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Current Affairs December 2014

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Miscellaneous
Kambala
Itisthenameoftraditionalbuffalorace,whichisheld
annuallyinthecoastalregionsofKarnataka.
RecentlyitwasheldinDakshinaKannadaandUdupiin
Karnataka
MotiDarwaza
Itisoneoftheentrancesforthegolcondafort(Hyderabad).
ThedoorsoftheMotiDarwazagotdamaged.
GlobalCorruptionPerceptionIndex
Indiaranks85thinthelistof175countries
GlobalCorruptionPerceptionindexwasreleasedbytransparencyinternational.
BooksinNews
TheDramaticDecade:TheIndiraGandhiYearsbyPranabMukherjee(Presidentof
India)
ImportantPersonsinNews
VRKrishnaIyerFormerJudgeofSupremecourtofIndiadiedrecently.
Importantdays
InternationalDayofYoga
UnitedNationsdeclaredJune21stasthe'InternationalDayofYooga'
December25thGoodGovernanceDay(AtalBihariVajpayee'sBirthday)
ImportantAbbreviationsinNews
SIPCOTStateIndustriesPromotioncorporationofTamilNadu
DahiHandi
MaharashtragovernmenthasannouncedDahiHandi(HumanPyramid)Sportasan
AdventureSport.
PravasiBharatiyaDivas13thEdition2015
PravasiBharatiyadivas2015isscheduledtobeheldinGujaratfrom7thJan2015to9th
Jan2015.
Thisyear(2015)marksthe100thyearofMKGandhi'sreturnin1915toIndiafromSouth
Africa.
AirAsiaQZ8501
TheplanewhichtakeofffromSurabaya(Indonesia)toSingaporewentmissinginits

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halfwaytodestinationoverthejavaSea.
NormanAtlandic
AgreekPassengershipwhichcaughtfirerecentlyduringitsjourneyfromPatras(in
Greece)toAnacona(inItaly).

Polity
ImportantAppointments
AnilKumarSinhawasappointedasthenewCBIChief.
TheCoalMines(Specialprovisions)Bill2014
TheCoalMines(Specialprovisions)Bill2014,waspassedintheLokSabha.
Itmadesomechanges,sothattheprivatecompanycantookpartinminingcoals.

ScienceandTechnology
AgniIV
AnuclearcapablemissilewithRange4000Km
TestfiredrecentlyfromthewheelerislandofftheOdishacoast.
GSAT16
AcommunicationsatellitewaslaunchedfromFrenchGuinaon6thDecember2014.
GSLVMarkIII
ISROhasplannedtolaunchitsheaviestrocket(GSLVMarkIII)atSathisDhawanspace
centreinsriharikotaon18thDecember2014.
MobileOneApp
MobileOneAppwaslaunchedbythegovernmentofKarnatakaasaninitiativeofe
governance.
Throughthisapp,anusercanaccessmorethan4000servicesfromanywhereatanytime.
WebIndex
IndiaRanks48thintheWebindexrankinglist.
WebIndexisreleasedisWorldWideWebFoundation.

Economy
EaseofdoingbusinessIndex
Indiaranks142outof189countriesineaseofdoingbusiness.
Itisareportpublishedbyworldbank
SnapdealhasbecomeapartnerofIndiaPostandsetupfacilitationcentresatVaranasitosellthe
localartisanproductsonline.

EnvironmentandHealth
Silicosis
Itisadiseasecausedbysilicadust.
Thepeopleworkinginminingfieldsaremostpronetothisdisease.
RecentlymorenumberofcaseshasbeenconfirmedinDholpurdisrtictinRajasthan.
ClimateChangePerformanceIndex2015
Indiaranks31stintheClimatechangeperformanceIndex2015list.
ClimatechangeperformanceIndexreportisreleasedbytwoNGOnamelyGermanwatch
andClimateActionNetworkofeurope.
Rankings:
1.Denmark

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2.Swedan
3.UK
31India

World
Zaporizhyaplant
ItisanuclearpowerplantinUkraine.
Anelectricalshortcircuitintheplantledtothepowerblackout.
BhutanPMVisitsBangladesh
BhutanPrimeMinisterLyonchhenTsheringTobgayvisitedBangladeshtoparticipate
inthe43rdvictorydayanniversarywhichmarkstheBangladesh'Independenceandits
liberationfromPakistan.
Bangladesh'sforeignsecretarytoldthattheBhutanisthefirstcountrytorecognise
bangladeshasanindependentnationfollowedbyIndia.
AGoodstrainfromchinacompletedtheworld'slongesttrainjourneyof13,000kmdistancebetween
Yuwi(China)andMadrid(Spain)passingthroughsevencountries.

Sports
PhilHughes
AustralianCriketplayerwhodiedafterinjurywhenhitbyaball.
MahendraSinghDhoni
IndianCricketerannouncedhisretirementfromtheTestmatches.

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