Basic app generation failing using jhipster: "TypeError: Cannot read property 'addQmark' of undefined" - jhipster

Question

Very basic application generation failing with error mention in title. I have upgrading Node to latest version 8.11.3, npm to 6.1.0 and installed latest yarn and yo but still getting the same error.
Attaching complete console log for application generation:
? Which type of application would you like to create? Monolithic
application (recommended for simple projects)
? What is the base name of your application? automate
? What is your default Java package name? com.automate
? Do you want to use the JHipster Registry to configure, monitor and
scale your application? No
? Which type of authentication would you like to use? JWT
authentication (stateless, with a token)
? Which type of database would you like to use? SQL (H2, MySQL,
MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MSSQL)
? Which production database would you like to use? MySQL
? Which development database would you like to use? MySQL
? Do you want to use the Spring cache abstraction? No - Warning, when
using an SQL database, this will disable the Hiber nate 2nd level
cache!
? Would you like to use Maven or Gradle for building the backend?
Maven
? Which other technologies would you like to use?
? Which Framework would you like to use for the client? Angular 6
? Would you like to enable SASS support using the LibSass
stylesheet preprocessor? No
? Would you like to enable internationalization support? No
? Besides JUnit and Jest, which testing frameworks would you like to
use?
? Would you like to install other generators from the JHipster
Marketplace? No
events.js:183
throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
^
TypeError: Cannot read property 'addQmark' of undefined
at Compiler. (C:\Users\dellPC\AppData\Local\Yarn\Data\global\node_modules\nanomatch\lib\compilers.js:92:16)
at Compiler.visit (C:\Users\dellPC\AppData\Local\Yarn\Data\global\node_modules\snapdragon\lib\compiler.js:129:15)
at Compiler.mapVisit (C:\Users\dellPC\AppData\Local\Yarn\Data\global\node_modules\snapdragon\lib\compiler.js:143:12)
at Compiler.compile (C:\Users\dellPC\AppData\Local\Yarn\Data\global\node_modules\snapdragon\lib\compiler.js:168:10)
at Snapdragon.compile (C:\Users\dellPC\AppData\Local\Yarn\Data\global\node_modules\snapdragon\index.js:156:32)
at C:\Users\dellPC\AppData\Local\Yarn\Data\global\node_modules\micromatch\index.js:786:23
at memoize (C:\Users\dellPC\AppData\Local\Yarn\Data\global\node_modules\micromatch\index.js:859:13)
at Function.micromatch.compile (C:\Users\dellPC\AppData\Local\Yarn\Data\global\node_modules\micromatch\index.js:783:10)