Current Affairs Today December 9 2017***********
1. India declared free from Trachoma, a bacterial infection of eye
2. Govt signs pact with German firm for Urban Transport project
3. Mahesh Sharma Inaugurates the ‘Bodhi Parva: BIMSTEC Festival of Buddhist Heritage’ in New Delhi
4. Odissa CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurates Purvasha Folk & Tribal Art Museum
5. New Delhi hosts ICOMOS at 19th Triennial General Assembly
6. ‘Operation Synergy' - Rescue mission for Cyclone Ockhi
7. Maharashtra govt offers cash rewards to local bodies to go plastic-free
8. Bengaluru Signs C40 network to work together to tackle air pollution
9. ADB approves $346 mn loan to upgrade Karnataka highways
10. Domestic private jets won’t need DGCA nod for overseas flights
11. K. Jeeva Sagar appointed as the Ambassador of India to the State of Kuwait
12. Bergamasco appointed Performance Director for women's boxing
13. Hindi writer Mamta Kalia to get the 27th Vyas Samman
14. Odia poet Rabi Singh wins Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman
15. New form of matter ‘excitonium’ discovered
16. India wins five medals at 10th Asian Airgun Shooting Ch'ships
17. Chandika Hathurusingha appointed Sri Lanka Cricket coach
18. Rafael Nadal, Muguruza crowned ITF world champions
19. Tamil journalist Sundaresan passes away
20. Indian-origin S African freedom fighter Laloo Chiba passed away
21. France's king of rock, Johnny Hallyday passed away
22. International Anti-Corruption Day - December 9
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20 Nov 2018 ......... - India , Bahrain Will Ink Pact For Cooperation In Space Technology - Tripura To Host 7th International Tourism Mart From Nov 22 - Shubhankar Sharma ' Sir Henry Cotton Rookie Of The Year ' Honours On European Tour - Conference On ‘ Modernization Of Police Communication And Challenges Thereof ’ Begins In New Delhi - National Stock Exchange ( NSE ) Launches Online Platform ' NSE goBID ' - " The Velvet Gloves " Authored By Former IB Officer Balakrishna Kamath Launched . - 18 November : 1st Naturopathy Day - 18 November : The World Day Of Remembrance For Road Traffic Victims - 19 November : World Toilet Day, Theme For World Toilet Day 2018 Is ‘ When Nature Calls ’ - 19 November : National Integration Day - 19 November : International Men's Day - International Men's Day Theme : ' Positive Male Role Models ' - 19 - 25 November : Qaumi Ekta Week (Communal Harmony Week) - ' 10th Indra 2018 ' India & Russia Joint Military Exercise Held In Jhansi , UP - Kerala Launched New Open Online Learning Programme – ‘ KOOL ’ - ⭐️ Africa’s First Ever High Speed Train Line Unveiled In Morocco - Karnataka Bank Launches New Saving Bank Scheme ' KBL SB – TASC ' - ⭐️ Raghu Ram Elected As President Of Association Of Surgeons Of India (ASI) - Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri , Hero Of 1971 Longewala Battle , Passed Away - Asia’s First Woman Neurosurgeon T.S. Kanaka Passed Away - AYUSH Ministry Celebrates First Naturopathy Day – November 18 - Lakshya Sen Won A Bronze Medal In The BWF World Junior Badminton Championship - Jalaj Srivastava Appointed Inland Waterways Authority Of India ( IWAI ) Chairman - ⭐️ UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey Appointed New Revenue Secretary - Alexander Zverev Won ATP World Tour Finals In London - 8th National Conference Of Women In Police Begins In Ranchi - ⭐️ CSE To Get Indira Gandhi Prize For Peace ( For Keeping The Issue Of Environmental Sustainability ) - ⭐️ Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Was Honored With ‘ Sumitra Charat Ram Award For Lifetime Achievement ’ - Punjab Becomes 3rd State To Ban Hookah Bars ( After Gujrat & Maharashtra ) - 14th Edition Of international Children’s Theatre Festival Held In New Delhi - Indo-Japan Business Council's Business Festival In Pune - ⭐️ Sanjay Kumar Mishra Appointed Director Of Enforcement Directorate ( ED )
OnerLiners : 21 Nov 2018 ........... - ⭐️ India At 53rd Rank In ' Global Talent Rankings ' ( Top : Switzerland ) - Narendra Modi Launched ' Ease Of Doing Business Grand Challenge ' . - First death sentence given in 1984 anti-Sikh riots after 34 years - Union Minister Sushma Swaraj announces that she won't contest in 2019 elections - Tehreek-e-Hurriyat leader shot dead in Jammu and Kashmir - India's data rules hurt the ability to compete with local rivals: Visa - 6 killed, 18 hurt in explosion at Army depot in Maharashtra - 12th Edition Of ‘ Aero India 2019 ’ Would Be Held At Yelahanka , Bengaluru - Animation , Gaming & Visual e Effects Institute To Be Set Up In Mumbai - World Health Organization Released ' World Malaria Report 2018 ' - 20 November : Universal Children’s Day Theme Of Universal Children’s Day 2018 : ' Children Are Taking Over & Turning The World Blue ' - Suresh Prabhu Launches Upgraded Versions Of Airsewa 2.0 Web Portal & App - ⭐️ ACC Appointed Sumanta Chaudhuri As The New Coal Secretary - India & World Bank Sign $310 Million Loan Agreement For Jharkhand - Indo-Japan Business Council's Business Festival Held In Pune - APEC Summit 2018 Held In Papua New Guinea - ⭐️ Chennai Airport Awarded For 100% Grievance Redressal - Indo-US Joint Military Drill ' Vajra Prahar ' Begins In Bikaner - Official Language Conference Of Northern Region Held In Chandigarh - 49th International Film Festival Of India (IFFI) Will Begin At Panaji , Goa - The Maldives Cabinet Has Approved To Rejoin The Commonwealth - 7th BASIC Ministerial Meeting On Climate Change Held In New Delhi - UP CM Yogi Adityanath Launched ' Nari Sashaktikaran Sankalp Abhiyan ' Campaign - Book Released ‘ Radio Kashmir – In Times of Peace & War ’ Authored By Dr Rajesh Bhat
Banking_History ============= ▪️First bank in India- Bank of Hindustan (1770) ▪️First Bank managed by Indians- Oudh Commercial Bank ▪️First Bank with Indian capital- Punjab National Bank (Founder of the Bank is Lala Lajpat Rai) ▪️First Foreign Bank in India – HSBC ▪️First bank to get ISO certificate – Canara Bank ▪️First Indian bank outside India –Bank of India ▪️First Bank to introduce ATM – HSBC (1987, Mumbai) ▪️First Bank to have joint stock public bank (Oldest) – Allahabad Bank ▪️First Universal bank – ICICI (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India) ▪️First bank to introduce saving account – Presidency Bank (1833) ▪️First Bank to introduce Cheque system – Bengal Bank (1833) ▪️First bank to give internet banking facility – ICICI ▪️First bank to sell mutual funds – State Bank of India ▪️First bank to issue credit cards - Central Bank of India ▪️First Rural Regional Bank (Grameen Bank) – Prathama Bank (sponsored by Syndicate Bank) ▪️First bank to get ‘in principle’ banking license – IDFC and Bandhan Bank ▪️First Bank to introduce merchant banking in India – Grind lays bank ▪️First bank to introduce block chain technology – ICICI ▪️First bank to introduce voice biometric – Citi Bank ▪️First bank to introduce robot in banking service- HDFC ✔️ Miscellaneous points: ▪️Largest public sector bank in India – State Bank of India ▪️Largest private sector bank in India – ICICI ▪️Largest foreign bank in India – Standard Chartered Bank ▪️Bank with more branches in India – State Bank of India
OnerLiners : 22 Nov 2018 .................. - Bangladesh Wins 59th Edition Of Subroto Cup Football Tournament At New Delhi - Amir Yaron As The Next Governor Of The Bank Of Israel For 5 Years - India’s 1St Sri Vishwakarma Skill Development University Will Come Up In Haryana - 21 November : World Television Day - 21 November : World Fisheries Day - Mary Kom Enter Semi-Finals Of Women's World Boxing Championships - Malaria Cases Declined By 24% In India : WHO Report - NASA Picked Ancient Martian River Delta For Mars 2020 Rover Landing - China Unveils The World's First Underground Hotel - Indo-US Joint Military Exercise ' Vajra Prahar ' Commenced In Jaipur - India , Russia Sign $500-M Deal To Build 2 Warships In Goa - The 0.7 M ' GROWTH-India ' Telescope Located At Indian Astronomical Observatory In Hanle , Ladakh - Govt. To Set Up First National Institute Of Inter-Faith Studies In Punjab - Vietnam India Business Forum And Indian Community At Hanoi , Vietnam - Indian Army Has Picked Russia’s ' gla-S ' Missile System - Google Launches New App ‘ Neighbourly ’ For Indian Markets - South Korean Kim Jong-Yang Elected As Interpol President - Film Superstar Amitabh Bachchan Receives Sayaji Ratna Award - US Has Suspended Its 1.66 Billion Dollar Security Assistance To Pakistan - 3rd India-Singapore Defence Minister Dialogue In Visakhapatnam - Odisha Assembly Passes 33% Reservation For Women In Legislative Assemblies & Parliament - Israeli Filmmaker ' Dan Wolman ' Bags Lifetime Achievement Award At EFFI 2018 - Himachal Pradesh Govt. Decided To Set Up A " Gau Sewa Aayog " - ⭐️ Maharashtra Govt. has Appointed Dr Jagannath Dixit The Brand Ambassador of Its Anti-Obesity Campaign - Anuradha Roy & James Crabtree Are Among The Winners Of This Year's Tata Literature Live Awards - ⭐️ Indian Railways Introduces E-Toilets To Ensure Proper Hygiene In Trains .
24 Nov 2018 ......... - ⭐️ UNICEF Appoints Singer Nahid Afrin As First ' Youth Advocate ' Of North-Eastern Region - ⭐️ Justice Kothari Sworn In As Judge Of Madras High Court - - Samsung apologizes to workers for cancer caused by its factories - Second Australia -India T20I abandoned, first T20I with no result in Australia - India protests against harassment of high commission officials in Pakistan - Six Lashkar terrorists killed in encounter in J&K's Anantnag - Andhra assembly will be taller than world's tallest statue: CM Naidu - 7th International Tourism Mart Inaugurated In Agartala , Tripura - 9th Meeting Of India-Lao PDR Joint Commission On Bilateral Co-Operation In Laos - Azim Premji Conferred Forbes India Leadership Awards 2018 - ⭐️ India Ranked 5th In The List Of Most Vacation Deprived Nation In The World : Expedia - 2nd Edition Of India Gold And Jewellery Summit In New Delhi - Government Decides To Set Up Domestic Gold Council In India - MWCD Links Sexual Harassment Complaints Portal ‘ SHe-Box ’ To Central/State Ministries - Bhubaneswar Hosts India’s First Open-Air ‘ Waste To Art ’ Museum - UP Government Launches Women Empowerment Resolution Campaign - England Beat India To Enter The Final Of The ICC Women's World T20 - Ankita Raina & Karman Kaur Thandi Won The Women’s Doubles Title Of WTA Taipei Open - 6th Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival To Begin In Assam - Cabinet Approved The Allied & Healthcare Professions Bill , 2018 - Bank Credit Grows By 14.88% , Deposits By 9.13% : RBI - ⭐️ Uber Eats Has Appointed Alia Bhatt As Its India Brand Ambassador .
25 Nov 2018 ............ - India's 21-yr-old boxer Sonia wins silver in her 1st world championship - Facebook to train 5 million Indians with digital skills by 2021 - Vodafone Idea to reduce distributors, retail stores, call centers - At least 25 people dead as bus falls into canal in Karnataka - Astronomers detect water on planet 129 light-years away - Karnataka State To Introduce Biometric Attendance System In Govt. colleges - India To Host 50th Union World Conference On Lung Health In 2019 - ⭐️ Andhra Pradesh Has Topped In India Skills Report 2019 - ⭐️ Mary Kom Has Become The 1st Ever Boxer To Win 6 Women's World Boxing Championship - ⭐️ Vijay Kumar Dev Appointed As The New Chief Secretary Of Delhi - Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid Has Arrived In New Delhi On A 4 Day Visit - 21st Round Of Talks between Special Representatives Of India & China In China - Andhra Pradesh Govt. Launches ' Bhuseva ' & ' Bhudaar ' Web Portal - Government Decides To Set Up Domestic Gold Council In India - Indian Classical Musician Ustad Imrat Khan Passes Away - ⭐️ Cabinet Clears Mandatory Jute Packaging Of 100% Food Grains - Jharkhand Day Being Celebrated At IFFI In Goa ( IFFI 2018 : Focus State : Jharkhand ) - EIB & SBI Have Agreed To Cooperate On Financing Renewable Energy Sector In India - ' Baliyatra Festival ' Was Inaugurated In Odisha - ' Jangalmahal Festival ' Was Inaugurated In Kolkata , West Bengal - ⭐️ Apollo Tyres Appointed Sachin Tendulkar As Its New Brand Ambassador .
26 Nov 2018 ................. - UP govt to build 221m statue of Lord Ram, will be world's tallest - Senior Congress leader CK Jaffer Sharief passed away aged 85 - 75.2% voter turnout recorded in 3rd phase of J&K rural polls - ⭐️ Dehradun airport to be renamed after late PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee - Govt to give 5% subsidy for non-basmati rice exports for 4 months - 25 November : International Day For The Elimination Of Violence Against Women, Theme Of The Year 2018 : " Orange The World : #HearMeToo " - 26 November : Constitution Day - Karnataka CM Launched Badavara Bandhu Scheme - SER Won The 41st All India Railway Bridge Championship - Kuncha Kala Tapasvi Award To Be Conferred To Artist A.N. Patil - Pravin Tambe 1st Player In The History Of T10 League To Pick Up A Hat-Trick - Former Hockey Forward Sandeep Michael Passed Away - Britain Is Scheduled To Leave The European Union In March 2019 - 7th Edition Of The ‘ International Tourism Mart ’ Is Being Held In Agartala , Tripura - Theme Of 7th International Tourism Mart 2018 : “ Adventure Tourism ” - Sonia Chahal Won Silver Medal In 57KG Category At Women's World Boxing Championship - ⭐️ J&K Bank Limited Will Now Be Treated As A Public Sector Undertaking ( PSU ) Bank - Admiral Sunil Lanba , Chief Of The Naval Staff To Visit Russia ( 26-29 November ) - National Cadet Corps ( NCC ) Celebrating 70th Anniversary .
27 Nov 2018 ................. - Delhi Government Launched Open Transit Data Platform - Sameer Verma Wins Syed Modi International Badminton Title 2018 - Saina Nehwal Won Silver Medal At Syed Modi International Badminton Tournament - ⭐️ Govt. Launched " PAiSA " Portal For Affordable Credit & Interest Subvention Access - Australia Lift Women’s World T-20 Title For 4th Time By Defeating England - 26 November : Constitution Day - 26 November : : National Milk Day - Kannada Actor And Politician Ambareesh Passed Away - UN Selects Noida , Greater Noida To Participate In Global Sustainable Cities 2025 Initiative - 1st Ever India Russia Strategic Economic Dialogue Being Held In Russia - ⭐️ Harmanpreet Kaur Named Captain Of ICC Women's World Twenty20 XI - Bharat Electronics Wins CII-Exim Bank Business Award - Nitish Kumar Unveiled Lord Buddha’s 70-Feet Statue In Bihar’s Rajgir - Bhavani Devi Becomes 1st Indian To Win Gold Medal In Senior Commonwealth Fencing Championship In Canberra - Dipa Karmakar Grabs Bronze In Vault Event At Artistic Gymnastics World Cup - ⭐️ Lupin Launches India’s First Chatbot " ANYA " For Patients .
28 Nov 2018 ....................... - ⭐️ Azim Premji To Be Conferred Highest French Civilian Award " Knight Of The Legion Of Honour - Nagaland CM Launched ' Nagaland Tourist Police ' For Safety & Security For Tourists - ⭐️ ISRO To Launch ' HysIS ' Earth Observation Satellite - India's Q2 GDP Growth Rate At 7.5% - 7.6% : SBI - India - China Signed ' Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement ' - Vice President Lays Foundation Stone For Kartarpur Corridor - ⭐️ Microsoft Surpasses Apple To Become The Most Valuable US Company - 14th Men's Hockey World Cup 2018 Held In Bhubaneswar , Odisha - Ohio Becomes First U.S. State To Accept Bitcoin For Tax Payments - Croatia Defeat France To Win Davis Cup 2018 Title . - 27 November : Indian Organ Donation Day - National Festival For Children Of Child Care Institutions (CCIs) - ' Hausla 2018 ' In New Delhi - Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu Is On An Official Visit To India - ⭐️ Sunil Arora Appointed New Chief Election Commissioner Of India - Health Ministry Launches Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) - Monaco To Host 2019 Laureus Awards In February - 14th Formation Day Of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) - Theme Of This Year’s Formation Day Is ‘ Early Warning For Disasters ’ - NASA " InSight " Lands On Mars 7 Months After Launch - IFFI Nominates 12 Movies For ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal - India Provides $5 M Aid To Myanmar For Border Development Projects - GOI & ADB Sign 200 Million $ Loan Pact To Upgrade State Highways In Bihar - India Recorded Highest Average Real Wage Growth In South Asia During 2008-17 : Report - Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik Launched Bicycle Sharing Project & " MO Cycle " App - Nageshwara Rao Appointed As Chairperson Of The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board ( AERB )