Weekly Current Affairs December: Week 4

Banking and Financial Awareness:

State-Run Banks' NPAs Touched Rs 7.34 Lakh Crore- RBI Data.
KKR gets RBI Nod to Start India’s 1st Foreign-owned ARC.
Lok Sabha passes Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code Amendment Bill, 2017.
SBI Gets Board Approval to Raise Rs 8,000 crore to Comply Basel III.
Sohan Lal Commodity Management (SLCM) Ties up with HDFC, IndusInd bank for Post Harvest Credit.
Bank of Baroda Enters into MoU with POORTI Agri Services Pvt. Ltd.
SEBI Caps Cross-Shareholding in Rating Agencies at 10%.
Small Savings Schemes’ Interest Rates Cut by 20 bps.

Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres has appointed Henrietta H Fore as the new Executive Director of UNICEF.
IPS officer Abhay appointed DG of Narcotics Control Bureau.
Amardeep Singh Bhatia was appointed as new director of Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO).
Sumita Misra appointed as joint secretary in PM’s Economic Advisory Council.
Vinay Sahasrabuddhe as President of the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR).
George Weah Elected Liberian President.

Anushka Sharma Named PETA's Person of the Year.
Veteran singer K S Chitra has been selected for prestigious ‘Harivarasanam’ award 2017.

Good Governance Day: 25 December 2017
The day is celebrated annually since 2014 to mark the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Kabul and Mumbai Linked with Second Air Corridor.
India, World Bank Ink $40 Million Loan Agreement for UP Tourism.
UP inks MoU with South Korea in field of tourism, skill development, culture and farming.
Government, World Bank ink loan agreement for Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization Project.
Amazon Acquires Connected Security Camera Maker 'Blink'.
IRDAI Norms Allow Insurers to Begin Offshore Business From GIFT IFSC.
Bilateral Meeting Between External Affairs Minister of India and Jordan Held in New Delhi.

Belgium-First Country to Appoint Female Envoy to Saudi Arabia.
AG600, world's largest amphibious aircraft that is China's home-grown took off from the southern city of Zhuhai.
India and Afghanistan launch 2nd air cargo route linking Kabul with Mumbai.
China Launches World's Largest Human Genome Research Project.
WHO to classify Gaming Disorder as mental health condition.
World’s Longest Glass Bridge Opens in China.
Modi to be First PM to Attend World Economic Forum in 20 years.

IACS Developed Hydrogel to Remove Toxic Dyes and Metal Ions.
Govt Mint Launches High Purity Gold Reference Standard.
UP launches Prakash Hai to Vikas Hai Scheme.
Blue Flag Pilot Project Launched for Beach Clean-up.
President Kovind Inaugurates AP Fibre Grid Project.
Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill 2017 Passed in Lok Sabha.
India’s first-ever broad gauge air-conditioned AC EMU suburban train flagged off in Mumbai.
Government launches e-HRMS (electronic-Human Resource Management System).
Blue Flag pilot project launched for beach clean-up and development.
India to become fifth largest economy in 2018: Report.
India’s first pod taxi to follow US safety norms.
Lok Sabha passes GST (Compensation to States) Amendment Bill, 2017.
Parliament passes Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy Bill, 2017.
Parliament passes Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Amendment Bill, 2017.
Government launches Livestock Disease Forewarning–Mobile Application.
Environment Ministry launches Regional Project to Tackle Stubble Burning.
President Inaugurated 100th Indian Economic Association Conference.

China has successfully launched its Land Surveying Satellite LKW-2.
US scientist developed Reservoir computing system developed to help machines to think just like humans.
China successfully launches remote sensing satellites of Yaogan-30 project.
25th National Children Science Congress held in Gujarat.

Jairam Thakur Is the New Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.
Bengaluru Becomes First City to Get its Own Logo.
Gujarat is hosting the 25th edition of National Children Science Congress (NCSC) from December 27 to December 31, 2017.
Maharashtra & UP top in GST collection in first five months.
Vijay Rupani sworn in as Chief Minister of Gujarat.
President inaugurates Andhra Pradesh Fiber Grid Project.