Sabarimala is a Hindu pilgrimage centre located at the Periyar Tiger Reserve in the Western Ghat mountain ranges of Pathanamthitta District, Perunad grama panchayat in Kerala.

Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been honoured by the Timemagazine's 'Person of the Year' 2018.

• He was murdered in October, 2018.

• It was announced on 11^th December, 2018.

• The honour was also given to three other journalists, Wa Lone , Kyaw Soe Oo and Maria Ressa.

• National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February each year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir Chandra sekhara Venkata Raman on 28 February 1928. For his discovery, Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.

Ottawa is the capital of Canada. It is situated on the south bank of the Ottawa river in the eastern portion of southern Ontario. It is established in 1826. Jim Watson is the mayor of Ottawa.

Nuruddin Mohammad Salim known by his imperial name ‘Jahangir’ conqueror of the world was the fourth Mughal Emperor who ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627.

Twiddle is associated with Table Tennis. To twiddle is to spin your racket in order to switch the backhand side of the racket to the forehand side of the racket. This is often used by defensive players who use a pimpled rubber on one side and a regular inverted rubber on the other side. In the middle of a fast rally, this player will twiddle and play the ball with the other rubber, hoping the opponent doesn't notice the change and is then likely to misplay the ball.

Sunil Arora has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India on 28^th November, 2018. Sunil Arora replaces O.P. Rawat.

• He is a 1980-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre.

• He had worked in ministries such as finance, textiles and also at the Planning Commission.

• A Chief Election Commissioner can have a tenure of six years or hold office till the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.

Jute is a long, soft, shiny vegetable fibre that can be spun into coarse, strong threads.

Jute is in great demand due to its cheapness, softness, length, lustre and uniformity of its fibre. It is also called the 'golden fibre' due to its versatile nature. It is called the 'brown paper bag' as it is also used to store rice, wheat, grains, etc.

Joint Air Exercise –“Cope India 2018” is conducted between the air forces of the United States and India on December 3, 2018 in West Bengal, India.

• The 12-day exercise will be held from December 3-14 at Air Station Kalaikunda and Air Station Arjan Singh in Panagarh airbase.

• The main aim of exercise is to provide operational exposure and undertake mutual exchange of best practices towards enhancing operational capability.

In Kerala, principal seat of the High Court is situated at a place other than the State Capital. The principal seat of the Kerala High Court is at Ernakulam, which is situated at a distance of 200 kms. from the State Capital, Thiruvananthapuram. Ever since the formation of the State of Kerala in 1956, there has been a demand for the establishment of a permanent Bench at the State Capital.