DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 25 DEC 2015
(Daily News India)
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1.UN ANNOUNCED 5TH NOVEMBER AS WORLD TSUNAMI AWARENESS DAY
i.The
United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution to observe 5th
November every year as World Tsunami Awareness Day.
ii.The
observance of the day will help to spread awareness among people across the
world in matters related to the dangers of tsunami.
2.BIOCON LAUNCHED GENERIC VERSION OF
HEPATITIS-C DRUG HARVONI IN INDIA
i.
Biocon Limited launched the generic version of hepatitis – C drug in the Indian
market.
ii.The
generic version of the drug named Harvoni will be sold under the brand name
CIMIVIR-L.
iii.Hepatitis-C
is a viral disease that causes liver inflammation leading to diminished liver
function or liver failure.
3.IDEA BECAME THIRD MOBILE OPERATOR TO
LAUNCH 4G SERVICES IN INDIA
i. Idea Cellular became the third
mobile operator in India to launch 4G services in India.
ii. Earlier the Bharti Airtel and
Vodafone India had launched 4G services in India.
4.LOK SABHA PASSES BILL TO HIKE BONUS
LIMIT
i.The Lok Sabha has passed the
Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Bill, 2015 which will allow doubling of wage ceiling for
calculating bonus of factory workers.
ii.The Bill will amend the
Payment of Bonus Act, 1965.
iii.The Bill provides for
enhancing monthly bonus calculation ceiling to Rs 7,000 per month from the
existing Rs 3,500.
iv.The amendment bill will be
made effective from April 1, 2015
5.CCEA APPROVES RS 3,000 CRORE SCHEME
FOR FISHERIES SECTOR
i.Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs has given its approval for implementation of an umbrella scheme for development
and management of fisheries.
ii.The Scheme is sponsored by
central government on Blue Revolution that will be implemented with an outlay of 3,000 crore rupees for a
period of five years
iii.The scheme will cover will initiatives
for development and management of inland fisheries, aquaculture and marine
fisheries
6. NORTH INDIA'S FIRST CABLE BRIDGE
INAUGURATED AT BASOHALI TOWN OF J&K
i.Union Defence Minister Manohar
Parrikar dedicated the first cable bridge of North India to the nation in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir .
ii.The 592-metre bridge was
constructed over river Ravi on Dunera- Basohli-Bhadharwah road.
iii.It would provide close
connectivity between three northern states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal
Pradesh and Punjab.
iv. It is fourth Cable Bridge in
India and first in North India and Jammu and Kashmir.
7. ZIMBABWE ANNOUNCED TO ADOPT CHINESE
CURRENCY YUAN
i. Zimbabwe announced it is going
to adopt the Chinese Yuan as legal tender.
ii.Yuan will be a function of
trade between China and Zimbabwe and acceptability with customers in Zimbabwe.
iii. China has become the largest
investor in Zimbabwe.
iv.To stabilize its
hyperinflation crisis, the nation has adopted foreign currencies, mostly the US
Dollar and South African Rand, as legal tender.
v. This adoption helped the
country to boost its economy.
8. FIFA’S INDEPENDENT ETHICS COMMITTEE
BANNED SEPP BLATTER AND MICHEL PLATINI FROM FOOTBALL FOR 8 YEARS
i.The Ethics Committee banned
FIFA President Sepp Blatter and Vice-President of Committee of FIFA for 8 years.
ii.They were banned for eight
years from all football-related activities including administrative, sports or
any other national and international events.
9. 10TH WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
ADOPTED NAIROBI PACKAGE
i. The 10th World Trade
Organisation Ministerial Conference held in Nairobi, Kenya.
ii.The
conference has adopted the Nairobi Package that is aimed to benefit poor member
countries.
iii. The
conference was attended by trade ministers of 162 member countries of the WTO.
iv.India was represented by
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce & Industry Nirmala
Sitharaman.
v.The Nairobi Package contains a
series of six Ministerial Decisions on agriculture, cotton and issues related
to least-developed countries.
10. INTERNATIONAL TENNIS FEDERATION
ANNOUNCED WINNERS OF 2015 WORLD CHAMPIONS
i.The International Cricket
Council announced the winners for the 2015 ICC Awards in Dubai, UAE.
ii.The awards were based on
performance of individuals and teams, both men and women.
iii. List of awardees:
a) Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year is given
to Steven Smith (Australia)
b) ICC Test Cricketer of the Year - Steven Smith (Australia)
c)
ICC ODI
Cricketer of the Year - AB de Villiers (South Africa)
d) ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year - Meg Lanning (Australia)
e) ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year - Josh Hazlewood (Australia)
f)
ICC
Associate and Affiliate Cricketer of the Year - Khurram Khan (UAE)
g) ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year - Faf du
Plessis (South Africa)
