International
- On 12 December, Indian Embassy signed an agreement with the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) for the post-earthquake reconstruction of 11 Cultural Heritage sites in - Nepal.
- Host of the 36th International Geological Congress (IGC) in March 2020 under the theme of ‘Geosciences: The Basic Science for a Sustainable Development’ - India (in Delhi).
National
- The International Conference on Opencast Mining Technology and Sustainability will be organised on 13-14 December at – Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh.
- National Energy Conservation Week - 9th to 14th December 2019.
- Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has signed a MoU with Nasscom foundation to develop an app - ‘Food Donation in India’.
- Institution which has launched the Chartered Designs of India (CDI) and the Design Education Quality Mark (DEQM) in New Delhi - India Design Council (IDC).
- National Tribal Dance Festival will be held on 27-29 December 2019 in - Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
- The Ministry of Human Resource Development is to implement the Scheme of Vocationalisation of School Education under - Samagra Shiksha (for Classes IX to XII students).
- Lok Sabha passed the ‘Central Sanskrit University Bill 2019’ to convert these three existing institutions into Central Universities - Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan and Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha in Delhi and the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth in Tirupati.
Persons in News
- Person who won the Nobel Literature Prize 2019 - Peter Handke (Austrian author).
- Indian personalities in the Forbes 2019 list of ‘The World's 100 Most Powerful Women' - Nirmala Sitharaman (34th), Roshni Nadar Malhotra (54th) and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (65th).
- First place in the Forbes 2019 list of ‘The World's 100 Most Powerful Women' - Angela Merkel (German Chancellor).
Sports
- The International Hockey Federation (FIH) unveiled a new world ranking system, which will be a match-based for - 2020.
State Current Affairs
- State which is to set up a virtual police station (VPS) to report crime online - Andhra Pradesh.
Science
- RISUG (Reversible Inhibition of sperm under guidance), the world’s first injectable male contraceptive is developed by - Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
General Knowledge
- Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) - Founded: 1948; Headquarters: New Delhi.
- International Hockey Federation (FIH) - Founded: 1924 (07 January); Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) – Established: 1927; Founder: G.D. Birla.
- Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) - Founded: August 2011; Headquarters: New Delhi.
