1.World Economic Forum’s (WEF) ‘Global Gender Gap Report 2018’ was released on 18 December 2018.As per the report, India was ranked 108th in the World Economic Forum (WEF) gender gap index 2018.Iceland was ranked 1st in the WEF gender gap index 2018.WEF also noted that India continues to rank third-lowest in the world on health and survival.
2.The Haryana government has launched the ‘Shiksha Setu’ app on 18 December 2018.The app will provide students information on attendance, fee, online admission, and scholarships of all government colleges of the state.The app will provide instant updates of important notices, circulars and other programmes to students and teachers.The students will also get information on assignments.
3.Sonam Kapoor was named PETA India’s ‘Person of the year’ for 2018 for her animal advocacy efforts.People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is an animal rights organisation based in Virginia, USA.Past recipients of PETA India’s Person of the Year Award include Anushka Sharma, Dr Shashi Tharoor, Hema Malini, and others.
4.‘Sangeet Kala Sangam’ was organised by Ministry of Human Resource Development on 18 December 2018.Sangeet Kala Sangam provides a national platform for the art and music teachers of Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas.The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Navoday Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) are two organisations of the HRD Ministry.
5.The two-day ‘Rashtriya Balrang-2018’ will be organised in Bhopal on 20 December 2018.It will be organised by the School Education Department of Madhya Pradesh in collaboration with the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalya.Students from various schools in 18 states and two union territories will present folk dances, songs, and other cultural programmes.
6.The Home Ministry approved new tourist and trekking routes in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir.The aim is to promote adventure tourism and enhance economic activities in Ladakh.The proposed routes include the Merak-Lema Bend and the Chusul-Kartsangla-Mahe.The Phyang-Dokla-HunderDok-Hunde is one of the proposed trekking routes.
7.The RBI will increase the amount of liquidity infusion by Rs.10,000 crore to Rs. 50,000 crore in December 2018.It earlier announced that it will infuse liquidity amounting to Rs. 40,000 crore through Open Market Operations (OMOs) in December 2018.OMO refer to the buying and selling of government securities in the open market in order to expand or contract the amount of money in the system.
8.Former Prime Minister of Nepal Tulsi Giri passed away in Kathmandu on 18 December 2018.He twice served as the Prime Minister of Nepal first from 1962 to 1964 and again from 1975 to 1977.He also served as the Vice-Chairman of the Nepal’s Cabinet (equivalent to the Prime Minister’s post).He started his political career from Nepali Congress party.
9.The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) promoted M. Nageswar Rao to the rank of an Additional Director.At present, he is holding the post of interim CBI Director.He had joined the CBI as a joint director in 2016.He is a 1986-batch IPS officer from the Odisha cadre.
10.IDFC Bank completed the merger process with non-banking financial company ‘Capital First’ on 18 December 2018.After the merger, ‘Capital First’ has been renamed as ‘IDFC First Bank’.V. Vaidyanathan is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the merged entity.Rajiv Lall, who was the MD & CEO of IDFC Bank, will now become part-time non-executive chairman of the merged entity.
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