Reserve Bank of India appointed Bimal Jalan as the head of the expert panel that will decide on the appropriate size of reserves that the central bank should maintain and the dividend it should give to the government. Rakesh Mohan is vice chairman.
Bimal Jalan was 20th RBI Governor.
Investments in the Indian capital market through participatory notes climbed to Rs 79,247 crore in November after hitting a nine-and-a-half year low at the end of October. P-notes are issued by registered foreign portfolio investors to overseas investors.
Shaktikanta Das - RBI Governor.
NITI Aayog to release the Second Delta Ranking of the Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP). The ranking will measure the incremental progress made by districts between June 1, 2018, and October 31, 2018.
Amitabh Kant is CEO of NITI Aayog.
Dronacharya awardee C A Kuttappa has taken over as India's chief boxing coach. He took over charge from veteran coach SR Singh. He is credited with shaping some of the country's most successful boxers such as Vijender Singh, M Suranjoy Singh among others.
Strandzha Cup is an international amateur boxing tournament.
A 4.8-magnitude earthquake has hit Sicily near Europe's most active volcano, Mount Etna. The epicenter was located north of Catania. The quake is the strongest in the region after Mount Etna erupted spewing ash.
Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Indian-American Rajesh Subramaniam has been named as the president and chief executive officer of US multinational courier delivery giant FedEx. He replaces David L Cunningham at the Tennessee-headquartered company.
Subramaniam is an IIT-Bombay graduate.
Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed final tests of a hypersonic missile, which he had earlier said would render existing missile systems obsolete. It is named as “Avangard” which is Intercontinental in range.
Dmitry Medvedev is PM of Russia.
Air Marshal Rajeev Sachdeva took over as Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations) (DCIDS). He has the distinction of earlier serving in three out of the four wings of Headquarter Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS).
Rajeev Commissioned as Indian Air Force Pilot in 1981.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting formally inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. To mark the occasion, Ponting received his commemorative cap from compatriot ICC Cricket Hall of Famer, Glenn McGrath.
Ponting was named the ICC Player of the Year in 2006 and 2007.
The Mohammed Rafi Award has been bestowed upon late music composer Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and playback singer Usha Timothy. Mohammed Rafi Lifetime Achievement Award consisting of 1 lakh rupees and a trophy.
The award was instituted by an NGO headed by Ashish Shelar.