DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 9 DEC 2015
(Daily News India)
1. DELHI
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED VEHICLE RATIONING SCHEME TO CURB AIR POLLUTION
i. Delhi Government announced vehicle rationing scheme to curb air
pollution in the city.
ii. The main objective of the initiative is to halve the vehicular
population in the city to bring pollution levels under control.
iii. In the first phase of the scheme, vehicles with odd and even
number plates will be allowed to run on alternate days between 1 January and 15
January 2016 in the capital city.
iv. The odd-numbered vehicles will ply on odd dates and the
even-numbered vehicles would ply on even dates.
v. Earlier some countries have already successfully implemented this
secheme in cities such as Athens, Santiago, Chile, México City, Metro Manila,
Colombia etc.
2.
INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY OBSERVED ON 9 DECEMBER
i. International Anti-Corruption Day was observed on 9 December.
ii. The Theme of the day is Break the corruption chain.
iii. The day was observed to raise public awareness about
corruption and what people can do to fight it.
3. HETERO
BECAME FIRST INDIAN COMPANY TO RECEIVE DGCI’S APPROVAL FOR HEPATITIS C DRUG
i. Hyderabad-based Hetero Drugs got the approval of Drug
Controller General of India to launch fixed-dose combination therapy
Ledipasvir-Sofosbuvir.
ii. The product will be available under the brand name Ledisof in
India.
iii. Now, Hetero became the 1st company in the country to get approval from Drug
Controller General of India to launch
hepatitis C medicines.
4. CHEN
LONG AND CAROLINA MARIN BAGGED 2015 BWF PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS
i. World number one women shuttler Carolina Marin from Spain has
won the 2015 Female Badminton Player of the Year award.
ii. Male Player of the Year award is grabbed by Chen Long of
China.
iii. Most Promising Player of the Year is Zheng Si Wei of China.
iv. Male Para-Badminton Player of the Year award is Lee Sam Seop
of South Korea.
v. Female Para-Badminton Player of the Year award is Helle Sofie
Sagoy of Norway.
vi. Carolina MarÃn is currently ranked No. 1 in the world by
Badminton World Federation Women’s Singles 2015 rankings
5.
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION AND DIGNITY OF VICTIMS OF CRIME OF GENOCIDE
OBSERVED ON 9TH DEC
i. International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims
of the Crime of Genocide observed on 9 December.
ii. The United Nations General Assembly adopted 9 December as
International Day of Commemoration & Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of
Genocide.
iii. The day was adopted in
response to the atrocities which were committed during the World War II.
iv. Genocide is a crime that is committed against members of a
national, ethnic or religious group solely because they are members of that
group.
