Current Affairs 10th December 2016

Current Affairs 10th December 2016

NATIONAL

• FSSAI bans use of newspapers for packing food
• Centre to set up one All India Institute for Ayurveda in each state soon: Shripad Naik
• State Information Ministers Conference begins
• Govt coming up with new print media policy: Venkaiah Naidu
• Old Rs 500 notes can be used only till midnight of December 9 for buying rail, metro and bus tickets
• Union Government announces package for promotion of digital & cashless economy
• 2016 India International Science Festival held in New Delhi
• Kerala CM Pinarayi launches Haritha Keralam Mission
• Serendipity Arts Festival to be held in Goa
• J&K: Indian Army launches Swacch Bharat Abhiyan
• Minister of Railways inaugurates Website of National Rail Plan, 2030
• Triple talaq unconstitutional, violates rights of Muslim women: Allahabad high court

INTERNATIONAL

• Impeachment motion passed against South Korean President
• Pakistan lifts ban on Indian cotton imports
• English most powerful language in the world: World Economic Forum

BUSINESS NEWS

• India-UK Conference on Ease of Doing Business inaugurated in Delhi
• Google parent Alphabet named company of the year by Fortune
• Online marketing platform Mahila E-haat ties up with India Post, SBI

APPOINTMENTS

• IDFC Bank appoints Veena Mankar as non-executive chairperson

AWARDS

• Michael Jordan highest-paid athlete of all time: Forbes

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• Researchers discover hot hydrogen atoms in Earth’s upper atmosphere

SPORTS NEWS

• Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup: India beat Canada, 4-0

OBITUARY

• John Glenn, First American to Orbit the Earth, Dies at 95