DAILY UPDATED CURRENT AFFAIRS – 01.12.2016 TO 05.12.2016 DAILY UPDATED CURRENT AFFAIRS NATIONAL According to Union Coal and Power 6th Heart of Asia conference Minister Piyush Goyal, Odisha will get 70 6th Heart of Asia conference that began in thousand crore rupees (Rs. 70000 cr.) from Amritsar from 4 December 2016.The conference the 12 coal blocks allocated to the state. He was inaugurated by prime Prime Minister also said that every village of Odisha would Narendra Modi. Afganisthan President Ashraf be electrified by May 2018. Ghani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra held bilateral talks ahead of the start of the Pradhan said Bharat Petroleum Corporation conference, discussing a range of issues Limited (BPCL) would set up an ethanol including trade and investment, defence and plant based on agricultural residue at infrastructure. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Bargarh in Odisha. and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani took a The Union Railway Minister Suresh heritage walk and visited the Golden Temple . Prabhu laid the foundation stone for 7th World Ayurveda Congress the Rolling Stock Component factory in The 7th World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) has Ratnagiri (Maharashtra). been organized at Science City, Kolkata from Kerala Government will launch an December 1 to December 4, 2016 by the World aggressive campaign based on scientific Ayurveda Foundation with support of Ministry studies to counter the smear campaign of AYUSH, and the State Government of West against coconut oil. Bengal. The focus of this 7th World Ayurveda Health Minister J P Nadda announced that Congress is – „Strengthening the Ayurveda Government is providing 540 essentials Ecosystem‟. To facilitate development and medicines and 109 stents to the people at growth of AYUSH system of medicine, the discount price through AMRIT (Affordable Ministry of AYUSH is also organizing Medicines and Reliable Implants for AROGYA Expo from 1st-4th December, 2016 Treatment) scheme. at Science City, Kolkata. The Centre proposes to release 48,000 crore 'Dhasai' village (Murbad taluka) in Thane rupees in the next five years to develop 100 district has become the first "cashless Smart Cities in the country under Smart village" in Maharashtra. The initiative to Cities Mission. make this village cashless was taken Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya by Bank of Baroda (BOB) in collaboration Devvrat has directed Raj Bhawan‟s official with NGO "Veer Savarkar Pratishthan". in Shimla to use a cashless system or cheque The Union Minister of Human Resource in all kind of payments. The direction was Development Shri Prakash Javadekar has issued after the Prime Minister‟s appeal in launched "Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan" in this regard. New Delhi. The purpose of the „Vittiya Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Saksharta Abhiyan‟ is to actively engage the Chandrababu Naidu is planning to launch a youth/ students of Higher Education mobile wallet with the name „AP Purse‟ to Institutions to encourage and motivate all help the public in the adoption of cashless payers and payees to use a digitally enabled payments. cashless economic system for transfer of The Union Cabinet has approved the funds. rehabilitation package of Rs 2000 crore for Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram launched around 36384 displaced families from a mobile application, „Stanpan Suraksha”, Pakistan occupied Jammu & Kashmir developed by an NGO Breastfeeding (POJK) to enable them to earn an income Promotion Network of India (BPNI) to and subsist their livelihood. promote breast feeding and check on Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik “inappropriate” promotion of baby food inaugurates the 55,000-tonne per annum items in New Delhi. (TPA) Odishaferro-chrome plant set up by 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-750015 1 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] DAILY UPDATED CURRENT AFFAIRS – 01.12.2016 TO 05.12.2016 Tata Steel at a cost of Rs 542 crore in its Nihonium (Nh) has become the first ever Gopalpur Industrial Park in Ganjam district. element to be discovered by an Asian country. Nihonium was discovered and BILATERAL proposed by the RIKEN collaboration team India and Qatar signed four agreements in in Japan. the fields of cyber security, visa relaxation, British scientists have approved the use of and investments in the presence of Prime so-called three-parent baby fertility Minister NarendraModi and visiting Prime treatments, paving the way for the country to Minister of Qatar Sheikh Abdullah bin become the first in the world to officially Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani in New Delhi introduce the procedures. The first 3 parent Rs. 5000 crore defence deal was inked baby boy was born in Mexico in April 2016 between India and US for 145 M777 ultra to a Jordanian couple. light Howitzers. Fortune‟s Businessperson of the Year list Arunachal Pradesh and Thailand signed a has been topped by Facebook founder Mark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Zuckerberg. Microsoft‟s Satya Nadella promoting cooperation and collaboration ranked 5th, HDFC Bank‟s Managing between the states. Director Aditya Puri on the 36th position India and Russia are likely to sign the and Mastercard‟s Ajay Banga on 40th spot. General Framework Agreement (GFA) on Kudankulam units 5 and 6 by this month. ECONOMY & BANKING Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has INTERNATIONAL extended the deadline for deployment New sanctions imposed on North Korea by of Aadhar-enabled devices that process card United Nations. The sanction comes in transactions using Aadhaar-based biometric response to Pyongyang‟s fifth and largest authentication. The deadline is being nuclear test conducted in September. extended to 30th June 2017. Emirates on December 1, 2016, launched the As per the announcement of Central world‟s shortest scheduled service on an Statistical Organisation (CSO), the Gross Airbus A380, flying it from Dubai to Doha Domestic Product (GDP) of the country for within 80 minutes and 70 minutes in return the second quarter (July - September) for the journey. fiscal year 2016 - 2017 accelerated to 7.3% The Indira Gandhi International Airport in as compared to 7.1% for the first quarter. New Delhi is the 22nd most connected NITI Aayog, under the banner of the Union airport in the world, according to air travel Government has constituted a 13-member intelligence company OAG. Index has been committee to promote cashless economy. It topped by Chicago Airport in the United will be headed by Andhra Pradesh CM States. Meanwhile, the Atlanta and Dallas Chandrababu Naidu. Airports, also in the US, have ranked second FB will invest $40000 in the Indian Fashion and third. Startup, CoutLoot. The programme was New York has emerged as the most launched by FB last year to help geotagged city on Instagram in 2016, entrepreneurs with their startups by followed by London and Moscow. providing sufficient funds and services to China and Pakistan have launched a direct help grow their business. rail and sea freight service with the first Private sector lender Yes Bank has launched cargo train departing from China‟s a new digital transaction service through southwestern Yunnan province. mobile phones named SIMsePAY, that Chemistry‟s have accepted the newly allows any account holder to do money proposed names for elements transfers, pay utility bills and other mobile 113(Nihonium), 115 (Moscovium), 117( banking services, without the need for smart Tennessine) and 118(Oganesson). Periodic phones or internet. Table element with atomic number 113, 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-750015 2 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] DAILY UPDATED CURRENT AFFAIRS – 01.12.2016 TO 05.12.2016 In Bihar, three villages of Patna district are being made cashless. This initiative has been PERSON IN NEWS taken by Bank of Baroda. Donald Trump to nominate retired General Hailakandi has become the first district in James Mattis for the post of Defence Assam to pay wages to tea garden workers Secretary of US. through individual bank accounts. Crown Prince of Thailand, Maha Private sector lender DCB Bank launched its Vajiralangkorn all set to become the next own mobile and tab based digital wallet king of the country. The decision comes Cippy Wallet app in New Delhi to after King Bhumibol Adulyadej who ruled encourage consumers to experience cash the country for several decades passed away free purchases from the mobile phone for last month. day-to-day needs. The app offers a „Split- US President-elect Donald Trump has Bill‟ feature which anables any payment named General Motors CEO Mary Barra to made using Cippy Wallet or other modes his economic and job-creation panel. Barra such as card or cash can be easily split is one of the only two women on the panel, between users to share it with friends and the other being IBM CEO Ginni Rometty. family with a single click on the mobile Rakesh Asthana to be appointed the new phone. CBI Director. The Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue Ravichandran appointed as the interim CEO new Rs 20 and Rs 50 notes in the Mahatma of NSE. Ravichandran is currently serving Gandhi Series-2005. as the President of National Stock Exchange. Edible oil firm Ruchi Soya Industries in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation association with State Bank of India (SBI) (BMC) has roped actor Salman Khan for it‟s launched an initiative to provide banking drive against open defecation. assistance to farmers. Under the initiative Senior bureaucrat Praveen Mahajan is „Kisan Kalyan Ayojan‟, the company will appointed as the President of the All India help farmers to open bank accounts, procure Tennis Association the produce directly from farmers at the Veteran poet and former Rajya Sabha MP right price and ensure farmers get their Bekal Utsahi (88-year) passed away due to payment immediately through internet brain haemorrhage in Delhi.