Forbes 2019 list of ‘The World's 100 Most Powerful Women' has been topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, followed by European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde in the second spot & US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, ranked third.
Nirmala Sitharaman is ranked 34th in the list.
Moody's Investors lowered 2019 GDP growth forecast for India to 5.6% as slow employment growth weighs on consumption. It expects economic growth to pick up in 2020 & 2021 to 6.6% & 6.7% respectively but sees the pace of growth remaining lower than past.
Moody’s GDP growth forecast for 2018 was 7.4 percent.
The International Hockey Federation unveiled a new world ranking system for 2020. It will come into effect from January 1. For a better reflection of current performances, the new ranking will be match-based instead of tournament-based calculation.
FIH Headquarters - Lausanne, Switzerland.
West Bengal has been selected for the 1st prize in 100-Day Work Programme for Promoting Livelihoods. Bankura and Cooch Behar Districts of the state have won the 1st and 2nd positions among districts in the country in implementation of rural job scheme.
Ministry of Rural Development presented the prize.
Isl Pakistan & World Bank has signed a project agreement worth $406.6 million for financing the Khyber Pass Economic Corridor (KPEC) project with an aim to promote economic development. The project is aimed at constructing a 48km 4-lane, dual carriageway.
Pass is from Peshawar to Torkham border point with Afghanistan.
ICAR & NABARD have singed a MOU to facilitate the research & technologies to develop climate resilient practices in the agriculture sector and integrated & hi-tech farming practices in a participatory model through adoptive research on watershed platform.
ICAR- Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
The 7th Economic Census, which is being organized by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, across whole over India through common services centres (CSCs), is expected to be completed by March 2020. The survey was launched in New Delhi.
CSC e-Governance Service India CEO- Dinesh Tyagi.
Haryana Police Dept has adopted a unique barcoding software called Trakea. The cases are allocated to the biotechnology experts through automated case allocation. The experts will not know about the details of the case or the names associated with case.
It offers security to the sample collected from the crime scene.
TV Somanathan has been appointed as the Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. The appointment comes after the post of expenditure secretary became vacant following the appointment of GC Murmu as the first lieutenant governor of J&K.
Ravi Mittal- Secretary of Information & Broadcasting Ministry.
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) organised the 29th National Energy Conservation Awards in New Delhi. R. K. Singh, Minister of State for Power & New & Renewable Energy and Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship presented the awards.
National Energy Conservation day is observed on 14th December.