Current Affairs 04-Dec-2014: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Museum named Remember Bhopal was inaugurated on the eve of remembrance of Bhopal gas tragedy. DIPP issued Press Note 10 of 2014 series to relax the FDI norms for the construction development sector. DIPP is under the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Scientists at University of Leicester in a DNA test conducted on skeleton of King Richard III found that the male line of descent was broken at one or more points Japan launched asteroid explorer Hayabusa 2 to explore origin of earth. JAXA along with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd on 3 December 2014 launched its second-generation asteroid explorer Hayabusa 2 East Zone defeated West Zone to win the Deodhar Trophy cricket tournament. Final was played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. A Sikh woman Preet Didbal was on 3 December 2014 elected as a council member of Californias Yuba City that has huge concentration of Sikhs in comparison to other cities. New India Assurance launched cheapest top-up health insurance plan. It will be sold as an individual policy and also as a family floater plan where the sum insured is shared among all members of a family. Supreme Court constituted a special Bench, called Social Justice Bench, comprising of two judges for delivery of speedy justice of social issues. Hashim Ansari (94), the main and oldest litigant in the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute, said that he is no more interested to fight the case. The Union Finance Ministry on 3 December 2014 constituted a High Level Committee (HLC) to interact with trade and industry on tax-related issues on a regular basis. American saxophonist Bobby Keys died in Franklin, Tennessee and he played saxophone for the The Rolling Stones band. Archaeologists from the University of Southampton revealed their discovery of medieval royal palace of 12th Century buried under the ground inside a vast prehistoric fortress in Old Sarum. 20th edition of the Corruption Perceptions Index 2014 released. The Index measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption in 175 countries and territories. Rajmohan Gandhi book titled Prince of Gujarat: The Extraordinary Story of Prince Gopaldas Desai (1887-1951) was released. State Government of Meghalaya constituted a committee to speed up the process of getting the ‘Khasi-language’ included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
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