NEWS/CURRENTS..- 28-29-DEC. 1. AirAsia flight QZ8501: Indonesias AirAsia flight QZ8501, with 162 people aboard, disappears en route to Singapore from Indonesia. 2. India’s contribution to United Nation (UN) fund for Tsunami: India comes contributed one million US dollar to United Nation (UN) fund and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) for strengthening early warning systems for natural disasters. 3. Andhra Pradesh Rural Inclusive Growth Project: World Bank to give Rs.475 crores Credit for Andhra Pradesh Rural Inclusive Growth Project to enhance agricultural income of small and Marginal farmers. 4. A militant attack on tribal people and subsequent retaliations in Assam, India, kill at least 85 people. 5. Best Supply Chain Practices in Water Management Award : -Given by Indian Institute of Materials Management (IIMM). -Awarded to Venkataraju, Chief Engineer of BWSSB (Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board) . -Chief Executive of the Year: Malay Chatterjee, Chairman and Managing Director of Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. – 6. ‘Eurasian Economic Union (EEU): Russia creates its own version of EU in Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). With an aim to remove trade barriers and promote free trade among the member countries. Ex-soviet states like Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan will be part of this Russian-led economic alliance. 7. Customer Care Centers (Grahak Suvidha Kendra) : Centre to launch helplines for consumers in all the States. They will function as a one stop center providing a spectrum of services to consumers. 8. 4th largest producer of crude steel-India: According to latest report, India is currently the 4th largest producer of crude steel in the world as against its 8th position in 2003. Topped by china, followed by European Union, Japan and United States. 9. India continues to maintain its lead position as the world’s largest producer of Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) or Sponge Iron. 10. The steel sector contributes nearly 2% of the country’s GDP and employs over 6 lakh people. 11. Times of India’s Person of the year: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is at No 1 position followed by Amit Shah. 12. NATO ended its war in Afghanistan: NATO ended its war in Afghanistan holding a low-key ceremony in Kabul after 13 years of conflict that have left the country in the grip of worsening insurgent violence. 13. Five theme based-circuits i.e., Ganga , Krishna , Buddha , North East and Kerala circuits : Minister of State of Tourism (Independent Charge), Culture (Independent Charge) and Civil Aviation, Dr. Mahesh Sharma has said that the Government has set a target to achieve one percent share in global tourism arrivals by next year. These five circuits will be the initial targets. 14. New name for Department of Disability Affairs: The Department of Disability Affairs (Nishaktata Karya Vibhag) under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has renamed as Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Viklangjan Sashaktikaran Vibhag). 15. Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) Ltd. to become Public sector company.Govt is to increase its share holding in the company. 16. Pragyan Ojha: Spinner Pragyan Ojha is banned by BCCI from competitive matches due to illegal bowling action. His elbow has been found to flex more than the permissible limit of 15 degrees. 17. Sand Dune Day((27-28 Dec 2014) : Indian Army observe 43rd Sand Dune Day (27-28 Dec 2014) at Nagi village of Rajasthans Sriganganagar District. 18. Ankita Raina: Indian tennis player Ankita Raina clinches her first ITF singles title. She is only the 2nd Indian after Radhika Tulpule - who won the inaugural edition in 2000 - to bag this $25,000 award. 19. Nand Chaturvedi: Veteran Hindi poet and a litterateur Nand Chaturvedi passes away. 20. Simone Gbagbo. : former first lady of the Ivory Coast is under trial, she is accused of stoking violence in 2010 in the wake of election loss of her husband. #sumit
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 09:15:34 +0000
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