Current Affairs 1st December 2016

Current Affairs 1st December 2016

NATIONAL : 

• Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar arrives in Dhaka on two day visit
• Over 340 railway stations provided with CCTV cameras
• Asia’s first cycle highway inaugurated in UP
• Losar Festival being celebrated in J&K
• Government approves 6 new SEZs for IT, biotech
• Manipur hosts WWII Vintage Jeep Rally
• Telangana village renamed ‘Kavithapuram’ after CM’s daughter, TRS MP Kalvakuntla Kavitha

INTERNATIONAL : 

• Foreign NGOs must provide their funding details: China
• South Africa begins clinical trial of experimental vaccine against AIDS
• WHO settles India, EU medicine dispute issue
• Zimbabwe Launches ‘Bond Notes’ To Ease Cash Crunch

BANKING NEWS : 

• RBI restricts withdrawals from Jan Dhan accounts up to Rs 10,000
• RBI relaxes cash withdrawal limits from bank accounts
• Morgan Stanley lowers India’s growth forecast by 40 bps to 7.3% for FY’17
• 78 schemes covered under DBT system so far

BUSINESS NEWS :

• Singapore Tops Global Education Rankings
• Government approves 6 new SEZs for IT, biotech
• Amazon to sell Amul products online in the US

APPOINTMENTS : 

• Lt Gen AK Bhat appointed new DGMO
• Susan Kiefel become Australia’s first woman highest ranking judge
• Myntra appoints Ajit Narayanan as its new CTO
• Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu to head CMs Committee on Demonetisation
• M. M. Kutty appointed Delhi Chief Secretary

AWARDS : 

• Chinese professor to be honoured ICCR Distinguished Indologist Award
• Bapu’s Charkha among 100 ‘Most Influential Photos of All Time’
• Iranian film Daughter wins Golden Peacock award at 47 IFFI

BOOKS AND AUTHORS :

• Death Under the Deodars authored by Ruskin Bond released
• Conflicts of Interest: My Journey through India’s Green Movement authored by Sunita Narain

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY : 

• ICICI Bank to convert 100 villages into digital in 100 days

SPORTS NEWS : 

• Women’s Asia Cup: India beat Pakistan by 5 wickets

OBITUARY  :

• Tony winning-actor Fritz Weaver dies at 90