1.The government of India appointed Sudhir Bhargava as Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission (CIC).
2.US-based Kathak exponent Anindita Neogy Anaam will be honoured with the ‘National Nritya Shiromani’ award for 2019 on 2 January 2019.She will be given the award for promoting the Kathak Dance across the world.The award would be conferred on her in Cuttack on the opening day of the 10th ‘Cuttack Mahotsav: International Dance and Music Festival’.
3.The report titled ‘Trends & Progress of Banking in 2017-18’ was released by the Reserve Bank of India on 28 December 2018.As per the report, the number of ATMs has declined marginally to 2.07 lakh in FY18 from 2.08 lakh in FY17, primarily due to branch rationalisation by few banks.The number of operational on-site ATMs too came down to 1.06 lakh in 2018 from 1.09 lakh in FY17.
4.Madhya Pradesh government decided to form a new Spiritual Department.The Religious Trust and Endowments and Happiness Department will be merged in the new department.The objective of the formation of the Spiritual Department is to strengthen inter-communal harmony and Sarvadharma Sambhav in the state covering all religions, sects, and faiths.
5.Legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen passed away in Kolkata on 31 December 2018.He is a Padma Bhushan and Dada Saheb Phalke awardee.
6.An exhibition titled ‘Dandi Yatra’ was inaugurated in New Delhi on 29 December 2018.It was organised by the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA).The exhibition is part of the celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.The exhibition showcases the unseen drawings of artist Chhaganlal Jadav and also the masterworks of NGMA’s collection of contemporaneous artists.
7.Railway ministry announced that the ‘Honey Bee’ plan will be expanded to other areas of the country.The initiative was started on an experimental basis in Assam in 2017.The aim is to avoid the death of animals particularly elephants on railway tracks.In this plan, a device is used which amplifies the recorded sound of honey bees to keep elephants away from the rail track.
8.Lt Gen Manoj Pande took the command of the Indian Army’s Gajraj Corps on 30 December 2018.He replaced Lt Gen Gurpal Singh Sangha.Prior to this, he was the Chief of Staff in Headquarters Southern Command.The Gajraj Corps (IV Corps) is a military field formation of the Indian Army, created in 1961.
9.The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation was awarded Best Capital City in the Solid Waste Management in the Swachh Survekshan 2018 rankings.The Swachh Survekashan survey ranks cities on various sanitation parameters.The GHMC was also at the 27th place among 4,041 cities.
10.ESAF Small Finance Bank Ltd has received the RBI’s approval for inclusion in the second schedule of the RBI Act, 1934.Now the bank can seek funds from trusts, associations, religious institutions, and mutual funds.It will also enable the bank to avail higher refinance facility.R Prabha is the Chairman of ESAF Small Finance Bank.The headquarters of the bank is in Thrissur, Kerala.
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