Page-11 of Current Affairs - December, 2015
Arun Kumar Jain appointed as Chairman of CBDT
Senior revenue service officer Arun Kumar Jain appointed Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). His appointment was approved by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr Jain is Indian Revenue Services (IRS) ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2015
Arctic Region hits record high temperature over land: NOAA
The average temperature over Arctic land for the year ending in September 2015 was the highest on record indicating that the Arctic is warming twice as fast as other parts of the Earth. It was revealed by the annual Arctic ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2015
Apurvi Chandela wins gold medal at National Shooting Championship
Apurvi Chandela from Rajasthan has won a Gold medal in the 59th National Shooting Championship in Delhi. She won the gold medal in 10-metre Air Rifle event in women’s category by shooting 207.8 score in the finals. She was followed ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2015
India ranks 130th in 2015 Human Development Index: UNDP
India has been placed at 130th position in the 2015 Human Development Index (HDI) among the 188 countries. It was unveiled in the recently released Human Development Report 2015 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Key facts India has ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2015
Rajasthan becomes the first state to submit smart city plan
Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to submit smart city plans for three selected cities to Union Government. In this regard, state government has submitted smart city Proposals of Udaipur, Kota and Ajmer to Union Ministry of ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2015
Indian-origin politician Pravin Gordhan becomes South Africa's Finance Minister
An Indian-origin politician, Pravin Gordhan has been appointed as South Africa’s new Finance Minister. With this he becomes country’s third Finance Minister in a week. He replaces David van Rooyen who was appointed on 10 November 2015. Earlier President Jacob ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2015
Vijay Kumar wins gold medal at 59th National Shooting Championship
Olympic medallist Vijay Kumar of Indian Army has won gold medal at the 59th National Shooting Championship held in New Delhi. He won the gold medal in the men’s 25-metre centre fire pistol category by shooting a combined score of ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2015
Anirban Lahiri wins Order of Merit crown of Asian Tour
India’s star golfer Anirban Lahiri (28) has won the coveted Order of Merit crown of Asian Tour for year 2015. In the 2015 season world No. 41, Lahiri has earned $1,139,084 a way ahead of second-placed Scott Hend of Australia ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2015
Typhoon Melor hits central Philippines
Powerful Typhoon Melor (also known as Nona) has hit the central Philippines battering the coast with powerful winds with speed of 200 kph followed by intense rainfall. The eye of tropical cyclone (typhoon) Melor made its landfall over the northern ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2015
Union Government appointed L N Reddy Judicial Committee on OROP
Union Government has appointed former Chief Justice of Patna High Court Justice L Narasimha Reddy as head judicial committee on One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme. The one member judicial committee will look into the implementation of OROP scheme for ..