TNPSC Current Affairs December 2014
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Kambala
- It is the name of traditional buffalo race, which is held annually in the coastal regions of Karnataka.
- Recently it was held in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in Karnataka
- Moti Darwaza
- It is one of the entrances for the golconda fort (Hyderabad).
- The doors of the Moti Darwaza got damaged.
- Global Corruption Perception Index
- India ranks 85th in the list of 175 countries
- Global Corruption Perception index was released by transparency international.
- Books in News
- The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years - by Pranab Mukherjee (President of India)
- Important Persons in News
- V R Krishna Iyer - Former Judge of Supreme court of India died recently.
- Important days
- International Day of Yoga
- United Nations declared June 21st as the 'International Day of Yooga'
- December 25th - Good Governance Day (Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Birthday)
- Important Abbreviations in News
- SIPCOT - State Industries Promotion corporation of Tamil Nadu
- Dahi Handi
- Maharashtra government has announced Dahi Handi (Human Pyramid) Sport as an Adventure Sport.
- Pravasi Bharatiya Divas - 13th Edition 2015
- Pravasi Bharatiya divas 2015 is scheduled to be held in Gujarat from 7th Jan 2015 to 9th Jan 2015.
- This year (2015) marks the 100th year of M K Gandhi's return in 1915 to India from South Africa.
- AirAsia QZ8501
- The plane which take off from Surabaya (Indonesia) to Singapore went missing in its halfway to destination over the java Sea.
- Norman Atlandic
- A greek Passenger ship which caught fire recently during its journey from Patras( in Greece) to Anacona ( in Italy).
Polity
- Important Appointments
- Anil Kumar Sinha - was appointed as the new CBI Chief.
- The Coal Mines (Special provisions) Bill 2014
- The Coal Mines (Special provisions) Bill 2014, was passed in the Lok Sabha.
- It made some changes, so that the private company can took part in mining coals.
Science and Technology
Environment and Health
- Agni - IV
- A nuclear capable missile with Range - 4000 Km
- Test fired recently from the wheeler island off the Odisha coast.
- GSAT-16
- A communication satellite was launched from French Guina on 6th December 2014.
- GSLV Mark - III
- ISRO has planned to launch its heaviest rocket (GSLV Mark III) at Sathis Dhawan space centre in sriharikota on 18th December 2014.
- Mobile One App
- Mobile One App was launched by the government of Karnataka as an initiative of e-governance.
- Through this app, an user can access more than 4000 services from anywhere at anytime.
- Web Index
- India Ranks 48th in the Web index ranking list.
- Web Index is released is World Wide Web Foundation.
Economy
- Ease of doing business Index
- India ranks 142 out of 189 countries in ease of doing business.
- It is a report published by world bank
- Snapdeal has become a partner of India Post and set up facilitation centres at Varanasi to sell the local artisan products online.
- Silicosis
- It is a disease caused by silica dust.
- The people working in mining fields are most prone to this disease.
- Recently more number of cases has been confirmed in Dholpur disrtict in Rajasthan.
- Climate Change Performance Index 2015
- India ranks 31st in the Climate change performance Index 2015 list.
- Climate change performance Index report is released by two NGO namely Germanwatch and Climate Action Network of europe.
- Rankings:
- 1. - Denmark
- 2. - Swedan
- 3. - U K
- 31 - India
World
- Zaporizhya plant
- It is a nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
- An electrical short circuit in the plant led to the power blackout.
- Bhutan PM Visits Bangladesh
- Bhutan Prime Minister Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay visited Bangladesh to participate in the 43rd victory day anniversary which marks the Bangladesh' Independence and its liberation from Pakistan.
- Bangladesh's foreign secretary told that the Bhutan is the first country to recognise bangladesh as an independent nation followed by India.
- A Goods train from china completed the world's longest train journey of 13,000 km distance between Yuwi (China) and Madrid (Spain) passing through seven countries.
Sports
- Phil Hughes
- Australian Criket player who died after injury when hit by a ball.
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- Indian Cricketer - announced his retirement from the Test matches.
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