Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (07th to 13th December 2019)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of 2^nd week  December 2019. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2020 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

Current Affairs: Important Days

Current Affairs: National

• India has become the first country to make the entire process for pilgrims going on Haj completely digital.
• Government disbursed Rs 36,000 crore to farmers under PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi
• Over Rs 10 lakh cr loans sanctioned under MUDRA Yojana
• Over 65 lakh patients availed treatment worth Rs 9,549 crore under Ayushman Bharat scheme
• Culture Minister Prahlad Patel launches web portal showcasing heritage of India
• The fourth edition of International Seminar cum Exhibition on Naval Weapon Systems ‘NAVARMS – 2019’ with the theme ‘Make in India – Fight Category: Opportunities and Imperatives’ was inaugurated by Admiral Karambir Singh
• India Announces a “Green Window” to Catalyze Climate Finance
• President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
• External Affairs Ministry to host 6th Indian Ocean Dialogue, Delhi Dialogue XI
• Ekamra Kshetra to replicate Jagannath temple project

Current Affairs: International

• S shuts down World Trade Organization appeals court
• Johnson is set to be re-elected as British prime minister with a landslide majority
• 8-yr-old Licypriya Kangujam from India urges leaders at COP25 to act on climatic change.
• Bougainville Votes to Become World’s Newest Country

Current Affairs: State

• Punjab government launches ESTAC programme for startups
• Haryana Chief Minister Manohar LalKhattar has inaugurated Gurgaon’s ambitious Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC)
• Odisha government has reduced the financial assistance given to farmers under the Kalia scheme to Rs 4,000 per annum from Rs 10,000
• Lt Governor Girish Chandra Murmu dedicated the 72-metre-long Multi Cell Box Type Load Class 70 bridge to the Nation in Rajouri
• The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet approved signing of an MoU to sell water from the Yamuna
• The First Pashu Kisan credit cards in India were distributed to 101 animal farmers in Bhiwani in Haryana

Current Affairs: Banking and Economy

• RBI tightens norms for ARCs to acquire financial assets
• Bank customers will be able to transfer funds round-the-clock through the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) system from 16 December
• Canada’s CPPIB to invest up to $600 million in Indian infrastructure fund
• Vakrangee partners with Union Bank of India for 20,000 banking BC points for Pan India Nextgen Vakrangee Kendras
• ADB scales down India’s GDP growth forecast from 6.5% to 5.1% for FY20
• EXIM Bank provides USD 500 mn credit to Bangladesh for defence procurement
• The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 has been introduced in the Lok Sabha
• Mastercard ties up with Federal Bank for identity check security for digital transactions
• Government to sell 100 per cent stake in Air India
• Tech Mahindra bags smart city project from Pune’s Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation
• Moody’s cuts India’s GDP growth forecast to 5.6 per cent for 2019

Current Affairs: Appointments

Current Affairs: Awards and Honours

• South Africa’s Zozibini Tunzi crowned Miss Universe 2019
• Indian shooters Saurabh, Divyansh, Elavenil get Golden Target award from ISSF
• A day after receiving the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award at the UNICEF Snowflake Ball, Priyanka Chopra Jonas was awarded at Festival International Du Film De Marrakech in Morocco
• Poet Viswanath Prasad Tiwari to get Gangadhar National Award
• Odisha’sJaga Mission Wins Bronze At World Habitat Awards
• The Forbes 2019 list of ‘The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women’ has been topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Sitharaman, a newcomer on the Forbes most powerful women list, is ranked 34^th
• The Gurugram based startup blue sky analytics has created an application called zuri that won the Copernicus masters award also called space oscars, under the social entrepreneurship category
• Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time’s Person of the Year
• Padmeswar Gogoi was awarded the Siu-Ka-Pha Award

Current Affairs: Summit and Conference

• The 7th edition of the OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting was held in Vienna, Austria
• Goa to host 2nd edition of startup India Global Venture Capital Summit 2019
• Switzerland will be the partner country for BioAsia 2020 scheduled to be held here between February 17-19
• The Ministry of External Affairs, in association with the Ministry of AYUSH, organized a Symposium on “Scope of Science of Ayurveda in Global Health”, in New Delhi
• Workshop on Bamboo cultivation held in Jammu

Current Affairs: Science and Technology

• An all-electric powered seaplane has taken flight in Vancouver, Canada, the operators describe as a “world first” for the aviation industry
• ISRO launches surveillance satellite RISAT-2BR1
• NASA scientists develop map showing presence of water ice on Mars

Current Affairs:MoU

• Zestmoney Partners With Micredit, Launches Small Ticket Loans

Current Affairs: Ranking

• A police station on Andaman & Nicobar Islands has been adjudged as the country’s best performing police station out of 15,579 police stations for the year 2019
• India climbed one spot to 129 among 189 countries in the 2019 human development index

Current Affairs: Books and Author

• Abanindranath Tagore’s Book ‘Nalak’, translated in English by UrbiBhaduri

Current Affairs: Defence

• ‘Iron Union 12’, a joint military exercise between the ground forces of the UAE and the United States, commenced
• MoD to organise series of webinars in run up to DefExpo 2020

Current Affairs: Sports

• Caroline Wozniacki former World No.1 tennis player announced her retirement from tennis after Australian Open 2020
• Indian junior women’s team wins 3-nation hockey tournament
• Shashini Puvi from Karnataka has won the coveted gold medal in the recently held National Schools Chess Championship in Aurangabad
• India’s R. Praggnanandhaa won the FIDE Open category of the London Chess Classic
• ManavThakkar wins U-21 ITTF Challenge Series title in Canada
• FICCI India Sports Awards 2019: Rani Rampal Wins Female Sportsperson Of The Year
• Rohit Sharma named La Liga’s first India brand ambassador
• Pakistan cricket board appoints Mushtaq Ahmed as spin bowling consultant
• WasimJaffer becomes first Indian to play 150 Ranji matches
• The WTA has announced world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty as its Player of the Year

Current Affairs: Obituaries