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• IPS Officer Nina Singh becomes the first Indian Women CISF Chief.
  • CISF: Central Industrial Security Force. It works under the Ministry of Home Affairs and was established in 1969. The security cover of the CISF includes country’s highly sensitive infrastructure facilities like the Airports, Ports and Power Plants. Its Motto is “Safety and Defence”.
• Anish Dayal Singh has been appointed as the Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
  • CRPF: It is the largest central armed police force under the Union Home Ministry, whose motto is “Service and Loyalty”. It was established under the CRPF Act 1949. HQ- New Delhi.
• Vivekananda Srivastava, who was one of the directors at the IB, has been appointed as the DG of the Fire Service, Civil Defence and Home Guards.
• Rahul Rasgotra has been appointed the Chief of the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) till September 2025.
  • ITBP: After the Sino-Indo war of 1962, this wing of the Home Ministry was established for the deployment in Himalayan Mountains along the Border with China. Its Motto is ‘Bravery – Preseverance – Dedication’. HQ- New Delhi.
• Actor Deepika Padugone has been named as the Global Brand Ambassador of Bisleri.
• Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis has been honored with an honorary doctorate by Japan’s Koyasan University.
• The Supreme Court Collegium has recently recommended the names of five Judges for their appointment as the Chief Justice in the High Courts:Justice Manindra Mohan Srivastava – Rajasthan High Court.Justice Arun Bhansali – Allahabad High Court.Justice BR Sarangi – Jharkhand High Court.Justice Vijay Bishnoi – Gauhati High Court.Justice Sheel Nagu – Punjab and Haryana High Court.
  • Supreme Court Collegium: It is the only body to look after the matters of appointment and transfer of the judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court. This body, neither constitutional nor a statutory one, was established under by means of the decision of the Supreme Court in 1993. The collegium is a five member panel headed by the CJI with five senior-most judges of the Supreme court.
• Justice Sanjiv Khanna, the second senior-most judge of the Supreme Court has been nominated as the Executive Chairperson of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).
  • Established under the Legal Services Authority Act , 1987, NALSA is aimed at providing free legal services to the weaker sections of the society and to organise Lok Adalats for amicable settlement of disputes. The prime objective of NALSA is the prompt disposal of the cases and reducing the burden of the judiciary.
• In the Asian Youth Chess Championship, the eight year old A.S. Sarvaanica has become the champion in two formats (Rapid and Blitz) . The tournament was held at Al Ain in the UAE.
• After the Ministry of Sports suspended the Wrestling Federation of India days after the election of Sanjay Singh – the Brij Bhusan attaché – , the Indian Olympic Association has appointed a three member ad-hoc committee with Wushu Association of India Bhupiner Singh Bajwa as its president.
• Legendary sculptor and ex-chairman of Lalit Kala Academy, Dr. Uttam Pachame has passed away recently.
  • He is well known as the curator of the famous statues like, Swami Vivekananda Statue in Mumbai and the Swatantrata Jyot at Andaman& Nicobar Islands.
• The founder of the Tamil Nadu political party Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), Vijayakahnth passed away. He was also a distinguished actor as well as served as the leader of the opposition in the state from 2011 to 2016.
• Former European Commission President Jacques Delors passes away at the age of 98.
  •  He shall be remembered for envisioning the current outlook of the European Union and distinguished steps like the Schengen Agreement (which allowed borderless travel between the EU countries), Single Market (enabling free movement of people and goods) and the Erasmus Program (promoted student exchange).
• The Norwegian Grand Master Magnus Carlsen has won the 2023 FIDE World Rapid Championship for a record extending fifth time.
• The Reserve Bank of India has appointed CS Rajan as the Chairman of the Kotak Mahindra Bank.
  • Kotak Mahindra Bank was founded by Uday Kotak in 1985. HQ- Mumbai.
• The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Gueterres has appointed Sigrid Kaag as the senior humanitarian coordinator for Gaza. She will oversee the facilitation, coordination, monitoring and verifying the humanitarian assistance for Gaza.
• The newly elected president of Argentina, Javier Milei has officially declined the invitation to join BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa ) grouping of the emerging economies.
• The newly appointed Director of the Latin America and Caribbean Trade Council, Mr. LP Hemanth K Srinivasulu has received the ‘Man of the Year 2023’ award from the Union Home Minister Amit Shah  for his outstanding contributions to trade, diplomacy and global economic relations.
• Oscar Winning “Parasite” famed South Korean actor Lee Sun Kyun has passed away recently.
• The Telangana Government has launched the ‘Praja Palana Programme’ to gather grass root level comprehensive data regarding the needs of the people and creating a robust database.
• With world’s largest and most complex grassroot level oil refinery, Reliance Industries Limited’s Jamnagar and OPaL Petrochemical complex at Dahej in Bharuch district of Gujarat , the state has come to be known as the ‘Petro Capital of India’.
• Gujarat is going to unveil the first Sub-Marine tourism in India in the submerged Dwarka city. For this purpose, it has accorded with Mazagaon Dock Ship-builders Limited (MDL) to prepare a submarine capable of diving 100 meters below the sea level.
• Amid the pompous preparation before the inaugural of the Ayodhya Ram Temple, the Ayodhya station has been renamed as the ‘Ayodhya Dham Railway Station’.
  • Also the Ayodhya Airport, which was to be named “Maryada Purushottam Sri Ram International Airport” (which was also the lengthiest name for any Indian Airport) has been renamed as “Maharshi Valmiki International Airport” by the CM Yogi Adityanath.
• Recently Madhav Godbole has published a book named “The Babri Masjid – Ram Mandir Dilemma”
• The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is will flag off the all new “Amrit Bharat Train” , which comes with the shock absorbing Push-Pull technology to ease off the jerks during journey, between the cities of Varanasi (UP) and Darbhanga (BR).
• The Cabinet has approved the project of constructing an all-new 6 lane 4.56 Km long cable connection bridge over the Ganga river between Digha and Sonpur of Bihar.
  • Digha, a Patna suburb which is located to the South of the Ganga is currently connected with Sonpur in the North of the Ganga by a rail-cum-road bridge restricted for light vehicles. The latest bridge will easily facilitate the movement of goods.
• The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has chalked out a plan regarding the reuse of Inert Waste Material under Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0. The initiative eyeing the reduction of dependency on fossil fuel and cost cutting will use inert materials obtained from solid waste to build embankments alongside the national highways.

• The central government has approved the all new Khowai-Harina road development project in Tripura, 70% of which will be financed by Japan. This project is aimed to reduce the travel time between the states of Assam and Meghalaya and Assam – providing an alternative to the existing NH-8.
• The Cabinet Committee for Economic Affairs has approved the MSP of the Copra for the season 2024. Copra is also known as Gari or Gola, the dried portion of Coconut.
  • Milling Copra is primarily Produced in Kerala while ball copra is produced in Karnataka.
  • The Commission for Agricultural Cost and Prices (CACP) determines the MSP for 22 mandated commodities (14 kharif, 6 rabi and 2 commercial crops) and FRP for Sugarcane.
• The Union Home Minister Amit Shah has recently inaugurated 9 projects worth 368Cr Rs. in the UT of Chandigarh.
  • He inaugurated the DRDO assisted ‘Center for Cyber Operation and Security’.
  • A fleet of Chandigarh Police cars containing the marvelous ‘Eagle’ vehicle was launched.
  • All the courts of Chandigarh will be completely computerized by December 2024.
• The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has approved the setting up of the first snake park of Rajasthan in Kota.        
  • The CZA was established in 1992 through the Indian Wildlife Protection Act 1972 under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
• Uttarakhand has become the first state in the country to start Gyrocopter Adventure as well as Himalayan Air Safari.
• The Center for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) in its latest report named ‘World Economic League Table Report’, has predicted that by the end of this century, India will become the largest economy of the world.
• The University Grants Commission (UGC) has released notification to do away with the MPhil degree program from all of the facilitated universities under it.
  • The UGC was established in 1953 under the Second Five Year Plan, and it works under the Department of Higher Education under the Ministry of Education.
  • In September 1994, the UGC crated the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) to assess the performance of the Universities of the country.
• The Kotak Mahindra Insurance Life Insurance has bring forth an all new insurance program known as T.U.L.I.P (Term with Unit Linked Insurance Plan) that claims a life coverage up to 100 times the annual premium.
• The IndusInd bank has launched an all new corporate credit card ‘e-Svarna’ — based on the RuPay network – that will allow linking with the UPI apps.
• The automobile giant OLA has filed IPO document with the Security Exchange Board of India.
• Shalimar Works Limited, Kolkata has delivered the seventh 250 men Ferry Craft “Manjulaa” to the Indian Navy.
  • This induction of the ferry fleet the movement if both passengers and materials between anchorage of the ships, submarines and the Navy ports will become absolutely hassle free.
• According to the latest government report, India has become the second largest steel producer of the world.
• The Ministry of Mines has recognized around 22 critical mineral blocks across nine states for future mining. The reserves are Cobalt in Karnataka; Titanium, Gallium and Vanadium in Jharkhand; Tungsten deposits in Maharashtra, Chattishgarh and Tamil Nadu and Vanadium reserves in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Bihar.
  • Critical minerals are indispensable metal and non-metals for high-tech industries, clean energy technologies, defense, aero-space and electronics.
• The Reserve Bank of India has named SBI, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank as Domestic Systematically Important Banks (D-SIBs).
  • Domestic Systematically Important Banks are those banks of the financial ecosystem of a country which possess large market capitalization, grass-root level penetration and considerable infrastructure leading to mass influence over the financial sector.
  • The Classification of the D-SIBs is based on increased systematic importance with Bucket 5 having highest importance and Bucket 1 having lesser-most importance.
    • Bucket 5: None
    • Bucket 4: State Bank of India (SBI)
    • Bucket 3: None
    • Bucket 2: HDFC-Bank
    • Bucket 1: ICICI-Bank
• Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has signed an MoU with the UP Government to develop its ‘Dial 112’.
• India facilitates first purchase of crude oil from UAE through rupee based transaction.
• The Ministry of Home Affairs has declared the Muslim League (Masarat Alam Faction) as unlawful for five years under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for alleged involvement in antii-national and separatist activities in Jammu & Kashmir.
  • UAPA is the primary anti-terrorism act of the land established in 1967.
• Recently a body of researchers has found a fatal brain illness named “Zombie Deer Disease” or the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) which affects the brain and neural activity of the host causing weight loss, behavioral changes and loss of bodily control in 800 deer, elk and moose of the Yellowstone National Park of the United States. As of now, the CWD has no vaccine or cure.
• An all new reptile species was recently discovered in China named “Wang’s Garden Lizard”.
• The Indian Space Research Organization has planned to launched India’s first X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite on 1^st Januray 2024.
• The ISRO has a target of launching over 50 satellites in the next five years to bolster spatial intelligence ability. This will provide a cutting age upgrade for the armed forces of the country.
  • Countries with highest number of military satellites:
    • 1^st     USA – 239
    • 2^nd  China – 140
    • 3^rd   Russia – 105
• The Government of India and the Government of Italy has signed a pact “Migration and Movement”.
• The Reserve Bank of India has enabled “Card-on-File Tokenization” to make digital payments, more safe secure and sound through card issuing banks and institutions.
  • “Tokenization” refers to the replacement of actual credit and debit card details with an alternate code called token that will be generated on specific context on a temporary basis and without any intrinsic value out of that specific context of transaction.
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