December
2015 Events – Part 3
Ms. Mireia Lalaguna Royo (Spain) won the Miss World 2015 title (held at Sanya, China); this is the first time Spain has won the title of
Miss World
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Miss Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (Philippines) was crowned as Miss Universe 2015; held at Las
Vegas, USA
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"Thirkurral in
Parliament" programme (a movement being spearheaded by Rajya Sabha
MP Mr. Tarun Vijay) honours
- Thiruvalluvar Editor's Award: Mr. K. Vaidyanathan
- Thiruvalluvar Lifetime Achievement Award: Poet Vairamuthu
- Thiruvalluvar Mass Awakening Award: Mr. Kundrakudi Ponnambala
Adigalar
- Thiruvalluvar Literature and Scientific Outlook Award: Mr. Joe
D'Cruz
- Thiruvalluvar Academician Award: Mr. V. C. Kulandaiswamy
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All India Football Federation (AIFF) Player of the year award:
Men - Eugeneson Lyngdoh; women - Bala Devi
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Jacob Tsimerman of the University of Canada was awarded the SASTRA - Ramanujan Prize for 2015
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India likely to buy five Russian S - 400 Triumuf air defence
missile systems worth Rs. 40000 crore
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First ever India - Palestine theatrical collaboration (titled as
"Freedom Jatha") will be
performed in 11 Indian cities
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India seeks 100 armed drones worth $2 billion from USA
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A plot of land in Assumption
Island (Seychelles) for India to build its first naval base in
Indian Ocean region has been allocated by the Seychelles Government
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RBI can’t withhold information on defaulters and other issues
covered under the Right to Information Act: SC
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Out of 144 countries, India ranked at 97th position on Forbes’
annual list of the best countries for business in 2015
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Union Finance Ministry says it is in consultation with the RBI
on setting up a PDMA (Public Debt Management Agency)
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BSE listed companies that spends $1 billion on CSR (Corporate
Social Responsibility)
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Tata Motors listed as only Indian firm on top 50 global R&D
spenders
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Axis Bank has partnered with e-Mudhra Ltd to introduce 'eSign' - an online electronic
signature service which facilitates Aadhaar holder to digitally sign a
document within seconds
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AP Shah
Committee appointed to look into ONGC, RIL dispute on KG gas fields
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Dena Bank tied up with SBI Life Insurance Company in order to
provide Group Life Insurance coverage to its housing loan borrowers
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RBI extended the deadline for exchanging pre 2005 currency notes
of various denominations to June 30, 2016
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According to World Bank's Migration and Remittance Factbook, India tops in foreign remittances in 2015
which was followed by China and the Philippines
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Post-Independence, 50th
Annual Conference of Directors General / Inspectors General of Police of
States and UTs and Heads of Central Police Organisations will be held on
December 18-20, 2015 in the Rann of
Kutch, Gujarat
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US magazine says India is building secret nuclear facility in Challakere (Karnataka's Chitradurga
District)
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Nirbhaya Case: the most vicious among the six offenders who has
brutalised Nirbhaya with an iron rod and ripped her internal organs with his
bare hands on Dec 16, 2012 is all set to be released from reformation home
tomorrow, at the end of his three year jail term; Union Women and Child
Development Minister, Ms. Maneka Gandhi has blamed the Rajya Sabha for not
passing the Juvenile justice Act, which seeks stringent punishment for
children aged between 16-18 involved in heinous crime
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Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi handed over to the Chief
Minister of Gujarat Ms. Anandiben Patel, a certificate to mark the posthumous
reinstatement to the bar, of Shyamji
Krishna Varma. The reinstatement has been done by the Honourable Society
of the Inner Temple, London.
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BJP-led government has decided to allot a house to party leader
and former Union Minister Dr. Subramanian Swamy on security grounds
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Lok Sabha passed Bill to create Commercial Benches in High
Courts
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In the report tabled in Parliament, CAG said the mid-day meal
scheme was no longer effective in getting poor children to school
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All CBSE books and learning materials will be made available
online for free as part of the Centre's good governance efforts: Union HRD
Minister, Ms. Smriti Irani
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Juvenile who was arrested in the Nirbhaya rape case walks free;
he was handed over to NGO
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Sensitivity should be a vital element of policing, and a
flexible institutional framework should be built, which can help imbibe
sensitivity towards citizens in the police force: Prime Minister, Mr.
Narendra Modi at the Conference of Directors-General of Police, at Dhordo,
Kutch
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India’s
biggest Wildlife Rescue Centre has been commissioned at
Gorewada near Nagpur, Maharashtra.
It has been named as Gorewada Zoo and Wildlife.
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The two day Regional Conference on ‘The Use of Money in Politics
and Its Effects on People’s Representation’ was concluded at New Delhi. The
conference culminated in the New Delhi
Declaration 2015 on Political Finance Regulation in South Asia.
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Chennai has
been chosen as one of two cities in the world where the Zero TB Cities project will try to create an “island of
elimination”. Lima in Peru is the
other city.
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India joins select club to build LNG ships; Cochin shipyard, first in India to receive certification to build
LNG ships
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India's firs indigenously-designed and built warship INS Godavari to be decommissioned
tomorrow after a service for 32 years; involved in 'Operation Jupiter',
'Operation Shield' and 'Operation Bolster'
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Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Ms. Smriti Irani
launched the All India Survey of
Higher Education (AISHE)
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Government launches toll-free 'Eyeway National Helpdesk' for
visually impaired Citizens of India
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Rajya Sabha passed the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities)
Amendment Bill within minutes without any debate
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Lok Sabha passed a bill to develop 101 waterways on various
rivers across the country to promote water transportation
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Electric bus was flagged off to ferry the Lok Sabha MPs
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The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2015 Bill was tabled in the
Lok Sabha
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Gujarat has
become the first state in the
country to take up Public-Private Partnership Projects for in-situ
redevelopment of slums in urban areas under the recently launched Prime Minister’s AwasYojana (Urban)
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10 killed as BSF plane crashes after takeoff from Delhi airport
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Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) signed between Ministry of
Railways and IIT/Kanpur, IIT/Roorkee and IIT/Madras for setting up Centres of
Railway Research
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Government of India has approved a scheme for Massive Open
Online Courses (MOOCs) to provide best quality e-learning resources to
students across country; An Indian platform called Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM)
is being developed for hosting of MOOCs : Union HRD Minister, Ms. Smriti
Irani in Lok Sabha
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Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has recently signed
an MoU with Yunnan Minzu University, China for establishment of Yoga College
named “India-China College of Yoga”:
MoS for AYUSH, Mr. Shripad Yesso in Rajya Sabha
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Rajya Sabha passed the Juvenile Justice Bill; allow for
juveniles aged between 16 and 18 to be tried as adults for committing heinous
crimes; AIADMK and DMK oppose the Bill
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Winter session of Parliament ended; Lok Sabha passed 14 bills
and Rajya Sabha passed 9 bills; disruptions in Rajya Sabha wasted Rs. 9.9
crore
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Cricketer turned MP, Mr. Kirti Azad suspended by BJP for
publicly targeting Union Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley in the DDCA scam
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Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister, Mr. Radha
Mohan Singh launched two mobile apps for the farmers "Crop Insurance" and "AgriMarket Mobile"
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Union Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Minister, Mr. Radha
Mohan Singh to organise "Kishan
Jai Vigyan Week" to celebrate the birth anniversary of Mr. Atal Bihari
Vajpayee and Mr. Charan Singh from Dec 25, 2015
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As per the survey done by Union HRD Ministry for academic year
2014 - 15, Tamil Nadu leads in
enrolling most number of research students (M.Phil and P.hd); close to
half of M.Phil students in India are from Tamil Nadu
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Pope Francis has recognised a second miracle attributed to
Mother Teresa, clearing the path for the nun to be elevated to sainthood next
year
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In a first, researchers have produced renewable fuel from
pyrolysis bio - oil a synthetic fuel being considered a substitute for
petroleum
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Book titled ‘The Presidential Retreats of India’
(by Ms. Anurdha Naik) which features the Rashtrapati Nilayam and The Retreat
was released by President, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee
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Book titled 'Sangharsh ke Senani' by JD (U)
leader, Mr. Sharad Yadav
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Dec 22: National Mathematics Day
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New Species of Eel, Gymnothorax mishrai discovered along West
Bengal coast
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HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) celebrates platinum jubilee;
turns 75 years
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SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully done 'recycle launch'
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Pandoruam Technologies, a Bengaluru based biotech startup, has
developed an artifical tissue that performs the functions of the human liver
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US President, Mr. Barack Obama will present the National Medal of Science to an Indian
American Prof of Harvard Univ (Prof Rakesh K Jain); expert in oncology
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NASA has suspended a launch on Mars (InSight)
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Former Defence Secretary R.K.
Mathur appointed as CIC (Chief Information Commissioner)
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The Open Government Partnership (OGP) selected Indian-origin
World Bank official Sanjay Pradhan
to lead the organization
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Senior diplomat, Mr. Gautam
Bambawale (currently India's Envoy to Bhutan) has been appointed as next
High Commissioner to Pakistan
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20th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship (@ Surat): Men's
Team: India won Gold; England won Silver; Indian men won Gold after a gap of 11 years; Women's Team:
Singapore won Gold; India won Silver
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20th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship: India ended at second position in
medals tally (first is Singapore) with a total of 16 medals including 3 Gold;
it is India's biggest haul in the history of the champaionships
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FIH Ranking (Hockey): Men's Team - Australia at first and India
at 7th; Women's Team - The Netherlands at first and India at 13th
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BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year: New Zealand's Dan Carter (Rugby);
beats Usain Bolt, Novak Djokovic, Katie Ledecky, Jordan Spieth and Serena
Williams to the award that was decided by public vote for the first time.
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Vijender Singh notched up his third successive professional
knock out triumph thrashing Samet Hyuseinov
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Yan
Dhanda has become the first player of Indian origin to sign a contract
with an EPL Club (Liverpool)
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ISL 2015: Chennaiyin FC
won the title by defeating Goa FC in the finals
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Goa Police arrested the captain of Chennaiyin FC Elano Blumer
for insulting, abusing and assaulting FC Goa’s co-owner, industrialist
Dattaraj Salgaonkar, after the match
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IPTL 2015: Singapore
Slammers won the title by defeating Indian Aces in the finals
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Barcelona beat Argentina’s River Plate to capture a record third
Club World Cup
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MoS for Environment and Forest, Mr. Prakash Javadekar released
the commemorative stamp of All India Forest Sports Meet
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Abhay
Singh won U-19 Singapore Squash Open
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FIFA Ethics Tribunal banned Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for
eight years for abusing their positions over a 2 million Swiss Francs payment
mode to Platini
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Andy
Murray won 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
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New Zealand cricket captain Brendon McCullum announced retirement
from all forms of cricket after Feb 2016
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Novak
Djokovic and Serena Williams have been named ITF
(International Tennis Federation) World Champions for 2015 (Both of them won
3 Grand Slam titles in this year)
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The formidable pairing of Sania
Mirza and Martina Hingis was named as Women’s Doubles World Champions by
the ITF (International Tennis Federation) in recognition of their stupendous
success in season 2015
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Badminton: Manu Attri - Sumeeth Reddy clinch maiden doubles GP
title at Mexico Open
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Ishan Kishan has been named as captain of India's 15 member
squad to the Under-19 WOrld Cup
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2015 ICC Awards: Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of
the Year and Test Cricketer of the Year were conferred on Australian captain Steve Smith
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Andhra
Pradesh won the bid to host the 2019
National Games
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Jharkhand leads the State with highest percentage of women
reprsentatives in Panchyat Raj; the state has 59% women representatives in
Panchyat Raj followed by Rajasthan with and Uttarakhand with 58% each
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Bihar: No country liquor from April 2016, IMFL (Indian Made
Foreign Liquor) to be sold from government shops {Similar to Tamil Nadu's
TAASMAC model}
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A three day conference on "Ilizarov", an orthopadeic
procedure was inaugurated at Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradeh
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Uttar Pradesh: Government to ban the use of polythene
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Haryana: with Panchyat polls to be held in Jan 2016, the problem
arises of finding women candidates and those whose homes have toilets, to
fulfill the conditions set by the government for contestants
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Uttar Pradesh: joins UDAY scheme; 12th State to join UDAY
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Uttar Pradesh: SC steps in again before Lokayukta Chief takes
over; deferred the oath-taking ceremony till Jan 06, 2016
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Ministry of Home Affairs sends
back anti - conversion Bills of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh to the
respective State governments
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Karnataka: 67th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, at JSS
University, in Mysuru
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Andhra Pradesh: to host Sunrise Andhra Pradesh Investment Summit in Jan 2016
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Delhi: Government has approved a setting up of a one-member commission of inquiry
under former Solicitor General Gopal
Subramanium to probe alleged irregularities in the DDCA (Delhi District
Cricket Association)
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Odisha: Government signed a MoU with Azim Premji Philanthropic
Initiatives (APPI) to tackle the problem of malnutrition in the State
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Punjab: launched ‘Sampooran
Gramin Vikas’ scheme for development of villages
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Odisha: Kandhamal Riots (2008) - Justice A. S. Naidu Commission of Inquiry points at Maoists for
VHP leader Swami Laxmananda death
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Delhi: recorded the most polluted day of the year on Dec 22,
2015; recorded the highest levels of suspended particulate matters PM2.5 and
PM10; takes the air quality into "severe" category
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Maharashtra: Government to move Supreme Court against the release
of actor Salman Khan
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Telangana: Government performs "Ayutha Chandi Yagam" to appease Gods as the State faces
drought-like situation
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Tamil writer A. Madhavan
has been chosen for this year's Sahitya
Akademi Award for his collection of essays titled "Ilakkiya Chuvadugal"
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Red Cross Society of China has donated $50000 to help
flood-affected residents of Tamil Nadu.
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Seven rivers (Cauvery with its 4 tributaries, Palar and
Tamirabarani) in the State are polluted: Centre
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Act decisively on fishermen issue: Chief Minister, Ms.
Jayalalithaa to Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi
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All PDS shops to be automated; about 33000 POS machines are
expected to reach Chennai from China
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Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalithaa urged Union Finance Minister,
Mr. Arun Jaitley to release Rs. 2000 crore 'on account' from the Centre to
maintain the momentum of restoration operations of flood affected districts
in the State
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Union Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley promised that the loans
would be extended under the MUDRA scheme to the flood affected families on a
mission mode
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In a letter to Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi Chief Minister,
Ms. Jayalalithaa sought early release of Rs. 26, 912.45 crore as financial
assistance from the Centre towards relief and restoration efforts in flood -
hit districts of the State
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As per the survey done by Union HRD Ministry for academic year
2014 - 15, Tamil Nadu leads in enrolling most number of research students
(M.Phil and P.hd); close to half of M.Phil students in India are from Tamil
Nadu
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Nairobi's WTO Ministerial Meeting: Developing countries
including India opposed a draft resolution on agriculture, saying it favoured
the rich nations
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Members
in WTO increased to 164; 163rd member - Liberia & 164th member –
Afghanistan
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US Congress has doubled a special fee on H-1B and L-1 visas
raising it up to $4500 to fund a healthcare act and biometric system; India's
IT industry says the decision is unfair and discriminatory
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US, Cuba to resume airline service
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Sri Lanka to convert its Parliament to "Constitutional
Assembly" next year
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FAO to observe as 2016 as
the International Year of Pulses
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Spain Election: Ruling Party (Popular Party) won but failed to
get majority
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Nepal: government has decided to amend the new Constitution to
address the two key demands of agitating Madhesis; Madhesi group opposes
Nepal's new amendment in the Constitution; urged to continue the protest
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USA formally lifted its lifetime ban on blood donations by gay
men
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China: 2100 factories to reduce production or suspend as part of
government's "red alert" measures to deal with smog
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UNSC extended sanctions against Taliban in Afghanistan
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European Union (EU) extended its economic sanctions against
Russia for six months over its involvement in the Ukraine crisis
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Zhengzhou and Hamburg are emerging as the major centers for the
Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB)
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China launched DAMPE
(Dark Matter Particle Explorer) satellite to shed light on mysterious dark
matter
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Philippines became first Asian
country to approve world's first-ever dengue vaccine
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Zimbabwe
announced to adopt Chinese currency
Yuan
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United States blocked the import of two shipments of
pharmaceuticals from a Chinese company after detecting a deadly poison
(Hydrogen Cyanide)
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December 2015 Events
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