Page-21 of Current Affairs - December, 2014
43rd Navy Day Observed on 4th December 2014
43rd Navy Day Observed was observed on 4th December 2014. On this occasion, Chief of Naval staff Robin K Dhowan along with Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha and Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag also paid tributes to martyrs of ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2014
Justice VR Krishna Iyer, eminent jurist and former minister of Kerala, passes away
Eminent jurist, former Supreme Court judge and former minister of Kerala, Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer, passed away in Kochi. He recently had turned 100. He was born to a leading criminal lawyer V.V. Rama Ayyar in 1915 in Thalassery, ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2014
India, Japan to cooperate on cyber security and ICT
India and Japan have decided to cooperate in the fields of Cyber security and Green Information & Communication Technology (ICT). This decision was announced after India-Japan Joint Working Group Meeting on ICT held at New Delhi. Joint Working Group Meeting ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2014
Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK) to cover 10 lakh women over the next 3 years
The Union Women and Child Development Ministry has set a new target to cover at least 10 lakh women under Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK) over the next three years. The new target was announced by Women and Child Development Minister ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2014
Bhopal Gas Tragedy
Bhopal gas tragedy which is considered as the world’s worst industrial disaster has completed 30 years on 3rd December. Members of both the Houses of the Parliament stood in silence for a few minutes as a mark of respect to ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2014
India ranked 85th in Corruption Perception List (CPI)
Transparency International has ranked India at 85th place in its Corruption Perception Index 2014 (CPI) which enlisted 178 countries. India scored 38 on a scale from 0 (most corrupt) to 100 (least corrupt). The CPI score of India has increased ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2014
East zone wins Deodhar trophy 2014-15
East Zone has won the Deodhar Trophy 2014- 15, a cricket tournament, by beating West Zone by 24 runs. The final match was held at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. East Zone won the toss and opted to bat first. ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2014
Japan launches asteroid probe Hayabusa-2
Japan has launched H-IIA rocket carrying a space probe- Hayabusa2 destined for a distant asteroid 1999JU3. The H-IIA rocket blasted off from Tanegashima Space Center in the south of Japan. This launch comes just weeks after a Rosetta mission of ..