Yak December 2018 Electrical Flow Affairs Of Import Highlights (One-Liners)

Friends, hither are the Major Current Affairs Highlights of December 2018. These one-liners embrace all of import International, National, MOUs, Indexes, Banking, Technology, Books & Authors, Committees together with Sports affairs of Dec calendar month (from 1st to 31st Dec 2018). You volition teach pdf version of this listing past times tonight. All the Best together with Happy Reading :)

Dec 2018 Current Affairs Highlights (One-Liners) 

• 106th foundation twenty-four hr catamenia of India's foremost Swadeshi Bank 'Central Bank of India' was observed on 21st Dec 2018. Central Bank of Republic of Republic of India was completely owned together with founded past times Indians without whatever Britishers share.  It was established on 21st Dec 1911 past times Sir Sorabji Pochkhanawala with Sir Pherozeshah Mehta equally Chairman.
• 10th Dec 2018 was observed equally Human Rights Day with the topic “Stand Up For Human Rights”.
  
• 10th edition of INDRA NAVY maritime exercise betwixt Republic of Republic of India together with Russian Federation was held at Visakhapatnam coast, Andhra Pradesh from Dec 9-16, 2018. Aim of INDRA NAVY Exercise : To growth interoperability amongst the 2 navies, develop mutual understanding together with procedures for maritime security operations.
• 11th Dec 2018 was observed equally International Mountain Day with the topic “#MountainsMatter”.
• 16th Dec 2018  is observed equally Vijay Diwas (Victory Day) inward India.
• 18th Dec was observed equally International Migrants Day with the topic " Migration with Dignity".
• 19-year-old Ashmita Chaliha defeated 8th seed Vrushali Gummadi inward finals to win the Women's Singles championship of Tata Open Republic of Republic of India International Challenge 2018.  This is her 2nd championship inward 2 weeks (On Nov 19, She won the Dubai International Challenge).
• 1st bilateral air exercise betwixt Japanese Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) together with Indian Air Force (IAF) titled SHINYUU Maitri-18 began at Air Force Station, Agra. Theme of SHINYUU Maitri eighteen : Joint Mobility/Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief (HADR) on Transport aircraft.
• 1st Dec 2018 was observed equally World AIDS Day with the topic “Know Your Status”.
• 23rd Dec 2018 was observed equally Kisan Diwas (National Farmers Day) inward India. This twenty-four hr catamenia observed to celebrate the birthday of Chaudhary Charan Singh, the 5th Prime Minister of India.
• 24th Dec 2018 was observed equally National Consumers Day / National Consumers Right Day inward Republic of Republic of India with the topic “Timely Disposal of Consumer Complaints”.
• 2nd edition of service specific exercise AVIAINDRA betwixt Indian Air Force together with Russian Federation Aerospace Force (RFSAF) was held at Air Force Station Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The initiatory IAF-RFSAF Ex AVIAINDRA was conducted inward 2014 together with since together with so it is conducted bi-annually (twice a year) inward both countries. Aim of AVIAINDRA : Anti-terrorist operations inward bi-lateral scenario.
• 3rd Dec 2018 was observed equally International Day of Persons with Disabilities with the theme  “Empowering persons with disabilities together with ensuring inclusiveness together with equality”.
• 5th Dec 2018 was observed equally International Volunteer Day (IVD) with the topic “Volunteers build Resilient Communities”.
• 5th Dec 2018 was observed equally World Soil Day with the topic "Be the Solution to Soil Pollution!".
• 63rd Mahaparinirvan Diwas (Death anniversary) of the architect of Indian constitution Dr. BR Ambedkar was observed on sixth Dec 2018.
• 7th Dec 2018 was observed equally International Civil Aviation Day with the topic "Working Together to ensure No Country is Left Behind".
• 7th Hand-in-Hand Military exercise betwixt Republic of Republic of India together with China was held at Chengdu (China). Aim of this Exercise : To amend capabilities of the 2 armies inward fighting terrorism together with promote mutual understanding.
• 80th Session of Policy Commission of World Customs Organization (WCO) was held Bombay (Maharashtra). Hosted past times the Central Board of Indirect Taxes together with Customs (CBIC), nether Union Finance Minister.
• 8th Dec was observed equally Armed Forces Flag Day / Flag Day of India. This twenty-four hr catamenia is celebrated all over Republic of Republic of India every twelvemonth on seventh of Dec inward monastic tell to collect the funds from people all around the ground for the wellbeing of the staff of the Indian Armed Forces.
• 9th Dec 2018 was observed equally International Anti-Corruption Day with the topic “United Against Corruption”.
• A 20-year-old Pune adult woman Vedangi Kulkarni has move the fastest Asian to cycle the globe. She has completed the 29,000 km distance required to qualify equally bicycling across the globe. 
• A mass titled "Of Counsel: The Challenges of the Modi-Jaitley Economy" was lately launched. This mass has been authored past times Arvind Subramanian (Former Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India).
• A Sri Lankan courtroom has issued an monastic tell blocking Mahinda Rajapaksa from acting equally Prime Minister together with belongings cabinet meetings. Rajapaksa was appointed past times President Maithripala Sirisena after he sacked Ranil Wickremesinghe equally PM.
• A Great Britain courtroom has ruled that 62-year-old fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya volition hold upward extradited to Republic of Republic of India inward ₹9,000 crore loan default case.
• Aadhaar details for banking concern accounts or mobile telephone connections volition no longer hold upward mandatory equally Union Cabinet  approved an amendment to the existing law, making Aadhaar details optional for these services.
• According to a recent information presented inward Indian Parliament, Private sector lender ICICI Bank penalised the highest number of employees for their involvement inward frauds betwixt 2015 together with 2017. ICICI was followed past times State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (1,287) together with Punjab National Bank (1,127).
• According to a recent written report past times the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 1 inward every 8 deaths inward Republic of Republic of India inward 2017 was attributed to Air Pollution. The written report also stated that air pollution lowered the average life expectancy past times 1.7 years.
• Adani Defence together with Aerospace together with Israel's Elbit Systems jointly inaugurated India's foremost private Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) manufacturing facility inward Hyderabad.
• Admiral Sunil Lanba, Chief of the Naval Staff, released a mass titled ‘Blue Waters Ahoy!’ – chronicling the Indian Navy’s History from 2001-10.  The mass has been authored past times Vice Admiral Anup Singh, who retired equally the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command inward 2011.
• After a catamenia of 22 years, President's dominion has been imposed inward Jammu together with Kashmir. This comes after the Centre approved a proposal position forwards past times the state's Governor Satya Pal Malik.
• Aiming to cut back the number of mob lynchings inward the state, the Manipur Assembly  passed the 'Manipur Protection from Mob Violence Bill'. This nib recommends life imprisonment for those involved inward mob violence if it results inward the decease of a victim.
• American multinational technology scientific discipline company  Microsoft dethroned Apple equally the world's most valuable fellowship after its marketplace value was inward a higher spot Apple's at the unopen of trading at $851.2 billion, compared to Apple's $847.4 billion.
• An accountability courtroom handed ousted Islamic Republic of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif seven years inward jail together with a fine of $2.5 i chiliad 1000 inward the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case. Sharif was inward July 2017 disqualified past times Supreme Court over Panama Papers scandal.
• An All-women political political party named 'National Women's Party (NWP)' was launched inward Delhi.
• Armed Forces Week existence celebrated from 1st to seventh Dec 2018. Republic of Republic of India marks the Armed Forces Flag Day on seventh Dec every twelvemonth together with this twelvemonth it volition hold upward the 70th Armed Forces Flag Day.
• As portion of his electoral promise, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao directed officials to start out the physical care for of forming 2 novel districts (Mulugu together with Narayanpet) inward the state.
• As per a recent written report past times the Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI), Banks recovered bad loans worth ₹40,400 crore inward 2017-18. The loans were recovered through channels similar the Insolvency together with Bankruptcy Code (IBC), SARFAESI Act, Debt Recovery Tribunals together with Lok Adalats.
• Australia has move the 1st ground inward the world to recognise 'Orphanage Trafficking' equally a shape of Modern Slavery.
• Australia is going to transcend legislation giving law together with news agencies access to encrypted messages on social networking platforms such equally WhatsApp.
• Belgium defeated Netherlands inward the in conclusion inward Bhubaneswar to clinch the Men's Hockey World Cup 2018 for the foremost time.
• Belgium Football squad came at number i spot inward the End-of-the-year FIFA global rankings.
• Bhopal observed the 34th anniversary of gas leak tragedy, i of the worst industrial disaster of the world.
• Breaking an 82-year-old record, Islamic Republic of Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah became the fastest bowler inward the world to attain the milestone of scalping 200 Test wickets. Earlier, the tape was held past times old Australian leg-spinner Clarrie Grimmett who had scalped 200 wickets inward 36 Tests.
• Calling for elimination of industrially produced trans-fat inward the nutrient supply, the Food Safety together with Standards Authority of Republic of Republic of India (FSSAI) launched a media have titled “Heart Attack Rewind”. It volition back upward FSSAI’s global target of eliminating trans-fat inward Republic of Republic of India past times 2022, a twelvemonth ahead of global target past times World Health Organization (WHO).
• Canada's now-retired weightlifter Christine Girard was given the London 2012 Gold Medal together with the Beijing 2008 Bronze Medal after the urine samples of the weightlifters finishing inward a higher spot her at the events tested positive for banned substances. Girard became the 1st Olympic champion inward Canadian weightlifting history together with the 1st Canadian ever to win 2 Olympic medals inward the sport.
• Chandigarh based Golfer Shubhankar Sharma became the youngest Indian to clinch the Asian Tour Order of Merit with a groundbreaking 2018 season.
• China has rejected India's proposal to carry out bilateral merchandise inward local currencies.
• China launched the 1st-ever spacecraft that volition endeavor landing on far side of the Moon, which ever shows the same confront to footing equally it's unopen plenty to hold upward locked past times the planet's gravitational field. 
• China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has started offering global service. It is touted equally a contender to America’s Global Positioning System (GPS). 
• China's stock marketplace has erased $2.4 trillion of marketplace value this twelvemonth amid the merchandise state of war betwixt the US together with China.
• Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has been sentenced to life imprisonment inward a 1984 anti-Sikh riots instance past times the Delhi High Court. 
• Delhi High Court has allowed that Section 354A of Indian Penal Code tin can hold upward used past times transgenders to register complaints of sexual harassment. 
• Director General of Sports Authority of Republic of Republic of India (SAI), Neelam Kapur has announced that the Sports Ministry has earmarked ₹100 crore for funding the athletes nether the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) ahead of 2020 Olympics inward Tokyo.
• During External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's Abu Dhabi visit, Republic of Republic of India together with UAE signed a ₹3,500-crore Currency Swap Agreement. The understanding is expected to cut back the dependency on difficult currencies similar US dollar together with cut back transmission costs arising from central charge per unit of measurement risks.
• Elon Musk-led startup SpaceX successfully launched 64 satellites aboard its Falcon nine rocket into Earth's orbit, setting a novel US record. The rocket carried India's foremost fully private satellite 'ExseedSat-1', built past times Mumbai-based startup Exseed Space for less than ₹2 crore. Important Note : The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) holds the tape for most satellites launched inward i go, at 104 satellites inward Feb 2017.
• Ending a 15-year iconic career, renowned Kabaddi Player, Anup Kumar (35) announced his retirement from Kabaddi. He led Republic of Republic of India to aureate medal at the Asian Games.
• Ex-Indian men's cricket squad opener WV Raman has been appointed equally the coach of the Indian women's cricket team. 
• External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was on a see to United Arab Emirates (UAE). During this visit, she co-chaired the twelfth session of the India-UAE Joint Commission Meeting for Economic together with Technical Cooperation with Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Foreign Minister of the UAE).
• Facebook is developing 'stablecoin', a type of cryptocurrency pegged to the dollar, for the payments characteristic on its messaging platform WhatsApp.
• Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced that the Centre has decided to growth its contribution to the National Pension System for the key regime employees to 14% from 10%. The Centre also made the withdrawal of amount at the fourth dimension of retirement taxation free.
• Flipkart-owned Myntra's CEO Ananth Narayanan has resigned from his role with his spot set to hold upward abolished.
• For the 5th consecutive twelvemonth inward a row, Numeric combination '123456' has been ranked equally the worst password inward 'Top 100 Worst Passwords of 2018' past times US-based fellowship SplashData, which analysed over l i chiliad 1000 leaked passwords. The 2d spot was taken past times 'password' itself spell 'donald' made its debut at the 23rd spot.
• For the foremost time, Olympics 2020 volition utilization a judging scheme developed past times Japanese information technology line of piece of work solid Fujitsu which uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) together with LIDAR technology scientific discipline found inward autonomous cars. The scheme scores a gymnastics' routine based on the angles of a gymnast's joints.
• For the overall evolution of farmers Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced a Rs. 10,000 crore scheme titled KALIA. KALIA - Krushak Assistance for Livelihood together with Income Augmentation.
• Former Coal Secretary HC Gupta sentenced to 3 years inward jail past times Delhi's Patiala House Court inward the coal scam instance relating to allocation of coal blocks inward West Bengal. 
• Former England cricket squad spinner Ashley Giles volition succeed old captain Andrew Strauss equally the Managing Director of England's Men's cricket inward Jan 2019.
• Formula One drivers withdraw hold chosen Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton equally the Best Driver of the 2018 season. Hamilton registered xi victories with xi pole positions together with 17 podium finishes from 21 races. 
• Fortnight-long (Two weeks) United Nations Climate Summit held inward Poland. Delegates from nearly 200 nations discussed ways to tackle global warming inward the summit.
• German authorities  gave their approving to an $8 billion rail together with route tunnel linking Kingdom of Denmark together with Germany. The 19-kilometre Fehmarnbelt link comprises a 4-lane freeway together with a 2-track railway, together with is part-funded past times the European Union.
• German line of piece of work solid BigRep together with NOWlab produced the world’s foremost fully functioning e-motorbike NERA using a 3D printer.
• Germany has offered ₹720-crore low-interest loan to back upward reconstruction of bridges together with roads that were damaged inward Kerala flood. German linguistic communication Ambassador to Republic of Republic of India Martin Ney announced that the ground has also offered a technical grant of ₹24 crore inward infrastructure planning.
• Global Compact for Safe, Orderly together with Regular Migration (GCM) was adopted past times 164 nations including Republic of Republic of India at Intergovermental Conference to adopt this compact held nether auspices of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at Marrakesh, Morocco. It is 1st intergovernmental understanding to embrace wide-ranging dimensions of international migration inward holistic together with comprehensive fashion together with agreed upon past times all the United Nations fellow member states minus United States. This compat covers "all dimensions of international migration inward a holistic together with comprehensive manner".
• Global rating agency Fitch lowered India's gross domestic product growth forecast to 7.2% inward 2018-19, from 7.8% projected inward September, citing higher financing costs together with reduced credit availability.
• Gujarat has emerged equally the best performing province inward the Startup Ranking 2018 which was unveiled past times the Department of Industrial Policy together with Promotion, Ministry of Commerce together with Industry inward New Delhi . Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha together with Rajasthan, with a score of to a greater extent than than 85 percentile, withdraw hold been adjudged the top performers. Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhatisgarh, Madhya Pradesh together with Telangana withdraw hold been recognised equally Leaders.
• Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced the renaming of Child Care Institutes existence run inward the province equally Jagannath Ashrams.
• Haryana Government has launched a mobile app named equally ‘Shiksha Setu’. The ‘Shikhsa Setu’ App volition assist inward bringing transparency inward the Education Department together with inward the direction of colleges inward the state.
• HDFC Group has overtaken Tata Group to move India's largest line of piece of work organisation theatre inward damage of marketplace value.
• In its annual report, the Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has announced that the number of ATMs has declined marginally to 2.07 lakh inward the financial twelvemonth 2018 from 2.08 lakh inward the financial twelvemonth 2017.
• In its lately released Outlook Supplement, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has retained India’s growth forecast at 7.3% for electrical flow financial (2018-19) together with 7.6% inward next financial twelvemonth (2019-20). It held that Republic of Republic of India is maintaining growth momentum on rebounding exports together with higher industrial together with agricultural output.
• India together with China concluded the seventh edition of ‘Hand-in-Hand’ armed services exercise inward China’s Chengdu city.  The  ‘Hand-in-Hand’ armed services exercise did non select spot in conclusion twelvemonth due to prevailing tensions betwixt both sides after 73-day armed services standoff at Doklam
• India together with China held the 1st coming together of the high-level people-to-people exchanges mechanism. This coming together was co-chaired past times External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj together with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.  Both the countries agreed on '10 pillars' of cooperation to heighten cultural together with people-to-people exchanges.
• India announced financial assistance of ₹4,500 crore to Kingdom of Bhutan for its twelfth Five Year Plan.
• India celebrated 45th Navy Day on quaternary Dec 2018. Chief of Naval Staff : Admiral Sunil Lanba.
• India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has move the highest wicket-taker inward international cricket inward the twelvemonth 2018 (78 wickets), overtaking South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada (77).
• India has successfully test-fired nuclear strategic ballistic missile Agni-IV from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast equally a portion of user trial past times the Army. The missile has a 4,000-km strike attain together with is equipped with advanced avionics, 5th generation on board reckoner together with distributed architecture.
• India is set to teach its 1st underwater museum off the Puducherry coast, giving a boost to tourism inward the Union territory. INS Cuddalore, a Pondicherry-class vessel that was decommissioned inward March, volition hold upward turned into the country's foremost underwater museum.
• India Post has started mesh facility of the customers of Post business office savings banking concern account.
• India which is the largest producer together with consumer of milk has extended the ban on import of milk products from China for 4 months. The ban would move along till 23rd Apr 2019 equally per the notification issued past times the Ministry of Commerce.
• India volition Chair Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) from 1st Jan 2019.
• India’s largest Cancer Institute, National Cancer Institute (NCI), has opened inward Jhajjar, Haryana for populace services.
• Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has conducted Regional Level Marine Oil Pollution Response Exercise titled ‘Clean Sea– 2018’ at body of body of water off Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar (A&B) Islands. Objective of Clean Sea 2018 : To ascertain preparedness of IGC, resources agencies together with other stakeholders inward responding to major crude oil fall inward line with provisions of National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan (NOS-DCP).
• Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. He was the top scorer for Republic of Republic of India inward the 2007 together with 2011 World Cup finals that Republic of Republic of India won. He played 58 Tests, 147 ODIs together with 37 T20Is.
• Indian line of piece of work solid Republic of Republic of India Ports Global Limited formally took over the operations of Chabahar's Shaheed Behesti port inward Iran, which opens a merchandise route betwixt Republic of Republic of India together with key Asia bypassing Pakistan. The fellowship opened its business office next the foremost coming together of the follow-up commission for implementation of the trilateral Chabahar Agreement betwixt India, Islamic Republic of Iran together with Afghanistan.
• Indian Navy inducted its 1st Submarine Rescue System with Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSRV) along with associated equipment at western naval dockyard inward Mumbai, Maharashtra (west coast of India).  It is foremost of the 2 non-tethered DSRVs ordered past times Indian Navy.
• Indian Navy is going to behavior its flagship large-scale coastal defence forcefulness exercise Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX) from Jan to March 2019 to attempt out robustness of entire coastal security apparatus. As portion of TROPEX, Indian Navy volition behavior large-scale coastal defence forcefulness exercise ‘Exercise Sea Vigil’. This exercise volition involve all stake holders across mainland together with isle territories.
• Indian Oil Corporation, Oil together with Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) together with NTPC emerged equally the Top 3 most profitable Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) inward 2017-18. BSNL, Air Republic of Republic of India together with MTNL incurred the highest losses for the 2d consecutive year.
• Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Delhi Daredevils has been renamed equally Delhi Capitals ahead of the 2019 IPL season.
• Indian Premier League franchise Bombay Indians has appointed old Republic of Republic of India fast bowler Zaheer Khan equally its Director of Cricket Operations.
• Indian professional person squeeze thespian Joshna Chinappa has won the National Squash Women’s Singles championship past times defeating Urwashi Joshi inward the in conclusion match.
• Indian Railways flagged off the novel Buddhist Circuit Tourist Train from New Delhi's Safdarjung Railway Station. The educate volition embrace destinations associated with Lord Buddha's life, including Bodh Gaya, Varanasi, Lumbini, together with volition terminate with a tour of the Taj Mahal.
• Indian Railways has decided to grant 40% fare concession to transgender citizens aged lx or above. This displace volition come upward to outcome from Jan 1, 2019.
• Indian Railways is edifice the country’s 1st vertical-lift span to connect Rameswaram  to mainland India. This novel span would supersede the existing 104-year-old Pamban bridge.
• India's Lakshya Sen won the the Men's Singles championship at the Tata Open Republic of Republic of India International Challenge 2018 past times defeating Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand) inward simply 35 minutes.
• India's stock marketplace has overtaken Germany's to move the 7th-largest Stick Market the world with a marketplace capitalisation of $2.08 trillion. At $27.07 trillion, U.S. is world's biggest stock market, followed past times China ($5.46 trillion) together with Nihon ($5.41 trillion).
• Indigenously developed Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) past times Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has achieved of import milestone of flying at 6 km height inward Bengaluru (Karnataka). With the completion of this milestone, LUH tin can at nowadays undertake high height mutual coldness weather condition trials planned inward Jan 2019.
• Indigenously developed surface-to-surface nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-5, which has a strike attain of 5,000 km, has been successfully test-fired from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast. Agni-5, dissimilar others inward the series, is the most advanced inward damage of navigation together with guidance, warhead together with engine.
• Israel's Parliament, the Knesset, voted 102-2 to dissolve the government, triggering early on full general elections for Apr 9, 2019.
• Jammu together with Kashmir has passed law to ban sexual extortion of adult woman inward offices. With this, Jammu & Kashmir has became the 1st province inward Republic of Republic of India to amend law on Sextortion. 
• Japan has picked the kanji grapheme for "Disaster" equally its "defining symbol" for the twelvemonth 2018, next a serial of natural disasters that struck the ground this year.
• Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das became the 1st Chief Minister of the province to consummate 4 years inward office.
• Kenyan distance runner Eliud Kipchoge together with Colombian long together with triple jumper Caterine Ibarguen withdraw hold been named Male together with Female world athletes of the twelvemonth 2018. The pair were honoured past times the IAAF (The International Association of Athletics Federations) at a ceremony inward Monaco.
• Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan together with Minister for Commerce together with Industry together with Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu inaugurated the Kannur International Airport. This is Kerala's quaternary International Airport.
• Kolkata-based Bandhan Bank is going to opened upward twoscore branches past times terminate of Dec 2018 after the Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) approved the move. The regulator had inward September barred the banking concern from opening novel branches without its permission over its failure to select downwards promoters' stake within regulatory limits.
• Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has launched the ‘Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Schools’ for students inward rural areas.  The schools are affiliated to the Maharashtra International Education Board (MIEB), set upward past times the province regime with an aim to accomplish higher instruction standards.
• Maharashtra Government has launched World Bank assisted SMART Project to transform rural Maharashtra. Aim of SMART Project : To revamp agricultural value chains, with special focus on marginal farmers across 1,000 villages. [SMART - State of Maharashtra’s Agribusiness together with Rural Transformation].
• Merriam-Webster Dictionary has declared ‘Justice’  equally the 2018 Word Of The Year. As per Merriam-Webster says, the word ‘Justice’ is used inward many phrases similar racial justice, social justice together with obstacle of justice.
• Microsoft Azure lately launched the Virtual Assistant Accelerator (VAA), which promises to develop conversational bots to heighten personalised content delivery across multiple devices.
• Midfielder Luka Modrić, who led Republic of Croatia to their first-ever FIFA World Cup final, won this year's Ballon d'Or (Golden Ball) 2018 Award.  The Female Ballon d'Or, went to Ada Hegerberg of Norway.
• Myanmar is going to provide visa-on-arrival to Indian tourists entering the ground through the international airports of Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon together with Mandalay.
• Nevada became the 1st province inward the US with an overall woman soul bulk inward its legislature. Women volition withdraw hold 32 of the 63 seats inward the state's legislature, with over 22 women inward the province Assembly together with nine women inward the province Senate.
• New Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih is on a 3-day province see to India. This is Solih's 1st unusual trip after he assumed office. PM Narendra Modi announced $1.4 billion inward financial assist to Maldives.  The 2 nations signed 4 pacts, including i on visa facilitation.
• Norway’s Magnus Carlsen retained his championship equally World Chess Champion beating US opponent Fabiano Caruana inward a tie-breaker lawsuit at the World Chess Championship held inward London. 
• Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the 26th edition of National Children’s Science Congress at SOA, Bhubaneswar, Odhisa. Focal topic of 26th National Children’s Science Congress : “Science, Technology together with Innovation for a Clean, Green together with Healthy Nation.”
• Odisha’s Kandhamal Haldi (turmeric) volition shortly teach Geographical Indications (GI) tag. 
• Pakistan announced that it would spot the advert of old President Asif Ali Zardari on the Exit Control List (ECL), thereby barring him from leaving the country, over the ongoing money laundering probe against him.
• Pakistan has rejected Punjab's asking to brand Kartarpur (home to Guru Nanak Dev's in conclusion resting place) a portion of Republic of Republic of India inward a ground swap deal.
• Pakistan is going to impose a 'sin' taxation on cigarettes together with sugary drinks. The money collected with this Sin taxation volition hold upward diverted to the health budget.
• Pakistani all-rounder together with old captain Mohammad Hafeez announced his retirement from Test cricket at the terminate of the ongoing tertiary together with in conclusion Test agree of the serial betwixt Islamic Republic of Pakistan together with New Zealand inward Abu Dhabi. 
• Panama has move the 1st Latin American ground to bring together China's Belt together with Road Initiative (BRI).
• Paras Dogra, a 34-year-old batsman who currently plays for Puducherry, set a novel tape of having the most double tons inward Ranji Trophy history after slamming his 8th double ton inward the competition against Sikkim. 
• PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 4.94-km-long Bogibeel span inward Assam's Dibrugarh. This is India's longest rail-road bridge.
• President Ram Nath Kovind was on a 4-day see to Myanmar. Through this visit, the President reaffirmed India’s commitment to developing an of import partnership with Myanmar.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the quaternary edition of Partners’ Forum inward New Delhi.  The 2 twenty-four hr catamenia international conference is existence hosted past times the regime of Republic of Republic of India inward association with Partnership for Maternal, Newborn together with kid Health (PMNCH).
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the International Rice Research Institute Southern Asia Regional Centre (IRRI SARC) inward Varanasi. It is the sixth campus of IRRI SARC.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi met European Council President Donald Tusk together with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on the sidelines of the G20 summit inward Argentina. Their discussions were focused on strengthening relations betwixt Republic of Republic of India together with the European Union, including articulation efforts to counter terrorism inward all forms.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a Rs. 100 commemorative money inward laurels of old Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away before this year.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping together with Russian President Vladimir Putin met for the RIC (Russia-India-China) Trilateral Summit at the leaders' degree after 12 years. The coming together took spot on sidelines of the G20 Summit. After the meet, PM Modi termed Japan, America together with Republic of Republic of India equally 'JAI'. In Hindi, which agency success.
• Prime Minister of Kingdom of Bhutan Lotay Tshering was on a 3 twenty-four hr catamenia see to India. This was his 1st unusual see after taking accuse equally PM of the Himalayan Nation. The Visit is meaning because it is taking spot during the Golden Jubilee twelvemonth of the establishment of formal diplomatic relations betwixt Republic of Republic of India together with Bhutan.
• Public sector lender Bank of Baroda has announced that the 'Alternative Mechanism' of the finance ministry building has accorded in-principle approving for its merger with Dena Bank together with Vijaya Bank. Bank of Baroda is the transferee bank, spell Vijaya Bank together with Dena Bank are the transferor banks inward the amalgamation process. The 'Alternative Mechanism' (AM) headed past times Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had decided to merge 3 banks with a persuasion to create global size lender, which volition hold upward stronger together with sustainable.
• Punjab Cabinet  cleared a proposal to set upward an International Civil Terminal at Air Force Station, Halwara inward Ludhiana district.
• Punjab Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution for seeking 30% reservation for women inward Parliament together with State legislative assembly.
• PV Sindhu defeated world number 5 Nozomi Okuhara of Nihon to tape her 300th career agree victory across categories together with clinch the BWF World Tour Finals women's singles title. 
• Qatar is going to withdraw from the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) inward Jan after nearly lx years.
• Railway Minister Piyush Goyal officially declared Train eighteen equally India's fastest train.
• Reversing decades of Middle East policy, the Australian regime formally recognised West Jerusalem equally Israel's capital.
• Russia confirmed that the U.S. of America (USA) has decided to cancel the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed betwixt both countries inward the twelvemonth 1987.  Aim of INF Treaty : To terminate arms race betwixt USA together with USSR during mutual coldness state of war together with to ensure some strategic stability inward Europe.
• Russia successfully tested the novel hypersonic missile scheme Avangard, which is capable of carrying nuclear together with conventional warheads.
• Russia’s Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s foremost Floating Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) has move operational.  It was constructed past times Russian province nuclear mightiness line of piece of work solid Rosatom.
• Russian Ambassador to Republic of Republic of India Nikolay Kudashev announced that Russian Federation is create to assist India, peculiarly inward preparation astronauts, for Gaganyaan (India's 1st manned mission to space) planned for 2022. 
• Russian infinite agency Roscosmos has announced the spaceflight Soyuz MS-11 carrying 3 crew members, successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS). The members including woman soul NASA astronaut Anne McClain volition pass over vi months on the Earth-orbiting laboratory.
• Sadaiv Atal, the Samadhi of old PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee was dedicated to the Nation on his nascency Anniversary.
• Shi Yomi formally became 23rd district of Arunachal Pradesh.
• South African President Cyril Ramaphosa accepted PM Narendra Modi's invitation to hold upward the Chief Guest for India's Republic Day celebrations inward 2019.
• Spain's Angela Ponce is the 1st transgender contestant inward Miss Universe's 66-year history.
• Steel Authority of India’s Hockey Academy (SHA) vanquish Army XI Danapur 2-1 to clinch the 115th All Republic of Republic of India Aga Khan Gold Cup hockey tournament.
• Supreme Court has approved Witness Protection Scheme 2018 together with directed Union together with State Governments to enforce the same.  Aim of Witness Protection Scheme 2018 : To ensure that investigation, prosecution together with trial of criminal offences does non plow out to hold upward biased equally witnesses are intimidated or frightened to give evidence without protection from tearing or other criminal recrimination.
• Supreme Court has given create clean chit to Narendra Modi led BJP regime for buy of 36 Rafale fighter Jets.
• Tamil Nadu regime has announced the setting upward of country’s 1st music museum with assistance from the Central regime inward Thiruvaiyaru which is the birthplace of Saint Tyagaraja, i of the Trinities of Carnatic music. The other 2 of the Trinity are Muthuswami Dikshitar together with Syama Sastri.S
• Telangana together with Andhra Pradesh states volition withdraw hold dissever High Courts from Jan 1, 2019. Since the bifurcation of the province on June 2, 2014, Andhra together with Telangana withdraw hold had a mutual HC at Hyderabad.
• Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha announced that novel norms allowing the utilization of mobile phones for making calls together with surfing Internet during flights inward the Indian airspace could come upward past times Jan 2019.  Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 dissever category of licensees, called in-flight connectivity providers, volition hold upward created for offering such services.
• Thailand has move the 1st Southeast Asian land to legalise the utilization of marijuana for medical utilization together with research.
• The ‘Asia Pacific Summit-2018’ was lately held inward Kathmandu (Nepal). Theme of Asia Pacific Summit 2018 : ‘Addressing the Critical Challenges of Our Time: Interdependence, Mutual Prosperity, together with Universal Values’. This summit was organised past times the South Korea-based ‘Universal Peace Federation’ together with supported past times the Government of Nepal.
• The “Asiatic Lion Conservation Project” has been launched past times the Ministry of Environment, Forest together with Climate Change(MoEFCC). The main objective of this projection is to piece of work for the conservation of the world’s in conclusion ranging gratuitous Asiatic Lion population together with the ecosystem associated with it.
• The 18th coming together of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) was lately held inward New Delhi. Indian Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with Russian Defence Minister  General Sergei Shoigu jointly co-chaired the meeting.
• The 24th coming together of Conference of Parties (COP24) to the UNFCCC to hold upward held at Katowice (Poland) from 2nd to 14th Dec 2018. Indian Delegation at COP 24 volition hold upward represented past times : Harsh Vardhan (Union Environment Minister) .
• The Andhra Pradesh regime is going to install a 197-foot-tall statue of old Chief Minister of the province N T Rama Rao (NTR) inward Amravati. Estimated toll of the projection is around Rs. 406 cror.
• The Annual Startup Republic of Republic of India Venture Capital Summit 2018 was held inward Goa. Theme of Startup Republic of Republic of India Venture Capital Summit 2018 : ‘Mobilizing Global Capital for Innovation inward India.’
• The Australian Open has joined Wimbledon inward introducing a in conclusion set tiebreak from side past times side year's competition. According to the novel rules, which volition come upward into forcefulness at the Jan event, matches tied at 6-6 inward the in conclusion set volition displace into a tiebreak together with the foremost thespian to attain 10 points with a departure of 2 volition win the contest.
• The Cabinet approved launching of National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS). Objective of NM-ICPS : To addresses ever increasing technological requirements of the society.
• The Cambridge Dictionary has declared 'Nomophobia' equally the People's Word of 2018. 'Nomophobia' refers to the fearfulness or worry at the thought of existence without your mobile telephone or unable to utilization it.
• The Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy, Admiral Luechai Ruddit, called on Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba at Naval Headquarters, New Delhi. The Navy chiefs discussed a attain of bilateral issues. The 2 countries also signed an understanding on white transportation arrangement.
• The Defence Ministry cleared the proposal for procurement of armed services equipment worth ₹3,000 crore. The approved bargain includes procurement of indigenous BrahMos missiles for 2 Indian Navy ships that are to hold upward built inward Russia.
• The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has announced that it is going to consummate processes for 5G spectrum auction past times August 2019 together with the services volition hold upward rolled out past times 2020.
• The European Parliament approved a gratuitous merchandise bargain betwixt Nihon together with the European Union, which is believed to hold upward the world's largest gratuitous merchandise agreement. The bargain volition create an opened upward trading zone roofing 635 i chiliad 1000 people together with almost one-third of the world's total GDP. Japan's Parliament has already approved the agreement.
• The European Union (EU) has established India’s 1st Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (CoE) at Department of European Studies (DES) at Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) inward New Delhi. It comes with grant of €1,00,000 to pursue India-EU interdisciplinary studies inward culture, literature, instruction together with society.
• The German linguistic communication Parliament approved 'Diverse' equally a 3rd gender pick on official records.
• The regime has approved the revamped Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) scheme. Under this scheme, Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) volition hold upward set upward inward every block where Scheduled Tribes population is to a greater extent than than 50% together with has at to the lowest degree 20,000 tribal persons.
• The regime has constituted a 6-member commission to oversee the sale of 149 crude oil together with gas fields of state-owned ONGC, Oil Republic of Republic of India together with other explorers. Head of this Committee : Rajiv Kumar (NITI Aayog Vice Chairman).
• The regime has decided to infuse ₹10,086 crore inward the province run Bank of Republic of Republic of India . The displace is portion of the government's plans to infuse ₹83,000 crore into state-run banks past times March, taking total infusion to ₹1.06 lakh crore this fiscal.
• The regime of Republic of Burundi has declared Gitega equally the country’s novel political capital. Bujumbura, the previous majuscule of Burundi, volition serve equally the economical majuscule of the country.
• The Government of Republic of Republic of India (GoI) together with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a Loan Agreement for $31 i chiliad 1000 to build-up the State Tourism Industry together with boost visitor arrivals. The Project volition back upward the conservation together with restoration of 8 heritage monuments, i museum, 3 temples, together with a pond.
• The regime volition shortly hold upward appointing a commission to oversee the implementation of the recommendations of the Doubling Farmers’ Income (DFI) committee.
• The Governor Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) Urjit Patel resigned from his ship with immediate outcome citing personal reasons.
• The Himachal Pradesh Assembly passed a resolution to declare Cow equally 'Rashtra Mata (mother of the nation)'. 
• The Home Ministry has authorised 10 agencies to monitor, intercept, together with decrypt "any information generated, transmitted, received or stored inward whatever computer".  The agencies include the Intelligence Bureau, CBI, Delhi Police Commissioner, RAW together with Narcotics Control Bureau.
• The IDFC Bank has merged completely with the non-banking financial fellowship Capital First into a novel entity to hold upward called equally IDFC First Bank. The founder & chairman of Capital First Ltd, V Vaidyanathan,  has been appointed equally the MD & CEO of the newly formed IDFC First bank.
• The Republic of Republic of India Water Impact Summit-2018 was lately held inward New Delhi. This is an annual lawsuit where stakeholders teach together to discuss, debate together with develop model solutions for some of biggest H2O related problems inward the country.
• The Indian regime made registration physical care for compulsory for Drones. Drones weighing inward a higher spot 250 grams necessitate to hold upward registered on DGCA's website to teach a Unique Identification Number (UIN).
• The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has submitted a formal facial expression of involvement to bid for 2032 Olympics. 
• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched India's heaviest satellite GSAT-11 from the European Spaceport inward French Guinana. France-headquartered Arianespace’s Ariane-5 rocket successfully lifted off with communication satellite Gsat-11 together with South Korean geo satellite Geo-Kompsat-2A. Weighing 5,854 kg, GSAT-11 volition boost broadband speeds (at to the lowest degree xvi Gbps) together with provide the capacity to come across growing demands for mesh connectivity.
• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched its 35th communications satellite GSAT-7A from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
• The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has set upward an Advisory commission on human rights, to include ‘human rights standards’ inward Olympic host-city contracts start with the 2024 Olympic inward Paris. Head of this Committee : Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein (former United Nations commissioner for human rights).
• The Irish Gaelic Parliament passed a nib to legalise abortions next a landmark plebiscite before this year.
• The Kaiga Atomic Power Station (Karnataka) has created a novel world record, with i of its units functioning continuously without whatever interruption for to a greater extent than than 940 days. 
• The Lok Sabha has passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018, next a debate. The nib proposes to brand the method of Muslim men forthwith divorcing their wives past times uttering "Talaq" thrice (Triple Talaq) equally "unconstitutional" together with "arbitrary" together with suggests a three-year jail term to husbands who follow the method. 
• The Lok Sabha passed the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, which bans commercial surrogacy. The nib allows 'altruistic' surrogacy, which involves an organisation where the twosome does non pay the surrogate woman bring upward whatever compensation other than the medical together with insurance expenses related to the pregnancy.
• The Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016, which seeks to empower the transgender community inward the ground past times providing them a dissever identity. Aim of this nib : To define transgenders together with prohibit discrimination against the transgender community.
• The Madras High Court has ruled that Drivers don't necessitate to carry physical copies of licence or other vehicle documents equally electronic copies are valid.
• The Minister of State for Parliamentary affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced Dam Safety Bill 2018 inward Lok Sabha. The nib provides a uniform physical care for for the security of dams inward country.
• The National Aeronautics together with Space Administration (NASA) has announced that its Voyager 2 spacecraft became the 2d human-made object to move out the Solar System on Nov 5. Voyager 2 was launched on August 20, 1977, xvi days before the Voyager 1, which had entered interstellar infinite inward 2012.
• The National Aeronautics together with Space Administration (NASA) has created the coldest known spot inward the Universe within NASA’s Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) at the International Space Station.
• The novel regime of Rajasthan has abolished the status of a minimum educational qualification to competition local trunk elections.
• The newly-formed Madhya Pradesh regime announced it is forming an Adhyatmik Vibhag (spiritual department) past times merging several existing departments. The Anand Vibhag (happiness department) formed past times the previous BJP government, a foremost inward the country, would hold upward incorporated into the novel department.
• The NITI Aayog has unveiled a strategy document titled the “Strategy for New India@75”  suggesting diverse reforms to brand Republic of Republic of India a 4-trillion dollar economic scheme past times 2022-23. The strategy excogitation talks most diverse several economical reforms that should hold upward taken inward monastic tell to accelerate India’s economic scheme to attain the 4 trillion USD mark.
• The proposal from the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka together with Madhya Pradesh for the implementation of Mahila Police Volunteer Scheme has been approved past times the matrimony government.
• The 'Rakhi with Khaki' initiative past times Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur police, equally portion of which girls together with women tied rakhis to 50,033 law personnel together with took selfies, has been acknowledged past times the Guinness World Records. 
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) announced that it has decided to scale upward the amount of liquidity infusion past times Rs. 10,000 crore to Rs. 50,000 crore inward December.  RBI has already injected Rs. 20,000 crore through 2 Open Market Operation (OMO) purchases.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has appointed old Governor Bimal Jalan equally the Chairman of the newly formed Economic Capital Framework committee. This commission has been formed to address the number of RBI reserves.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has imposed a fine of ₹1 crore on state-owned Indian Bank for violating cyber security norms.  The banking concern was penalised for failing to adhere to the guidelines together with directions issued past times RBI.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has kept the repo rate, the charge per unit of measurement at which banks borrow from RBI, unchanged at 6.50% inward its 5th bi-monthly monetary policy review of 2018-19.  The Reverse repo-rate, the charge per unit of measurement at which RBI borrows money from the banks, is 6.25 per cent.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has set upward an practiced commission to suggest how the key banking concern should handgrip its reserves together with whether it tin can transfer its surplus to the government. Headed of this Committee : Bimal Jalan (former RBI governor).
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) is going to innovate novel modes of client e-verification, including alive video, inward financial institutions. This comes after Supreme Court struck downwards Section 57 of Aadhaar Act inward September, thereby nullifying biometric e-KYC.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) is looking at a mobile phone-based solution to assist visually impaired people easily spot Indian currency notes.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) volition shortly innovate novel Rs. 20 currency notes with additional features.
• The Special Forces of Republic of Republic of India together with U.S. completed their 3-day tactical exercise titled ‘Vajra Kayaa’.  ‘Vajra Kayaa’ is a portion of the articulation armed services drill ‘Vajra Prahar 2018’.
• The UAE is going to deposit $3 billion inward Pakistan's key banking concern to back upward its financial together with monetary policy. The UAE's back upward comes amid the electrical flow financial crisis inward Pakistan. 
• The Great Britain regime has confirmed an amendment to a novel weapons nib going through the Parliament to ensure that it does non carry upon the correct of the British Sikh community to possess together with provide kirpans, or religious swords. The Offensive Weapons Bill 2018 has at nowadays been sent to the House of Lords for approval.
• The Union Cabinet approved a budget of Rs. 10,000 crore for sending 3 Indian astronauts to infinite for upward to  seven days past times 2022 for the Gaganyaan Programme. The programme volition assist Republic of Republic of India move the quaternary land to withdraw hold a manned mission to space.
• The Union Cabinet has approved amendments to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, including the provision for decease penalization for "committing aggravated penetrative sexual set on crime" on children.
• The Union Cabinet has approved the establishment of 2 novel All Republic of Republic of India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Tamil Nadu (Madurai) together with Telangana (Bibinagar).
• The Union Cabinet has given its inward regulation approving for strategic sale of Central Government’s existing 52.63% of total paid upward equity shareholding inward Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) to Power Finance Corporation (PFC) along with transfer of direction control. Note : Both REC together with PFC are Central Public Sector Enterprises are nether the Ministry of Power.
• The Union Government (Ministry of Finance) together with Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed $85 i chiliad 1000 loan understanding for Odisha Skill Development Project. It aims to amend the science evolution eco-system inward Odisha together with constitute World Skill Center (WSC), an advanced science preparation centre inward province majuscule Bhubaneswar.
• The US together with China withdraw hold agreed to stop additional merchandise tariffs with the goal of reaching an understanding within xc days. This follows a coming together betwixt US President Donald Trump together with Chinese President Xi Jinping inward Argentina.
• The Uttar Pradesh regime has announced that it volition install 4 novel statues inward the state, including a 25-foot-tall statue of piece of cake Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Lok Bhawan inward Lucknow. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 statue of Swami Vivekananda volition hold upward installed at Raj Bhawan, spell 12.5-foot-tall statues of Mahant Avaidyanath together with Mahant Digvijayanath volition hold upward installed inward Gorakhpur.
• The World Bank Group announced that it volition double its 5-year investments to $200 billion to struggle climate alter betwixt 2021-2025. The fund volition assist high-quality forecasts, early on alarm systems together with climate information services.
• The World Bank has announced that Republic of Republic of India volition retain its spot equally the world’s top recipient of remittances this twelvemonth with $80 billion. Republic of Republic of India is followed past times China, Mexico, the Philippines together with Egypt. [A unusual remittance is money transferred from a unusual worker to their household unit of measurement or other individuals inward their domicile countries.]
• To banking concern check for faults inward trains, Indian Railways has developed an Artificial Intelligence-powered robot named USTAAD. USTAAD : Undergear Surveillance Through Artificial Intelligence Assisted Droid'.
• To encourage 'Make inward India' together with promote local goods together with services, the regime has mandated preference to hold upward given to domestically-manufactured vehicles with minimum 65% local content inward populace procurement of automobiles.
• To assist 20 lakh small-scale together with marginal farmers of the state, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das announced a Rs. 2,250 crore scheme titled Mukhyamantri Krishi Ashirwad Yojana.
• To grade the 75th anniversary of Netaji's see to the islands, the Centre is going to rename Ross Island, Neil Island together with Havelock Island inward Andaman together with Nicobar equally Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Island, Shaheed Dweep together with Swaraj Dweep respectively. 
• To pay homage to Indian soldiers who were martyred inward the 1971 state of war against Pakistan, the People's Republic of Bangladesh regime has announced that it is going to build a state of war memorial inward Brahmanbaria (Chittagong).
• To spread awareness most cybercrimes together with normal precautions to hold upward taken, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has launched Twitter line of piece of work organisation human relationship titled @CyberDost. It is aimed at enhancing people’s basic noesis most cybercrimes together with precautions to hold upward taken for prevention.
• 'Train 18', India's foremost engineless train  breached the 180 kmph speed bound during a attempt out run. The major trials are over together with Train eighteen is expected to commence its commercial run from Jan 2019.
• Ukraine approved a nib to terminate the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation together with Partnership with Russia. Under the treaty, both nations pledged to non utilization one's territory to harm the other.
• Ullas Narayan became the 1st ever Indian private medal winner inward an international ultra running lawsuit past times clinching Bronze medal inward the 2018 International Association of Ultra Running (IAU) 24 Hour Asia & Oceania Championships held inward Taipei.
• Union Cabinet has approved implementation of Shahpurkandi Dam Project on river Ravi (Punjab). The total toll of this projection is Rs. 1973.53 crore (Irrigation component: 564.63 cr, Power component: 1408.90 cr.) Out of this, Rs 485.38 cr would hold upward provided equally Central Assistance.
• Union Government has included Gangotri together with Yamunotri inward Uttrarakhand, Amarkantak inward Madhya Pradesh together with Parasnath inward Jharkhand nether it's PRASAD scheme to develop pilgrimage together with heritage destinations inward the country. With the novel additions, the number of sites nether PRASAD has at nowadays reached to 41 inward 25 states. PRASAD - Pilgrimage Rejuvenation together with Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive.
• Union Health Minister J P Nadda has announced that India’s  largest cancer hospital, the National Cancer Institute volition hold upward inaugurated inward Haryana’s Jhajjar district inward January. The Institute aims to span the deficit of tertiary cancer aid inward the northern region.
• Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched the Ujjwala Sanitary Napkin initiative inward Bhubaneswar, which volition expand women’s access to hygiene products together with provide them with work opportunities inward every district of the state. This is a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative taken past times crude oil marketing companies.
• Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal has dedicated National Rail together with Transportation Institution (NRTI) to the Nation inward Vadodara. It is India’s 1st Railway academy together with the 3rd inward the world after Russian Federation together with China.
• Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore launched the jersey for the 2nd  edition of Khelo India, rechristened equally Khelo Republic of Republic of India Youth Games 2018. These games volition kick-start from ninth to 20th Jan 2019 inward Pune.
• United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres launched the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact, a novel framework to combat international terrorism past times coordinating efforts across peace together with security together with humanitarian sectors, amongst others. The framework, known equally the 'Global Compact', is an understanding betwixt the United Nations chief, 36 United Nations entities, Interpol together with the World Customs Organisation.
• University Grants Commission (UGC) has directed all universities across ground to give away Dec seven equally Armed Forces Flag Day to commemorate supreme sacrifices made past times country’s soldiers during conflicts. 
• US President Donald Trump, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto together with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau signed the novel US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). This volition supersede the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
• US-based app-based helicopter together with small-planes aggregator, Fly Blade has announced that it is going to launch services from Bombay starting March 2019.
• US-based rocket propulsion fellowship Rocket Lab launched xiii cube satellites on its Electron rocket from New Zealand into depression footing orbit for NASA’s ELaNa-19 mission.
• Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced the installation of a 25 feet statue of old Prime Minister piece of cake Atal Bihari Vajpayee inward the Lok Bhawan inward Lucknow.
• Varsha Varman of Madhya Pradesh, has won the Women’s Trap Gold at the ongoing 62nd National Championship for Shotgun events inward New Delhi.
• Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has ordered a 150% growth inward the monthly minimum wage to 4,500 sovereign bolivars, worth most ₹660 at the dark marketplace rate. 
• Virat Kohli has move the 1st Asian captain to win Tests inward England, Commonwealth of Australia together with South Africa after leading Republic of Republic of India to a 31-run victory over Commonwealth of Australia inward Adelaide. Note : Republic of Republic of India became the 1st Asian squad to win Tests inward the 3 countries inward a calendar year.
• Western European ground Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is set to move the 1st ground inward the world to brand all its populace carry free.
• With 14.8 i chiliad 1000 followers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged equally the most pop global leader on social media platform Instagram. Modi is closely followed past times Indonesian President Joko Widodo with 12.2 i chiliad 1000 followers.
• With earnings of $22.5 million, American model together with tv set personality Kendall Jenner has been named the highest-paid model of 2018 past times Forbes. She was followed past times Karlie Kloss, who has $13 i chiliad 1000 inward earnings together with Chrissy Teigen who earned $11.5 million.
• With the earnings of ₹112.8 crore, Bollywood Actress Deepika Padukone is the highest-earning adult woman celebrity inward India. She is the 1st adult woman to intermission into the top 5 of Forbes' Richest Indian Celebrities List since its inception inward 2012.

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