Appointments
| Name of the Person | Designation |
| Jon Ridgeon | CEO of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) |
| Ajay Narayan Jha | Finance Secretary |
| TS Vijayan | Additional Director of Yes Bank |
| Krishnamurthy Subramanian | Chief Economic Advisor |
| Atul Sahai | Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of New India Assurance (NIA) |
| Lalit Kumar | Government nominee on private sector ICICI Bank |
| Swapna Barman | Ambassador of YONO by State Bank of India |
| Shamila Batohi | First Female has been appointed as the National Director of South Africa’s National Public Prosecutions |
| Pawan Singh | First Indian to be elected as one of the 7 members of the Judges Committee of the International Shooting Sports Federation |
| Preeti Saran | Elected to the Asia Pacific seat on the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) |
| Amitabh Chaudhry | Additional Director of Axis Bank |
Awards and Honours
| Awardee | Award |
| Luka Modric | Ballon d’Or. (Men’s Category) |
| Ada Hegerberg | Ballon d’Or. (Women’s Category) |
| Dr. Rajanish Giri | Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (IYBA) |
| Rattan Lal | Glinka World Soil Prize 2018 |
| Malala Yousafzai | Gleitsman Award |
| Charlotte Prodger | Turner Award |
| Anand Kumar | Skoch Award for National Significance |
| Mr. Imran Hussain | “Hero to Animals” by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) |
| Vashkar Bhattacharjee and Private sector enterprise of China, Tencent | UNESCO/Emir Jaber al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah Prize for Digital Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities |
Important Days
| Important Day | Date | Theme |
| International Civil Aviation Day | December 07 | Working Together to Ensure No Country is Left Behind |
| Indian Armed Forces Flag Day | December 08 | |
| Indian Navy’s Submarine Day | December 08 | |
| Indian Navy Day | December 04 | |
| United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities or World Disability Day | December 03 | Empowering persons with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”. |
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