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

Tuesday, 2 January 2018

Banking and Financial Awareness:

●State-Run Banks' NPAs Touched Rs 7.34 Lakh Crore- RBI Data.
●KKR gets RBI Nod to Start India’s 1st Foreign-owned ARC.
●Lok Sabha passes Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code Amendment Bill, 2017.
●SBI Gets Board Approval to Raise Rs 8,000 crore to Comply Basel III.
●Sohan Lal Commodity Management (SLCM) Ties up with HDFC, IndusInd bank for Post Harvest Credit.
●Bank of Baroda Enters into MoU with POORTI Agri Services Pvt. Ltd.
●SEBI Caps Cross-Shareholding in Rating Agencies at 10%.
●Small Savings Schemes’ Interest Rates Cut by 20 bps.

●Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres has appointed Henrietta H Fore as the new Executive Director of UNICEF.
●IPS officer Abhay appointed DG of Narcotics Control Bureau.
●Amardeep Singh Bhatia was appointed as new director of Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO).
●Sumita Misra appointed as joint secretary in PM’s Economic Advisory Council.
●Vinay Sahasrabuddhe as President of the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR).
●George Weah Elected Liberian President.

●Anushka Sharma Named PETA's Person of the Year.
●Veteran singer K S Chitra has been selected for prestigious ‘Harivarasanam’ award 2017.

●Good Governance Day: 25 December 2017
The day is celebrated annually since 2014 to mark the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

●Kabul and Mumbai Linked with Second Air Corridor.
●India, World Bank Ink $40 Million Loan Agreement for UP Tourism.
●UP inks MoU with South Korea in field of tourism, skill development, culture and farming.
●Government, World Bank ink loan agreement for Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization Project.
●Amazon Acquires Connected Security Camera Maker 'Blink'.
●IRDAI Norms Allow Insurers to Begin Offshore Business From GIFT IFSC.
●Bilateral Meeting Between External Affairs Minister of India and Jordan Held in New Delhi.

●Belgium-First Country to Appoint Female Envoy to Saudi Arabia.
●AG600, world's largest amphibious aircraft that is China's home-grown took off from the southern city of Zhuhai.
●India and Afghanistan launch 2nd air cargo route linking Kabul with Mumbai.
●China Launches World's Largest Human Genome Research Project.
●WHO to classify Gaming Disorder as mental health condition.
●World’s Longest Glass Bridge Opens in China.
●Modi to be First PM to Attend World Economic Forum in 20 years.

●IACS Developed Hydrogel to Remove Toxic Dyes and Metal Ions.
●Govt Mint Launches High Purity Gold Reference Standard.
●UP launches Prakash Hai to Vikas Hai Scheme.
●Blue Flag Pilot Project Launched for Beach Clean-up.
●President Kovind Inaugurates AP Fibre Grid Project.
●Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill 2017 Passed in Lok Sabha.
●India’s first-ever broad gauge air-conditioned AC EMU suburban train flagged off in Mumbai.
●Government launches e-HRMS (electronic-Human Resource Management System).
●Blue Flag pilot project launched for beach clean-up and development.
●India to become fifth largest economy in 2018: Report.
India’s first pod taxi to follow US safety norms.
●Lok Sabha passes GST (Compensation to States) Amendment Bill, 2017.
●Parliament passes Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy Bill, 2017.
●Parliament passes Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Amendment Bill, 2017.
●Government launches Livestock Disease Forewarning–Mobile Application.
●Environment Ministry launches Regional Project to Tackle Stubble Burning.
●President Inaugurated 100th Indian Economic Association Conference.

●China has successfully launched its Land Surveying Satellite LKW-2.
●US scientist developed Reservoir computing system developed to help machines to think just like humans.
●China successfully launches remote sensing satellites of Yaogan-30 project.
●25th National Children Science Congress held in Gujarat.

●Jairam Thakur Is the New Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.
●Bengaluru Becomes First City to Get its Own Logo.
●Gujarat is hosting the 25th edition of National Children Science Congress (NCSC) from December 27 to December 31, 2017.
●Maharashtra & UP top in GST collection in first five months.
●Vijay Rupani sworn in as Chief Minister of Gujarat.
●President inaugurates Andhra Pradesh Fiber Grid Project.