Current Affairs 4th December 2016

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