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1. ALIMCOs 6th Auxiliary Production unit and Limb Fitting Center inaugurated in Ballabhgarh, Faridabad
Minister of State for Social Justice and
Empowerment, Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar, attended the inaugural function
of ALIMCO’s 6th Auxiliary Production Unit and State-of-the-Art Limb
Fitting Center as the Chief Guest in Village Nawada,
Tigaon, Ballabhgarh, Faridabad. The foundation stone for the establishment
of a State-of-the-Art Rehabilitation Center was laid on June 16, 2018. For the
establishment, Chief Minister Haryana approved approx. 5 Acre
land at Village NawadaTigaon, Block Ballabhgarh, District Faridabad
(Haryana) to ALIMCO at the lease rate of Rs. 1/- per Acre per year. This
facility is equipped with high-end machines for providing best and quality
service to the Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjans).
2. Hooda panel recommends creation of specialised information warfare units, restructuring of military intelligence
A single-member Hooda panel, set up by the Defence
Ministry and the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) recommended the
creation of new specialized units for information warfare in areas where the
counter-insurgency operations are being conducted. The panel which was set up
by the government based on the recommendation of Defence Secretary Sanjay Mitra
about five months ago was headed by former Northern Army Commander Lieutenant
General (retired) DS Hooda who had overseen the surgical strikes conducted
across the Line of Control (LoC) in 2016. He has recommended that the Army
should set up the specialized information warfare units on an experimental
basis and evolve them as per the output received from their operations besides
restructuring of the cyber warfare operations. It has recommended that the Army
and the Air Force should sort out their issues such as the ownership of attack
helicopter and utilization of air defense assets which are common for both the
services. He has also suggested scaling down the size of regular Army by about
20 percent and instead, having a reserve Army which can be called upon for
war-fighting in case of conflicts.
3. Centre brings booklet on cyber safety for school children titled A Handbook for Students on cyber Safety
The Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
has released a booklet titled “A Handbook for Students on cyber Safety” to
inform the school children about the different aspects of cyber safety. The
booklet aims to create awareness among citizens especially students about cyber
threats and provides details about the various safeguards that can be adopted
by the children in order to protect themselves from cyber grooming.
4. India won 2 Tests in a series in Australia for 1st time after 40 years
India defeated Australia by 137 runs in the third
Test at Melbourne to take a 2-1 lead in the four-match series. This is the
first time since 1977-1978 that India have won two matches in a Test series in
Australia. Further, the victory was India's 26th in 45 Test matches under Virat
Kohli's captaincy.
5. ICC Test Rankings: New Zealand Overtake South Africa to Third Spot
New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 423 runs to claim the
Test series and jump above South Africa into the third spot in the ICC Test
team rankings. India, who lead 2-1 after three Tests in Australia, are at the
top of the rankings with 116 points. England are second with 108 points and
Australia fifth on 102 points.
6. Bumrah becomes top wicket-taker in international cricket in 2018
India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has become the
highest wicket-taker in international cricket in 2018 after picking up 9
wickets in the Melbourne Test against Australia. The 25-year-old has taken 78
wickets this year, overtaking South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada, who has taken
77 wickets. Bumrah took 48 wickets in Tests, 22 in ODIs and 8 in T20Is in 2018.
7. Delhi Police becomes first police force in India to digitise all malkhanas
With the launch of ‘E-Malkhana’ in the remaining 10
districts at Chinamaya Mission, the Delhi Police has become first in country to
have digitalised malkhana in Police Stations of its all districts. Malkhanas
are rooms for keeping seized arms and ammunition. According to the release,
around 3,11,600 case properties have been encrypted in digital form across all
the police stations in the state.
8. Sports Ministry embarks Rs 100 cr for funding athletes under TOPS
The Sports Ministry has earmarked Rs 100 crore for
the funding of athletes under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for their
preparations for 2020 Olympics, according to Sports Authority of India Director
General Neelam Kapur. The TOPS, which was launched in September 2014, is a
flagship programme of the sports ministry to provide financial assistance to
potential Olympic medal winners. Athletes have also been given financial
assistance to prepare for Commonwealth Games and Asian Games under the TOPS.
9. Archie Schiller, the seven-year-old was named as the co-captain of the Australian team
Cricket Australia have added seven-year-old Archie
Schiller in the 15-member squad for the third Test of the series against India,
at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Boxing Day, December 26. He was
co-captain alongside Tim Paine. Archie Schiller, who has endured 13 heart
operations and spent half of his life in hospital after being diagnosed with a
life-threatening congenital disease, had the dream of captaining the Australian
cricket team. Make a Wish Australia and Cricket Australia, worked together to
make Archie’s cricket dreams come true.
10. Heat stress scale Australian Open develops new extreme heat policy
Tennis Australia announced that a new “Heat Stress
Scale” has been developed which takes into account air temperature, radiant
heat, humidity and wind speed. The action was taken after complaints from
players regarding the health and safety risks under the extreme heat of
Melbourne, Australia. The new “Heat Stress Scale” will be used in during the
Australian Open which will be held from 14th January 2019 to 27th January 2019
at Melbourne, Australia. The scale ranges from one to five and the play will be
suspended if the heat stress scale reading is 5.0 or above. A 10 minute
break between the third and fourth set will also be given in men’s singles
matches whenever the Heat Scale reading is 5 or more than 5.
11. First test communication satellite of Hongyan constellation and six Yunhai-2 atmospheric environment research satellites were launched by China in its 297th Long March-2D rocket mission
China successfully sent six Yunhai-2 atmospheric
environment research satellites and a test communication satellite of Hongyan
constellation into orbit. They were launched by a Long March-2D rocket from the
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. It was the 297th mission of
the Long March rocket series. The six Yunhai-2 satellites will study
atmospheric environment, monitor space environment, prevent and reduce
disasters and conduct scientific experiments. The test satellite, the first for
the constellation Hongyan, meaning “swan goose” in Chinese, will be used to
verify the function of mobile communications in low earth orbit (LEO).
12. Banks recovered bad loans worth Rs 40,400 crore in 2017-18
The loans were recovered through channels like the
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), SARFAESI Act, Debt Recovery Tribunals and
Lok Adalats. While banks recovered Rs 4,900 crore of bad loans through the IBC,
the amount recovered through SARFAESI was Rs 26,500 crore in FY18.
13. Rahul Chhabra concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Federal Republic of Somalia
Rahul Chhabra who is presently the High
Commissioner of India to the Republic of Kenya concurrently accredited as the
next Ambassador of India to the Federal Republic of Somalia, with residence in
Nairobi, Kenya. Rahul Chhabra, an IFS Officer of 1987 batch was appointed as
the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Kenya on August 14, 2018.
14. PM Modi renamed 3 Andaman & Nicobar islands as tribute to Netaji
On December 30, 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
announced renaming of three islands of Andaman and Nicobar archipelago as a
tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The Ross Island was renamed as Netaji
Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep, the Neil Island as Shaheed Dweep and the Havelock
Island as Swaraj Dweep. On this day in 1943, Bose had suggested that Andaman
and Nicobar Islands be renamed as Shahid and Swaraj Dweep respectively. In 1943
Netaji Bose unfurled the Tricolour in Andaman and Nicobar islands. Modi also
hoisted a 150-feet-high national flag at Port Blair, besides paying floral
tribute at Netaji's statue.
15. Y.K. Sailas Thangal concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Liberia
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of
India announced that Mr. Y.K. Sailas Thangal who is the ambassador of India to
the Republic of Cote d’ Ivoire has been concurrently accredited as the next
Ambassador of India to the Republic of Liberia with residence in Abidjan. Y. K.
Thangal, IFS Officer of 1996 batch was appointed as the Ambassador of India to
Republic of Cote d’ Ivoire on 14th September 2018.
16. Keonjhar Police honours 10 Ashok Chakra recipients with postage stamps
Keonjhar Police, Odisha, in collaboration with India
Post has issued 10 postage stamps, each featuring the Ashok Chakra Awardees
from Police Department (State Police and Central police) across the country,
under the “My Stamp” scheme. The stamps which are of Rs 5.00 denomination and
have the background picture of Sun Temple, Konark, recognizes the acts of
valour by khaki-clad personnel. “Ashok Chakra”, which is India’s highest
peacetime gallantry medal with 84 awardees till date is equivalent to
“Param-Veer Chakra“. The list of 10 police personnel named in postage stamp is
as follows: Randhir Prasad Verma Pramod Kumar Satapathy Mohan Chand Sharma
Tukaram Omble, Hemant Karkare, Kamlesh Kumari Yadav R. P. Diengdoh K Prasad
Babu Vijay Salaskar, Ashok Kamte.
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