1.Every year, the country celebrates National Mathematics Day on December 22 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
2.The UN General Assembly has adopted the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, the first-ever negotiated global framework on a common approach to international migration in all its dimensions.The compact was adopted by the General Assembly with 152 votes in favour in Marrakesh, Morocco. India voted in favour of the resolution.
3.The 15th edition of a two day Global SME Business Summit was organised by the Ministry of MSME and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with Government e-marketplace in New Delhi. The theme of the event was ‘Building Partnerships through Global Value Chains.’Suresh Prabhu is the Minister of Commerce and Industry of India.
4.Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announced a Rs10,000 crore scheme for the overall development of farmers.Named Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA), the scheme will provide farmers with Rs10,000 a year at the rate of Rs5,000 each for Kharif and Rabi season. Additionally, crop loans of up to Rs50,000 will be interest-free under the scheme.
5.World Bank published the new report titled ‘In the Dark: How Much Do Power Sector Distortions Cost South Asia’.As per the report, distortions in the power sector annually cost India around $86.1 billion or 4.1% of GDP due to power distortions in 2016.It also said that India achieved 100% village electrification in 2018 and 178 million Indians still remain unconnected to the grid.
6.Tsunami struck coastal towns of Indonesia’s Sunda Strait on 22 December 2018.It is thought undersea landslides from the Anak Krakatau volcano caused them.The Sunda Strait, between the islands of Java and Sumatra, connects the Java Sea to the Indian Ocean.Indonesia is prone to tsunamis because it lies on the Ring of Fire, the line of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
7.Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a stamp and a coin to commemorate the Paika rebellion of 1817 in Odisha.The Paika Rebellion was the first war of Independence against the British.In the early 1800s, the farming community of Odisha had risen in rebellion against British’s revenue model.The rebellion of 1817 came to be known as Paika Bidroh.
8.The Railways has bagged 17 awards at the ‘National Energy Conservation awards 2018′ on 14 December 2018.It participated in three categories: Railway stations, hospitals, and institutions.Under ‘transport’ category, railways obtained 10 awards for the sub-sector railway station.Under ‘building’ category, it bagged three awards for sub-sector Railway hospitals.
9.Real Madrid won the ‘FIFA Club World Cup 2018’ in United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 23 December 2018.They defeated Al Ain in the final match.With this win, Real Madrid becomes the first ever to claim three straight Club World Cup or Intercontinental Cup.They also became the first to win four Club World Cup titles.
10.Researchers from the California Institute of Technology have developed the world’s smallest tic-tac-toe game board by using dynamic DNA origami tiles.DNA origami tiles are microscopic organic structures that can be programmed to transform into predesigned patterns.Earlier, scientists had developed the world’s smallest version of the iconic Mona Lisa using the same technique.
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