Aberdeen in Andaman and Nicobar Islands adjudged best police station in Country

1.Armed Forces Flag Day: 07 December

Armed Forces Flag Day was observed across the country on 7th of December.The day honours the martyrs and Armed Forces personnel, who safeguard the motherland.

The day is dedicated towards the collection of funds from people for the welfare of the Armed Forces personnel.

The fund collected on this day is also used for the welfare of the serving personnel and ex-servicemen.

2.8th India-China joint training exercise commences in Meghalaya

The 8th India-China joint training exercise ‘HAND-IN-HAND 2019’ with the theme counter-terrorism under United Nations mandate commenced at Joint Training Node (JTN), Umroi in Meghalaya.The People’s Liberations Army (PLA) contingent from the Tibet Military Command comprising of 130 personnel and the Indian Contingent of similar strength is participating in the 14-day long training exercise.

The exercise is planned at the company level with respective Battalion Headquarters controlling the training.

The Chinese contingent is led by Col Hu Chunguang, 1st Infantry Battalion, Tibet Military Command while the Indian contingent is led by Col KJ Singh of the Kumaon Regiment.

3.Aberdeen in Andaman and Nicobar Islands adjudged best police station in Country

Aberdeen Police station in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ranks first in the list of the best-performing police stations in the country while dealing with a property offence, a crime against women and weaker sections.Home Ministry released the list of ten best-performing Police stations in the country.

Balasinor police station in Gujarat secured the second rank while and Ajk Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh got the 3rd position.

The ranking of top ten Police Stations out of over 15 thousand 500 Police Stations in the country was done through data analysis, direct observation and public feedback.

4.Human Library held in Mysuru

In Karnataka, Human Library, a concept which seeks to replace books with humans, will be held in the City of Palaces, Mysuru.It intends to generate greater human cohesion across various social, religious and ethnic diversities.

Copenhagen, Denmark-headquartered Human Library is a registered international non-profit organization.

The notion of Human Library was initially launched in the year 2000 and currently exists in more than 85 countries, known as The Human Library Organization. 

5.Assam forms a squad to tackle human-wildlife conflicts in state

Aiming to control the human-elephant conflicts, the Assam government launched Anti-Depedration Squads of the state forest department.The squad would be stationed at 15 major human-wildlife conflict districts in order to mitigate the problem and to ensure the safety of both humans and wildlife.

The state forest department engaged specially trained 50 frontline staff to handle conflict situations.

The squads will be currently equipped with 150 numbers of 12 bore pump action guns, 15,000 rounds of rubber bullets and other essential items.

6.NEFT facility to be available round the clock from December 16

In a bid to promote digital transactions, Reserve Bank has said that round-the-clock transactions will be allowed under the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) system from December 16.RBI said that the 24×7 NEFT system will be available on all days of the year, including holidays.

NEFT transactions are settled in hourly batches.

For weekdays, the batches are from 8 am to 7 pm.

On first and third Saturdays, the settlement happens from 8 am to 1 pm.

7.NTPC signs pact for ₹5,000-crore term loan with SBI

NTPC has signed a term loan agreement for ₹5,000 crore with State Bank of India.The loan facility has been extended at an interest rate linked to 3-Month MCLR of the bank and has a door to door tenure of 15 years.

The loan will be utilised to part finance the capital expenditure of NTPC.

8.National Stock Exchange appoints Girish Chandra Chaturvedi its chairman

Girish Chandra Chaturvedi, the former petroleum secretary, was appointed chairman of the National Stock Exchange (NSE).The appointment comes within weeks of him joining the NSE board as a public interest director.

The chairman’s post was vacant since January, following Ashok Chawla’s resignation amid CBI-related developments in the Aircel-Maxis case.

Girish also serves as non-executive chairman of ICICI Bank.

9.Former World No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki announces retire from tennis

Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki announced that she will retire from tennis after next month’s Australian Open.The 29-year-old Dane won her only Grand Slam singles title in Melbourne last year in her third major final.

Wozniacki, who turned professional at the age of 15 in 2005, spent 71 weeks at the top of the WTA rankings after first becoming the world’s best player in October 2010.

She has won 30 WTA titles so far in her career, including the 2017 Tour Finals in Singapore.