INDIAN AFFAIRS
- 5-member expert panel sought public comments on easing norms for setting up petrol pumps
- 25thedition of SIMBEX, an acronym for “Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise” started off of Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.
- NagalandChief Minister Neiphiu Rio launched GPS Mapping of Government Schools and Personnel Location System in
- West Bengal cabinet, headed by CM Mamata Banerjee, decided to set up development boards for the Matua and Namasudra
- Bangalore ranked India’s most congested city, Pune Ranked 7th : National bureau of economic research (NBER)
- IndianArmy officials and Chinese PLA troops organized a high-level meeting at Bumla, near Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh.
- Supreme Court has approved a separate High Court for Andhra Pradeshand it will start functioning from 1st January 2019.
- Election Commission sets up ‘Sangwari’ polling booths in various constituencies of Chhattisgarh to encourage women voters
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- China taps India as digital economy partner
- 5thWorld Internet Conference (WIC), also known as the Wuzhen Summit, was held in Wuzhen, China.
- Palaubecame the first country in the world to impose a ban on sunscreens toxic to coral reefs.
- Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP)signed an agreement with US-based Research Institute for Fragrant Materials (RIFM) for improving quality of fragnant oils.
BANKING & FINANCE
- Enforcement Directorate (ED)flagged the RBI about the activities of a Karnataka-based firm charging it with running a ponzi scheme “in the name of Islamic banking or halal investment”.
- Reserve Bank of India cancelled the certificate of registrations of as many as 31 non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) for unspecified reasons.
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
- India pipped US to become 2nd largest smartphone market behind China
- Nokia, Infosys collaborate to drive enterprise digital transformation
- India to export 50,000 tonnes of sugar to China
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- Jawahar Lal Sarinwas conferred with France’s highest civilian honour ‘Knight of the Legion of Honour’.
- Swati Chaturvedi, an Indian freelance journalist, won the 2018 London Press Freedom Award for Courage.
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
- former IAS officer Ashok Kumar Guptawas appointed the chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI).
- 3 IRS officers- PK Dash, Akhilesh Ranjan and Neena Kumar inducted as members of CBDT
- Abhay Kumarwas appointed the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- Xinhua, China’sstate-run press agency, unveiled the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) anchor that can read news in English and Chinese.
- NASA’s Ralph, a space instrument, will travel with the Lucy missionto Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, in 2021.
- Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, have developed fluorescent carbon nanodots for simultaneous detectionand destruction of cancer cells.
- Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inducts K9 Vajra, M777 howitzer guns into Army in Nashik, Maharashtra
SPORTS
- Former India U-19 speedster Saurabh Netravalkar named captain of United States national cricket team
OBITUARY
- Veteran Marathi actor Lalan Sarang dies in Pune
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