Current Affairs 4th December 2016

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Current Affairs 4th December 2016

NATIONAL

  • Kerala Govt to launch campaign to counter smear against coconut oil
  • Odisha to get Rs 70,000 crore from 12 coal blocks :Piyush Goyal
  • Suresh Prabhu lays foundation stone for Rolling Stock Component factory
  • Delhi Airport world’s 22nd most connected

INTERNATIONAL

  • Spanish city changes name for third time in a decade
  • New York emerges as most Instagrammed city of 2016

BANKING NEWS

  • RBI defers Aadhaar-enabled devices
  • Undisclosed amount of INR 1.64 crore found in Jan Dhan accounts
  • Ruchi Soya to provide banking assistance to farmers
  • RuPay card usage jumps 118.6% in 1st week of demonetisation
  • Aditya Birla Financial Services Group launches health insurance arm

BUSINESS NEWS

  • Market Stabilisation Scheme (MSS) limit raises to Rs 6 lakh crore to manage liquidity
  • Airtel Payments Bank to offer talk-time on new savings account

AGREEMENTS & MoUs

  • ICMR and ICAR inks MoU to Strengthen Mutual Cooperation
  • India, Qatar sign 4 agreements in various fields

NEW APPOINTMENTS

  • Chitra Ramkrishna quits as CEO & MD of NSE, J Ravichandran to take charge for interim period
  • Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn appointed new Thai King
  • Rakesh Asthana appointed as CBI in-charge
  • Salman appointed ambassador of BMC’s Swachh Bharat Mission’

AWARDS

  • UAE-based Indian wins International Children’s Peace Prize
  • Usain Bolt wins a record sixth ‘Athlete of the Year’ award
  • LeBron named Sports Ilustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year 2016
  • Kolkata gets best cities award for tackling climate change

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

  • Talks with Andhra to convert INS Viraat into hotel: Navy

SPORTS NEWS

  • P V Sindhu jumps 2 places to career-best 7th in latest Badminton World Federation rankings
  • F1 world champion Nico Rosberg announces retirement
  • Arsenal’s Walcott sets Guinness Record for football control

OBITUARY

  • Former Hockey Umpire Phulel Singh Sujlana Died