DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS:
3 DEC 2015
(Daily News India)
1. JUSTICE
TIRATH SINGH THAKUR SWORN IN AS 43RD CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA
i. Justice
Tirath Singh Thakur sworn in as 43rd Chief Justice of India by President Pranab
Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New
Delhi.
ii.He has
replaced Justice H L Dattu who retired on 2 December 2015.
iii.Justice
Thakur headed the bench which delivered the verdict to in the spot-fixing
scandal during IPL.
iv. He also
headed the bench which ordered probe into the multi-crore chit fund scam known
as Saradha scam.
2. BRAZIL
ENTERED LONGEST RECESSION SINCE 1930S
i. Brazil’s
economy is contracting from last some months, now it has contracted by 1.7
percent during July-September 2015 compared to April-June .
ii. It was
Brazil's third consecutive quarter of contraction starting from January 2015
and makes the country's longest recession period since the 1930s.
iii. Inflation
has risen above 10 percent in Brazil highest in 12 years.
Reasons
for recession in Brazil: Main reasons for recession in Brazil are continuing
global economic slowdown, decline in exports and scandal at the government-run
oil company Petrobras.
3. INDIAN
ECONOMY GREW BY 7.4% IN Q2 OF FY 2015-16: CSO
i. Central
Statistical Office announced that India’s Gross Domestic Product grew by 7.4
percent in the second quarter of 2015-16 financial year.
ii. Central
Statistical Office is a part of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation.
iii. India
continues to be the fastest growing economy in the world in 2015 with growth
rate of 7.4%.
iv. Recently
India had overtaken China as the world’s fastest growing major economy.
4. UNION
CABINET APPROVED MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND GERMANY FOR SOLAR ENERGY
i. The Union
Cabinet approved a Memorandum of Understanding with Germany to expand bilateral
development cooperation in Solar Energy.
ii. It will
help in increasing use of solar energy in India through technical and financial
cooperation.
iii. India
has set target of having 100000 MW for solar power generation capacities by
2022 under the National Solar Mission.
5. UNION
CABINET APPROVED MOU WITH ISRAEL ON WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
COOPERATION
i. The Union
Cabinet gave its approval for Memorandum of Understanding between India and
Israel in sectors relating to the field of water resources management and
development cooperation.
ii. The MOU
will help both the countries in strengthening the techniques in efficient use
of water, micro-irrigation, re-use of waste water techniques.
6. VIJAY
KUMAR CHOUDHARY ELECTED AS BIHAR ASSEMBLY SPEAKER
i. Senior Janata
Dal (United) leader Vijay Kumar Chaudhary was elected as new Speaker of the
Bihar Legislative Assembly.
ii. Recently
Elections has been conducted in Bihar for the new government, Nitish kumar
sworned in as new CM of Bihar.
