December 2014 Current Affairs

1st December

1. Baichung Bhutia became the first Indian Footballer to conferred AFC Hall of Fame Award
2. Renowned theatre personality Veenapani Chawla died at 67
3. Earth’s most abundant mineral named as Bridgmanite
4. First bio-fuel powered bus became operational in UK
5. Researchers identified that Brain has weak spot for schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease
6. 45th International Film Festival of India concluded in Goa
7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off first passenger train to Meghalaya from Assam
8. Global campaign Girl Rising launched in New Delhi to create awareness on girl education
9. PM Narendra Modi coined acronym SMART for police forces across the country
10. Egypt court declared Islamic State of Iraq and Syria a terrorist group
11. The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence announced
12. Rohtak sisters who thrashed molesters to be honoured on Republic Day
13. Mascot for the 2016 European football championship named Super Victor
14. Former Arunachal Chief Minister Jarbom Gamlin passed away
15. Vijay Mallya resigned as Director of Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd

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2nd December

1. Union Home Ministry approved appointment of OP Singh as Director General of NDRF
2. President Pranab Mukherjee presented Niryat Shree and Niryat Bandhu Awards
3. South Korean fishing boat Oryong 501 sank in Bering Sea
4. Union Ministry of CA rejected reappointment of Vijay Mallya as MD of Kingfisher Airlines
5. Union government decided to amend the Consumer Protection Act 1986
6. Bollywood actor-comedian Deven Verma died at 78
7. Maoist attacked CRPF personnel in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh
8. Russia launched new generation GLONASS-K navigation satellite
9. Global Warming to impact Polar Bear population in Canadian Arctic Archipelago by 2100
10. Union government announced 28000 crore rupees package for laying new rail lines in North-East
11. Egypt court dropped charges against former President Hosni Mubarak
12. Veteran music critic SV Krishnamurthy passed away