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Project Utkrisht launched by Indian Railways

IDBI Bank

14 Oct 2018: Gujarat Forest Department started the vaccination of lions in the Gir Forest National Park to protect them from deadly Canine Distemper Virus (CDV). Key Points: Nearly 23 lions have died in the Gir sanctuary in less than a month. Most of them died due to Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) and protozoa infections.

Centre appointed Rakesh Sharma as head of

4 Oct 2018: Indian Railways launched its Project 'Utkrisht' to upgrade 140 rakes of Mail/Express trains in the first phase. The main aim of the project aims to do the following: Installing 'Swachh Rail Toilet', fitting of energy-efficient LED lights – in the main interior, doorway, gangway and inside toilets, Braille signage & night glow stickers, LED panel photo frame in first AC coaches, new types of bottle holders, big side mirrors, etc.

6 Oct 2018: The Centre has appointed Rakesh Sharma, former Canara Bank MD, as head of IDBI Bank. He has been appointed as MD for a period of six months. The tenure of B.Sriram, who was appointed as chief executive of IDBI Bank for three months, ended in September 2018.

Gujarat Government vaccination of Gir lions against deadly Canine Distemper Virus CDV

Indian Air ForceMobile Health App MedWatch Launched by

11 Oct 2018: The Indian Air Force on the occasion of its 86th anniversary announced an innovative mobile health App named 'MedWatch'. The main aim is to provide health information to air warriors and all citizens of India. It has been developed by Directorate of Information Technology (DIT) and the idea was conceived by IA doctors. It is in sync with Prime Minister's vision of 'Digital India, Ayushman Bharat and Mission Indradhanush'.

Indias longest river bridge to be built on Brahmaputra river in Assam

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Statue of Unity31 Oct 2018: PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Statue of Unity or Sardar Patel's statue, the world's largest statue, on the statesman's 143rd birth anniversary in Gujarat. The statue has been dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, fondly known as the Iron Man of India. The statue stands in the midst of the Narmada River, on the islet of Sadhu Bet. It is the world's tallest statue with a height of 182 meters (597 ft).INS Viraat to be converted into a floating maritime museum soon3 Nov 2018: INS Viraat will be India's first decommissioned aircraft carrier that will be turned into an adventure and maritime tourism. It will host activities like scuba diving, luxury hotel, cafeteria and other adventure sports. At present, Viraat is at Mumbai's Naval dockyard after its decommissioning in 2017. As per the Maharashtra government's Rs 852-crore plan for Viraat, the ship's conversion will be on public- private- partnership (PPP) basis.Delhi's Signature Bridge inaugurated 14 years after conceptualisation5 Nov 2018: Signature Bridge over the Yamuna river is double the height of Qutub Minar and connects the Wazirabad across the river Yamuna to the inner city. It'll reduce the travel time between north and northeast Delhi from 45 minutes to just 10 minutes, saving the pollution and fuel. With features like a 154-metre high observation deck and selfie spots, the bridge will also serve as a tourist spot. Delhi's Signature Bridge is the first asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge in India which will enable and offer a panoramic view of the city.BJP govt approved renaming of 25 places in past 1 year13 Nov 2018: The proposals to change the names of Allahabad to Prayagraj and Faizabad to Ayodhya are yet to be received by the ministry from the Uttar Pradesh government. Several proposals, including

22 Oct 2018: India's longest river bridge will be built across the Brahmaputra, connecting Dhubri in Assam To Phulbari in Meghalaya, by 2026-27. It will be a 19.3 km, a four-lane bridge that will cut road travel by 203 km. The new bridge will complete the missing link of NH127B from Assam to Meghalaya.

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ISRO launched HysIS into orbit30 Nov 2018: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite

the renaming of West Bengal as 'Bangla', are pending with the central government. Recently, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announced that the state government was considering renaming Ahmedabad as Karnavati and the name change could be effected before next year's Lok Sabha elections. The Sentinelese, an endangered tribe

22 Nov 2018: The Sentinelese, a negrito tribe who live on the North Sentinel Island of the Andamans, have remained fiercely hostile to outsiders. Researchers say the inhabitants are connected to the Jarawa tribe on the basis of physical, as well as linguistic similarities. Based on carbon dating of kitchen middens by the Anthropological Survey of India (ASI), the presence of the Sentinelese can be confirmed in the islands to 2,000 years ago. Genome studies indicate that the Andaman tribes could have been on the islands even 30,000 years ago. It is also argued that the Sentinelese have been mostly left alone even from colonial times, unlike other tribes such as the Onges, Jarawas and Great Andamanese.

Cyclonic storm Phethai struck Andhra Pradesh

(HysIS), being dubbed 'Sharp Eye', into space along with 30 other foreign satellites on board the workhorse PSLV rocket on 29th November. HysIS with a mission life of five years was placed in an orbit 636 km above the earth. It will travel over the poles and always face the sun. While 23 satellites were from the US, the rest were from Australia, Canada, Columbia, Finland, Malaysia, the Netherlands, and Spain. These satellites were commercially contracted for launch through Antrix Corporation Limited, the commercial arm of ISRO.Shaktikanta Das appointed as the new RBI Governor12 Dec 2018: Former economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das was named the 25th governor of the Reserve Bank of India to succeed Urjit Patel, who quit abruptly on December 10 amid a bitter dispute over the regulator's autonomy. The appointment will be for three years. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre and is currently a member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission.

18 Dec 2018: Cyclone Phethai made a landfall at Katrenikona in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, with a wind speed of 80 kmph. The cyclone caused huge damage to standing crops, especially paddy in East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna and Visakhapatnam districts. Cyclone Phethai has crossed the Kakinada coast.

3October - December 2018

RAJASTHAN MADHYA PRADESH CHHATTISGARHPARTIES WON TOTAL PARTIES WON TOTAL PARTIES WON TOTAL

BJP

CONG+

OTH

BJP

CONG+

OTH

BJP

CONG+

OTH

73

100

23

73

100

23

109

114

7

109

114

7

15

68

7

15

68

7

SAVELIONSAVELION

Congress wins Legislative Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.12 Dec 2018: As per the final results of Madhya Pradesh Assembly election 2018, Congress won 114 seats in the 230 seat Assembly while the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) won 109 seats. Congress also secured the required majority in the 90 member Chhattisgarh Assembly and formed the government in state for the first time in 15 years. It secured 68 seats while the ruling BJP won 15. The ruling BJP secured 73 seats and opposition Congress won 100 seats in 200 member state assembly in Rajasthan. The reigining Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje submitted her resignation to Gover Kalyan Singh on Dec. 11.

Congress Won in 3 statesCongress Won in 3 states

Project Utkrisht launched by Indian Railways

IDBI Bank

14 Oct 2018: Gujarat Forest Department started the vaccination of lions in the Gir Forest National Park to protect them from deadly Canine Distemper Virus (CDV). Key Points: Nearly 23 lions have died in the Gir sanctuary in less than a month. Most of them died due to Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) and protozoa infections.

Centre appointed Rakesh Sharma as head of

4 Oct 2018: Indian Railways launched its Project 'Utkrisht' to upgrade 140 rakes of Mail/Express trains in the first phase. The main aim of the project aims to do the following: Installing 'Swachh Rail Toilet', fitting of energy-efficient LED lights – in the main interior, doorway, gangway and inside toilets, Braille signage & night glow stickers, LED panel photo frame in first AC coaches, new types of bottle holders, big side mirrors, etc.

6 Oct 2018: The Centre has appointed Rakesh Sharma, former Canara Bank MD, as head of IDBI Bank. He has been appointed as MD for a period of six months. The tenure of B.Sriram, who was appointed as chief executive of IDBI Bank for three months, ended in September 2018.

Gujarat Government vaccination of Gir lions against deadly Canine Distemper Virus CDV

Indian Air ForceMobile Health App MedWatch Launched by

11 Oct 2018: The Indian Air Force on the occasion of its 86th anniversary announced an innovative mobile health App named 'MedWatch'. The main aim is to provide health information to air warriors and all citizens of India. It has been developed by Directorate of Information Technology (DIT) and the idea was conceived by IA doctors. It is in sync with Prime Minister's vision of 'Digital India, Ayushman Bharat and Mission Indradhanush'.

Indias longest river bridge to be built on Brahmaputra river in Assam

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Statue of Unity31 Oct 2018: PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Statue of Unity or Sardar Patel's statue, the world's largest statue, on the statesman's 143rd birth anniversary in Gujarat. The statue has been dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, fondly known as the Iron Man of India. The statue stands in the midst of the Narmada River, on the islet of Sadhu Bet. It is the world's tallest statue with a height of 182 meters (597 ft).INS Viraat to be converted into a floating maritime museum soon3 Nov 2018: INS Viraat will be India's first decommissioned aircraft carrier that will be turned into an adventure and maritime tourism. It will host activities like scuba diving, luxury hotel, cafeteria and other adventure sports. At present, Viraat is at Mumbai's Naval dockyard after its decommissioning in 2017. As per the Maharashtra government's Rs 852-crore plan for Viraat, the ship's conversion will be on public- private- partnership (PPP) basis.Delhi's Signature Bridge inaugurated 14 years after conceptualisation5 Nov 2018: Signature Bridge over the Yamuna river is double the height of Qutub Minar and connects the Wazirabad across the river Yamuna to the inner city. It'll reduce the travel time between north and northeast Delhi from 45 minutes to just 10 minutes, saving the pollution and fuel. With features like a 154-metre high observation deck and selfie spots, the bridge will also serve as a tourist spot. Delhi's Signature Bridge is the first asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge in India which will enable and offer a panoramic view of the city.BJP govt approved renaming of 25 places in past 1 year13 Nov 2018: The proposals to change the names of Allahabad to Prayagraj and Faizabad to Ayodhya are yet to be received by the ministry from the Uttar Pradesh government. Several proposals, including

22 Oct 2018: India's longest river bridge will be built across the Brahmaputra, connecting Dhubri in Assam To Phulbari in Meghalaya, by 2026-27. It will be a 19.3 km, a four-lane bridge that will cut road travel by 203 km. The new bridge will complete the missing link of NH127B from Assam to Meghalaya.

NATIONAL

2Current Affair

ISRO launched HysIS into orbit30 Nov 2018: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite

the renaming of West Bengal as 'Bangla', are pending with the central government. Recently, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani announced that the state government was considering renaming Ahmedabad as Karnavati and the name change could be effected before next year's Lok Sabha elections. The Sentinelese, an endangered tribe

22 Nov 2018: The Sentinelese, a negrito tribe who live on the North Sentinel Island of the Andamans, have remained fiercely hostile to outsiders. Researchers say the inhabitants are connected to the Jarawa tribe on the basis of physical, as well as linguistic similarities. Based on carbon dating of kitchen middens by the Anthropological Survey of India (ASI), the presence of the Sentinelese can be confirmed in the islands to 2,000 years ago. Genome studies indicate that the Andaman tribes could have been on the islands even 30,000 years ago. It is also argued that the Sentinelese have been mostly left alone even from colonial times, unlike other tribes such as the Onges, Jarawas and Great Andamanese.

Cyclonic storm Phethai struck Andhra Pradesh

(HysIS), being dubbed 'Sharp Eye', into space along with 30 other foreign satellites on board the workhorse PSLV rocket on 29th November. HysIS with a mission life of five years was placed in an orbit 636 km above the earth. It will travel over the poles and always face the sun. While 23 satellites were from the US, the rest were from Australia, Canada, Columbia, Finland, Malaysia, the Netherlands, and Spain. These satellites were commercially contracted for launch through Antrix Corporation Limited, the commercial arm of ISRO.Shaktikanta Das appointed as the new RBI Governor12 Dec 2018: Former economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das was named the 25th governor of the Reserve Bank of India to succeed Urjit Patel, who quit abruptly on December 10 amid a bitter dispute over the regulator's autonomy. The appointment will be for three years. He is a 1980 batch IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre and is currently a member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission.

18 Dec 2018: Cyclone Phethai made a landfall at Katrenikona in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, with a wind speed of 80 kmph. The cyclone caused huge damage to standing crops, especially paddy in East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna and Visakhapatnam districts. Cyclone Phethai has crossed the Kakinada coast.

3October - December 2018

RAJASTHAN MADHYA PRADESH CHHATTISGARHPARTIES WON TOTAL PARTIES WON TOTAL PARTIES WON TOTAL

BJP

CONG+

OTH

BJP

CONG+

OTH

BJP

CONG+

OTH

73

100

23

73

100

23

109

114

7

109

114

7

15

68

7

15

68

7

SAVELIONSAVELION

Congress wins Legislative Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.12 Dec 2018: As per the final results of Madhya Pradesh Assembly election 2018, Congress won 114 seats in the 230 seat Assembly while the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) won 109 seats. Congress also secured the required majority in the 90 member Chhattisgarh Assembly and formed the government in state for the first time in 15 years. It secured 68 seats while the ruling BJP won 15. The ruling BJP secured 73 seats and opposition Congress won 100 seats in 200 member state assembly in Rajasthan. The reigining Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje submitted her resignation to Gover Kalyan Singh on Dec. 11.

Congress Won in 3 statesCongress Won in 3 states

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unconstitutional. Wickremesinghe claimed that he still commands a majority in parliament and requested that Speaker of the Parliament Karu Jayasuriya to convene the parliament. U.K. watchdog fines Facebook 500,000 over data breach

Russia Successfully Launched 1st Soyuz Rocket since Failed Space Launch28 Oct 2018: Russia has successfully launched a Soyuz-2. 1B rocket for the first time since the failure of a similar rocket aborted a manned take-off to the International Space Station (ISS).

27 Oct 2018: The Information Commissioner Office (ICO) found that between 2007 and 2014,

Facebook processed the personal information of users unfairly by giving a p p d e v e l o p e r s a c c e s s t o t h e i r information without informed consent.

The scandal took place after new EU data protection rules went into effect this year, the

amount could have gone up to £17 million or 4% of global turnover whichever is higher.

Malala Yousafzai to be honoured by Harvard University for her work promoting girls’ education6 Dec 2018: Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has been honoured by Harvard University for her g lobal work promoting gir ls education. The 21-year-old received the 2018 Gleitsman Award from the Centre for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School for her global movement to equip girls with 12 years of free, quality and safe education.

26 Dec 2018: The US space agency (NASA) announced that its InSight lander has deployed its first instrument Seismometer (SEIS) onto the surface of Mars, completing a major mission milestone that will allow scientists to peer into the Martian interior by studying ground motion also known as marsquakes. The Insight will deploy two more instruments namely Rotation and Interior Structure Experiment (RISE) and Heat Probe (HP3) to study Mars' deep interiors.

InSight lander places its first instrument (SEIS) on Mars

17 Nov 2018: The Yellow Vests Movement or Yellow Jackets Movement (French: Mouvement des gilets jaunes, pronounced) is a populist, grassroots political movement for economic justice that began in France in 2018. An online petition posted in May reached 300,000 signatures by mid-October and was followed by regular mass demonstrations beginning on 17 November. The movement is motivated by rising fuel prices, high cost of

living, and claims that a disproportionate burden of the government's tax reforms were falling on the working and middle classes, especially in rural and peri-urban areas. The protesters have called for lowering of fuel taxes, reintroduction of the solidarity tax on wealth, a minimum wage increase, and Emmanuel Macron's resignation as President of France. The protests have involved demonstrations and the blocking of roads and fuel depots. Some of the protests developed into major riots, described as the most violent since those of May 1968.

Yellow vests movement

2 Dec 2018: The 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, was the thirteenth meeting of Group of Twenty (G20), which was held on 30 November and 1 December 2018 in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.It was the first G20 summit to be hosted in South America. G20 Argentina has put forth three agenda priorities for the G20 dialogue in 2018: the future of work, infrastructure for development and a sustainable food for future.A number of attending countries have said they focus on the regulation of crypto-currencies at this meeting.Talks between the U.S. and China related to resolving the escalating 2018 China United States trade war were a central issue of the summit. On Friday 30 November, ahead of the formal start of the summit, Presidents Peña Nieto and Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau signed the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), the successor treaty to the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit

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Chinas multi-role combat aircraft, FTC 2000G, made its debut flight

2 Oct 2018: The assassination of J a m a l K h a s h o g g i , a S a u d i dissident, journalist for The Washington Post and former general manager and editor-in-chief of Al-Arab News Channel, occurred on 2 October 2018 at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey and was perpetrated by agents of the Saudi Arabian government. The exact cause of his death is unknown since his body has not been located or examined. Government officials of several countries, including Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, believe Khashoggi was murdered. Turkey in particular believes it was premeditated murder, and anonymous Saudi officials have admitted that agents affiliated with the Saudi government killed him.

Pakistan Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Ghauri Ballistic Missile

1 Oct 2018: FTC-2000G, China's indigenously built new multi-role combat aircraft, for exports has made its debut flight. The aircraft was developed for export by the State-owned Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC). The aircraft flew for about 16 minutes. More than 1,000 people, including provincial leaders as well as Ambassadors and military, attaches from several nations, took part in the ceremony marking the flight. The aircraft is tasked mainly with air strikes against ground targets.

6 Oct 2018: Aung San Suu Kyi became the first person to be stripped of the

honorary Canadian citizenship for her role in gross human rights violations against the Rohingya people. The Canadian Senate formally revoked

the symbol ic honour that was bestowed on Suu Kyi in 2007.

10 Oct 2018: The country successfully test-fired Ghauri ballistic missile capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads up to a distance of 1,300 kilometers. The launch was conducted by

Aung San Suu Kyi, first Person To Lose Honorary Canadian Citizenship

Jamal Khashoggi: murder in the consulate

24 Oct 2018: Xi Jinping, Chinese President inaugurated a 55-km, world's longest sea-crossing bridge Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai Bridge (HMZB). It will deepen the integration of Hong Kong and Macao with the rest of China. The world's longest sea-crossing bridge will be at the heart of an integrated Greater Bay Area (GBA) covering 11 major neighbouring cities, which include Hong Kong, Macao, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The giant GBA comprises of 68 million people. The bridge has been built to withstand super-typhoons, a magnitude 8 earthquake, as well as hits by super-sized cargo ships.

2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis

Xi inaugurated world longest sea bridge

A constitutional crisis began in Sri Lanka when President Maithripala Sirisena appointed former president and member of parliament Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister on 26 October 2018 before formally dismissing the incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe, resulting in two concurrent prime ministers. Wickremesinghe and the United National Party (UNP) viewed the appointment as illegal, and he refused to resign.Sirisena's sudden decision instigated "political turmoil in the country", and drew international criticism.Wickremesinghe, the majority of the parliament, and opposition parties refused to acknowledge his removal and the appointment of Rajapaksa, stating that Sirisena's move was

China Successfully Tests World's Largest Cargo Drone25 Oct 2018: A Chinese company tested the 'world's largest' cargo drone Feihong-98 (FH-98) which can carry a payload of 1.5 tonnes (1,500kg).

Army Strategic Forces Command and was aimed at testing the operational and technical readiness.

26 Oct 2018 – 16 Dec 2018 (7 weeks and 2 days)

5October - December 2018

unconstitutional. Wickremesinghe claimed that he still commands a majority in parliament and requested that Speaker of the Parliament Karu Jayasuriya to convene the parliament. U.K. watchdog fines Facebook 500,000 over data breach

Russia Successfully Launched 1st Soyuz Rocket since Failed Space Launch28 Oct 2018: Russia has successfully launched a Soyuz-2. 1B rocket for the first time since the failure of a similar rocket aborted a manned take-off to the International Space Station (ISS).

27 Oct 2018: The Information Commissioner Office (ICO) found that between 2007 and 2014,

Facebook processed the personal information of users unfairly by giving a p p d e v e l o p e r s a c c e s s t o t h e i r information without informed consent.

The scandal took place after new EU data protection rules went into effect this year, the

amount could have gone up to £17 million or 4% of global turnover whichever is higher.

Malala Yousafzai to be honoured by Harvard University for her work promoting girls’ education6 Dec 2018: Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has been honoured by Harvard University for her g lobal work promoting gir ls education. The 21-year-old received the 2018 Gleitsman Award from the Centre for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School for her global movement to equip girls with 12 years of free, quality and safe education.

26 Dec 2018: The US space agency (NASA) announced that its InSight lander has deployed its first instrument Seismometer (SEIS) onto the surface of Mars, completing a major mission milestone that will allow scientists to peer into the Martian interior by studying ground motion also known as marsquakes. The Insight will deploy two more instruments namely Rotation and Interior Structure Experiment (RISE) and Heat Probe (HP3) to study Mars' deep interiors.

InSight lander places its first instrument (SEIS) on Mars

17 Nov 2018: The Yellow Vests Movement or Yellow Jackets Movement (French: Mouvement des gilets jaunes, pronounced) is a populist, grassroots political movement for economic justice that began in France in 2018. An online petition posted in May reached 300,000 signatures by mid-October and was followed by regular mass demonstrations beginning on 17 November. The movement is motivated by rising fuel prices, high cost of

living, and claims that a disproportionate burden of the government's tax reforms were falling on the working and middle classes, especially in rural and peri-urban areas. The protesters have called for lowering of fuel taxes, reintroduction of the solidarity tax on wealth, a minimum wage increase, and Emmanuel Macron's resignation as President of France. The protests have involved demonstrations and the blocking of roads and fuel depots. Some of the protests developed into major riots, described as the most violent since those of May 1968.

Yellow vests movement

2 Dec 2018: The 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit, was the thirteenth meeting of Group of Twenty (G20), which was held on 30 November and 1 December 2018 in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.It was the first G20 summit to be hosted in South America. G20 Argentina has put forth three agenda priorities for the G20 dialogue in 2018: the future of work, infrastructure for development and a sustainable food for future.A number of attending countries have said they focus on the regulation of crypto-currencies at this meeting.Talks between the U.S. and China related to resolving the escalating 2018 China United States trade war were a central issue of the summit. On Friday 30 November, ahead of the formal start of the summit, Presidents Peña Nieto and Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau signed the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), the successor treaty to the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit

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Chinas multi-role combat aircraft, FTC 2000G, made its debut flight

2 Oct 2018: The assassination of J a m a l K h a s h o g g i , a S a u d i dissident, journalist for The Washington Post and former general manager and editor-in-chief of Al-Arab News Channel, occurred on 2 October 2018 at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey and was perpetrated by agents of the Saudi Arabian government. The exact cause of his death is unknown since his body has not been located or examined. Government officials of several countries, including Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, believe Khashoggi was murdered. Turkey in particular believes it was premeditated murder, and anonymous Saudi officials have admitted that agents affiliated with the Saudi government killed him.

Pakistan Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Ghauri Ballistic Missile

1 Oct 2018: FTC-2000G, China's indigenously built new multi-role combat aircraft, for exports has made its debut flight. The aircraft was developed for export by the State-owned Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC). The aircraft flew for about 16 minutes. More than 1,000 people, including provincial leaders as well as Ambassadors and military, attaches from several nations, took part in the ceremony marking the flight. The aircraft is tasked mainly with air strikes against ground targets.

6 Oct 2018: Aung San Suu Kyi became the first person to be stripped of the

honorary Canadian citizenship for her role in gross human rights violations against the Rohingya people. The Canadian Senate formally revoked

the symbol ic honour that was bestowed on Suu Kyi in 2007.

10 Oct 2018: The country successfully test-fired Ghauri ballistic missile capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads up to a distance of 1,300 kilometers. The launch was conducted by

Aung San Suu Kyi, first Person To Lose Honorary Canadian Citizenship

Jamal Khashoggi: murder in the consulate

24 Oct 2018: Xi Jinping, Chinese President inaugurated a 55-km, world's longest sea-crossing bridge Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai Bridge (HMZB). It will deepen the integration of Hong Kong and Macao with the rest of China. The world's longest sea-crossing bridge will be at the heart of an integrated Greater Bay Area (GBA) covering 11 major neighbouring cities, which include Hong Kong, Macao, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The giant GBA comprises of 68 million people. The bridge has been built to withstand super-typhoons, a magnitude 8 earthquake, as well as hits by super-sized cargo ships.

2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis

Xi inaugurated world longest sea bridge

A constitutional crisis began in Sri Lanka when President Maithripala Sirisena appointed former president and member of parliament Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister on 26 October 2018 before formally dismissing the incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe, resulting in two concurrent prime ministers. Wickremesinghe and the United National Party (UNP) viewed the appointment as illegal, and he refused to resign.Sirisena's sudden decision instigated "political turmoil in the country", and drew international criticism.Wickremesinghe, the majority of the parliament, and opposition parties refused to acknowledge his removal and the appointment of Rajapaksa, stating that Sirisena's move was

China Successfully Tests World's Largest Cargo Drone25 Oct 2018: A Chinese company tested the 'world's largest' cargo drone Feihong-98 (FH-98) which can carry a payload of 1.5 tonnes (1,500kg).

Army Strategic Forces Command and was aimed at testing the operational and technical readiness.

26 Oct 2018 – 16 Dec 2018 (7 weeks and 2 days)

7October - December 2018

22 Nov 2018: The changes were done after representatives from 60 countries voted to redefine the International System of Units (SI) for weight, current, temperature and amount of chemical substance. This decision was made at the General Conference on Weights and Measures, held between November 13-16 2018, in Versailles, France, organized by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) in France. Now, all SI units will be defined in terms of constants that describe the natural world. The changes will come into effect on May 20, 2019.

29 Nov 2018: Graduates of Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay (IIT-B) who are Co-founders of a start-up called Emotix have launched India's first advanced personal robot Miko 2 for Kids. IIT Bombay graduates Sneh Rajkumar Vaswani along with his batchmates Prashant Iyengar and Chintan Raikar have founded the Tech start-up Emotix. Miko 2 is India's first advanced robot that can see, hear, sense, express, talk, recognize faces, remember names, Identify moods and initiate a conversation.

Standard definitions of kilogram, Ampere, Kelvin and mole changed after 130 years

Miko 2 IIT-Bombay graduates launch India’s first advanced personal robot for kids

Google developed a new AI model to help detect diabetic retinopathy

Genetically Modified plant that cleans indoor air

16 Dec 2018: Google developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model that can detect diabetic retinopathy with a level of accuracy on par with human retinal specialists. Verily, an Alphabet-owned company is working on rolling out the diabetic retinopathy initiative in clinics in India.

23 Dec 2018: Researchers have Genetically Modified (GM) a common indoor plant, golden pothos or Devil's ivy (Epipremnum Aureum), to remove pollutants inside the house. It has been modified to produce a liver enzyme called cytochrome p450 2e1, which is taken from rabbits, that breaks down a wide range of pollutants. The researchers put the modified plant and normal pothos ivy in glass tubes and added either benzene or chloroform gas into each tube. They found that the concentration of either gas did not change for normal plants. However, for the modified plants, the concentration of chloroform dropped by 82%, and it was almost undetectable by day six.

21 Nov 2018: The Environment Ministry approved a project led by scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur to induce artificial rain via cloud seeding in Delhi. The objective is to clear smog in Delhi. The success of the project depends on the presence of a minimum quantity of rain-bearing clouds over Delhi. In the project, an aircraft has been planned to fly into the clouds and inject silver

iodide, which will lead to the formation of ice crystals that will make the clouds denser, cause them to condense into rain and settle atmospheric dust enough to clear the sky. Researchers at IIT-Kanpur will use an aircraft of the National Remote Sensing Agency, an ISRO-affiliated body for the exercise.

Environment Ministry approved to induce artificial rain via cloud seeding to clear smog in DelhiSILVER IODIDE

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1 Oct 2018: Scientists have found that 59 Indian plant species are under threat status based on criteria used by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Dr.S.K. Barik, Director of Lucknow's CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute and experts from several institutes selected 59 plant species that are at risk of elimination if the threat levels they face are not assessed soon. This included the extent and area of each plant's geographical range, which revealed that 10 species are critically endangered, 18 endangered, 6 vulnerable, 5 near threatened and one species each are data deficient and least concern.Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus, a new species of hummingbird found

8 Oct 2018: The researcher at the Flinders University in Australia has developed a new test that can reveal the amount of DNA people shed, a tool that could be used by forensic experts to catch criminals using genetic clues left at crime scenes. A single tap of a finger on items like door handles, glass or even shaking hands

3 Oct 2018: A team of Ornithologists in Ecuador has found a new species of hummingbird, a

blue-green creature that lives in a cold, barren highland area. It is in danger of extinction. The bird has been named as Oreotrochilus Cyanolaemus or blue-throated star. It is about 11 cm

long and has a stunning, deep blue neck, a curved beak, a white breast with

a black stripe and greenish-blue head and body feathers. It lives at an altitude of 3,000 to 3,700 meters in an area near the Pacific coast that straddles the provinces of Loja and El Oro.

Scientists found 59 Indian plant species under IUCN threat categories

Scientists developed a new DNA analysis tool that can help arresting criminals

Researchers says Coconut oil is a bug repellent

can help identify and link potential suspects to a crime.

World's largest supercomputer 'SpiNNaker' switched on for the first time

15 Oct 2018: Scientists from California Institute of Technology have developed the world's fastest camera, T-CUP (Compressed Ultrafast Photography), which can capture 10 trillion frames per second. The speed makes it possible to freeze time to see light in extremely slow motion. The advance may offer insight into as-yet undetectable secrets of the interactions between light and matter, say scientists.

4 Nov 2018: Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture researched that compounds derived from c o c o n u t o i l a r e b e t t e r t h a n d i e t h y l t o l u a m i d e ( D E E T ) a t preventing disease transmission and discomfort associated with insect bites. DEET has been considered the gold standard in insect repellents, However, increasing regulations and growing public health concerns about synthetic repellents and insecticides like DEET have sparked interest in developing plant-based repellents that are more effective and longer lasting.

Scientist developed world’s fastest camera, T CUP

5 Nov 2018: The world's largest neuromorphic supercomputer SpiNNaker ( 'Spiking Neural Network Architecture' machine), which was designed and built to work like a human brain, has been switched on for the first time. Made up of one million processors, SpiNNaker can complete over 200 m i l l i o n - m i l l i o n a c t i o n s p e r s e c o n d . T h e supercomputer will help scientists better understand how neurological diseases like Parkinson's impact the brain.

5 Oct 2018: The Centre is set to introduce facial recognition technology under the “Digi Yatra” scheme at the Hyderabad and Bengaluru airports in February 2019. The passengers should initially register themselves on a web portal by providing identity proof. After registration, the passengers would be required to undergo a one-time verification at an airport so that the individual's facial identity would be captured and mapped onto a newly

created “Digi Yatra” profile. Once the profile is created a distinct identification number will be generated.

Centre to introduce facial recognition technology at airports in February

7October - December 2018

22 Nov 2018: The changes were done after representatives from 60 countries voted to redefine the International System of Units (SI) for weight, current, temperature and amount of chemical substance. This decision was made at the General Conference on Weights and Measures, held between November 13-16 2018, in Versailles, France, organized by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) in France. Now, all SI units will be defined in terms of constants that describe the natural world. The changes will come into effect on May 20, 2019.

29 Nov 2018: Graduates of Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay (IIT-B) who are Co-founders of a start-up called Emotix have launched India's first advanced personal robot Miko 2 for Kids. IIT Bombay graduates Sneh Rajkumar Vaswani along with his batchmates Prashant Iyengar and Chintan Raikar have founded the Tech start-up Emotix. Miko 2 is India's first advanced robot that can see, hear, sense, express, talk, recognize faces, remember names, Identify moods and initiate a conversation.

Standard definitions of kilogram, Ampere, Kelvin and mole changed after 130 years

Miko 2 IIT-Bombay graduates launch India’s first advanced personal robot for kids

Google developed a new AI model to help detect diabetic retinopathy

Genetically Modified plant that cleans indoor air

16 Dec 2018: Google developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model that can detect diabetic retinopathy with a level of accuracy on par with human retinal specialists. Verily, an Alphabet-owned company is working on rolling out the diabetic retinopathy initiative in clinics in India.

23 Dec 2018: Researchers have Genetically Modified (GM) a common indoor plant, golden pothos or Devil's ivy (Epipremnum Aureum), to remove pollutants inside the house. It has been modified to produce a liver enzyme called cytochrome p450 2e1, which is taken from rabbits, that breaks down a wide range of pollutants. The researchers put the modified plant and normal pothos ivy in glass tubes and added either benzene or chloroform gas into each tube. They found that the concentration of either gas did not change for normal plants. However, for the modified plants, the concentration of chloroform dropped by 82%, and it was almost undetectable by day six.

21 Nov 2018: The Environment Ministry approved a project led by scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur to induce artificial rain via cloud seeding in Delhi. The objective is to clear smog in Delhi. The success of the project depends on the presence of a minimum quantity of rain-bearing clouds over Delhi. In the project, an aircraft has been planned to fly into the clouds and inject silver

iodide, which will lead to the formation of ice crystals that will make the clouds denser, cause them to condense into rain and settle atmospheric dust enough to clear the sky. Researchers at IIT-Kanpur will use an aircraft of the National Remote Sensing Agency, an ISRO-affiliated body for the exercise.

Environment Ministry approved to induce artificial rain via cloud seeding to clear smog in DelhiSILVER IODIDE

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1 Oct 2018: Scientists have found that 59 Indian plant species are under threat status based on criteria used by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Dr.S.K. Barik, Director of Lucknow's CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute and experts from several institutes selected 59 plant species that are at risk of elimination if the threat levels they face are not assessed soon. This included the extent and area of each plant's geographical range, which revealed that 10 species are critically endangered, 18 endangered, 6 vulnerable, 5 near threatened and one species each are data deficient and least concern.Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus, a new species of hummingbird found

8 Oct 2018: The researcher at the Flinders University in Australia has developed a new test that can reveal the amount of DNA people shed, a tool that could be used by forensic experts to catch criminals using genetic clues left at crime scenes. A single tap of a finger on items like door handles, glass or even shaking hands

3 Oct 2018: A team of Ornithologists in Ecuador has found a new species of hummingbird, a

blue-green creature that lives in a cold, barren highland area. It is in danger of extinction. The bird has been named as Oreotrochilus Cyanolaemus or blue-throated star. It is about 11 cm

long and has a stunning, deep blue neck, a curved beak, a white breast with

a black stripe and greenish-blue head and body feathers. It lives at an altitude of 3,000 to 3,700 meters in an area near the Pacific coast that straddles the provinces of Loja and El Oro.

Scientists found 59 Indian plant species under IUCN threat categories

Scientists developed a new DNA analysis tool that can help arresting criminals

Researchers says Coconut oil is a bug repellent

can help identify and link potential suspects to a crime.

World's largest supercomputer 'SpiNNaker' switched on for the first time

15 Oct 2018: Scientists from California Institute of Technology have developed the world's fastest camera, T-CUP (Compressed Ultrafast Photography), which can capture 10 trillion frames per second. The speed makes it possible to freeze time to see light in extremely slow motion. The advance may offer insight into as-yet undetectable secrets of the interactions between light and matter, say scientists.

4 Nov 2018: Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture researched that compounds derived from c o c o n u t o i l a r e b e t t e r t h a n d i e t h y l t o l u a m i d e ( D E E T ) a t preventing disease transmission and discomfort associated with insect bites. DEET has been considered the gold standard in insect repellents, However, increasing regulations and growing public health concerns about synthetic repellents and insecticides like DEET have sparked interest in developing plant-based repellents that are more effective and longer lasting.

Scientist developed world’s fastest camera, T CUP

5 Nov 2018: The world's largest neuromorphic supercomputer SpiNNaker ( 'Spiking Neural Network Architecture' machine), which was designed and built to work like a human brain, has been switched on for the first time. Made up of one million processors, SpiNNaker can complete over 200 m i l l i o n - m i l l i o n a c t i o n s p e r s e c o n d . T h e supercomputer will help scientists better understand how neurological diseases like Parkinson's impact the brain.

5 Oct 2018: The Centre is set to introduce facial recognition technology under the “Digi Yatra” scheme at the Hyderabad and Bengaluru airports in February 2019. The passengers should initially register themselves on a web portal by providing identity proof. After registration, the passengers would be required to undergo a one-time verification at an airport so that the individual's facial identity would be captured and mapped onto a newly

created “Digi Yatra” profile. Once the profile is created a distinct identification number will be generated.

Centre to introduce facial recognition technology at airports in February

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9October - December 2018

AWARDS

Prema Gopalan won Social Entrepreneur of the Year award 201816 Oct 2018: She was awarded for her w o r k i n p r o m o t i n g w o m e n ' s entrepreneurship and rural livelihood. She is the founder of Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP). SEOY awards was founded by Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and Jubilant Bhartia Foundation in 2010. Arshdeep Singh won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award

29 Nov 2018: Indian Navy commander Vijay Varma and Captain P. Rajkumar were among those honored at the 'Asian of The Year' awards at Singapore on 28th November. The two were acknowledged for their selfless service and bravery in rescue operations during the Kerala floods.

9 Dec 2018: Rattan Lal, a distinguished university professor of soil science at the Ohio State University, has won the Glinka World Soil Prize 2018 in a ceremony at the Rome headquarters of

Vijay Varma and P. Rajkumar awarded with the ‘Asian of The Year’ award

Professor Rattan Lal honoured with Glinka World Soil Prize 2018

19 Oct 2018: Arshdeep Singh, a 10-year-old boy from Punjab, won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award in 10 Years and Under category given by UK's Natural History Museum. He won the

award for the picture titled 'Pipe Owls'. His work was published in Lonely Planet UK,

Germany and India, and BBC Wildlife UK.

17 Dec 2018: Catriona Elisa Gray became the fourth woman from the country to win the title. Tamaryn Green from South Africa was named the first runner-up while Miss Venezuela Sthefany Gutiérrez stood third at the pageant which was held in Bangkok, Thailand. India was r e p r e s e n t e d b y 2 2 - y e a r - o l d N e h a l Chudasama, who couldn't qualify for top 20.

16 Dec 2018: 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. DMK leader Kanimozhi was p r e s e n t e d t h e a w a r d f o r t h e B e s t W o m a n Parliamentarian in the Rajya Sabha. The Best Debut Woman Parliamentarian award was presented to Chhaya Verma. The Lokmat Parliamentary Awards is the brainchild of Lokmat Media group chairman Vijay Darda.Philippines' Catriona Gray crowned Miss Universe 2018

Eight parliamentarians were honoured by Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu

the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for his outstanding contribution to sustainable soil management.

Complete List Of Nobel Prize Winners 2018The 2018 Nobel Prize were announced recently in five different fields namely Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Peace, and Economic Sciences. This is for the first time that no Literature Prize was given in 70 years because of a #MeToo scandal

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SPORTS

25 Oct 2018: Virat Kohli scored his 37th ODI hundred, reaching the landmark in 116 fewer innings than Sachin Tendulkar. He scored his 37th ODI hundred in his 205th innings, while Sachin had reached

the milestone in his 321st innings against Pakistan in 2004

Virat Kohli Becomes Fastest To Reach 10,000 Runs In History Of ODI Cricket

Roger Federer Won 99th Career Title In His Hometown30 Oct 2018: He won his 99th career title after winning the Basel Open for the ninth time in his career. Federer, who was born in the Swiss city of Basel, won his fourth title of the year in the form of the Basel Open.Rohit Sharma sets record, becomes first cricketer in history to score 4 T20I hundreds7 Nov 2018: He achieved the milestone in 58 balls during the second T20I against the Windies at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. He now has 2,196 runs in the format. Indian Wrestler Bajrang Punia becomes World No.1 in 65kg category

12 Nov 2018: The 24-year-old, who won silver in World Championships recently, is on top of the United World Wrestling rankings with 96 points, 30 points ahead of the second-placed wrestler.

He's the lone male Indian to figure in top-10 in any category. Cuban Alejandro

8 Oct 2018: India beats Sri Lanka by 144 runs to clinch the Under-19 Asia Cup 2018 title in Dhaka. India outplayed Sri Lanka in all departments by first scoring an imposing 304 for six after skipper Prabh Simran Singh won the toss and elected to bat. The island nation was never in the chase as they were all out for 160 in 38.4 overs losing wickets at regular intervals with left-arm spinner Harsh Tyagi's registering brilliant figures of 6 for 38 in 10 overs.

India beats Sri Lanka to clinch U19 Asia Cup 2018 title

Enrique Vlades Tobier is a distant second with 66 points. Russia's Akhmed Chakaev (62) is in third place.PV Sindhu 1st Indian to win gold at BWF World Tour Finals

India's Vedangi Kulkarni becomes fastest Asian to cycle the globe24 Dec 2018: Vedangi Kulkarni, a 20-year-old cyclist from Maharashtra's Pune, achieved the feat by completing the 29,000-km distance required to qualify as bicycling across the globe in 159 days. She reached Kolkata on December 23 after pedalling up to 300 km a day in 14 countries across the 159 days. British adventurer Jenny Graham (38) is the fastest woman to have cycled the globe in 124 days in 2018, which was three weeks faster than the previous record.India won 2 Tests in a series in Australia for 1st time after 40 years31 Dec 2018: 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.

17 Dec 2018: PV Sindhu defeated world number five Nozomi Okuhara of Japan to record her 300th career match victory across categories and clinch the BWF World Tour Finals women's singles title. Sindhu, who is ranked sixth worldwide, won the final with scoreline of 21-19, 21-17. It was the 23-year-old shuttler's first title victory in 2018, after having lost five finals this year.

26 Nov 2018: MC Mary Kom created history by becoming the first woman to win six boxing world titles by clinching the 48 kg gold at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in New Delhi. The 35-year-old Indian legend got the better of Ukrainian Hanna Okhota in the summit clash.

Mary Kom Won Sixth World Championship Title, Creates History 2002, ANTALYA2005, PODOLSK2006, NEW DELHI2008, NINGBO2010, BRIDGETOWN2018, NEW DELHI

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9October - December 2018

AWARDS

Prema Gopalan won Social Entrepreneur of the Year award 201816 Oct 2018: She was awarded for her w o r k i n p r o m o t i n g w o m e n ' s entrepreneurship and rural livelihood. She is the founder of Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP). SEOY awards was founded by Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and Jubilant Bhartia Foundation in 2010. Arshdeep Singh won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award

29 Nov 2018: Indian Navy commander Vijay Varma and Captain P. Rajkumar were among those honored at the 'Asian of The Year' awards at Singapore on 28th November. The two were acknowledged for their selfless service and bravery in rescue operations during the Kerala floods.

9 Dec 2018: Rattan Lal, a distinguished university professor of soil science at the Ohio State University, has won the Glinka World Soil Prize 2018 in a ceremony at the Rome headquarters of

Vijay Varma and P. Rajkumar awarded with the ‘Asian of The Year’ award

Professor Rattan Lal honoured with Glinka World Soil Prize 2018

19 Oct 2018: Arshdeep Singh, a 10-year-old boy from Punjab, won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award in 10 Years and Under category given by UK's Natural History Museum. He won the

award for the picture titled 'Pipe Owls'. His work was published in Lonely Planet UK,

Germany and India, and BBC Wildlife UK.

17 Dec 2018: Catriona Elisa Gray became the fourth woman from the country to win the title. Tamaryn Green from South Africa was named the first runner-up while Miss Venezuela Sthefany Gutiérrez stood third at the pageant which was held in Bangkok, Thailand. India was r e p r e s e n t e d b y 2 2 - y e a r - o l d N e h a l Chudasama, who couldn't qualify for top 20.

16 Dec 2018: 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. DMK leader Kanimozhi was p r e s e n t e d t h e a w a r d f o r t h e B e s t W o m a n Parliamentarian in the Rajya Sabha. The Best Debut Woman Parliamentarian award was presented to Chhaya Verma. The Lokmat Parliamentary Awards is the brainchild of Lokmat Media group chairman Vijay Darda.Philippines' Catriona Gray crowned Miss Universe 2018

Eight parliamentarians were honoured by Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu

the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for his outstanding contribution to sustainable soil management.

Complete List Of Nobel Prize Winners 2018The 2018 Nobel Prize were announced recently in five different fields namely Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Peace, and Economic Sciences. This is for the first time that no Literature Prize was given in 70 years because of a #MeToo scandal

8Current Affair

SPORTS

25 Oct 2018: Virat Kohli scored his 37th ODI hundred, reaching the landmark in 116 fewer innings than Sachin Tendulkar. He scored his 37th ODI hundred in his 205th innings, while Sachin had reached

the milestone in his 321st innings against Pakistan in 2004

Virat Kohli Becomes Fastest To Reach 10,000 Runs In History Of ODI Cricket

Roger Federer Won 99th Career Title In His Hometown30 Oct 2018: He won his 99th career title after winning the Basel Open for the ninth time in his career. Federer, who was born in the Swiss city of Basel, won his fourth title of the year in the form of the Basel Open.Rohit Sharma sets record, becomes first cricketer in history to score 4 T20I hundreds7 Nov 2018: He achieved the milestone in 58 balls during the second T20I against the Windies at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. He now has 2,196 runs in the format. Indian Wrestler Bajrang Punia becomes World No.1 in 65kg category

12 Nov 2018: The 24-year-old, who won silver in World Championships recently, is on top of the United World Wrestling rankings with 96 points, 30 points ahead of the second-placed wrestler.

He's the lone male Indian to figure in top-10 in any category. Cuban Alejandro

8 Oct 2018: India beats Sri Lanka by 144 runs to clinch the Under-19 Asia Cup 2018 title in Dhaka. India outplayed Sri Lanka in all departments by first scoring an imposing 304 for six after skipper Prabh Simran Singh won the toss and elected to bat. The island nation was never in the chase as they were all out for 160 in 38.4 overs losing wickets at regular intervals with left-arm spinner Harsh Tyagi's registering brilliant figures of 6 for 38 in 10 overs.

India beats Sri Lanka to clinch U19 Asia Cup 2018 title

Enrique Vlades Tobier is a distant second with 66 points. Russia's Akhmed Chakaev (62) is in third place.PV Sindhu 1st Indian to win gold at BWF World Tour Finals

India's Vedangi Kulkarni becomes fastest Asian to cycle the globe24 Dec 2018: Vedangi Kulkarni, a 20-year-old cyclist from Maharashtra's Pune, achieved the feat by completing the 29,000-km distance required to qualify as bicycling across the globe in 159 days. She reached Kolkata on December 23 after pedalling up to 300 km a day in 14 countries across the 159 days. British adventurer Jenny Graham (38) is the fastest woman to have cycled the globe in 124 days in 2018, which was three weeks faster than the previous record.India won 2 Tests in a series in Australia for 1st time after 40 years31 Dec 2018: 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.

17 Dec 2018: PV Sindhu defeated world number five Nozomi Okuhara of Japan to record her 300th career match victory across categories and clinch the BWF World Tour Finals women's singles title. Sindhu, who is ranked sixth worldwide, won the final with scoreline of 21-19, 21-17. It was the 23-year-old shuttler's first title victory in 2018, after having lost five finals this year.

26 Nov 2018: MC Mary Kom created history by becoming the first woman to win six boxing world titles by clinching the 48 kg gold at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in New Delhi. The 35-year-old Indian legend got the better of Ukrainian Hanna Okhota in the summit clash.

Mary Kom Won Sixth World Championship Title, Creates History 2002, ANTALYA2005, PODOLSK2006, NEW DELHI2008, NINGBO2010, BRIDGETOWN2018, NEW DELHI

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The workshops were highly lauded in terms of their contents and conduction and were highly successful in terms of their actualization of objectives. Every workshop concluded with proud and humbling moments of 'Thank You' notes from the teachers.

These are the efforts to aid the teachers to purposeful learning. With this as keynote, PM Publishers organized and conducted three workshops, at Kaithal, on November 27, 2018, Rudrapur, on December 8, 2018 and Panchkula, on December 29, 2018.Around 150 teachers from 80 different schools attended the three sessions at three different cities. The resource persons of the workshops Mr. Davinder Singh Minhas and Mr. Alok Srivastava enlightened and enthralled the audience with their insightful conduction. The workshops were based on Emerging Technologies in the field of Education. Teachers were greatly benefited with the discussion of Linux- an open source operating system, Cloud Computing-an environment that provided resources and services accessed via internet and Python-the language recently included by CBSE at the school level. The 'Train the Trainer' session gave the teachers important takeaways for class management.

Our workshops are meant to spread this essence of teaching and learning.

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$ To add a new appointment, tap or click the Add or New Appointment button and then enter the title or subject of the appointment, its date, time, location, and other information. Tap or click the Save button to save the information to your calendar.

$ View your appointments on a daily, weekly, or monthly calendar by tapping or clicking the appropriate choice in the Calendar app.

Nowadays, most of the people are choosing to use calendars in computers and mobile devices to keep track of events in their personal and professional lives more easily. In addition, students might use calendars to keep track of their class schedules. The following steps guide you through the process of managing your computer or mobile device calendar. $ Run the calendar app.

$ Specify repeating information for appointments that occur at the same time over multiple occurrences, such as a class that meets every Monday from 09:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

$ To edit an appointment, meeting, or event on your calendar, open the item by tapping or clicking it, make the necessary changes and then save the changes.

$ To delete an appointment, meeting, or event on your calendar, open the item by tapping or clicking it, and then tap or click the Delete button to delete it. If necessary, confirm the deletion. If you are deleting a recurring item on the calendar, the Calendar app may ask whether you want to delete one occurrence or the entire series of appointments, meetings, or events.

$ C a l e n d e r a p p a l l o w s y o u t o s h a r e y o u r appointment, meeting, or event with other persons whom you want to make aware about your appointments.

Raspberry Pi plugs into a computer monitor or TV, and uses a standard keyboard and mouse. It is a little device that enables people to explore computing and to learn how to program in languages like Scratch and Python. It is capable of doing everything you'd expect a desktop computer to do, from browsing the Internet and playing high-definition video to making spreadsheets, word-processing, and playing games. The Raspberry Pi 3 is the latest version of the Raspberry Pi.

The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit-card sized computer developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi Foundation to promote the teaching of basic computer science in schools in developing countries. The objective of Raspberry Pi, being used by kids all over the world, is to learn to program and understand how computers work.

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The workshops were highly lauded in terms of their contents and conduction and were highly successful in terms of their actualization of objectives. Every workshop concluded with proud and humbling moments of 'Thank You' notes from the teachers.

These are the efforts to aid the teachers to purposeful learning. With this as keynote, PM Publishers organized and conducted three workshops, at Kaithal, on November 27, 2018, Rudrapur, on December 8, 2018 and Panchkula, on December 29, 2018.Around 150 teachers from 80 different schools attended the three sessions at three different cities. The resource persons of the workshops Mr. Davinder Singh Minhas and Mr. Alok Srivastava enlightened and enthralled the audience with their insightful conduction. The workshops were based on Emerging Technologies in the field of Education. Teachers were greatly benefited with the discussion of Linux- an open source operating system, Cloud Computing-an environment that provided resources and services accessed via internet and Python-the language recently included by CBSE at the school level. The 'Train the Trainer' session gave the teachers important takeaways for class management.

Our workshops are meant to spread this essence of teaching and learning.

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'THE ESSENCE OF TEACHING IS TO MAKE LEARNING CONTAGIOUS, TO HAVE ONE IDEA SPARK ANOTHER.’

10Current Affair

Manage Your Calendar App

$ To add a new appointment, tap or click the Add or New Appointment button and then enter the title or subject of the appointment, its date, time, location, and other information. Tap or click the Save button to save the information to your calendar.

$ View your appointments on a daily, weekly, or monthly calendar by tapping or clicking the appropriate choice in the Calendar app.

Nowadays, most of the people are choosing to use calendars in computers and mobile devices to keep track of events in their personal and professional lives more easily. In addition, students might use calendars to keep track of their class schedules. The following steps guide you through the process of managing your computer or mobile device calendar. $ Run the calendar app.

$ Specify repeating information for appointments that occur at the same time over multiple occurrences, such as a class that meets every Monday from 09:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

$ To edit an appointment, meeting, or event on your calendar, open the item by tapping or clicking it, make the necessary changes and then save the changes.

$ To delete an appointment, meeting, or event on your calendar, open the item by tapping or clicking it, and then tap or click the Delete button to delete it. If necessary, confirm the deletion. If you are deleting a recurring item on the calendar, the Calendar app may ask whether you want to delete one occurrence or the entire series of appointments, meetings, or events.

$ C a l e n d e r a p p a l l o w s y o u t o s h a r e y o u r appointment, meeting, or event with other persons whom you want to make aware about your appointments.

Raspberry Pi plugs into a computer monitor or TV, and uses a standard keyboard and mouse. It is a little device that enables people to explore computing and to learn how to program in languages like Scratch and Python. It is capable of doing everything you'd expect a desktop computer to do, from browsing the Internet and playing high-definition video to making spreadsheets, word-processing, and playing games. The Raspberry Pi 3 is the latest version of the Raspberry Pi.

The Raspberry Pi is a low cost, credit-card sized computer developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi Foundation to promote the teaching of basic computer science in schools in developing countries. The objective of Raspberry Pi, being used by kids all over the world, is to learn to program and understand how computers work.

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