The International Monetary Fund(IMF) Reports that global debt has reached an all-time high of 184 trillion US dollars with the United States, China accounting for more than half of it. On average, the world's debt now exceeds 86,000 dollars per person.
China's share in global debt gone upto 15%.
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry nominated Brijendra Pal Singh as the new president of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Society and Chairman of Governing Council. He is at present the Vice Chairman of the FTII Governing Council.
FTII is located in Pune.
The GoI and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a 60-Million-dollar Loan Agreement for financing riverbank protection works, flood embankments, and community-based flood risk management activities at Brahmaputra River in Assam.
ADB Headquartered at Philippines.
Irish parliament passed legislation allowing abortions for the first time. The new legislation permits terminations to be carried out up to 12 weeks of pregnancy -- or in conditions where there is a risk to the life.
Leo Varadkar is Prime Minister of Ireland.
Amazon India announced a partnership with FISME (The Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises) to empower Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to leverage growth opportunities in the e-commerce sector. It will open new doors for MSMEs
Jeff Bezos is chief executive officer (CEO) of Amazon.
Around 5,000 migratory birds have arrived at Gharana Wetland Conservation Reserve along the International border in the outskirts of Jammu. Gharana wetland is surrounded by wetlands of Makwal, Kukdian, Abdullian and Pargwal.
Hokera Wetland is also situated in Jammu & Kashmir.
The Nepal government has banned the use of Indian currency notes of Rs 2,000, Rs 500 and Rs 200 denominations. The government has asked the people to refrain from keeping or carrying Indian bank notes higher than Rs 100 denomination as it has not legalised
Nepal Rastra Bank is central bank of Nepal.
India signed the Bilateral Annual Haj 2019 Agreement with Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage next year at Jeddah. The GoI had, for the first time, lifted ban on women going for Haj without Mehram in 2018. Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi signed.
Salman Bin Abdul Aziz is Saudi Arabia's King.
The Export-Import (Exim) Bank report India’s merchandise shipments is expected to rise by 7 per cent to USD 82.39 billion during the third quarter this fiscal. It is based on Export Leading Index (ELI) which continued to show a positive growth momentum.
EXIM Bank headquartered at Mumbai.
West Bengal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh emerged the largest beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat scheme. West Bengal allocated 193.34 crore till November. The scheme has benefited more than 5 lakh patients since its launch in September this year.
Ayushman scheme is targeted to benefit more than 50 crore people