Daily Current Affairs Quiz 17th December 2018

The Navy will inaugurate the Information Fusion Centre (IFC) for the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). Through this Centre, information on 'white shipping', or commercial shipping, will be exchanged with countries in the region to improve maritime domain awareness in the Indian Ocean. The IFC has been established at the Navy’s Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) in Gurugram, Haryana.

Foundation Stone of Institute of High-Altitude Medicinal Plants (IHAMP) laid in Jammu and Kashmir.

Bhupesh Baghel was appointed as the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. He took the oath of Chief Minister on 17 December 2018 in Raipur. Baghel will be Chhattisgarh's third Chief Minister and the Congress's second CM in the state.

Shree Saini crowned as Miss India Worldwide 2018.

The Philippines’ Catriona Gray was named 'Miss Universe 2018' in the pageant competition concluding in Bangkok on 17 December 2018. She is the fourth person from the Philippines who has won the international beauty pageant. The first runner-up was Tamaryn Green of South Africa and the second runner-up was Sthefany Gutierrez of Venezuela

Ashok Amritraj was honoured with the French Knight of the National Order of Merit award in Mumbai.

PV Sindhu won the season-ending Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals tournament on 16 December 2018. She is the first Indian to win the gold medal in BWF World Tour Finals tournament. She defeated the Nozomi Okuhara in the final match.

Virat Kohli sports player makes record to score 25 Test Centuries after Sir Don Bradman.

The 37th Senior National Rowing Championship began in the Army Rowing Node in Pune on 17 December 2018. Around 500 rowers and coaches from various rowing associations across the country will take part in the Championship. The Rowers for the World Championships-2019 will be selected from this event. World Championship -2019 is the first qualifying Championship for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Bangladesh on its 47th anniversary of the ‘Victory Day’, December 16, honoured 12 Indian war veterans, marking its emergence as an independent nation following the 1971 Liberation War.