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1. India retained highest Aviation Safety Ranking: US Watchdog FAA
US regulator Federation of Aviation Administration
(FAA) retained the highest aviation safety ranking for India. According to FAA,
India’s International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) rating remains
‘Category 1’. This ranking was based on an audit of the Directorate General of
Civil Aviation (DGCA) in July 2018.
2. Gas 2019: Mobile app for global aviation summit launched by Ministry of Aviation and AAI
Civil aviation ministry along with the Airport
Authority of India (AAI) launched an app named ‘GAS 2019’. This app will enable
users to interact with the co-delegates and speakers besides providing a
platform for networking through personal and group chats. This was launched
ahead of the global aviation summit to be held in Mumbai in January 2019. About
the global summit: The Global Aviation Summit would take place on January
15-16, 2019 at Mumbai. The 2-day summit will be hosted by: The civil aviation
ministry, AAI and FICCI.
3. Kabaddi World Cup Winning Captain Anup Kumar announced retirement
In his 15-year iconic career, Anup Kumar was part of
the national team that won gold medals in 2010 and 2014. He won the Arjuna
Award in 2012. He began his international career in 2006 at the South Asian
Games in Sri Lanka and was the captain of the national team in 2014.
4. India, China hold first People-to-People Exchanges meeting
External Affair Minister Sushma and her Chinese
counterpart Wang Yi will co-chair the first-ever meeting of India-China
High-Level Mechanism on Cultural and People-to-People Exchanges in New
Delhi. India and China decided to set up people to people mechanism
during the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President
Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in
China.
5. Govt to set up panel to look into tax issues faced by startups
The union government decided to set up an expert
committee to look into all the taxation issues being faced by startups and
angel investors. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) statement that
no coercive action or measures to recover the demands of completed assessment
under income tax would be taken" against such firms. The committee
of experts from IITs and IIMs will make recommendations on individual cases of
recognized startups. The notification of the committee formation will be
issued by the DIPP shortly.
6. Lok Sabha passed Consumer Protection Bill
The Lok Sabha passed two Bills, the Consumer
Protection Bill, 2018 and the National Trust for Welfare of Persons with
Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation, and Multiple Disabilities
(Amendment) Bill, 2018. The Consumer Protection Bill, 2018 seeks to replace the
Consumer Protection Act, 1986. The Bill will become law once it goes through
the Rajya Sabha. It is meant to protect those who use new technologies such as
e-commerce and online shopping. The financial jurisdiction of the District
Consumers Courts has been increased: they can deal with complaints involving
Rs.1 crore as against the Rs.20 lakh earlier. Under the clause of product
liability, a manufacturer will be liable to give compensation for products with
defects.
7. South Korean grain silo enters Guinness World Records
A dreary grain silo that was transformed into an
enormous colourful artwork in South Korea has been named by Guinness World
Records as the largest outdoor mural in the world. The painting depicts a young
boy’s journey into adulthood covers the outside of giant storage containers in
the port city of Incheon takes up 23,688 sq m. The mural was commissioned by
the city’s government and port authority. It aims at improving the negative
view of aged industrial facilities. Twenty-two artists used more than 850,000
litres of paint to tell the story which reflects the seasons and resembles 16
individual book covers, at a cost of 550 million won.
8. Blind amphibian is named after US President Donald Trump
A newly-discovered blind amphibian from Panama is to
be named after Donald Trump in recognition of the U.S. President’s stance on
climate change. EnviroBuild, a U.K.-based sustainable building materials
company, announced that it would be using Dermophis donaldtrumpi as the name
for the amphibian with no legs and poor eyesight. The small creature is blind
and has the ability to bury its head in the ground. Mr. Aidan Bell, the boss of
the firm, said that these features of the amphibian match the U.S. leader’s
opinion on climate change. Mr. Trump in June last year withdrew the U.S. from
the Paris climate change agreement, which commits countries to keeping a limit
on rising global temperatures.
9. Tata Motors partners with Zoomcar to deploy Tigor EVs in Pune
Tata Motors has partnered with self-drive rental car
firm Zoomcar to offer the electric version of its compact sedan Tigor in Pune
city as part of the shared mobility plans. Under the partnership, Zoomcar
expects to deploy 500 electric vehicles in over 20 cities with Tata Motors in
the next one year. Tata Motors is committed to the Centre’s vision of driving
electric mobility in the country.
10. Researchers found Global warming causes feminisation of turtles
Researchers at the University of Exeter in the U.K.
and the Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre in Portugal found that up to
93% of green turtle hatchlings could be female by 2100, as climate change
causes “feminisation” of the species. The figures are specific to the
study site in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. The sex of turtle hatchlings is
determined by temperature, and at present about 52% of hatching green turtles,
one of seven species of sea turtle, are female. It has been found that in
warmer temperatures predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
scenarios, 76-93% of hatchlings would be female.
11. Gujarat tops government's first-ever state startup rankings
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)
has awarded Gujarat as the best performer in Start-up Ranking 2018. Other
states ranked top performers were Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, and Rajasthan. The
laggards in the list of performers, categorised as ‘beginners’ include
Chandigarh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim, and Tripura.
‘Emerging’ States, placed at a notch higher than the beginners include Assam,
Delhi, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and
Uttarakhand.
12. Qualcomm wins Apple case, could lead to iPhone ban in Germany
A German court found in favour of US chipmaker
Qualcomm in a patent dispute case against Apple, which could lead to a ban on
sales of iPhones in Germany. The ruling affects iPhone 7 through iPhone X
models, which contain a particular component that violated a Qualcomm patent.
13. Nevada becomes 1st US state with female-majority Legislature
Twenty-three of the 42 available State Assembly
seats will now be represented by a woman. This came after Clark County
Commissioners appointed Rochelle Thuy Nguyen and Beatrice Angela Duran to Las
Vegas-area legislative seats. With nine of the state’s 21 Senate seats also
held by women, it means that 32 of the 63 total seats in the state legislature
will be held by a female representative. It is the first time a state has seen
that level of representation in US history.
14. Book 'Changing India' by Manmohan Singh Released
Titled 'Changing India', the five-volume book,
published by Oxford University Press, the book is being described as a
definitive expression of the former prime minister Manmohan Singh's
perspectives on a wide range of economic, social and political issues as they
evolved under his long and eventful career. The economist-turned-politician
enjoyed a ten-year-long stint as prime minister, heading the UPA government at
the Centre from 2004 to 2014.
15. First AC Local Train on Delhi-UP Towns Route From February
The MEMU (mainline electric multiple unit) train,
having eight stainless-steel coaches, will cater to Uttar Pradesh cities within
200-300 km from Delhi. The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) will flag off the
second air-conditioned 12-coach local train for the Mumbai suburban railways by
December 31.
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