NATIONAL
UPDATES:
1.India signs bilateral annual Haj agreement with Saudi Arabia
for pilgrimage next year : Haj agreement 2019 was signed
between India and Saudi Arabia by Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Shri
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, and Haj and Umrah Minister of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dr
Mohammad Saleh bin Taher Benten at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This year more than
2,100 women have already applied to go to Haj without ‘Mehram’ (male companion)
after the Modi Government had lifted the ban on women going to Haj without
Mehram last year and they had also been exempted from the lottery system.
2.Indias first private UAV factory inaugurated in Hyderabad : India‘s first private
sector unit for manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) was inaugurated
by Telangana’s Home Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali at Adani Aerospace Park in
Hyderabad, Telangana. The 50,000 square feet facility has been built by the
Adani Group and Israel-based Elbit Systems.
3. Eight parliamentarians were honoured by
Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu :
NCP chief and Rajya Sabha MP Sharad Pawar and
veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi were presented the Lifetime Achievement
award. Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and BJP MP
Nishikant Dubey were selected for the Best Parliamentarians award. Four women
MPs from both Houses were also be awarded for their contribution. While
actor-turned-politician Hema Malini was awarded for her outstanding work inside
and outside Parliament as a first-time MP, Lok Sabha MP Rama Devi was selected
as the Best Woman Parliamentarian.
4.Jharkhand gets Krishi Karman award in rice category : The
Union Ministry of Agriculture had selected Jharkhand for “Krishi Karman” award
in the rice category. The award which carries a cash prize worth Rs 2 crore and
a citation will be given away in February 2019 by Prime Minister Shri Narendra
Modi. As a gesture of appreciation to the farmers of the state for achieving
the milestone, two progressive farmers, i.e. one male and one female, would
also be given ‘Agriculture Minister’s Krishi Karman Award,”
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1. Uday
Shankar to head Disney-Star merged entity in India : Uday
Shankar, currently chairman and CEO of Star India and president of 21st Century
Fox, Asia, will lead the India and Asia Pacific business of The Walt Disney
Company once it completes the acquisition of 21st Century Fox’ assets. Disney
agreed to buy Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox for about $52.4 billion in
stock last December.
2. Ashok Amritraj
was honoured with the French Knight of the National Order of Merit : Producer Ashok Amritraj was honoured with the French Knight of
the National Order of Merit. French Minister of Europe and Foreign Minister,
Mr. Jean-Yes Le Drian presided over the occasion. Mr. Amritraj has been the
producer of Hollywood films such as Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance with
Nicholas Cage and 99 Homes starring Andrew Garfield. The former CEO of National
Geographic Films and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador was lauded for his
contribution to the world of cinema and Indo-French film industry.
OTHER
UPDATES:
BANKING/FINANCE:
1. OBOPAY Card: OBOPAY, the global financial technology company,
announced the launch of a new generation pre-payment instrument called- OBOPAY
Card-in partnership with Federal Bank and Mastercard.
It is built as a one-stop solution that
facilitates easy disbursements and payments by enterprises.
SPORTS :
1. Sindhu, Verma
qualify for BWF Tour Finals' semi-finals :
Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Sameer Verma progressed to the semi-finals stage
of the BWF Tour Finals. Sindhu and Sameer are the only Indians at the BWF Tour
Finals this year. Sindhu, who won all of her group matches, reached the
semi-finals stage by beating USA's Beiwen Zhang 21-9, 21-15 in the women's
singles. Sameer Verma too is on the verge of securing a semi-final berth after
his 21-9, 21-18 win over Kantaphon Wangcharoen of Thailand in the men's
singles.
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