Current Affairs - December 2014

TNPSC Current Affairs December 2014
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

• 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.

Environment and Health

• 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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