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1. The Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted combined guided weapons firing of Surface-to-Air Missiles from the Air Force Station located at Suryalanka, Andhra Pradesh. The first-of-its-kind exercise for the Air Force was code-named 'CROSS BOW-18'. 2.International Mountain Day is held every year on 11 December, which was established by the UN General Assembly in 2003 to encourage sustainable development in mountains. The theme for 2018 IMD is "Mountains Matter". 3.Khelo India Youth Games-2019 will be held in Pune of Maharashtra in January.Under Khelo India programme, the government is providing scholarships to 1500 students from across the country.  4.The indigenously built Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile Agni-5 has been test-fired successfully from Abdul Kalam island under Chandipur Interim Test Range. It can carry both nuclear and traditional weapons. It  has a strike range of 5,000 km. 5.After the approval of the Supreme Court and the Bombay High Court...

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Bogibeel Bridge, India's longest rail-cum-road bridge, falling in the eastern part of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh on December 25 over brahmaputra. 2.India and UAE signed 3,500 crore currency swap agreement. This agreement will boost investment and enable direct trade without using dollars or other international currencies. 3.Government of Nagaland has inaugurated a new Project namely- Development of Tribal Circuit under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme under Union Ministry of Tourism. 4.07 December is observed as Armed Forces Flag Day throughout India to honour the martyrs as well as men and women in uniform, who valiantly fight on our borders to safeguard the country's honour. 5.The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has signed an MoU between India and Russia on Joint Activities under the Human Spaceflight Programme on Dec 6, 2018. 6.The World Soil Day (WSD) is observed every year on Decembe...

1. World AIDS Day is designated on 1 December every year since 1988.The theme for the World AIDS Day 2018 is "Know Your Status".  2.Salome Zurabishvili, a French-born Georgian politician, has elected the first woman president in the history of Georgia. She will be inaugurated as President of Georgia on 16 December 2018. 3.The India Rivers Week (IRW) 2018, a unique meeting on rivers in India was held at the World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF), New Delhi, from November 24 to 26, 2018. The focus of this year's three-day meet was 'Can India Rejuvenate Ganga?'. 4.The National Mission for Clean Ganga organised a two-day international workshop on Developing a Ganga Museum in New Delhi, museum will be part of Namami Gange Programme. 5.India's Olympic gold medal-winning shooter Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian to be honoured with the Blue Cross by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) for his contribution to the sport of shooting. ...

Corruption In India Corruption is a global evil. Corruption in India is the main problem since Independence.Mostly underdeveloped and developing countries are greatly effected by corruption. Corruption is closely associated with bribery which means given or take profit for some illegal work. Corruption has progressively involved in every sphere of Indian society. Corruption is a cancer that is not restricted to any particular political party. It infects the whole system. An honest politician has become an oxymoron. In India, people with an honest image are very few. In India, According to the Corruption Perception Index 2009 Report released by Transparency International, India's rank is 84th among 180 countries effected with corruption. The corruption methods also improve with the development of the nation. There are many causes of corruption in India. Nexus between Bureaucracrats, Politician and criminals is the main cause of corruption in every country. Lack of ...

1.The  Jolly Grant airport in Uttarakhand will be renamed after Atal Bihari Vajpayee.  2.ISRO is all set to launch its workhorse rocket PSLV-C43 carrying India's earth observation satellite Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite (HysIS) and 30 co-passenger satellites, including 23 from the US, from Sriharikota on November 29. HysIS is an earth observation satellite developed by ISRO. 3..The Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju has inaugurated the 14th Formation Day of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on 27th November 2018 in New Delhi. The theme of this year's Formation Day is 'Early Warning for Disasters'.  4.The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (IDEVAW) is observed every year on 25th of November to raise public awareness on issues of violence against women and girls,2018 theme is 'Orange the World: #HearMeToo'. 5.Tamil Nadu bagged the Best State Award in cadaveric organ donation from the National O...

1. The Andhra Pradesh government has recently launched web portal ‘Bhuseva and Bhudaar’ which makes land records available to people with unique identification numbers just like Aadhar number. 2.Veteran cricketer Wasim Jaffer has become the highest run-scorer in the history of Ranji Trophy after scoring 11,056 runs in the competition. 3.Every year the State of Manipur celebrates the  “Manipur Sangai Festival”   from 21st to 30th November.The ‘Festival’ is named after  the State animal, Sangai, the brow-antlered deer found only in Manipur .  It is found in its natural habitat only at  Keibul Lamjao National Park   near Loktak lake. 4.The Ministry of Women and Child Development has linked SHe-Box, the online portal to report complaints of Sexual Harassment at Workplace, to all the Central Ministries, Departments and 653 districts across 33 States/Union Territories. 5.  World Fisheries Day is celebrated on November 21 st every year ...

1. In Himachal Pradesh, the 26th edition of Central and State Statistical Organizations(COCSSO) Conference was held at Dharamshala with theme “Quality Assurance in Official Statistics” on 15th and 16th November 2018. It was organized by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). 2.Induslnd Bank has recently launched the India’s first interactive credit card with buttons called the IndusInd Bank Nexxt Credit Card. 3.Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has recently launched the ‘Gau Samridhi Plus scheme’ or ‘Cow Samridhi Plus Scheme’ to offer insurance coverage to dairy farmers in Kerala. 4.NITI Aayog constituted the 'Himalayan State Regional Council' in New Delh to ensure sustainable development of the Himalayan region. It will be chaired by the Dr VK Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog. 5.After 5 years of bifurcation in 2014, Andhra Pradesh government unveiled its new emblem for official use. It consists of "Dhamma Chakka" - "the W...

1. Union Minister Ananth Kumar passes away at 59 in Bengaluru. He held two portfolios in the NDA Government; of Parliamentary affairs and Chemicals and Fertilizers.  2.The 33rd edition of ASEAN summit 2018 has started in the city-state of Singapore on November 11 with theme ‘Resilient and innovative Asean’. 3.SIMBEX, the 25th edition of the India-Singapore bilateral naval exercise has begun at the tri-services command on November 10, 2018. The exercise is being held in Port Blair, Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal. 4.The inaugural edition of Indian Navy - Indonesian Navy Bilateral Exercise 'Samudra Shakti' began at Surabaya, Indonesia. The Indian Naval Ship (INS) Rana of the Eastern Fleet based at Visakhapatnam . 5.West Bengal cabinet, headed by CM Mamata Banerjee, decided to set up development boards for the Matua and Namasudra communities. This decision was taken for social representation and welfare of the 2 communities present in large numbers in the sta...

1.' Mare Pyare Prime Minister' is the India's lone entry at the Rome Film Festival 2018. 2.INS Arihant- India's first nuclear-powered submarine completed its first deterrence patrol, which means that the country now has the capability of firing nuclear weapons from land, air and sea. 3.The 2018 National Ayurveda Day (NAD) is celebrated on November 5 with the theme “Ayurveda for Public Health” to create awareness on people’s health. 4.The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has recently approved the operationalisation strategy for Operation Greens to ensure availability of Tomato, Onion and Potato (TOP) throughout the country,One of the objectives of “Operation Greens” is the reduction in post-harvest losses. 5.N. Ram, the veteran journalist and The Hindu publishing group chairman, has been chosen for the prestigious Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award 2018 for his outstanding contribution towards journalism. 6.Changsha Declaration ...