On December 28, 2019, NASA Astronaut Christina Koch created the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, which was earlier held by NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson in 2017.

The fund raising through IPOs plunged to a low Rs 12,362 crore in 2019, down a full 60 per cent from 2018 when the street mopped up Rs 30,959 crore. The outgoing year saw only 16 initial public offerings (IPOs) as against 24 in 2018.

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Deepika Kumari is associated with Archery.She was in news recently because she won 2nd Olympic Quota for India. It is also to be noted that the Indian men’s recurve team had already secured the Olympic quota during the 2019 World Archery Championships that was held in the Netherlands.

On 2nd December 2019, Yeduguri Sandinti Jaganmohan Reddy, Chief Minister (CM) of Andhra Pradesh (AP) launched the YSR Aasaraa Scheme in Guntur Medical College, Guntur Andhra Pradesh.The YSR Aasaraa scheme provides postoperative sustenance allowance of Rs.225 medical allocation for each person for a day or or Rs 5000 per month, who come under the Aarogyasri Scheme, this scheme is a Community Health Insurance Scheme launched in 2008 in Andhra Pradesh.

The 21st Asian Archery Championship for the year 2019 was held at the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand from November 21-28, 2019. India secured second position in the overall medal tally while South Korea topped the list. The third position was obtained by China.

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant launched the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index 2019-20 on December 30, 2019. This is the second edition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index, which indicates where the country and its States and UTs currently are on SDG implementation.

General Bipin Rawat took over as the first CDS on 1st January 2020. He will serve a full three-year term till December 2022.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai was declared as the ‘most famous teenager in the world’ by the United Nations in its ‘decade in review’ report released on December 23, 2019. The young education activist was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman while taking a bus from school in October 2012.

On December 30, 2019 Government of India signed MoU with Flipkart for selling the products made by women self-help groups under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) on the e-commerce platform.DAY-NULM consists of 44 lakh women across the country which aims to make women financially independent.According to Union Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra, 12 lakh people have trained in the past five years and nearly 5.06 lakh people were given funds by the government to start their own business.

A function was organized to commemorate the 76th Anniversary of First Flag Hoisting by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at Port Blair on 30 Dec 2019.

Lt. Governor Admiral D.K. Joshi, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey hoisted the National Flag at Flag Point, Port Blair.

Subhash Mela Committee Swarajdweep organised bike rally on 30 Dec 2019.

Five Indian women boxers booked their place for the Olympic qualifiers at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi.

Mary Kom defeated Nikhat Zareen 9-1 in 51kg category while in 57kg Sakshi Chaudhary outclassed her opponent.

In the 60kg event, Simranjit Kaur won her bout.

In the 69kg and 75kg category, Lovlina Borgohain and Pooja Rani won their respective matches.