1.Wrestler Bala Rafique Shaikh won the ‘Maharashtra Kesari’ title on 23 December 2018.He defeated Abhijeet Katke of Pune in the final round.He was honoured with a silver mace and cash prize of Rs 1 lakh.Maharashtra Kesari is an Indian-style prestigious wrestling championship, established in 1961.
2.Burundi government declared the small central city of Gitega as the country’s new political capital on 22 December 2018.Burundi’s previous capital Bujumbura will function as the country’s economic centre.Cabinet meetings will henceforth be held in Gitega, where five ministries will also be established from the start of 2019.Pierre Nkurunziza is the President of Burundi.
3.Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated projects worth 15,000 crore rupees in Odisha on 24 December 2018.The projects are related to health, road and highways, higher education, and culture.He also laid the foundation stone for new campus of IIT-Bhubaneswar at Aragul.He also released a commemorative coin and a postage stamp in the memory of Paika Rebellion.
4.B V P Rao was elected as President of the Archery Association of India (AAI) on 22 December 2018.He represented Archery Association of Assam.
5.India’s first music museum will be set up with assistance from the Central government in Thiruvaiyaru, Tamilnadu.Thiruvaiyaru is the birthplace of Tyagaraja, one of the Trinities of Carnatic music.This was announced by the State Minister for Culture and Tamil Development, K Pandiarajan in Madurai on 23 December 2018.
6.The ‘Buddhist site’ museum was inaugurated at Lalitgiri in Odisha on 24 December 2018.The site is one of the earliest Buddhist settlements in Lalitgiri, where excavations have yielded ancient seals and inscriptions and have been converted into a museum.It is the 3rd site museum of the Bhubaneswar circle of the Archaeological Survey of India after Ratnagiri and Konark.
7.Manipur’s 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 on 21 December 2018.It recommends a rigorous life imprisonment term if the crime results in the death of a victim.
8.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) shortlisted six major IT companies to set up a digital Public Credit Registry (PCR) The IT companies are TCS, Wipro, IBM India, Capgemini Technology Services India, Dun & Bradstreet Information Services India, and Mindtree Ltd.PCR will be capturing details of all borrowers and wilful defaulters.It will strengthen the credit culture in the economy.
9.India successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable long-range ‘Agni-IV’ on 23 December 2018.It has a strike range of 4,000 km.The strategic surface-to-surface missile was flight tested from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Dr. Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast.
10.Indian woman Vedangi Kulkarni has become the fastest Asian to cycle the globe.She completed the 29,000 kilometers’ 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 is the fastest woman to have cycled the globe in 124 days in 2018.
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