INDIAN AFFAIRS
- Department of Justice (DoJ) has decided to deliver e-courts services to the litigant public through around two lakh Common Service Centres (CSCs) so as to provide efficient and time bound access to the Courts services.
- Supreme Court constituted a new five-judge committeeto hear upon the politically sensitive Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid land title dispute in Ayodhya.
- OxfordDictionaries announced that the word ‘Nari Shakti’ which is derived from Sanskrit has been chosen as the Hindi Word of the year for 2018.
- Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath launched ‘Yuva Swabhiman Yojana’ for youths of the weak section in urban areas of Madhya Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malikgave his assent to Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill 2014.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- Sugarcane juice national drink of Pakistan
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
- Economic Advisory Council of Prime Minister (EAC-PM)headed by NITI Aayog Member Bibek Debroy said in a report that India will continue to grow in the 7 to 7.5 percent range in the next few years despite global and structural challenges.
- India 6th General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) readiness index : CISCO
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
- Romain Rolland Book Prize for literary translationwon by Tamil translation of Andrei Makine’s “La vie d’un homme inconnu” (The Life of an Unknown Man) at the Jaipur Literature Festival.
- Assam government entitled the Republic Day Journalism Award 2019 to veteran journalist and former editor Dhirendra Nath Chakraborty.
APPOINTMENT & RESIGNS
- Medical products maker Ascent Meditechappointed Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan as the brand ambassador for its brand ‘Flamingo’
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- India accounts more than half leprosy cases globally: WHO
ENVIRONMENT
- Earth’s oldest rock found in Moon Sample brought 48 years ago
SPORTS
- Australian T20 cricket team “Brisbane Heat”won their maiden Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) title by defeating Sydney Sixers in the final by three wickets at Drummoyne Oval in Sydney, Australia.
- Wasim Jaffer first to score 1000 runs in Ranji season twice
- New Zealand cricketer Ewen chatfield retired
- Operation Olympics Commences in Kerala
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