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
