G K UPDATE OF DECEMBER TILL 25/12/14

3 DEC
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Anil Sinha takes over as new CBI Chief

2. SBI Cards ties up with Future Group to offer co-branded card

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World Bank, ADB to assist AP in Hudhud cyclone relief works

Sachin Tendulkar to lead Kerala in a run ahead of National Games
Central Bank to raise Rs. 626.23 cr from preferential issue to LIC
Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait Delhi branch offers full-fledged services

India improves rating on global corruption index

Cricket world bids tearful adieu to Phil Hughes
4 DEC

1. Yuvraj, Gambhir out of World Cup 2015

2. Canara Bank has been conferred with the Niryat Bandhu Silver Trophy in the in the banks
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category for its support services rendered for promotion of exports.

India celebrates 43rd Navy Day; President, PM salute devotion of Navy personnel
Union Finance Ministry constituted High Level Committee to hear industry's tax issues.

Justice Krishna Iyer passes away

Book titled Prince of Gujarat: The Extraordinary Story of Prince Gopaldas Desai (1887-1951)
authored by Rajmohan Gandhi was released on 7 November 2014.
7. India and Japan will cooperate in the fields of Cyber security and Green Information and
Communication Technology, ICT.
8. Govt officials, HDIL chairman booked for irregularities in Bandra slum rehabilitation project
9. East Zone has won the Deodhar Trophy cricket tournament, beating West Zone by 24 runs.
10. Indian umpire S Ravi was on Wednesday named in a 25-member list of match officials for next
year's ICC ODI World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

5 DEC
1. Narndra Modi named 'Asian of the Year' by Singapore's Straits Times
2. Govt relaxes norms for licenses for e-rickshaw drivers.
3. RBI relaxed norms for PPIs and doubled the limit to one lakh rupees.
i. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 3 December 2014 relaxed the norms for Pre-paid Payment
Instruments (PPI) and doubled the limit of PPI from 50000 rupees to one lakh rupees.
ii. The move would help in achieving the objective of limiting cash transactions in the system.
4. RBI issued guidelines for setting up a trading platform for trade receivables and bills of exchanges of
Micro and Small and Medium Enterprises - MSME.
5. HDFC Bank has become the first in the sector to rule out a joint venture partnership with any
applicant for one of the proposed payment banks (PBs).
6. National Rifle Association of India President Raninder Singh has created history by becoming the first
Indian to become an elected member of the all-powerful International Shooting Sport Federation
(ISSF)'s Executive Committee.
7. Private entity cannot hold more than 26% in coal venture.
8. The Hockey Champions Trophy has been inaugurated at the Kalinga Stadium at Bhubaneswar in
Odisha.
9. Air India and National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited, NBCC, today signed a Memorandum
of Understanding, MoU for development of land parcels of Air India at various locations on joint venture
basis.

Daily GK update - 6th December 2014

1. PSU bank ATMs will be able to print in Hindi soon
2. Ashton Carter new US defense secretary

3. Arun Duggal appointed as non-executive Chairman of Credit rating agency ICRA.

4. ICICI Bank, the countrys largest private sector lender, has tied up with Zopper, an e-commerce app for offline
and online price comparison.
5. ICICI Bank sells Russian subsidiary to Sovcombank

6. Govt appoints Dinesh Kumar as CEO of Polavaram Project

7. Orion spacecraft marks dawn of new chapter in space exploration: US
8. American, South African hostages killed in Yemen

9. The Fifth World Cup Kabaddi begins today at Jalandhar in Punjab. 19 teams from 15 nations are participating
in the tournament. These include 11 Men's and 8 women's teams.
7- 8 DEC

1. Kotak Mahindra Bank launches savings bank account for customers of 55 years and above
2. India sets new world record for largest human flag.
3. Modi, Mukesh Ambani most searched personalities in 2014: Yahoo
4. 7 years Dev Shah becomes world champion in Under-7 category in World Schools Chess
Championships

5. Mandatory for PSUs to procure 20 percent of products manufactured by MSME: Govt

6. India's forex reserves surged by 1.432 billion US dollar to 316.311 billion dollar in the week ended 28th
November.

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Indian Blind Cricket Team lifts World Cup after defeating Pakistan.

8. GSAT-16 launched from Kourou in French Guiana functioning normally.

9. Kumar Sangakkara became fourth batsman to complete 13000 ODI runs.
10. Amos Meindi of Kenya won 29th Pune International full Marathon.
11. Carnatic vocalist Nedanuri Krishnamurthy died.
12. Uber taxis banned in Delhi, company blacklisted.

9 DEC
1. Modi wins TIME readers poll for Person of the Year.
2. Govt bans all unregistered app-based taxi providers.

3. Satyarthi, Malala to receive Nobel awards on Wednesday.

4. Gwladys Nocera of France won Hero Women's Indian Golf Open 2014.
5. Subramanian Committee on Leveraging the Post Office Network submitted report to Union government.
6. Hockey Olympian Grihanandan Singh died
7. Warren buffet became second richest person of World,Bill gates 1st.
8. Andhra Pradesh Government signed MoU with Singapore for development of its new capital.
9. Adelaide Test: Warner hits century before India fight back.
10 DEC

1. Richard Rahul Verma confirmed as US Ambassador to India.

2. Human Rights Day observed globally on 10 December.
3. The State Bank of India has launched two indices namely the SBI Monthly Composite Index and the SBI
Yearly Composite Index that will primarily track manufacturing activity and offer a forward-looking
economic trends.

4. Indias second most up and coming destination for expats: HSBC

5. Indian economy is expected to pick up pace in 2015 and grow in the range of 5 to 6 per cent, helped by
strong domestic demand, rating agency Moodys today said.

6. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) successfully commissioned a 28 MW Nyaborongo Hydro

Electric Project in Rwanda on turnkey basis.

7. Ministry of Railways inaugurated Wi-Fi broadband services at New Delhi railway station
8. Chairman of Wipro Azim Premji was awarded Swiss Ambassador's Award in Mumbai.
9. Veteran Journalist Piratla Venkateswarlu passed away.
10. Pakistan 8th most dangerous country in the world: Report
11 DEC

1. Ebola fighters named Time's 2014 'Person of the Year'

2. Kailash Satyarthi, Malala Yousafzai receive Nobel Peace Prize.

3. Russia agrees with India to construct 12 nuclear reactors
4. Global economy to grow over 3% in 2015, 2016:UN

5. India likely to improve economic growth to 6.3% in 2016: UN

6. Bhutan became 181st member of MIGA, agency of World Bank
i. Bhutan on 8 December 2014 became the 181st member of Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
(MIGA).
ii. MIGA is the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group.

7. Pioneer of home video game console Ralph Henry Baer died

8. Randhir Singh was appointed as an honorary member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
9. Pakistan beat Netherlands 4-2 in quarter-final of Champions Trophy Hockey

12 DEC
1. Anurag Jain appointed as joint Secretary.
2. CBI arrests West Bengal Minister Madan Mitra in Saradha scam.
3. Tata Power acquired 540 MW thermal power plant for 3000 crore rupees.
4. Delhi HC banned Xiaomi to sell phones in India over patent issue with Ericcson.
5. LS passes bill on coal block allocations.
6. 22 states, UTs support bill to prevent 'honour killings'.
7. Russian President Vladimir Putin, offered the Ruias-promoted Essar Group a $1-billion credit line
and an $8-billion crude supply contract.

13 DEC
1. Dineshwar Sharma has been appointed as the next chief of Intelligence Bureau(IB).
2. Ruhi Singh won Miss Universal Peace & Humanity 2014.
3. Playback singer Asha Bhosle on 10 December 2014 was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award
at the 11th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) held in Dubai.

4. Oil India Ltd, the second largest state explorer, has signed contract for two offshore oil and gas
blocks it had bagged in Myanmar.

5. ONGC declares interim dividend, notifies 3 discoveries.

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Indias Forex reserves down $1.64 billion.

7. Lima talks: New draft text introduced without consultation.

14 15 DEC

1. Central Sydney under Siege i.e Sydney was under terror attacked 2 killed.
2. Indias music maestro A.R. Rahman and Hindi film Jal also features in the long list of best picture
Oscar hopefuls.

3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a book tittled Born Again on the Mountain by Arunima Sinha.
4. Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss crowned Miss World 2014
5. Wholesale inflation hits zero, lowest in over 5 years.
6. Anil Ambani led Reliance Group has sold its multiplex business to South India-based Carnival Group in
the largest ever deal in this space. The transaction will reduce Reliance Capitals overall debt by Rs 700
crore.

7. World Hockey Body Suspends Two Pakistani Players Following Obscene Gestures.
8. Germany beat Pakistan 2-0 to win Champions Trophy.
9. Anerood Jugnauth appointed as Mauritius Prime Minister.
16 DEC
1. Taliban storm Pakistan military school killing 132 students
2. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was re-elected for another four-year term.
3. US senate confirms Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General.
4. Six new ministers inducted in Telangana State Cabinet
5. India third on black money list.
6. Gujarat announces Rs. 1,100-crore relief package for farmers.
7. The Indian Railways official website, IRCTC, was most searched in Google by people in India in
2014.

8. Former Arsenal and France striker star Thierry Henry retires.

9. Viswanathan Anand won London Classic.

17 DEC
1. Suicide bomb, gunfight at Afghan bank, civilians inside.
2. The Lok Sabha passed the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions)
Amendment Bill, 2014.

3. Pro-democracy activist of China Xu Youyu won the Olof Palme Human Rights Prize for the year
2014.

4. Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez and former Supreme Court judge KS Radhakrishnan
have been given PETA Indias People of the Year award for their contribution towards the protection
of animals.

5. US decides to bid for 2024 Olympics.

6. Adani, POSCO tie-up for new terminal in Aus to export coal
7. Tata Steel chosen among 100 most valuable brands in 2014 .
18 DEC

1. ISRO successfully launches GSLV Mark-III.

2. 26/11 trial: Pak court grants bail to Lakhvi
3. Priyanka Chopra inks deal with American TV network
4. The Lunchbox honoured by Toronto film critics.
5. By scaling Mount Vinson, Antarcticas highest mountain at 4,892 metres, Tashi Malik and Nungshi
Malik from Dehradun have become the worlds first twins and siblings to climb the highest peaks on
the seven continents.

6. SC directed Union government to complete fencing along Indo-Bangladesh border in 3 months.

7. Former Olympic wrestling champion Steeve Guenot was suspended for one year on Thursday by
the French anti-doping agency for missing doping tests.

8. Indian woman boxer L. Sarita Devi was on Wednesday handed a one-year ban by the International
Boxing Association (AIBA) for refusing to accept her bronze medal at the Asian Games.
19 DEC

1.

NASAs Kepler mission discovers super-Earth

2. Lakhvi booked again; to remain in jail for a term of 3 months.

3. 8.75% interest on PF for 2014-15.
4. Carbon-dioxide emissions at all-time high in 2013.
5. It's Atletico De Kolkata Vs Kerala F.C. in ISL Finals , Kolkata wins.
6. Pakistani Veteran poetess Imtiaz Dharker awarded with the Queens Gold Medal for Poetry 2014.
7. TVS Chairman Venu Srinivasan conferred honorary citizenship of Busan.
8. US released three Cuban spies of Wasp Network.

20 DEC

1. Richard Rahul Verma sworn in as US Ambassador to India.

2. Mid-Year Economic Review projects 5.5 per cent growth: FM Arun jately
3. Instagram worth $35 bn, surpasses Twitter.
4. Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls: 30 pc voting till noon.
5. Flipkart files application to become public, raises USD 700 mn.
6. SEBI bars 260 entities for suspected money laundering.
7. Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clears HDFC Bank's proposal to raise Rs 10,000 crore.
8. Batting order collapse costs India Brisbane Test ,Australia wins 2-0.

21-22 DEC
1. Walmart to open new store in India after 2-year gap
2. Jyotsna Suri, Chairperson of Bharat Hotels, on 20 December 2014 was elected as the President of the
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI). Suri succeeded Sidharth Birla.
3. India-Russia talks on to finalise copter deal.
4. Prakash Mishra takes over as CRPF DG.
5. Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid arrived in Kolkata on a two-day visit to West Bengal.
6. Rajinder Khanna to be New Chief of RAW
7. India observed National Mathematics Day to commemorate birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan
8. Mohammed Rafique heads Atletico de Kolkata to glory.
9. India won Men and Women title of Kabaddi World Cup 2014
10. Tendulkar named ambassador for 2015 ICC World Cup.

23 DEC
1.

Gujarat to host Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

2. Pakistan, Russia sign $1.7 billion energy deal.

3. BJP won in Jharkhand with a clear mandate.

4. Yes Bank gets $200 millionn from ADB for onlending to self Help Group (SHGs,) farmers.
5. PDP ahead in J & K. election with 28 seats largest party.
6. Rajya Sabha refers two bills to Select Committees.
i.The Payment and Settlement Systems (Amendment) Bill, 2014 and The Repealing and Amending Bill,
2014 were passed by Lok Sabha in the Winter session of Parliament.
ii. The Select Committee for Payment and Settlement Systems (Amendment) Bill, 2014 consists of 13
members.
24 DEC
1.

Bharat Ratna for Vajpayee, Madan Mohan Malaviya.

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Cabinet clears coal Ordinance.

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Government on Wednesday approved promulgation of an Ordinance to hike Foreign Direct Investment

(FDI) cap in the insurance sector to 49 per cent from 26 per cent.

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Deadline to exchange pre-2005 notes extended till June 30.

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Filmmaker Kailasam Balachander passed away.

6.

Snapdeal launched online Agri Store to aid farmers.

25 DEC
1.

United Bank of India launches new alternate delivery products.

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Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is one of the 2014
top ten scientists chosen by the prestigious journal Nature.

3.

Reliance Capital ropes in Japans SMTB as strategic partner.

4.

S. Bhattacharya appointed Coal India CMD.

5.

Four PSUs sign JV pacts to revive Talcher fertilizer facility.

6.

Center celebrated Good Governancre Day.

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Oil India commissions 5 MW solar power plant in Rajasthan.

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Union Govt. set up Mathur committee to examine constitution of SIT on 1984 anti-Sikh riots.