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Current Affairs: December 23-24, 2018 https://examprep.talentsprint.com 1 December 23-24, 2018 National Consumer Day: 24 December Every Year 24 th December is observed as National Consumer Day with a specific theme in India. This year the National Consumer Day is celebrated with the theme “Timely Disposal of Consumer Complaints”. On this day the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 had received the assent of the president. The enactment of this Act is considered as a historic milestone in the consumer movement in the country. Kisan Diwas (National Farmers Day): 23 rd December The National Farmers Day (NFD), popularly known as Kisan Diwas, is celebrated every year in India on December 23 to acknowledge the role of farmers in India’s socio-economic development and to mark the birth anniversary of 5 th Prime Minister Late Chaudhary Charan Singh.

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December 23-24, 2018

National Consumer Day: 24 December

Every Year 24th December is observed as

National Consumer Day with a specific theme

in India. This year the National Consumer Day

is celebrated with the theme “Timely Disposal

of Consumer Complaints”. On this day the

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 had received

the assent of the president. The enactment of this Act is considered as a historic milestone in the

consumer movement in the country.

Kisan Diwas (National Farmers Day): 23rd December

The National Farmers Day (NFD), popularly

known as Kisan Diwas, is celebrated every

year in India on December 23 to acknowledge

the role of farmers in India’s socio-economic

development and to mark the birth anniversary

of 5th Prime Minister Late Chaudhary Charan

Singh.

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India successfully test-fires Agni-IV ICBM from Odisha coast

India on 23rd December successfully test-fired its

nuclear-capable long-range Inter Continental

Ballistic Missile Agni-IV, with a strike range of

4,000 km. The test was part of a user trial by the

Army. The strategic surface-to-surface missile was

flight tested from the Integrated Test Range (ITR)

at Dr Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast at 8.30 am.

President inaugurates Centre of Excellence for Genetic Blood Disorders at PIMS

in Karimnagar, Telangana

On 22nd December, the President of India,

Ram Nath Kovind, on his first visit to

Karimnagar, inaugurated the Centre of

Excellence Genetic Blood Disorders at the

Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences in

Karimnagar, Telangana. This centre will

work on Sickle Cell Anaemia, Thalassemia and Other Genetic Blood Disorders. The other

dignitaries who were present at the inauguration include the Home Minister Mohd Mahmood

Ali, Governors of Telangana and Maharashtra ESL Narasimhan and Vidyasagar Rao,

respectively.

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Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates IFC-IOR in Gurugram, Haryana

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched

the Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean

Region (IFC-IOR) at Information Management

and Analysis Centre (IMAC) Gurugram. The IFC-

IOR is aimed to engage with partner nations to

develop maritime domain awareness and share

information on vessels of interest in the Indian

Ocean Region (IOR).

India’s first music museum to be set up in Thiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu

The country’s first music museum will be set up

with assistance from the Central government in

Thiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu, the birthplace of

Saint Thyagaraja, one of the Trinities of

Carnatic music. This was announced by the

State Minister for Culture and Tamil

Development K Pandiarajan in Madurai on 23rd December.

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A UNESCO Category 2, International Training Centre for Operational

Oceanography (ITCOocean), inaugurated at INCOIS, Hyderabad

On December 22, 2018, Union Minister for

Science & Technology, Earth Sciences,

Environment and Forests & Climate Change, Dr.

Harsh Vardhan inaugurated the newly

constructed International Training Centre for

Operational Oceanography (ITCOocean)

Complex in the INCOIS campus at Hyderabad,

Telangana. He dedicated the ITCOocean to the Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

and named the academic building as Atal Bhavan and the Guest House as Atal Atithi Griha.

A Rs. 2250 crore scheme to help farmers named ‘Mukhya Mantri Krishi Yojana’

launched in Jharkhand

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das

recently announced a Rs. 2,250-crore scheme to

help 22.76 lakh medium and marginal farmers of

the state double their income by 2022. The state

government will give Rs. 5,000 per acre to 22.76

lakh medium and marginal farmers from the

next financial year, Mr. Das said at a press conference.

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Manipur Assembly Passes Anti-Mob Violence Bill

Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, who also holds

charge of the home department, moved the ‘The

Manipur Protection from Mob Violence Bill,

2018’ in the state Assembly. The bill was passed by

the assembly unanimously. It recommends a

rigorous life imprisonment term if the crime results

in the death of a victim.

RBI shortlists Wipro, TCS, 4 others for PCR

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has shortlisted

six major IT companies, including CS, Wipro and

IBM India, Capgemini Technology Services India,

Dun & Bradstreet Information Services India, and

Mindtree Ltd. to set up a digital public credit

registry (PCR) for capturing details of all

borrowers and wilful defaulters. The proposed PCR will also include data from entities such as

markets regulator SEBI, the Corporate Affairs Ministry, Goods and Service Tax Network

(GSTN) and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), to enable banks and financial

institutions to get a 360-degree profile of existing as well as prospective borrowers on a real-

time basis.

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31st GST Council meeting held in New Delhi

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said GST of 6

items reduced from 28% to 18% slab. Briefing media

on decisions taken in GST Council Meeting in

Delhi, he said these items include TV, Tyre, power

bank and video games. He said, now 28% slab rate

is applicable only on 28 items, which are luxury

items like cement, auto parts, AC and dishwasher. The services supplied by the banks to Jan-

Dhan account holders will be exempted from GST. The new GST rates will be effective from 1st

January, 2019.

Logistics Development Committee constituted under the Chairmanship of Dr.

Bibek Debroy, Chairman EAC-PM

On December 21, 2018, the Economic Advisory

Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM)

constituted a Logistics Development

Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr.

Bibek Debroy, Chairman EAC-PM. The

committee would be working on challenges in

logistics development and associated commerce and suggest policy reforms for ease of doing

trade in India.

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B V P Rao elected as president of Archery Association of India

B V P Rao was elected as the President of Archery

Association of India (AAI),the election was held under

the Supervision of former Chief Election Commissioner

S. Y. Quraishi.

India's Vedangi Kulkarni becomes fastest Asian to cycle the globe

Vedangi, 20-year old, who hails from Pune, is a

student of the University of Bournemouth in the UK,

became the fastest Asian to cycle the globe. Starting

off from Perth, cycled into Kolkata in the wee hours

on 23rd December, completing the 29,000 km distance

required to qualify as bicycling across the globe. She

spent 159 days peddling up to 300 kilometers a day in 14 countries. British adventurer Jenny

Graham, 38, is the fastest woman to have cycled the globe in 124 days in 2018.

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Real Madrid beats Al Ain 4-1 to win Club World Cup

Spain's Real Madrid won the Club World Cup for a

3rd consecutive year, and record fourth in total, by

beating Abu Dhabi side Al Ain in the final. This is

Real Madrid's third consecutive Club World Cup

Crown and fourth overall. Real now hold the record

for most victories in the competition, which was first

held in 2000, moving one clear of Spanish rivals Barcelona.

PM Narendra Modi announces new award for national unity

PM Narendra Modi has announced annual Sardar

Patel Award for National Integration at the

DGPs/IGPs Conference at Kevadia, Gujarat on 22nd

December. This award would be given for

outstanding efforts to further national integration.

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South Indian Education Society award for Manmohan Singh

Former PM Dr Manmohan Singh received

South Indian Education Society (SIES) Sri

Chandrasekharendra Saraswati National

Eminence Award as part of the Kanchi

Mahaswami festival. He was awarded for his

contribution to the field of public leadership.

55th SKOCH Summit held in New Delhi; SKOCH awards were conferred

The 55th SKOCH Summit was held in

Constitution Club of India, New Delhi on 22nd

December.

Skoch awards announced are:

Category Award Recipient

Skoch Chief Minister of the Year Award Chief Minister of West Bengal - Mamata

Banerjee

Skoch Golden Jubilee Challenger Award Commerce and Industry Minister -Suresh

Prabhu

SKOCH Award for hydel project in Purulia West Bengal State Electricity Distribution

Company Limited (WBSEDCL)

SKOCH Sprinter of the Year Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu

Naidu

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Skoch IT minister of the Year Nara Lokesh (Andhra Pradesh)

SKOCH Governance Person of the Year K T Rama Rao (Telangana)

Salman Ali wins Indian Idol Season 10

Salman Ali was declared the winner of singing

reality show Indian Idol Season 10 on Sunday

night. Zero stars Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka

Sharma and Katrina Kaif graced the final to cheer

on the finalists. Apart from Salman, the other

finalists were Nitin Kumar, Ankush Bharadwaj,

Neelanjana Ray and Vibhor Parashar.

India ranks 12th on 'misperception index'

According to the MORI Perils of Perception Survey

2018, done by Ipsos India, an independent market

research company, Indians stood at 12th rank in the

"misperception index" out of 37 nations. Thailand

scored the lowest in the rankings followed by

Mexico, and Turkey.

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Burundi names Gitega as new political capital

Burundi is a landlocked country in the African

Great Lakes region of East Africa, confirmed the

small central city of Gitega the country’s new

political capital. The previous capital

Bujumbura, on the north-eastern shore of Lake

Tanganyika, became a country‘s economic

capital.

Capitals: Bujumbura, Gitega

Currency: Burundian franc

Patrick Shanahan to replace James Mattis as US Defense Secretary

United States President Donald Trump has

announced that he will replace Defence

Secretary Jim Mattis with his deputy Patrick

Shanahan as acting Pentagon chief on January

1.

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Assam Nightingale Dipali Borthakur passes away

Dipali Borthakur, known as the “Nightingale of

Assam,” breathed her last at a private hospital in

Assam. She was 77 and is survived by her painter

husband Neel Pawan Barua. A Padma Shri, many

fans fondly called Borthakur “Asomiya Lata

Mangeskar.” With evergreen songs like Xonor

kharu nelage mok, Konman boroxire sip, Dale dale gai kuli bulbuli and Kun xei rupowoti jai,

among others, she made a place for herself in the hearts of lakhs of people.