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.
- ●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.
Obituaries
- ●Bengali Singer Jatileswar Mukhopadhyay Passes Away.
- ●Jazz and Pop singer Keely Smith passes away.
- ●Former UP Governor Banwari Lal Joshi passes away.
Honour and Awards
- ●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.
Important Days
- ●International Migrants Day: 18 December 2017
- The theme for the year 2017 is “Safe Migration in a World on the Move”.
- ●National Mathematics Day- 22nd December.
- ●Nation Celebrates Kisan Diwas- 23rd December,
- Birth anniversary of the fifth prime minister of India Chaudhary Charan Singh.
MoUs and Partnerships:
- ●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.
Important News- World
- ●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.
Important News- India
- ●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.
Business, Science and Technology
- ●Ola Acquires Food Panda India Business, further invest $200 million.
- ●Bharti Airtel to buy Millicom’s Operations in Rwanda.
- ●Quikr Acquires HDFC's Digital, Realty Units in all Stock Deal.
Defence
- ●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.
Important News- States
- ●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.
Sports News
- ●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.
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