Important General Awareness............ 1. Japanese telecom giant SoftBank will invest USD 627 million (about Rs 3,762 crore) in the online marketplace company Snapdeal. 2. European Union leaders struck a deal on a new target to cut carbon emissions out to 2030. Note: In the meeting held in Brussels EU leaders agreed for the 28-nation bloc to cut its emissions of carbon in 2030 by at least 40 percent from levels in the benchmark year of 1990. An existing goal of a 20-percent cut by 2020 has already been nearly met. 3. Black money case: The Centre has filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court in the black money case, naming three prominent businessmen. Pradip Burman, former Director of Dabur group. Goa-based miner Radha S Timblo and Bullion trader Pankaj Chimanlal Lodhya were the businessmen named in the affidavit. 4. The European Union has nearly doubled its assistance to combat the raging Ebola virus in West Africa to 1 billion euros. 5. According to World Steel Association (WSA) data, India is world’s 4th largest steel maker. With 62.41 million tonnes output, India remains the world’s fourth largest steel producer in the first nine (Jan- Sept) months of the current year, preceded by China, Japan and the US. 6. Switzerland is the world’s favourite destination among expats, followed by Singapore and China, a poll on quality of life by HSBC Bank. Other top-ranked countries were Germany, seen as stable and safe, followed by Bahrain, New Zealand, Thailand, Taiwan, India and Hong Kong. 7. India wins UNHRC re-election. India was re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) from 2015-17, receiving the highest number of votes in the Asia-Pacific group. Note: India is currently a member of the 47-nation UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and its first term is due to end on December 31, 2014. 8. Stamp on Sri lankan Buddhist monk Anagarika Dharmapala released
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 05:50:11 +0000
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