its secretariat
located in the campus of National Institute of Solar
Energy, Gurgaon, Haryana.
Madhya Pradesh CM- Shivraj Singh Chouhan,
Governor- Om Prakash Kohli. Capital of Madhya
Pradesh is Bhopal.
USA President- Donald Trump (45th), Capital-
Washington D.C.
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Saudi Arabia Capital- Riyadh, Currency- Saudi riyal.
Syria Capital- Damascus, Currency- Syrian pound.
South Korea Capital- Seoul
International Olympic Committee headquarter-
Lausanne, Switzerland.
ICC CEO- David Richardson, ICC headquarters -
Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
UNICEF Headquarter - New York, United States.
Afghanistan Capital- Kabul, President- Ashraf Ghani.
UP CM- Yogi Adityanath, Governor- Ram Naik.
Defence Minister of India- Nirmala Sitharaman.
BR Ambedkar- Independent India's first law minister.
Passed Away: 6 December 1956. His Place of Birth:
Mhow in Central Provinces (currently Madhya
Pradesh).
NITI- National Institution for Transforming India.
Chairperson- Narendra Modi, Vice Chairperson- Dr.
Rajiv Kumar.
J. P. Nadda- Union Minister of Health & Family
Welfare.
Cuba Capital- Havana, Currency- Cuban peso.
Italy Capital- Rome, Currency- Euro.
Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the Chairman of the Paytm
Payments Bank.
UNESCO- United Nations Educational, Scientific &
Cultural Organization.
France's Audrey Azoulay- 11th DG of UNESCO,
Headquarters- Paris, France.
Australia Capital- Canberra, Australian PM- Malcolm
Turnbull. The Netherlands (April 2001)- was the First
Nation to grant the same-sex couples.
The Legislature or Parliament is headed by the
President of India.
As per the World Bank, Financial inclusion means
that individuals and businesses have access to
useful and affordable financial products and
services that meet their needs – transactions,
payments, savings, credit and insurance –
delivered in a responsible and sustainable way.
Australia Capital- Canberra, Currency- Australian
dollar.
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Japan Capital- Tokyo, Currency- Japanese yen. India is an industry body set up to design,
Forbes- American business magazine, Founded commission, supervise and own an accurate,
in- 1917. Headquarters- New York City, USA. reliable and timely television audience
Finance Minister of India- Arun Jaitley. measurement system for India. BARC India CEO-
Google CEO- Sundar Pichai, Headquarters- Partho Dasgupta.
California, USA. CM of Tamil Nadu- Edappadi Palaniswami.
SBI Present Chairman- Rajnish Kumar, UN Secretary-General: Antonio Guterres,
Headquarter- Mumbai. Headquarters- New York, USA.
IndusInd Bank Chairman- R. Seshasayee. Saudi Arabia Capital- Riyadh, Currency- Saudi
Headquarter- Mumbai, Owner- Hinduja Group. Riyal.
PCA- Prompt Corrective Action. UK PM- Theresa May, Capital- London,
Corporation Bank Managing Director & CEO- Jai Currency- Pound sterling.
Kumar Garg, Headquarter- Mangalore, The first finance minister of independent India
Karnataka. was R. K. Shanmukham Chetty, who also
Indian Navy Chief of Naval Staff (CNS)- Admiral presented its first Budget.
Sunil Lanba. National Informatics Centre (NIC) was
IBRD- International Bank for Reconstruction and established in 1976. Smt. Neeta Verma- Director-
Development. General of NIC, Headoffice- New Delhi.
World Bank President- Jim Yong Kim (12th), International Buddhist Confederation is the
Headquarters- Washington DC, USA. biggest religious Buddhist confederation, based in
Minister of State (IC) of Power and New & Delhi, India.
Renewable Energy- R.K. Singh. Rajasthan Capital- Jaipur, CM- Vasundhara Raje,
Capital of Morocco- Rabat, Currency- Moroccan Governor- Kalyan Singh.
dirham. Founded on 19 December 1966 ADB has its
Norway Capital- Oslo, Currency- Norwegian Headquarter in Manila, Philippines. President of
krone. ADB is Takehiko Nakao.
OBOPAY Established in- 2005, Chairman- D. RBI current & 24th Governor- Dr. Urjit Patel,
Padmanabhan, Head Office- Bengaluru, Headquarter- Mumbai, Nationalized in - 1949.
Karnataka. AIIB Headquarter- Beijing, China, Commenced
BCCI President- Vinod Rai. operations in- January 2016. AIIB President- Mr.
ICC CEO- Dave Richardson. Jin Liqun.
Japan Capital- Tokyo, PM- Shinzo Abe, Currency- Oman Capital- Muscat, Currency- Omani rial.
Japanese Yen. Russia Capital- Moscow, Currency- Russian ruble.
Australia Capital- Canberra, PM- Malcolm China Capital- Beijing, Currency- Renminbi,
Turnbull. President- Xi Jinping.
SEBI- Securities and Exchange Board of India.
Chairman- Ajay Tyagi, Headquarters- Mumbai.
Air India Founded: 15 October 1932 (as Tata
Airlines), Headquarters- Delhi
Germany Capital- Berlin, Currency- Euro.
Delhi CM- Arvind Kejriwal, Lt. Governor- Anil
Baijal.
Minister of Water Resources, River Development
and Ganga Rejuvenation- Nitin J Gadkari.
Kacheguda Railway Station- Situated in
Hyderabad.
Kerala CM- Pinarayi Vijayan, Governor- P.
Argentina Capital- Buenos Aires, President- Sathasivam.
Mauricio Macri. USA President- Donald Trump (45th), Capital-
BARC (Broadcast Audience Research Council) Washington D.C. Israel President- Reuven Rivlin.
Wassenaar Arrangement Secretariat- Vienna,

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Austria. The current Head of Secretariat-
Ambassador Philip Griffiths (New Zealand).
Kerala CM- Pinarayi Vijayan, Governor-
P.Sathasivam.
NCDEX- National Commodity and Derivatives
Exchange, Samir Shah- Managing Director,
NCDEX. Arun Thukral- Managing Director, Axis
Securities.
Turkmenistan Capital- Ashgabat, Currency-
Turkmenistan manat
Mexico Capital: Mexico City, Currency: Mexican
peso
WTO Director-General- Roberto Azevêdo,
Established- 1 January 1995, Headquarters-
Geneva, Switzerland.
IEA Executive Director- Fatih Birol, Established
in- 1974, Secretariat- Paris, France.
A.K. Panda- Secretary, MSME.
BIMSTEC- The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-
Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation. It
came into being on 6 June 1997. BIMSTEC
member states are India, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Kuwait Capital- Kuwait City, Currency- Kuwaiti
dinar.
FIFA President- Gianna Infantino.
ASEAN comprises Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia,
Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Indonesia Capital- Jakarta, Currency- Indonesian
Rupiah.
Mizoram CM- Lal Thanhawla, Governor- Lt. General
(Retd.) Nirbhay Sharma
Telangana CM- K Chandrasekhar Rao, Governor- E.S
Lakshmi Narasimhan (Add. Charge).
Chief of Army Staff- General Bipin Rawat.
The XXIII Olympic Winter Games will be held from 9
to 25 February 2018 in PyeongChang, the Republic of
Korea.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister- N Chandrababu
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Naidu, Governor- E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan.
Odisha CM- Naveen Patnaik, Governor- S. C. Jamir.
Libreville is the capital city of Gabon, a country on the
coast of Central Africa. Ali Bongo Ondimba is a
President of Gabon.
CMD DishTV India Limited- Mr. Jawahar Goel.
UNESCO- United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization. Director-General (Present)-
France's Audrey Azoulay, Headquarters- Paris, France.
Chile Capital- Santiago, Currency- Chilean peso.
Syndicate Bank MD & CEO- Melwyn Rego,
Headquarters- Manipal.
ICICI CEO- Chanda Kochhar, Headquarter- Mumbai.
Goa CM- Manohar Parrikar, Governor- Mridula Sinha.
Non-Executive Chairman & an Independent Director
of ICRA- Arun Duggal,
ICRA Limited (formerly Investment Information and
Credit Rating Agency of India Limited) was set up in
1991.
Rwanda Capital- Kigali, Currency- Rwandan franc.
CEO of Ola- Bhavish Aggarwal, Headquarters-
Bengaluru.
Iraq Capital- Baghdad, Currency- Iraqi dinar,
President- Fuad Masum.
Germany Capital- Berlin, Currency- Euro, Chancellor-
Angela Merkel.
Assam CM- Sarbananda Sonowal, Governor- Jagdish
Mukhi.
Lakshwadeep Administrator- Farooq Khan.
Tamil Nadu CM- Edappadi K Palaniswami, Governor-
Banwarilal Purohit.
Kerala CM- Pinarayi Vijayan, Governor- Justice (Retd.)
Palaniswamy Sathasivam.
The two main rivers of Assam are Brahmaputra and
Barak.
Minister of State for Skill Development &
Entrepreneurship- Anantkumar Hegde.
Myanmar PM- Aung San Suu Kyi, Capital-
Naypyidaw.
IBRD- International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development.
World Bank President- Jim Yong Kim (12th),
Headquarters- Washington DC, USA.
Capital of France- Paris, Currency- Euro| President-
Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister- Edouard Philippe.
Bank of India was founded on 7th September, 1906.
Managing Director & CEO- Dinabandhu Mohapatra.
Competition Commission of India (CCI) Chairperson-
Ashok Chawla.
IndusInd Bank Chairman- R. Seshasayee, Headquarter-
Mumbai, Owner- Hinduja Group.
AU Small Finance Bank headquarters- Jaipur,
Rajasthan, Started in- 1996, Chairman- Mannil
Venugopalan.
YES Bank MD and Chief Executive- Rana Kapoor,
Headquarters- Mumbai.
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1st Railway Minister of Independent India- John
Mathai.
Present Textile Minister of India- Smriti Zubin Irani.
Forbes- American Business Magazine, Founded in-
1917. Headquarters- New York City, USA.
Present Chief of Naval Staff- Admiral Sunil Lanba.
MD and CEO of United Bank of India- Pawan Kumar
Bajaj, Headquarters- Kolkata, West Bengal.
SEBI Chairman- Ajay Tyagi, Headquarters- Mumbai.
Gold Coast, Australia, will host the next
Commonwealth Games in 2018.
Gujarat Governor- Om Prakash Kohli.
Switzerland Capital- Bern, President- Doris Leuthard.
Haryana CM- Manohar Lal Khattar, Governor- Kaptan
Singh Solanki.
Oman Capital- Muscat, Currency- Omani rial.
Russia Capital- Moscow, President- Vladimir Putin.
Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister-
Nitin Gadkari.
Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister- Uma Bharti.
Srivatsa Krishna- Secretary, Coffee Board of Karnataka. headquarters in Noida.
Anil Bhandari- President, India Coffee Trust.
Peru Capital- Lima, Currency- Sol.
D. Rajkumar- Chairman & Managing Director of BPCL.
Rajnish Kumar- Chairman of SBI.
Quikr CEO- Pranay Chulet.
HDFC CEO- Aditya Puri.
UP CM- Yogi Adityanath, Governor- Ram Naik.
Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change-
Dr Harsh Vardhan.
NPA stands for Non Performing Assets. Dr Urjit Patel
is the present Governor of RBI.
Founder and Executive Chairman of WEF- Klaus
Schwab, Headquarters- Geneva, Switzerland.
SLCM Group CEO- Sandeep Sabharwal.
HDFC Bank CEO- Aditya Puri, Headquarters-
Mumbai.
IndusInd Bank Chairman- R. Seshasayee, Headquarter-
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Mumbai, Owner- Hinduja Group.
Samsung is the Korean Based company. Dr. Oh-Hyun
Kwon- Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of
Samsung.
Axis Bank CEO- Shikha Sharma, Headquarters-
Mumbai.
Kazakhstan Capital- Astana, Currency- Kazakhstani
tenge.
IRDAI- Insurance Regulatory and Development
Authority of India. T.S.Vijayan- Chairman of IRDAI.
GIFT City- Gujarat International Finance-Tec City
HAL Chairman and Managing Director (CMD)- T.
Suvarna Raju.
PETA is the largest animal rights organization in the
world. Ingrid Newkirk- President, PETA.
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia- Mohammed bin
Salman. Saudi Arabia Capital- Riyadh, Currency-
Saudi riyal.
SBI Chairman- Rajnish Kumar, Headquarters-
Mumbai, Established on- 1st July 1955.
Vijay Shekhar Sharma is the CEO of Paytm. Paytm
Bank of Baroda Chairman- Ravi Venkatesan, Managing
Director & CEO P.S.Jayakumar.
Maldives Capital- Male, Currency- Maldivian rufiyaa.
SEBI- Securities and Exchange Board of India. SEBI
Chairman- Ajay Tyagi, Headquarters- Mumbai
Saudi Arabia Capital- Riyadh, Currency- Saudi riyal.
King of Jordan- Abdullah II. Jordan Capital- Amman,
Currency- Jordanian dinar.
CM of West Bengal- Mamta Bannerjee, Governor-
Keshari Nath Tripathi.
Liberia Capital- Monrovia, Currency- Liberian dollar.
IDBI MD and CEO- Mahesh Kumar Jain, Headquarter-
Mumbai.
Dinabandhu Mohapatra is Managing Director & CEO
of Bank of India. Headoffice of Bank of India- Mumbai.
BC Tripathi- Chairman & Managing Director of GAIL.
Governor of Bihar- Satya Pal Malik
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