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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

08 Dec 2018

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

America Turned into a Net Oil Exporter

  • America turned into a net oil exporter last week, breaking almost 75 years of continued dependence on foreign oil and marking a pivotal moment toward what US President Donald Trump has branded as 'energy independence.'
  • The shift to net exports is the dramatic result of an unprecedented boom in American oil production, with thousands of wells pumping from the Permian region of Texas and New Mexico to the Bakken in North Dakota to the Marcellus in Pennsylvania.

Current Account Deficit Widened

  •  According to the Reserve Bank of India, the current account deficit (CA) widened to 2.9% of GDP for the July-September quarter due to higher trade deficit compared with 1.1% during the same period of the previous year.

HCL to Buy Select IBM Products

  •  HCL Technologies  will acquire select software products from IBM in areas such as security and marketing, for $1.8 billion, one of the biggest acquisitions by an Indian IT firm.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

First Vibration Sound on Mars

  •  Humans can now hear the haunting, low rumble of wind on Mars for the first time, after NASA's InSight lander captured vibrations from the breeze on the Red Planet.
  • The strong gusts of wind, blowing between 10 to 15 mph (five to seven meters a second), were captured as they moved over the solar panels on InSight, an unmanned lander that touched down on Earth's dusty, desolate neighbour on November 26.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

NSCN(K) Faction Asks Centre to Revive Ceasefire

  •  A breakaway faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang), led by Khango Konyak, has decided to revoke its decision of unilaterally abrogating the ceasefire agreement with the Union government with immediate effect.
  • The chairman and general secretary of the NSCN(K) faction, Konyak and Isak Sumi, says that the outfit is resolved to revoke the unilateral decision after holding wide consultations with NGOs and civil society groups of Nagaland in the past one month.
  • The NSCN(K) had signed ceasefire with the Centre in 2001 but unilaterally abrogated it in March 2015 when the then chairman of the group, S.S. Khaplang, was alive.

Voter Turnout in Assembly Elections

  •  As per the Election Commission, a voter turnout of 72.62 per cent was recorded in the assembly elections in Rajasthan while in Telangana, the figure was 67 per cent.
  • Counting in these two states and in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram will take place on December 11. 
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PERSONS IN NEWS

Subramanian Appointed as Chief Economic Advisor

  •  Krishnamurthy Subramanian, a top-ranking IIT-IIM alumnus, has been appointed as the new Chief Economic Advisor for a period of 3 years.
  • Subramanian is currently serving as Associate Professor of Finance and Executive Director for the Centre for Analytical Finance at the Indian School of Business. 
  • The government had in June invited applications for the appointment of CEA on deputation basis after Arvind Subramanian quit the office ahead of completion of his term.
  • The finance ministry had appointed a search committee headed by former Reserve Bank of India Governor Bimal Jalan to shortlist candidates for the post.

Heather Nauert to Succeed Nikki Haley

US President Donald Trump will pick state department spokesperson and a former journalist Heather Nauert as the ambassador to the United Nations to succeed Nikki Haley.
Haley is set to leave the coveted cabinet-rank position seen as the face of American diplomacy at the global body later this month.
In another development, William Barr, who headed the justice department under late President George HW Bush, has emerged as the top contender to follow Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, to head a department that oversees special counsel probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections.

Merkel to Pass Torch to a New Party Leader

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hand over the leadership of her party after nearly two decades at the helm, with the race wide open between a loyal deputy and a longtime rival.
The contest's outcome is expected to be crucial in deciding whether Ms. Merkel, Europe's most influential leader, can realise her stated goal of completing her fourth term in 2021 and before leaving politics.
Ms. Merkel is quitting the helm of her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) after a series of poll setbacks rooted in controversy over her liberal refugee policy.
Ms. Merkel has led Germany since 2005, and moved the party and the country steadily toward the political centre.
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GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES

Agricultural Export Policy, 2018

  •  The Union Cabinet approved the Agricultural Export Policy, 2018. The policy is aimed at doubling agricultural exports from the current level of $30 billion by 2022 and increasing them to $100 billion in the next few years thereafter.
  • As per the policy, this is to be achieved through a diversification of the export basket including indigenous, organic and ethnic exports.
  • The export push will be aided by institutional mechanisms to ease market access and non-tariff barriers. 
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ART AND CULTURE

Smita Patil International Film Festival

  •  The Smita Patil International Film Festival, Pune (SPIFF), which aims to showcase short films and documentaries from across the world and promotes storytellers, will be held on December 8 and 9, 2018. 
  • Started in 2012, this year marks the seventh year of the festival and in its current edition it has received more than 1,000 films from 60 countries and only 60 films have been selected for screening. 

Military Literature Festival Inaugurated

  •  A three-day (December 7-9) annual military literature festival kicked off with hundreds of schoolchildren, military historians from India and abroad, authors, and serving and retired military personnel in attendance.
  • This is the second edition of the festival, the first one was held last year.
  • Punjab Governor V. P. S. Badnore inaugurated the festival. 
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