ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 2003 Saddam Hussein Captured
• 1972 Last human landing on the Moon
• 1642 First European to Reach New Zealand

NATIONAL NEWS

• The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 passed by Rajya Sabha; seeks to include certain tribal communities in Karnataka into Scheduled Tribe category
• International Seminar cum Exhibition on Naval Weapon Systems ‘NAVARMS – 2019’ being held in Delhi on December 12-13
• GRSE (Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd) hands over LCU (Landing Craft Utility) amphibious ship to Indian Navy
• Bangladesh Navy Chief Admiral Aurangzeb Chowdhury visits naval units in Visakhapatnam
• Veteran Telugu actor, writer Gollapudi Maruti Rao dies at 80
• Social worker Minoti Riba, wife of former Arunachal Pradesh CM Tomo Riba, dies in Itanagar at 83
• Parliament has passed the International Financial Services Centres Authority Bill, 2019
• Parliament has passed the Constitution (126th) Amendment Bill
• The Bill seeks to extend reservation to SCs and STs in Lok Sabha and state assemblies by another ten years
• The Lok Sabha passed the Central Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2019.

ECONOMY NEWS

• Industrial production declines by 3.8% in October
• Retail inflation rises to over three-year high of 5.54% in November
• Ujjivan Small Finance Bank lists on stock exchanges after successful IPO
• India Design Council launches initiatives — Chartered Designs of India (CDI) and Design Education Quality Mark (DEQM) — to promote Design Education and Standards
• FSSAI, Nasscom Foundation partner to develop app to prevent food wastage
• Tara Sinha, the founder of advertising agencies Clarion and Tara Sinha Associates, dies at 88
• Amazon’s Audible launches an India-first audio service ‘Suno’

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• Indian embassy, NGO INTACH (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage) to rebuild 11 heritage sites damaged in Nepal earthquake of 2015
• Voters in Bougainville opt for independence from Papua New Guinea in referendum
• World’s first fully electric commercial plane, operated by Harbour Air, takes flight in Canada
• International Universal Health Coverage Day celebrated on December 12 with the theme ‘Keep the promise’
• International Day of Neutrality observed on December 12

SPORTS NEWS

• Pakistan’s Aleem Dar breaks West Indian Steve Bucknor’s record of umpiring in most number of Tests in his 129th test at Perth
• Spain’s football league LaLiga names cricketer Rohit Sharma as its brand ambassador in India

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