Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (08th to 14th December 2018)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 2^nd week of December 2018. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming IBPS Clerk/IBPS SO/Canara Bank/South Indian Bank PO 2018 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

Current Affairs: Important Days

Current Affairs: National

1) Supreme Court has approved Witness Protection Scheme 2018 and directed Union and State Governments to enforce – PIL seeking protection for witnesses.

2) Union Cabinet has approved launching of National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS). It will be implemented by Department of Science &Technology under Ministry of Science and Technology for period of – Five years.

3) Five States Election Result

4) India’s first Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence established by the European Union was inaugurated at the Department of European Studies (DES) at – Manipal Academy of Higher Education.

Current Affairs: International

1) The country that has recently enacted controversial law to accept foreign blue-collar workers is – Japan.

2) Luxembourg become the world’s first country to make all its public transport free by – 2019.

3) The world’s largest Arabic audio library launched Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

4) Israel become a permanent member of Financial Action Task Force

5) Scientists from the Fujian Normal University in China developed a – “rewritable” paper

6) the Chinese character for ‘disaster’ as its defining symbol for 2018, a year that saw the country hit by deadly floods, earthquakes and storms

7) Russia has sent two Tu-160, strategic bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons, to Venezuela

8) World’s leading exporter of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) for the first time is – Australia

Current Affairs: State

1) Union Cabinet approves implementation of Shahpurkandi Dam on river Ravi in – Punjab.

2) ‘Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana’ for senior citizens was launched in – New Delhi.

3) India’s first state to have four international airports is – Kerala.

4) Uttar Pradesh has planned to introduce a new software to curb cheating in – Board Exams.

5) Kaiga Power Station-1, Karnataka has created a world record for the longest uninterrupted operation for – 941 days

6) India’s first Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence was opened in – Mumbai

7) The state that was recently imposed with a penalty of Rs.1 lakh for not coming up with a new building for the district and sessions court is – Maharashtra

8) 24-hour helpline 181 for women is launched by – Tamil Nadu.

Current Affairs: Banking and Finance

1) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced to introduce ‘Ombudsman Scheme for Digital Transactions’ to provide cost-free mechanism to redress grievances of customers related to – Digital Transactions.

2) Reserve Bank of India has imposed a fine of Rs 1 crore to Indian Bank for violating – Cybersecurity Norms.

Current Affairs: Business

1) HAL developed a Light Utility Helicopter which achieves important milestone of flying at – 6 km altitude.

Current Affairs: Appointments

Current Affairs: Resignation

Current Affairs: Awards and Honours

 Current Affairs: MOU

1) NABARD signed USD 100 mn agreement with UNFCC approved Green Climate Fund to boost USD 250 mn worth – Solar Power Project.

Current Affairs: Summit and Conference

Current Affairs: Schemes and Programs

1) The 2nd edition of Military Literature Festival (MLF) 2018 was held in – Chandigarh.

2) Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh launched a portal ‘ENSURE’- National Livestock Mission-EDEG developed by NABARD and operated under – The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries.

3) National Challenge for Youths,”Ideate for India – Creative Solutions using Technology”, in – New Delhi.

Current Affairs: Ranking

1) Rank of India in the highest emitter of CO2 (carbon dioxide) in the world is – Fourth.

2) World’s top recipient of remittances in 2018 is – India.

3) Climate Change Performance Index: Sweden tops in the Ranking, India at – 11th position

Current Affairs: Mobile App and Portal

Current Affairs: Defence

1) Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has conducted Regional Level Marine Oil Pollution Response Exercise titled – ‘Clean Sea– 2018’

2) Indian Space Research and Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched India’s heaviest and most-advanced communication satellite GSAT-11 into space. It was launched on board of Ariane 5 VA-246 rocket from – Kourou Launch Base, French Guiana.

3) The 10th Edition of the bilateral exercise between the Indian Navy and Russian Federation Navy (RuFN) started at  – Visakhapatnam.

4) Nuclear capable surface to surface Agni-5 ballistic missile was successfully test-fired from – Dr Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast.

5) The Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted combined guided weapons firing of Surface-to-Air Missiles from the Air Force Station located at Suryalanka, Andhra Pradesh. The first-of-its-kind exercise for the Air Force was code-named – ‘CROSS BOW-18’.

6) The Indian Navy launched its first Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) system in – Mumbai

7) NASAs InSight spacecraft snaps its first selfie from – Mars

8) The Indian Navy bought Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) for Rs.1,000 crore from U.K.-based – James Fisher Defence (JFD)

Current Affairs: Sports

1) The fifth and the youngest Indian golfer to clinch the Asian Tour Order of Merit is – Shubhankar Sharma.

2) Mister Supranational 2018 is won by – Prathamesh Maulingkar.

3) 2019 Khelo India Youth Games will be held in – Pune.

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