www.study4u.in: Weekly Current Affairs December (Week-III)

Banking and Financial Awareness:

●RBI Imposes Additional Actions Under PCA on United Bank of India.
●RBI Imposes Rs 5 crore Penalty on Syndicate Bank.
●Government Ropes in ICICI Bank to Enable Cashless Payments on e-NAM.
●IRDAI panel suggests easing of G-Sec rule for insurance companies.
●Yes bank and European Investment Bank announced a co-finance programme of $ 400mn for the clean power project.
●AU small finance bank joins hand with Sahaj e village for banking service.
●Govt. infuses Rs. 52000 cr in PSBs under Indradhanush Plan.
●SBI Card and Bharat Petroleum launch BPCL SBI card.

Appointments

●Pradeep Kumar Gupta appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Mali.
●Ravindra Jaiswal appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Sudan.
●M. Subbarayudu appointed as Next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Peru.
●Justice UD Salvi Appointed Officiating Chief of National Green Tribunal (NGT).
●NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar retired.
●Airtel Payments Bank CEO Shashi Arora Resigns.
●Apple appoints Michel Coulomb to lead India operations.

●Rekha Receives First Smita Patil Memorial Award.
●Shree Saini Crowned Miss India USA 2017.
●Actor Salman Khan has topped the 2017 Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for the second consecutive year with the earning of Rs 232.83 crore.
●Tata Steel Joda East Iron Mine (JEIM) gets Golden Peacock Innovation Award.
●Authors Mamang Dai and Ramesh Kuntal Megh have won this year's Sahitya Akademi award.

●Assam Signs MoU with Isha Foundation to Save Rivers.
●Andhra Pradesh Government Signs Agreements With Alphabet X.
●Skill Development Ministry and Maruti Suzuki Sign MoU to support Skill India in the automobile industry.
●India, Myanmar Ink MoU for Development of Rakhine State.
●India signed an agreement with Switzerland for Information Exchange.
●A loan agreement has been signed between India and Germany for Pare Hydroelectric Plant Project.

●Andrej Babis Appointed as new Prime Minister of Czech.
●According to Forbes' annual ranking for the best countries for business in 2018, US is at the top place.
●France Passes Law to Ban all Oil and Gas Production by 2040.
●Sebastian Pinera Wins Chile’s Presidential Election.
●World Bank Provides Loans of $125 Million for STRIVE Project.
●WHO Certifies Gabon as Polio-free.

●E-way Bill to be Made Compulsory from February 2018.
●Companies Amendment Bill 2017 Passed by Parliament.
●Lok Sabha Passes Immovable Property Amendment Bill.
●First National Training of trainers programme for Sendai Framework held in New Delhi.
●DARPAN Launched for Financial Inclusion of Rural Population.
●Cabinet Approves Establishing India's 1st National Rail and Transportation University.
●India's First design University Opens in Haryana.
●GST Council Clears e-way Bill Mechanism.
●India has largest diaspora population in the world: UN Report.
●India to Host Meeting of WTO Member Countries on Food Security.
●Russia’s Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin Visits New Delhi.
●Cabinet Approves "Scheme for Capacity Building in Textiles Sector".
●MEA Launched SAMEEP to Take Indian Foreign Policy to Students Across Country.
●NGT Bans Plastic Items in Towns Located Along Ganga.
●Indian Railways plans to make all stations 100% LED lit by March 2018.
●NITI Aayog to set up Methanol Economy Fund to promote production and use of the clean fuel.
●Parliament passes Indian Institutes of Management Bill, 2017.
●India selected as Chair of Ad Hoc Committee of Kimberley Certification Scheme.
●Govt. approves setting up of 42 Mega food park.

●India and Maldives are organising the eighth edition of EKUVERIN joint military exercise in Belagav, Karnataka.
●Hamesha Vijayee Military Exercise Begins in Rajasthan.
●Naseem-Al-Bahr 2017: India, Oman Conducted Naval Exercise.

●Losar Festival Celebrated in Ladakh.
●Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune's initiative, Avantika University has become India's first design university with a unique academic structure.
●UP To, Have Cow Protection Committees in All Districts.
●Andhra Pradesh Cabinet Approves Pension for State's Transgender.
●Goa Celebrates 56th Liberation Day.
●Vijay Rupani Remains Gujarat Chief Minister and Nitin Patel His Deputy.
●PM inaugurates 60 MW Tuirial Hydropower Project in Aizawl, Mizoram.
●Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project gets environmental clearance in Telangana.
●India’s First National Rail and Transportation University to come at Vadodara.

●PV Sindhu Wins silver at BWF World Superseries Finals.
●Sir Mo Farah has been named BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2017.
●Messi Gets La Liga’s Best Player Award 2017.
●Sushil Kumar Clinches Gold at Commonwealth Wrestling Championships.
●Junior shuttler Aakarshi Kashyap won U-17 and U-19 singles titles at Badminton junior Nationals in Guwahati, Assam.
●India Finishes 1st at Junior Boxing Championship in Germany.
●Ekta Bisht First Indian Women Cricketer named in ICC ODI & T20 Teams.
●Birmingham to Host Commonwealth Games in 2022.