India has slipped four places to rank 112th globally in terms of gender gap amid widening disparity in terms of women's health and survival and economic participation -the two areas where the country is now ranked in the bottom-five. Iceland ranked No1.
Yemen is ranked the worst (153rd), while Iraq is 152nd.
Portugal PM, Antonio Costa will be on a two-day visit to India from Dec. 19-20. He will attend the second meeting of the Organising Committee on the celebrations for the 150th Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, presided over by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Portugal Capital – Lisbon, Currency -Euro.
Reliance Industries and British energy giant BP plc signed a partnership agreement to jointly grow the Indian firm's network of petrol pumps to 5,500 from the existing No 1,400. BP's Castrol lubricants will also be available across the venture's network.
This is the 3rd joint venture between Reliance & BP since 2011.
Vistara's Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) Sanjiv Kapoor has resigned due to the personal reasons, four years after he joined the airline. The airline’s Chief Strategy Officer, Vinod Kannan, will take over from Kapoor, who joined the airline in March 2016.
Vistara is the JV between Tata Sons and Singapore Airline.
Sridhar Patra is appointed as the chairman-cum-managing director of NALCO. Patra is at present Director (Finance) in the National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO). He will succeed Tapan Kumar Chand. NALCO’s Registered Office is in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.
NALCO is a Navratna PSU under the Ministry of Mines.
Honda Cars India Ltd it has tied up with TranzLease to offer auto finance solution for its customers. Under the partnership 'Smart EMI' was introduced for its customers which will take care of various requirements of vehicles during financing period.
TranzLease-automobile leasing & mobility solutions provider.
India donated solar powered study lamps supplied by IIT Bombay, to Palestinian elementary school children from a marginalised Bedouin community to spread the principles of self-sufficiency and raise awareness towards the adverse effects of climate change.
Palestine President : Mahmoud Abbas.
It is mandatory to link PAN with Aadhaar by the end of 2019, the IT Dept said in a public message. Earlier, the deadline for this linkage was September 30. Aadhaar is issued by Unique Identification Authority of India & PAN is issued by IT department.
The CBDT frames policy for the Income Tax Department.
With the RBI making online NEFT transfers 24/7 on all days including weekends and holidays from Monday, India's digital payment leader Paytm has become the only payments app offering three ways to pay 24x7 seamlessly.
Paytm users can pay up to ₹10 lakh per transaction using NEFT.
1st-ever Karanji Lake Festival began to spread the message on the importance of waterbodies. The nature park, a prominent tourist destination managed by the Mysuru zoo, was thrown open to the public to be part of the festival which had many attractions.
Karanji Lake is located in the city of Mysore, Karnataka.
Lt Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane will be the next Chief of Army Staff. He is currently serving as Vice Chief of the Army. He was heading the Eastern Command of the Army. Lt Gen Naravane will succeed Gen Bipin Rawat, who will retire on the 31st of this month.
He has been awarded Sena Medal & Param Vishisht Seva Medal.
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. Recently, the 15th Finance Commission submitted its report for the period 2020-21 to President.
Finance Commission Chairman - NK Singh.
RN Ravi, Guv of Nagaland, has been given additional charge of Meghalaya. The posting came at a time when Assam and other parts of North East are reeling under protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. He replaced Tathagata Roy who is on a leave.
Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Conrad Sangma.