Daily GK Update 31 Dec 2018

🎯Daily GK Update 31 Dec 2018

1. The three islands — Ross Island, Neil Island and Havelock Island — will now be called Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, Shaheed Dweep and Swaraj Dweep, respectively.
   
   PM Narendra Modi made an announcement of renaming the islands at a function in Port Blair.

2. PM Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party won Bangladesh’s election with a large majority, the country’s Election Commission announced on 30 Dec 2018.
   
   With this win, Mrs. Hasina won a third straight term.
3. Union government has appointed Sudhir Bhargava as new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), along with four new information commissioners in the central information commission.
4. ESAF small finance bank has got RBI approval to operate as a scheduled bank. This makes ESAF small finance bank (SFB) the 5th scheduled bank from Kerala.
   
   ESAF microfinance institution, started in 1992.
5. Smriti Mandhana has been named as the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's Cricketer of the Year.
6. The book titled “Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From” written by Tony Joseph was released.
   
   The book talks about the migration of the First Indians also known as ‘Aryans’ who arrived here 65,000 years ago.
7. Legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen passed away at the age of 95 in Kolkata. He was a Padma Bhushan and Dada Saheb Phalke awardee.