1.Arunima Sinha has now become the first woman amputee to climb Mount Vinson (highest peak of Antarctica).She was the world’s first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest in 2013.She was a national level volleyball player who had one of her legs amputated in 2011.She had earlier scaled five peaks including Mt Everest, Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Elbrus, Mt Kosciuszko, and Mt Aconcagua.
2.Syndicate Bank and SBI Life Insurance signed a bancassurance pact on 3 January 2019.Under the pact, SBI Life Insurance will offer a comprehensive financial planning solution to its customers through the branches of Syndicate Bank.The agreement was signed by Syndicate Bank Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Mrutyunjay Mahapatra and MD and CEO of SBI Life, Sanjeev Nautiyal.
3.The ‘Indian Panorama Film Festival’ will be organised from 4th to 13th January 2019 at New Delhi.The ten-day Festival is being organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.All the films selected under the Indian Panorama section in the 49th International Film Festival of India will be screened during the Festival.
4.The Conference on Pharmaceutical & Medical Device sector will be held on 18 & 19 February 2019 in Bengaluru.It is organised by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry.The theme for India Pharma 2019 is ‘Enabling Quality Affordable Healthcare’ and that of India Medical Device 2019 is ‘Med-Tech India: Gearing up for Ayushman Bharat’.
5.The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) allowed custodial services in the commodity derivatives market.The move is aimed at enabling the participation of institutional investors such as mutual funds and portfolio managers in the commodity derivatives market.Under the new framework, existing custodians will be permitted to add commodities as an asset class.
6.On 3 January 2019, the Parliament passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2018.The Parliament empowered states to detain weak students in the same class if they fail to pass annual exams.As per the current provisions of RTE Act, no student can be detained up to class 8th.The bill also allows the reintroduction of examinations for primary schools.
7.The United Nations observed the first official World Braille Day on 4 January.The aim of the day is to raise awareness of the importance of Braille.It also aims to raise awareness about the human rights of visually-impaired and partially-sighted people.
8.Housing and Urban Affairs Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated the ‘Swachh Survekshan 2019’ on 4 January 2019.The cleanliness survey will cover 40 crore people across over four thousand towns and cities.For the first time ever, inspection will be conducted without giving any prior information to the concerned official for real-time check and survey will be based on people’s feedback.
9.The US President Donald Trump signed the ‘Asia Reassurance Initiative Act’ (ARIA) into law.ARIA was earlier passed in the US Senate in December 2018.The act establishes a multifaceted U.S. strategy to increase US security, economic interests, and values in the Indo-Pacific region.The ARIA will authorise $1.5 billion in spending for a range of U.S. programs in East and Southeast Asia.
10.ICICI Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Small Business FinCredit India Pvt Ltd (SBFC) on 4 January 2019.Under the MoU, it will jointly provide loans worth up to Rs 1 crore to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).ICICI Bank will co-originate loan against property with SBFC at a mutually agreed ratio.The loans of up to Rs 1 crore is for a tenure of 15 years.
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