Indira Gandhi was the first woman defence minister of India from 30 November 1975 to 20 December 1975. She was again defence minister of India from 14 January 1980 to15 January 1982.

Sucheta Kriplani was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. She was India's first woman Chief Minister, serving as the head of the Uttar Pradesh government from 1963 to 1967.

Indira Gandhi was the first woman finance minister of India from 17 July 1969 to 27 June 1970.

M. Fathima Beevi was also the first muslim woman to be appointed by of the higher judiciaries in country. She served the office from 6 October 1989 to 29 April 1992.

Sarojini Naidu served as the governor of Uttar Pradesh from 15 August 1947 to 2 March 1949.

After receiving degree in law from Bombay University in 1888, Cornelia Sorabji was the first woman in India to practice law.

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was the health minister of India from 16 August 1947 to 16 April 1957.

V. S. Ramadevi was also the only woman CEC of India till date.

Mamata Banerjee was the minister from 22 May 2009 to 19 May 2011.

Meira Kumar was the speaker of the Lok Sabha from 4 June 2009 to 18 May 2014.

To create the awareness on Braille used by approximately 1.3 billion people having some form of vision impairment, UN has observed 4th January 2019 as the first-ever World Braille Day, on the birthday of Braille script inventor Louis Braille.

The Singapore based Asia Competitiveness Institute's (ACI) EDB index, Andhra Pradesh topped the list followed by Maharashtra and Delhi.

Telangana High Court came into existence on 1st January 2019 and Governor of Telangana ESL Narasimhan administered the oath of Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan as Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court.

The National Health Agency has been dissolved and restructured as the National Health Authority to effectively implement Pradhan Mantri – Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY). Now the National Health Authority will have full autonomy to implement PM-JAY.

The HQ of the North Central Railway is located in Allahabad (Prayag).

North Koel river is located in Jharkhand, the Mandal Dam project will help around one lakh eleven thousand hectares of agricultural land in Jharkhand and Bihar to get irrigation facilities.

Saurabh Kumar is a 1982-batch Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) officer. IOFS is a multi-disciplinary composite cadre consisting of technical - engineers & technologist and non-technical- administrative officers. Technical posts comprise about 87% of the total posts. Another civil service category named as Indian Ordnance Factories Health Service (IOFHS) is served by health professionals.

The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has recently approved the establishment of a Centre for Classical Language at the Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University in Tirur, Kerala.

Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic's Swiss team has won the 31st edition of the Hopman Cup tournament 2019 in Perth, Australia.

The Government of India (GoI) has amalgamated three Regional Rural Banks (RRB) -- Punjab Gramin Bank, Malwa Gramin Bank and Sutlej Gramin Bank -- into a single RRB with effect from January 1.

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has set up an inter-ministerial consultant note to rename Indian Forest Service as Indian Forest and Tribal Service.

Following sub-categories of people will be exempted from it (state may also decide as their own criteria): a) People owning over 5 acres of land, b) People owning a residential plot of more than 1,000 square feet, c) People owing plots of land more than 100 square yards in notified areas, and people owning plots of land more than 200 square yards in non-notified areas, d) People with annual incomes exceeding Rs. 8 lakh. Gujarat became the first state to implement this reservation measure.

The scheme, being implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare comprises of two components namely National Programme for Bovine Breeding (NPBB) and National Mission on Bovine Productivity (NMBP).

Previously, under the right to education act, no state government could allow any schools to fail students up to class 8. Now, it's up to the state government to decide as per the latest amendment.

A currency swap is an agreement of foreign exchange between two parties to exchange a given amount of money for another and giving back the swapped money after a period of time.

In response to the petition by Shantantu Kumar, that has sought cancellation of 2017 SSC examination due to alleged tampering and leaking of question papers, SC has formed a three-member committee to suggest reform in competitive examinations. Nandan Nilekani & Vijay P Bhatkar are the members of the committee and SC has asked advocate Prashant Bhusan, appearing for the petitioner to name the third member.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed a 5-member committee headed by Nandan Nilekani to suggest ways to improve digital payments, review the existing status of digitization of payments in the country, identify the current gaps in the ecosystem and suggest ways to bridge them

Madhya Pradesh government has proposed to set up Adhyatmik Vibhag (Spiritual Department) by merging its Anand Vibhag (Happiness Department), Religious Trust and Endowment Department, Directorate of Religious Trust and Endowment, Madhya Pradesh Teerth Evam Mela Pradhikaran and Rajya Anand Sansthan.

The AI-Powered robot 'USTAAD' will scrutinize parts of train coaches in real time and transmit them over a WiFi connection.

A capital market is a financial market in which long-term debt (over a year) or equity-backed securities are bought and sold. The Panda Bond will be denominated in Chinese Yuan.

NALSA works in close coordination with the various State Legal Services Authorities, District Legal Services Authorities, and other agencies for a regular exchange of relevant information, monitoring and updating on the implementation and progress of the various schemes.

Rishabh Pant becomes the first Indian wicket-keeper to claim 20 catches in the 'Boxing Day Test' in Melbourne against Australia on December 30.

Arunodoi Kendra of Assam are registered as Common Service Center (CSC).

As per the data from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, 23 state and Central universities and colleges offering B.Ed courses were found not recognized by the National Council for Teacher Education.

The amendment provides for insertion of section 10A in the principal Act to power centre and state governments to recognize trade unions and Federation of Trade Unions at Central as well as State level.

Earlier, the Nigerian military had suspended the UNICEF & accused it of training spies supporting Boko Haram jihadists.

ECO Niwas Samhita 2018 - an Energy Conservation Building Code for Residential Buildings (ECBC-R) was launched on the occasion of the 2018 National Energy Conservation Day (NECD) celebrated on 14th December 2018.

Catriona Elisa Magnayon Gray is a Filipino-Australian model, stage actress, singer, visual artist, and beauty pageant titleholder.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI), has been inaugurated on 18th December 2018 in Jhajjar, Haryana for public services. The National Cancer Institute will be formally operational from January 2019.

In the Gender Gap Index 2018 published by the World Economic Forum, Iceland has been ranked number one for the 10th consecutive year.

In accordance with Resolution 55/93 of the United Nations General Assembly on 4th December 2000, 18th December is observed as the International Migrants Day in many countries, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations through the dissemination of information on human rights and fundamental political freedoms of migrants, and through sharing of experiences and the design of actions to ensure the protection of migrants.

The Consumer Protection Bill, 2018 seeks to enforce consumer rights and to offer a mechanism for complaint redressal related to the deficiencies in goods and services for which Consumer Redressal Commissions will be set up at district, state, and national level.

"Asiatic Lion Conservation Project" has been launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change(MoEFCC), government of India.

The Nidhanpur Copperplate Inscription was discovered by a Muslim cultivator in Nidhanpur village, near Sylhet, presently Bangladesh, on 29th December 1912 during a processing of building buffalo shed.

In connection with Harsha Vardhan & Xuanzang, Kumar Bhaskar Varman visited ancient Buddhist University at Nalanda, where his seal along with fragmentary seal of Harsha was found by archeologist Dr. David B. Spooner along with his team during excavation in 1917-1918.

Though historian Kanak Lal Barua claimed that Davaka was absorbed with the Kamarupa Kingdom by 6th to 7th century, later historians like B. N. Puri (1968), and P.C. Choudhury (1959) claimed that Davaka was absorbed with Kamarupa kingdom much earlier during Kalyan Varman (422-446).

It is mentioned in the Nagendranath Vasu’s The Social History of Kamarupa that Mahendra Varman master the self like king Janaka, i.e. become self-realized and worked towards stability of the country.

Later, Mahendra Varman perfomed Asvamedha sacrifice to through the imperial yoke of Gupta-empire.

Mahasenagupta of East Malwa, the predecessor of Shasanka was fighting with Varman dynasty when Susthita Varman was the king, then Varman dynasty formed an alliance with Maukhari dynasty.

In the Umachal Rock inscription, it is written that the cave temple of the illustrious Balabhadra (Balarama) was constructed by Surendra Varman. Nowadays, a temple for Balabhadra is present in the north eastern slope of the Nilachal Hills.

ASPIRe- Assam State Public Finance Institutional Reforms. A scheme under the Dept of Finance, Govt of Assam ReSTART- Restructuring Systems and Technology for Augmentation of Resources for Transformed Assam Lead EAP- Lead Externally Aided Project

Families with annual income less than Rs. 2.50 Lakh shall be eligible for availing benefits under the scheme, while priority shall be given to BPL families

Assam Arogya Nidhi (AAN) provides financial assistance to BPL families and referrals to hospitals inside & outside the state for certain diseases. 50 % of the funds are provided by Govt of India and the maximum threshold for financial assistance is Rs. 15 lakhs. For detailed description visit- https://hfw.assam.gov.in/schemes/assam-arogya-nidhi-aan

SAPTADHARA scheme is being implemented by RMSA. Details of education schemes in Assam is available at https://education.assam.gov.in/schemes/significant-schemes

The proposal made by India will enhance global awareness to bring back these nutri-cereals to the plate. FAO has also approved India’s membership to the Executive Board of the United Nations World Food Program for 2020 and 2021.

With the inauguration of the Kannur airport on December 9, 2018, Kerela becomes the first state to have four international airports in India, which is the highest of its kind.

INS Kalveri is a Kalvari-class submarine was the first submarines inducted into the Indian Navy. They were variants of the early Soviet Foxtrot-class submarines. Coincidentally, The Name of India's first submarine is the same as it's first MADE IN INDIA submarine.

Shaktikanta Das is a retired 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Tamil Nadu cadre. Das was earlier a member of the Fifteenth Finance Commission of India and India's Sherpa to the G20.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx- Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer found that liquid water was present at some time on Bennu’s parent body, a much larger asteroid. But, Bennu is too small to have ever hosted liquid water.

Set up by the Lokmat newspaper, DMK MP Kanimozhi has been selected for the Best Woman Parliamentarian (Rajya Sabha) 2018.

Subsidy payment for activities related to poultry, small ruminants, pigs etc. through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) will be provided by the ENSURE portal launched by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare.

Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) India is a joint venture of top Indian public and private sector banks.

Sascha Bajin is the coach of the World No.5 five Naomi Osaka.

FATF was formed by the 1989 G7 Summit in Paris to combat the growing problem of money laundering. The task force was charged with studying money laundering trends, monitoring legislative, financial and law enforcement activities taken at the national and international level.

The law is passed to ban sexual extortion of woman in offices amended section 154, 161 and schedule of Criminal Procedure Code and Section 53 of Evidence Act to bring the Sextortion as similar offences prescribed under RPC.

The writer of non-fiction Antique Land (1992), Amitav Ghosh is an English fiction writer born in Calcutta in 1956 was awarded the Jnanpith Award 2018.

The PIL filed by Dr. Zaheer Ahmed stated that the government has failed in its responsibility to protect public health and fulfil its obligation under Article 21 of the constitution by allowing unchecked online sales.

The popular TV serial CID director, Brijendra Pal Singh has been appointed as the President of FTII.

Harivara Vipra, the court poet of Kamata King Durlabh Narayan authored Lava-Kuxar Yuddha & Vavruvahanar Yuddha. Vipra's literary work provides the first date-able examples of Assamese literature.

Oja-palis follow two different traditions: biyah-gowa which tells stories from the Mahabharata and Maroi, which tells stories on the snake goddess Manasa.

Bhattadeva, the father of Assamese prose had written three books on Vaishnavism: Katha Geeta, Katha Bhagawat and Katha Ratnawali.

"Charit puthis" were biographies, 17th centuary is renowed for its growth and develpment.

Luipa or Luipada was a mahasiddha from from North-East India. During the Pala Empire in Ancient Assam, Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, "Charyapada" a collection of mystical poems or songs of realization in the Vajrayana tradition of Buddhism were written.

Bakul Kayastha, a mathematician from Kamarupa was known for masterpiece in the field of mathematics named "Kitabat Manjari", written in 1434, and "Lilavati".

Edited by S. K. Bhuyan, "Asamar Padya Buranji" (অসমৰ পদ্য বুৰঞ্জী) or A metrical chronicle of Assam is a Buranji in verse consisting of Dutiram Hazarika's "Kali-bharat buranji" and Bisweswar Vaidyadhipa's "Belimarar buranji".

Bhagavata Purana describes how Lord Krishna first made peace with demons to understand them, then creatively defeated them to bring justice, freedom, and happiness.

Naam Ghosa is a Vaishnavite scripture of verses in praise of Lord Krishna written in Assamese by Madhavdeva.

The Tripura Buranji is an account of the diplomatic contacts between the Ahom kingdom and the Tripura Kingdom between 1709 and 1715.