Current Affairs
December 9 2013
International Affairs
1. International Anti-Corruption Day is observed today (9th December) across the world to raise awareness about the menace of Corruption and what people can do to fight it. The theme for the year 2013 is “Act against Corruption Today”. The day is observed on 9th December each year to raise awareness about the corruption. The UN General Assembly by resolution of 58/4 of 31 October 2003 designated 9 December as International Anti-Corruption Day. This decision aimed to raise people’s awareness of corruption and of the role of the United Nations Convention against Corruption in combating and preventing it.
2. Miss Venezuela Alyz Henrich on 7 December 2013 was crowned with the pageant of Miss Earth 2013 at the Versailles Palace, Philippines. She was crowned with the pageant of Miss World by Tereza Fajksova, the Miss Earth 2012 from Czech Republic. This was the 13th edition of the annual Miss Earth. With this winning, Alyz Henrich has joined the roster of beauty queens and will be an ambassador for environmental preservation.
Other winners are:
1. Miss Earth Fire: Miss Korea Catharina Choi
2. Miss Earth Water: Miss Thailand Punika Kulsoontornrut
3. Miss Earth Air: Miss Austria Katia Wagner
India’s participant for the pageant was Sobhita Dhulipala, who failed to make it in the list of top 16. arlier, she won the Miss Photogenic and the Miss Eco Beauty Title contests.
3. Inflation in China, measured by the Consumer price index, rose 3.0% in November compared to the same period last year. The inflation dropped compared to previous month figure of 3.2% in October. Lower inflation will give the central bank more room in order to cut rates to boost growth which fell to 7.8% last year, the slowest since 1999.
4. China’s exports jumped more than expected by 12.7% in November compared to same month last year due to strong demand from western markets. This is higher than analysts’ expectations and increases optimism about the Chinese economy.
5. Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis and ex-Australia wicketkepeer Adam Gilchrist will be inducted into the ICC’s Hall of Fame next week. Waqar and Gilchrist become the 70th and 71st male members of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Waqar will join the exclusive club during the first Twenty20 International between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on December 11, while two days later in Perth, Gilchrist will be honoured during the tea interval of the third Ashes Test at the WACA. They will become the first two inductees of 2013-14, while two more names will be announced later this month.
6. Ali Osman Taha, the Vice President of Sudan resigned to pave way for the new Government. Taha has been the first Vice President of Sudan, the second highest political party. He was the main negotiator of Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005, which led to the end of Sudanese Civil War. Taha has been replaced by Lieutenant General Bakri Hassan Saleh. The second Vice President selected is Hasbo Mohamed Abdulrahman and the parliament head is Alfateh Ezziddin.
7. Qatar has launched a free telephone number service meant for its citizens travelling to 82 countries. The first stage of the service covers 82 countries while the second will include a further 16 nations, the Information Systems and Technology Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
8. Former India captain Kapil Dev on Saturday inaugurated a new nine-hole golf course in Pune at the Blue Ridge township in Hinjewadi. The course, developed by Paranjape Schemes (Construction) Limited, is built on one lakh square-feet area. Some of the main features of the course include 250-yard golf academy area with practice facilities and target greens, bunkers at 100, 150 and 200 yards; 2000 metres of cart path to connect each hole. Three lakes are also a part of this Golf Course.
9. Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis and ex-Australia wicketkepeer Adam Gilchrist will be inducted into the ICC’s Hall of Fame next week. Waqar and Gilchrist become the 70th and 71st male members of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. They will become the first two inductees of 2013-14, while two more names will be announced later this month.
10. Kerala emerged as the champion state in the 29th Junior National Athletics Championships which concluded on 7 December 2013. The championship was held at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru. Kerala ended the competition with a 585 score, way ahead of the second placed Tamil Nadu. Haryana was placed third. Significantly Kerala has been the champion for 19th time in the 29 year old history of the event.
11. Australia crush England to take 2-0 lead. Australia finished off England in 11 overs on Monday to win the second Test by 218 runs and take a 2-0 series lead into Perth, where they’re aiming to regain the Ashes with a third straight win.
National Affairs
12. After facing a debacle in four states, Congress received cheer in Mizoram where it stormed back to power for a second consecutive term capturing 22 of the 40 seats, while leading in four. Four times Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla won from both Serchhip and Hrangturzo seats he had contested. He will form the next government of Mijoram.
13. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) with winning over 28 of the 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly elections on 8 December 2013 met the eligibility criteria of Election Commssion to become a State Party. The Aam Aadmi Party registered as a political party by the Election Commission in March 2013. To be recognized as a state party, A political party should secure at least six percent of the total valid votes polled during general election to a State Legislative Assembly and should, in addition, win at least two seats in that Assembly, or the party should win at least three percent of the total number of seats or three seats in the Legislative Assembly, whichever is more.
14. Three times Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, resigned from her post on 8 December 2013 after Congress party faced a defeat in the Delhi Assembly polls. She sent her resignation to the Lt Governor. Sheila Dikshit was defeated in her constituency in New Delhi from Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Aadmi Party by over 22,000 votes.
15. PepsiCo India has appointed former Nokia senior executive D. Shivakumar as new head of its India business. He has been appointed as the Chairman and CEO of India region with immediate effect. He will be responsible for deploying the Rs 33,000 crore investments in India that PepsiCo announced last month. He will succeeed Gautham Mukkavilli, current General Manager for PepsiCo India Beverages, who has been named the senior Vice-President , Business Transformation – AMEA at PepsiCo.
16. STAR India has now extended their relationship with BCCI by winning Team India’s sponsorship rights today for next three years. The BCCI announced the sponsors after bids were opened in Chennai on Monday afternoon. STAR India won the rights after Sahara India’s bid was found “ineligible.” The rights are from January 1, 2014 to March 31, 2017 and covers BCCI, International Cricket Council and Asian Cricket Council events
17. Kerala emerged as the champion state in the 29th Junior National Athletics Championships which concluded last weekend at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru. Kerala ended the competition with a 585 score, way ahead of the second placed Tamil Nadu and third placed Haryana.
18. Insurance giant Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has decided to stop selling as many as 34 policies, including Jeevan Anand, Jeevan Madhur and Jeevan Saral, to comply with new regulatory guidelines. These policies are withdrawn in December as they are not in conformity with the provisions of new regulations on non-linked insurance products, linked insurance products and health insurance products, a senior LIC official said.
19. Tejas test-fires missile successfully
· Infrared seeking air-to-air missile
· India’s first indigenously designed and developed LCA
· LCA was christened Tejas (Radiance) by Prime Minister AB Vajpayee in June 2004
20. Music maestro, Pandit Ravi Shankar nominated at 56 th Grammy Awards
· Nomination is for the album, "The Living Room Sessions Part 2"
1. Who has been elected for chief minister in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh by BJP ( Bhartiya Janta Party ).?
2. Government of India did bilateral investment protection treaty with which country to attract investment from the Gulf region?
3. Which place has been chosen for World Innovation Summit 2013?
4. P V Sindhu is related to which sports?
5. To whom world top leading co. PepsiCo has appointed as chief and India head ?
6. Which television channel was awarded the team sponsorship rights of the Indian team for a period of three years?
7. Recently Nelson Mandela a great personality passed away. Mr. Nelson Mandela was the first black president of which country?
8. Who is going to take place of Chief Information Commissioner Deepak Sandhu on upcoming 18th of December 2013?
9. Who made a National Record in the High Jump event in Junior Athletics Championships at Bangalore?
Answers:
1. Vasundhara Raje in Rajasthan , Shivraj Singh in M.P. and Raman Singh in Chhattisgarh
2. UAE- United Arab Emirates
3. Qatar
4. Shuttler
5. D. Shivakumar
6. Star India Pvt. Ltd.
7. South Africa
8. Sushma Singh
9. Swapnam Burman of West Bengal
QUIZ
1. Which party won the state assembly election 2013 in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and emerged as the largest party in Delhi as per the results declared on 8th Dec 2013?
[A] Indian National Congress
[B] Bhartiya Janta Party
[C] Aam Aadmi Party
[D] Janta Dal(U)
2. UN General Assembly elected which country to the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member on 6 December 2013 to replace Saudi Arabia?
[A] Jordan
[B] Sudan
[C] Iran
[D] Afghanistan
3. A crowd of around 400 people set fire to vehicles and clashed with police in the Indian district of this country on Sunday, 8th Dec 2013, after a man was hit and killed by a bus, the first major riot in the city-state for more than 40 years. The riots came on the same day that country's ruling political party adopted a new resolution, the first since 1988, about its social aims. Which country are we talking about here?
[A] Saudi Arabia
[B] Dubai
[C] Singapore
[D] Malaysia
4. The 2013 UN Human Rights Prize (The prize is awarded every five years) were announced on 6th December 2013, and five out of the six winners included are son of freed slaves who works to eradicate slavery Biram Dah Abeid of Mauritania, campaigner from Kosovo for the rights of short statured people Hiljmnijeta Apuk, President emeritus of the World Federation of the Deaf Liisa Kauppinen, Former President of the Morocco Association for Human Rights Khadija Ryadi and Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice. Who is the sixth winner?
[A] Nelson Mandela
[B] Jimmy Carter
[C] Navi Pillay
[D] Malala Yousafzai
5. On 9th Dec 2013, Thai Prime Minister said she will dissolve parliament and call an election, after sustained protests in the capital, Bangkok. Can you name the Thai PM?
[A] Thaksin Shinawatra
[B] Suthep Thaugsuban
[C] Yingluck Shinawatra
[D] Jarupong Ruangsuwan
Answers:
1. [B]
2. [A]
3. [C]
4. [D]
5. [C]
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