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Current Affairs is a type of broadcast journalism where the emphasis is on detailed analysis and discussion of news stories that have recently occurred or ongoing at the time of broadcast. The article Current Affairs 11 December 2019 includes News summary on current events of International, National, Education, Banking, Sports and Appointments importance of 11 December 2019.

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Carlo Ancelotti's Reign Ends Amid Feuding As Napoli Turn To Gennaro Gattuso

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  • Carlo Ancelotti's reign at feuding Napoli came to an abrupt end on Tuesday as the veteran coach was sacked despite a 4-0 win over Genk sealing their spot in the Champions League last 16.

  • The 60-year-old is set to be replaced by his friend and former AC Milan player Gennaro Gattuso, 41, later on Wednesday. Napoli finished second in Group E, one point behind Liverpool, to break a nine-match winless run that came amid dressing room unrest and friction between the club, Ancelotti and the players.

  • "Napoli has decided to relieve Carlo Ancelotti of his role as first team coach," the Italian side said in a brief statement on twitter two hours after the game.
Greta Thunberg Accuses World Leaders Of "Creative PR" At Climate Summit

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Key Highlights
  • Teenage activist Greta Thunberg has called upon world leaders to stop using "clever accounting and creative PR" to avoid real action on climate change.

  • Speaking at a UN climate change summit, Greta Thunberg said the next decade would define the planet's future.

  • She accused world leaders of making constant attempts to find loopholes to avoid making substantial changes.
Myanmar Rohingya: Suu Kyi rejects genocide claims at UN court

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  • Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi has defended her country against allegations of genocide at the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ).

  • The Nobel Peace Prize laureate responded to widespread claims that Myanmar (formerly Burma) committed atrocities against Muslim Rohingya.

  • In her opening remarks, she called the case against Myanmar "incomplete and incorrect".
US grounds Saudi pilots, halts military training after base shooting

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Key Highlights
  • The Pentagon announced on Tuesday it was halting operational training of all Saudi Arabian military personnel in the United States until further notice after a Saudi Air Force lieutenant shot and killed three people last week at a base in Florida.

  • The decision will have far-reaching impacts on visiting Saudi personnel, including grounding more than 300 Saudi Arabian military aviation students as part of a “safety stand-down,” first reported by Reuters earlier.

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Cabinet Approves Indo-Japan Pact In Steel Sector

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  • Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between Government of India and Government of Japan to constitute the 'India-Japan Steel Dialogue' to strengthen cooperation in steel sector.

  • The 'India-Japan Steel Dialogue' envisages enhancement of mutual understanding to secure sustainable growth in the steel sector.
Bill To Set Up Central Sanskrit Universities Introduced In Lok Sabha

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Key Highlights
  • A bill to set up central Sanskrit universities was introduced in Lok Sabha. The bill, moved by Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ''Nishank'', seeks to convert three Sanskrit deemed universities presently functioning in the country into central universities.

  • The three deemed universities are Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan and the Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth in New Delhi and the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth in Tirupati.
Security Increased Ahead Of Voting

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Key Highlights
  • As Jharkhand's Hazaribagh seat prepares to go to polls in the third phase, elaborate security arrangements have been kept in place for polling parties to be dispatched from the district headquarters to the respective booths of five constituencies in the district.

  • Mayur Patel, Superintendent of Police, Hazaribagh told ANI, "All the five constituencies of Hazaribagh are going to poll on December 12.

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ICSE, ISC Date Sheets Released @ Cisce.org. Check Here

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  • The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), which conducts the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE or Class 10) and the Indian School Certificate (ISC or Class 12) examinations has released the date sheet for annual examinations officially today.

  • Both ICSE date sheet and ISC date sheet have been release online on the official website, at cisce.org. The ICSE exams will start from February 27 while the ICS will begin from February 3.

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Latest Interest Rates Charged By SBI On Home Loans

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  • State Bank of India or SBI, the country's largest lender, has reduced its benchmark lending rates by 10 basis points or 0.10 percentage points across all tenors. The new rates mark the eight reduction by SBI in this financial year.

  • SBI's marginal cost-based lending rate or MCLR, the rate to which all of its home loans are linked, currently stands at 7.90 per cent for the one-year tenor, according to SBI's website- sbi.co.in.

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India vs West Indies Live Score, Over 1 to 5 Latest Cricket Score, Updates

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  • A dedicated team of experts bring you live score, live cricket score, live match update on Sports.NDTV.com. After 5.3 overs, India are 72/0.

  • The live updates of India vs West Indies scorecard is also available. It is the perfect platform to follow your favourite teams in India vs West Indies 2019/20.
Rohit Sharma Becomes First Indian Batsman To Hit 400 International Sixes

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Key Highlights
  • Rohit Sharma reached the milestone of 400 international sixes across all formats during the third and final Twenty20 International (T20I) between India and the West Indies in Mumbai.

  • Rohit Sharma played a lofted shot against Sheldon Cottrell that landed right on the rope to bring up his 400th maximum in the international arena.

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Greta Thunberg Is TIME's 2019 Person Of The Year

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  • Climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time Magazine's person of the year 2019 on Wednesday. Over the past year, the teen activist has come a long way.

  • What started as her solo protest against global warming outside the Swedish parliament last year, has unraveled into a global youth movement demanding policymakers around the world to take greater action on climate change.


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