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And we are back again with\u00a0Daily Current Affairs Update – 18 Dec 2019, to help you familiarise yourself with the latest current affairs and major news headlines. The major purpose of this blog is to help the aspirants preparing for upcoming banking\/insurance\/government exam with the general awareness section.\u00a0Prepare for exams like SSC CPO<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, LIC Assistant<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, IBPS SO<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, SSC CGL<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and many more with Oliveboard<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 Let’s start with the blog to learn the latest news for the day.<\/p>\n

Daily Current Affairs Update – 18 Dec 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Daily Current Affairs Update – National<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Portugal PM, Antonio Costa will be on a 2-day visit to India from Dec 19-20. He will be attending the second meeting of the organizing committee on the celebrations for the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.<\/p>\n

5th meeting of the Economic Advisory council of the 15th Finance Commission was held in New Delhi. Preparation of the report for 2021-26 period was discussed.<\/p>\n

India slips to 112th place on gender gap report published by the World Economic Forum. Iceland topped the list of the gender gap.<\/p>\n

Sridhar Patra is appointed as the Chairman cum Managing Director of National Aluminium Company Limited(NALCO). He will succeed Tapan Kumar Chand.<\/p>\n

Vinod is set to take over as Chief Commercial Officer of Vistara Airlines. He is currently the Chief Strategy Officer of the airliner. Vistara is a joint venture between Tata sons & Singapore Airlines.<\/p>\n

1st ever Karanji Lake Festival began to spread the message on the importance of water bodies. The nature park, a prominent tourist destination managed by the mysuru zoo, was opened for the public.<\/p>\n

Daily Current Affairs Update – International<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

India donated solar-powered study lamps supplied by IIT Bombay to Palestine in its initiative of 150th Gandhi Jayanti Students Solar Ambassador.<\/p>\n

United Nation Security Council cancelled its meet on Jammu & Kashmir issue. The meeting was provoked by China after India ended special status to J&K.<\/p>\n

Daily Current Affairs Update – Sports<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Aston Villa defeated Liverpool which helped them to advance to League Cup Semi-Finals.<\/p>\n

Former West Indian Batsman Basil Butcher passed away after fighting with prolonged illness.<\/p>\n

That is all from us in this blog; Daily Current Affairs Update – 18 Dec 2019. Keep checking the space for more latest updates. Stay Tuned!<\/p>\n

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