CURRENT GK DAILY 13-12-2018, FOR SSC GD, SSC CGL, IAS, RAS, RPSC, RRB ALP

1. Comptroller and Auditor General Rajiv Mehrishi has become the Vice-Chair of the UN Panel of Auditors. The United Nations Panel of Auditors consists of External Auditors of the United Nations and its agencies. 

2. Shaktikanta Das, a former 1980 batch IAS officer who spearheaded the post-demonetisation normalisation of the economy, has been named the new governor of the Reserve Bank of India. 

3. Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered at the Gulf Kingdom's consulate in Istanbul in October, has been included in the TIME's Person of the Year list. 

4. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide USD 31 million loan to develop tourism and boost jobs in Tamil Nadu. 

5. According to a study by global employment website Indeed, Adobe tops the list of leading technology organisations to work for in India, followed by Nvidia and Microsoft in the second and third positions. 

6. Israel became a full member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international body set up to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and other threats to the international financial system. 

7. Senior Congress leader and former Kerala minister CN Balakrishnan passed away. He was 87. 

8. Hinduja Group flagship firm Ashok Leyland has inked a pact with Israel's Elbit Systems. As part of this agreement, Ashok Leyland will provide high mobility vehicles (HMV) for mounting Elbit Systems' artillery guns and systems.