Current Affairs 3rd December 2016
NATIONAL :
- Dhasai becomes first cashless village in Maharashtra
- India International Science festival 2016 to be held from 7th to 11th Dec in New Delhi
- Govt provides 540 essential medicines through AMRIT scheme
- Hornbill Festival Kicks Off In Naga Heritage Village Of Kisama
- The Union Minister for Human Resource Development has launched ‘Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan’
- Government sets up special cell to monitor fake currency notes
- Team Indus will launched India’s first private moon mission in 2017
- The Union Government has approved inclusion of 15 new castes and modification of 13 others in the Central Other Backward Castes (OBC) list
- Devendra Fadnavis asks for Aadhar linkage of bank accounts for student scholarships
- 10-day Tripitak Sutrapath Mahotasava begins in Bodhgaya, Bihar
INTERNATIONAL :
- Qatar PM Sheikh Abdullah arrives in New Delhi
- Pak-China start direct rail and freight service
- Emirates launches world’s shortest service on largest plane
- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) includes Yoga in Intangible Cultural Heritage list
BANKING NEWS :
- India projected to grow 7.6 per cent in 2017: UN report
- Yes Bank launches new product ‘SIMsePAY’ for money transfer through feature phones
BUSINESS NEWS :
- The opening bell ceremony for the listing of KIOCL (Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited) share on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was held in Mumbai to commemorate the commencement of trading on the NSE platform
AGREEMENTS & MoUs :
- BHEL commissions first unit of Pulichintala hydel project
APPOINTMENTS :
- Former CBEC head Praveen Mahajan is new AITA President
AWARDS :
- Hubballi-based Aissel Technologies has been chosen winner in the Startup Karnataka Top Tech 25 Awards 2016
- Katy Perry honoured with humanitarian award at UNICEF event
- Nihonium becomes Asia’s 1st Periodic Table element discovery
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY :
- Scientists from Israel have created the world’s first ‘water-wave laser’
SPORTS NEWS :
- India’s football federation wins Asian award
OBITUARY :
- Marathi cinema veteran Shriram Gojamgunde no more
- Tamil poet Inkulab passes away
