1.Belgium won the ‘Hockey World Cup 2018’ in Bhubaneswar on 16 December 2018.They defeated the Netherlands in a shoot-out in the final of the Men’s Hockey World Cup.The ‘Hockey World Cup 2018’ was held in Bhubaneswar, India from 28 November 2018 to 16 December 2018.
2.The severe cyclonic storm ‘Phethai’ struck Andhra coast near Kakinada on 17 December 2018 with a wind speed of 70-90 km per hour.East and West Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Krishna, Vizianagaram, and Srikakulam districts of Andhra Pradesh and Yanam district of Puducherry are likely to experience very heavy rainfall.
3.The Navy will inaugurate the Information Fusion Centre (IFC) for the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).Through this Centre, information on ‘white shipping’, or commercial shipping, will be exchanged with countries in the region to improve maritime domain awareness in the Indian Ocean.The IFC has been established at the Navy’s Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) in Gurugram, Haryana.
4.Bhupesh Baghel was appointed as the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh.He took the oath of Chief Minister on 17 December 2018 in Raipur.Baghel will be Chhattisgarh’s third Chief Minister and the Congress’s second CM in the state.
5.The Philippines’ Catriona Gray was named ‘Miss Universe 2018’ in the pageant competition concluding in Bangkok on 17 December 2018.She is the fourth person from the Philippines who has won the international beauty pageant.The first runner-up was Tamaryn Green of South Africa and the second runner-up was Sthefany Gutierrez of Venezuela.
6.PV Sindhu won the season-ending Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals tournament on 16 December 2018.She is the first Indian to win the gold medal in BWF World Tour Finals tournament.She defeated the Nozomi Okuhara in the final match.
7.The 37th Senior National Rowing Championship began in the Army Rowing Node in Pune on 17 December 2018.Around 500 rowers and coaches from various rowing associations across the country will take part in the Championship.The Rowers for the World Championships – 2019 will be selected from this event.World Championship – 2019 is the first qualifying Championship for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
8.The Central government-appointed advocate Madhavi Divan as the Additional Solicitor General (ASG) of India.Divan will represent the government in the Supreme Court.She is the third woman who has been appointed as ASG in the apex court.Senior advocate Indira Jaising was the first woman to be appointed as the ASG.
9.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the expansion of beneficiaries list under ‘Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana’.The scheme, launched in 2016, originally targeted giving LPG connections to mostly rural women members of below the poverty line (BPL) households.The list was later expanded to include all SC/ST households and forest dwellers among others.
10.The Union cabinet approved the MoU with Afghanistan in the field of education which will allow students from that country to use courses devised in India.It will facilitate students and faculty of educational institutions in Afghanistan to register and use the SWAYAM courses.SWAYAM is a government of India programme designed to achieve access, equity and quality in education.
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