NATIONAL NEWS
1.PM Modi to show on December 29, train-18 will be flagged off between Delhi-Varanasi:-
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off train -18 on December 29 This engineless train will run between Varanasi, Delhi and Parliamentary constituency of PM. The fastest train running in the country will replace the Shatabdi trains. The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) of Chennai has built it at the cost of 100 crores under the Make in India initiative. During the trial, this train ran at 180 kmph on Delhi-Rajdhani route, which is the highest speed in any train in India. Encouraged by its success during the trial, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has asked the ICF to make similar kind of coach in the current financial year.
Train 18 will provide WiFi for travelers, GPS based information system (through which it can talk to passenger driver), modular bio-vacuum toilet, LED lighting, mobile charging point and temperature control system. There will be two executive coaches in Train-18. They will have 52 seats. While the rest of the coaches will have 78 seats. This train will run from New Delhi at 6 in the morning and will reach Varanasi at 2 o’clock. The train will run from Varanasi at 2.30 the same day and will reach Delhi National Capital New Delhi at 10.30 pm.
2.International agencies will be able to improve India’s climate:-
The government’s campaign to deal with air pollution has now got the world together. Many world-wide agencies including the World Bank have offered India assistance for this. The final round of talks with these agencies is going on. It is believed that from January 2019, this campaign will begin to clean up the climate in nearly a dozen cities of the country. The government has, however, added 312 cities across the country in the plan to deal with the increasing threats of air pollution, but at the moment, 102 such cities are at the top, where the levels of pollution are increasing at a fast pace. These include big cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Kanpur, Patna, Gwalior. Under the National Clean Air Program (NCAP), the government wants to improve air quality in these cities.
According to the senior officials of the Ministry of Environment, the international agencies which have offered to help this movement at present, include the World Bank, an American agency Bloomberg Philanthropies, German agency GIZ, Swiss Development Corp., France International agencies like AFD (French financial agency) are included. These agencies have proposed to provide both technical and financial support.
The special status here is that these agencies also have the experience of working in the field of environment. Keep in mind that 14 cities in the 15 most polluted cities of the world are from India. At the same time, the World Health Organization has also warned about the danger of serious diseases in India due to increased air pollution.
3.Communications Satellite G Sat-7A prepares for launch from Sriharikota:-
The countdown to the launch of the G-SAT-7A satellite is going smoothly. It will be left by GSLV-F-11 from Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on four to ten minutes this evening. ISRO officials have said that refueling process and other tests are being done to ensure the sticking projection. Before reaching the destination through the on-board projection system, the GSLV F-11 has three stages with indigenous cryogenic upper stage. G-SAT-7A is a geo-stationary communication satellite weighing two thousand and 250 kg. It will make communication services available in the Ku Band in the Indian region.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
4.The Prime Minister of Macedonia and the Prime Minister of Greece were nominated for the year 2019 Nobel Peace Prize:-
Macedonia’s Prime Minister Joran Zayev and the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Cipras have been nominated for the year 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. These leaders have been nominated for the Peace Prize for signing the Prespa Agreement between the two countries.
SPORTS NEWS
5.Made in Sri Lanka, Mendis-Mathews, Matched Draw:-
Rain accompanied the batting alongside the struggling Sri Lankan batting for the efficient Mendis and Angelo Mathews, and only 13 overs of the first Test against New Zealand could be possible and the match ended. .
In the second innings of the Sri Lankans, skilled and Mathews were on the field on the third day of the match, and on the fifth and final day also returned unreleased from the ground. Mendis faced 325 balls with 16 fours to help the unbeaten 141 runs and Matthews faced 323 balls with the help of 11 fours and scored an unbeaten 120 to draw a match.
Due to the rain on the last day of the match, it was possible to play only 13 overs in the ongoing Basin Reserve match. Sri Lanka played for 115 overs in their second innings in 479 minutes and scored 287 runs at the loss of three wickets.
Both Sri Lankan batsmen took a huge test of restraint in the New Zealand bowlers, with Tim Southey making two for 52 and Trent Bolt taking one wicket with 62 runs. Neil Wagner got no wicket at 100 runs. However, bowlers of the host team performed economically and Ejaz Patel gave only 46 runs in 28 overs. Although he did not get the wicket
6.Sanyas was taken at the age of only 17, now these players sold in 8.40 million:-
In the IPL 12 auction, many players were fainted, so many players did not get any buyers. When several teams spent crores on unknown players, no one made a stakes on veterans such as Stan and McCullum, but a player who picked up the full headlines of the auction, this is the name of the player, Varun Chakraborty. Kings XI Punjab bought this spinner from Tamil Nadu for 8 crore 40 lakhs, while the player’s base price was only 20 lakh but Punjab would have seen something in this player who bought it 42 times higher.
In fact, Varun’s first name shone during the Tamil Nadu Cricket League, this player played 22 times in 9 matches played this season, while in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Varun took 9 wickets and that too with 4.7’s tremendous economy . Varun is second in the list of most wicket-takers in this tournament.
Although you have already read a lot about Varun but you will not know that this player had taken his retirement only at the age of 17. Indeed, Varun left to play cricket to study. After the 12th class, he took the degree of architect and did some job for some time but he did not feel in this field and at the age of 25, he once again came to the cricket field.
BUSINESS NEWS
7.Tax rate on automobile tires can be reduced to 18 percent GST Council:-
At the next meeting of GST Council, tax rates on automobile tires can be reduced from 28 per cent to 18 per cent. Significantly, the upcoming GST Council meeting will be held on Saturday. This move can be considered as part of the composite plan to rationalize the highest tax bracket of 28 percent, as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently said that the government had more than 1200 services and goods ie 99 percent of GST on items. Working towards reducing rates by 18 percent or less. According to an official, “28 per cent tax on automobile tires affects the common man as he has to pay the tax.” Overall focus of the December 22 meeting is to reduce the burden of GST on the common man. ”
At present, 34 items in the tax bracket of 28 percent are included. This list includes items of common use such as Rubber’s new pneumatic tires, digital cameras, air conditioners, dish washing machines, set top boxes for TVs, monitors and projectors, as well as construction products like cement.
According to the official, by 18 percent rate of GST on cement, the government’s treasury will cost Rs 20,000 crore annually, yet the council is likely to go ahead with it. Significantly, the five rates of GST at present are 0,5,12,18 and 28 percent.
