Important Current Affairs
1. India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $ 574 million loan agreement
The Central Government and Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $ 574 million loan agreement for various projects in India including hydroelectric power transmission in Himachal Pradesh. Supporting IIFCL in India, and for water and sanitation services in Tamil Nadu.
2. Winter session of Parliament will begin on December 11
The winter session of the Lok Sabha will begin at an 11th place next month. The Lok Sabha Secretariat said in a statement that the session ends on January 8 next year.
3. Indian-origin Thomas Kurien appointed Google Cloud CEO
Indian-American Thomas Kurien is Chief Executive Officer of Google Cloud Service. He has been appointed at the place of Diane Greenie. He has obtained an MBA degree from Princeton University Graduate School of Business.
Key Fact:
People of Indian origin in the world
- Sundar Pichai- Google CEO
- Satya Nadella- Microsoft CEO
- Francisco D’Souza: Cognizant CEO
- Rajeev Suri: Nokia CEO
4. Inauguration of Mega Food Park
Another mega food park has been inaugurated in Aurangabad, the State of Maharashtra, Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur has recently inaugurated this park.
5. Bank for International Settlements recently appointed the Chief Representative of Asia and Pacific Region.
Bank for International Settlements has recently appointed Siddharth Tiwari as Chief Representative of Asia and Pacific region.
6. Supreme Court Judge AK Sikri will release a book ‘Surrogacy and the Law’
Supreme Court Judge AK Sikri will release a book ‘Surrogacy and the Law, he will release this book at the Rajasthan State Judicial Academy.
7. ASEAN summit in Singapore
During the recent ASEAN summit in Singapore, the third meeting between the countries of Quad, India, America, Japan, and Australia was concluded, in this conference, all member countries also supported macroeconomic development.
8. President Cyril Ramaphosa has been invited as a guest at the Republic Day 2019 celebration of India.
In South Africa’s President Cyril Ramphosa, a guest has been invited to the Republic Day 2019 celebration in India, Siri Ramaphosa, another South African leader who will attend the Republic Day celebrations of India.