• CM of Uttarakhand, Trivendra Singh Rawat launched Atal Ayushman Uttarakhand Yojana' in Dehradun, Uttarakhand on 25 December 2018.
• Under the Scheme, each household in the state will be able to avail medical treatment of up to 5 lakh rupees annually.
• Under the Scheme, A total of 99 government and 66 private hospitals have been selected.
• It will benefit 23 lakh households and cover 1,350 critical diseases.
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Uttarakhand
Governor - Smt. Baby Rani Maurya
CM - Trivendra Singh Rawat
Dam in Uttarakhand
Koteshwar Dam
Tehri Dam
Ichari Dam
National Park in Uttarakhand
Rajaji National Park
Nanda National Park
Govind National Park
Gangotri National Park
Corbett National Park
Valley of Flowers National Park
Bhutan PM LotayTshering will be on three days visit to India.
This is LotayTshering's first visit to the country since taking charge last month.
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Bhutan
Capital - Thimpu
Currency - Bhutanese ngultrum
PM - LotayTshering
• CA Kuttappa, a Dhronacharya awardee took over as India's new chief boxing coach
• He succeeds veteran boxing coach SR Singh, who has now retired.
• The 39-year-old, who was an assistant coach earlier, is credited with shaping some of the country's most successful boxers such as Vijender Singh, M Suranjoy Singh, and Shiva Thapa.
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India's new chief boxing coach - CA Kuttappa
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will rename three islands of Andaman and Nicobar on 30 December 2018.
• These three islands are - Ross Island, Neil Island and Havelock Island.
• The government has decided to rename Ross Island as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, Neil Island as Shaheed Dweep, and Havelock Island as Swaraj Dweep.
• These islands will be renamed during PM Modi’s visit to Port Blair to mark the 75th Anniversary of the hoisting of the National Flag at Port Blair by freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
• Bose had hoisted the flag at Port Blair on December 30, 1943.
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Andaman and Nicobar
Capital - Port Blair
National Parks in Andaman and Nicobar
Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park, Port Blair
Mount Harriet National Park
Ross island national park
Campbell Bay National Park
North Button Island National Park
Saddle Peak National Park
• Niti Aayog, CEO Amitabh Kant released the Second Delta Ranking of the Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) on 27 December 2018
• The districts have been ranked in a transparent basis on parameters across Health & Nutrition, Education, Agriculture & Water Resources, Financial Inclusion & Skill Development, and Basic Infrastructure through key performance indicators.
• Virudhunagar District of Tamil Nadu was ranked as the most improved district in the Rankings.
• The ranking represented the incremental progress made by districts between June 1, 2018, and October 31, 2018.
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Second Delta Ranking
Virudhunagar District of Tamil Nadu was ranked as the most improved district in the Rankings.
Niti Aayog CEO - Amitabh Kant
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