DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 3RD DEC 2016
(Daily News India)
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1.
HAILAKHANDI FIRST IN ASSAM TO PAY TEA WORKERS VIA BANK ACCOUNT
i. Hailakandi
has become the first district in Assam to pay wages to tea garden workers
through individual bank accounts.
ii. The
state has set december 15 as deadline for cashless transactions to the
plantation workers.
2. INDIA
TO TRAIN QATAR POLICE TO HOST FIFA WORLD CUP 2022
i. India
will train Qatar police for handling the security during the FIFA World Cup
2022 scheduled to be held in that country.
ii. The
training arrangement was agreed upon during a meeting between Qatari Prime
Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Thani and Union Home
Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi.
3. HEART
OF ASIA' CONFERENCE HAS KICKED OFF IN AMRITSAR
i. The sixth
'Heart of Asia' ministerial conference has started in n Amritsar, Punjab .
ii. The main
aim is to discuss peace, cooperation and economic development in Afghanistan.
iii.
Delegates from nearly 40 countries will participate in the conference organised
on the theme 'Addressing Challenges, Achieving Prosperity'.
iv. The main
conference has been inaugurated jointly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani.
4. INDIA
WOMEN’S TEAM BEAT PAKISTAN BY 17 RUNS TO WIN ASIA CUP.
i. India
women’s cricket team won the Asia Cup T20 after beating arch-rivals Pakistan in
the final of the regional tournament by 17 runs.
ii. India
had beaten Pakistan in the group stages too and made it two-in-two in the final
on 04th December 2016.
5.
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD NAMED WORLD'S BEST ATTRACTION.
i. Universal
Studios Hollywood has been named the Best Attraction in the World by ticket
selling site 'AttractionTix'.
ii. Warner
Brothers Studio Tour was voted the best attraction in the UK while Magic
Kingdom Park in Walt Disney World Resort was named the Best Family Attraction.
