1.Telangana government’s MNJ Institute of Oncology and Regional Cancer Centre entered the Guinness Book of World Records.It organised the largest men’s Health Awareness programme on prostate cancer on a single day.Besides the Guinness World Record, the hospital also received recognition from ‘High Range Book of World Records.
2.Portuguese airline ‘Hi Fly’ introduced single-use plastic free flight on 29 December 2018.The flight took off from Lisbon to Natale, Brazil, without a single piece of single-use plastic on board.There were no plastic cups, plastic silverware, plastic cocktail stirrer, and plastic food containers.
3.The United Nations issued the Chinese version of the latest edition of the ‘Basic Facts about the United Nations’.The Basic facts serve as the definitive introduction to the UN and its family of related institutions and agencies.With this, the UN publication has been issued in all the six official languages– Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
4.Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina secured her third consecutive term on 29 December 2018.Her ruling party Awami League and its allies have won 288 of the 300 parliamentary seats contested, surpassing its previous election wins.
5.International Cricket Council (ICC) announced women’s ODI and T20I teams of the year 2018.New Zealand’s Suzie Bates was named as captain of the 50-over side and Harmanpreet Kaur of India appointed captain of the T20 team.The teams have been selected by Voting Academy comprising of members from media and broadcast.
6.The commerce ministry extended the import restrictions on peas for another three months till 31 March 2019.Such measures help in curbing cheaper imports and boost local prices.The restrictions were imposed by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT.India is the largest producer of pulses in the world.
7.India women’s cricket vice-captain Smriti Mandhana won the ‘Women’s Cricketer of the Year’ and the ‘Women’s ODI Player of the Year’ by the International Cricket Council (ICC).She won the ‘Women’s Cricketer of the Year’ for scoring 669 runs in 12 ODIs along with 622 runs in T20 Internationals in 2018.She became only the second India woman player to win an ICC award after Jhulan Goswami.
8.According to RBI, in the fiscal ended March 2018, banks recovered ₹40,400 crore worth of bad loans as against ₹38,500 crore recovered in FY17.The various channels through which lenders recovered their bad loans include the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), SARFAESI Act, Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTs) and Lok Adalats.The amount recovered through SARFAESI was ₹26,500 crore in FY18.
9Annual bird census in Chilika lake is slated to be carried out on 4 January 2019.Chilika lake is the biggest brackish water lake in the country.Experts from organisations like Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Wild Odisha, National Board of Wildlife, Regional Museum and Natural History, Chilika Development Authority (CDA) will take part in the census.
10.Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the ‘International Rice Research Institute’s (IRRI) South Asia Regional Centre’ to the nation in Varanasi.The center will serve as a hub for rice research and training in South Asia.IRRI headquarters is in Manila, Philippines.Narendra Modi was the first Indian Prime Minister to visit IRRI headquarters in November 2017.
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