Current Affairs, GK Updates 16 December 2018

States

Silver jubilee celebrations of the Delhi Assembly were held on December 15.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be the chief guest while his deputy Manish Sisodia will be the guest of honour at the celebrations.
The Delhi Metropolitan Council governed the national capital before the Delhi Assembly came into being in 1993, following the enactment of the Government of National Capital Territory Act. The Delhi Vidhan Sabha had its first sitting on December 14, 1993.

J&K has become the first State in the country to bring a law to prevent people in power from exploiting subordinates sexually.
Governor Satya Pal Malik’s administration in Jammu & Kashmir approved an amendment to the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC), to insert a section to provide for the offence of “sextortion.”
Under Section 354E of the RPC, the new law explicitly bans sexual exploitation of women by those in positions of authority, having a fiduciary relationship, or a public servant, reads the order issued by Governor Malik-headed State Administration Council (SAC).

Congress named 67-year-old Ashok Gehlot for the top post and nominated 41-year-old Sachin Pilot as his deputy.
A Congress delegation met Governor Kalyan Singh and staked the party’s claim to form the government.

Producer-director Brijendra Pal Singh was appointed as the new president of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and chairman of the institute's governing council by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Mr Singh is currently the vice-chairman of the FTII governing council. He succeeds veteran actor Anupam Kher, who had stepped down as the chairman in October citing "international commitments".
The FTII functions as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Producer Ashok Amritraj was honoured with the French Knight of the National Order of Merit.
Amritraj has been the producer of Hollywood films such as Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance with Nicholas Cage and 99 Homes starring Andrew Garfield. The former CEO of National Geographic Films and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador was lauded for his contribution to the world of cinema and Indo-French film industry.

Noted English writer Amitav Ghosh has been honoured with the Jnanpith Award for "outstanding contribution towards literature". He is the first English writer to receive the honour.
Mr Ghosh, one of the most prominent contemporary Indian writers, is known for a series of novels such as "The Shadow Lines", "The Glass Palace", "The Hungry Tide", and Ibis Trilogy -- "Sea of Poppies", "River of Smoke", and "Flood of Fire" -- chronicling the Opium trade between India and China run by the East India Company.
His most recent book, "The Great Derangement; Climate Change and the Unthinkable, a work of non-fiction", was released in 2016