Persons in News & Places (10-15 Dec 2018)

1. Mexico’s Vanessa Ponce de Leon won the coveted ‘Miss World 2018’ crown.
2. Goa’s Prathamesh Maulingkar has become the first Asian/Indian to win ‘Mister Supranational 2018’ title.
3. Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been named Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’.
4. ‘Shi Yomi’ and Lepa Rada have become the 23rd and 24th district of Arunachal Pradesh respectively.
5. With the commissioning of the Kannur airport, Kerala has become the first in the country to have four international airports.
6. A ‘Nishidhi’ stone inscription from the 12th century was found at ‘Nandi Basaveshwara temple’ in Harakere village in Karnataka.

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