1.
Modi wins TIME readers’ poll for
‘Person of the Year’
i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who did not
make it to the final eight selected byTIME for the annual ‘Person of the Year’ title,
has been hailed as one by its readers in an online poll conducted by the
publication.
ii. Mr. Modi has been named winner of this
year’s readers’ poll for TIME ‘Person
of the Year’, securing more than 16 per cent of the almost five million votes
cast.
iii. Protesters
in Ferguson, who were demonstrating against a grand jury’s decision not to
indict white police officer Darren Wilson who shot and killed unarmed black
teenager Michael Brown in August ranked second with 9 per cent of the votes. TIME said “a strong showing of readers from
India” helped drive Mr. Modi’s first-place finish.
iv. “More people from the country voted than
from any other country, with the exception of the United States,” it said.
Readers from more than 225 countries participated in the online poll, with U.S.
votes leading the tally at 37 per cent, followed by India at 17 per cent, and
Russia at 12 per cent.
v. TIME said Mr. Modi became
Prime Minister in May after securing a landslide victory on a “platform of
rebooting India’s stalling economy”. “But his detractors have questioned his
past record,” it added.
Note: The annual honour, that has been bestowed by the magazine
since 1927, goes to the person who “most influenced the news” during the year
“for better or worse”. Mr. Modi was among the 50 global leaders, business
chiefs and pop icons named as contenders for the annual honour.
2.
Govt bans all unregistered app-based taxi
providers
i. The
Centre has asked States to ensure that all unregistered taxi services cease
operations for now, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said, after a female passenger
reported she was raped by a driver contracted to US online cab company Uber in
New Delhi.
ii. New
Delhi had already decided to ban all unregistered internet taxi firms after the
incident, a government official told Reuters earlier on Tuesday. Uber has been
operating in 11 Indian cities.
3.
Satyarthi, Malala to receive Nobel awards on
Wednesday
i. Child
rights activists India’s Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai,
along with 11 others will receive this year’s Nobel Prizes tomorrow.
ii. The
Nobel Laureates take centrestage in Sweden’s capital Stockholm and Norwegian
Oslo, where they will receive the Nobel medals, Nobel diplomas and documents
confirming the Nobel Prize amount.
iii. Satyarthi,
60, and Yousafzai, 17, will share the $1.1-million Peace Prize at Oslo, while
all the other awards will be presented in Stockholms.
iv. Satyarthi,
along with his wife Sumedha, son, daughter-in-law and daughter reached Oslo
yesterday.
v. Frenchman
Patrick Modiano will be presented the Literature Nobel, US-British scientist
John O’Keefe and Norwegian husband-and-wife duo Edvard and May-Britt Moser
Nobel in medicine and Japanese scientists Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano and
Japanese-born American Shuji Nakamura the Nobel in Physics.
vi. Americans
Eric Betzig and William Moerner and German scientist Stefan Hell will share the
Nobel in Chemistry, while Frenchman Jean Tirole will be presented the Nobel for
Economics.
Note: Since
1901, the Nobel Prizes have been presented to the Laureates at ceremonies on
December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death.
4.
Gwladys Nocera of France won Hero Women's
Indian Golf Open 2014
i. Gwladys
Nocera of France on 6 December 2014 won the Hero Women's Indian Golf Open 2014
at the Delhi Golf Club. She received the prize money of 300000 US dollars.
ii. She
won her first title of the 2014 season with a score 11 under par total of 208.
5.
Subramanian Committee on Leveraging the Post
Office Network submitted report to Union government
i. Subramanian Committee on Leveraging the Post Office
Network on 4
December 2014 submitted its report to the Union Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
ii. The
objective of the Committee was to transform the Post Office Network in keeping
with changing market trends and competition.
iii. The
committee has made around 181 recommendations to make the post office
competitive and efficient. These recommendations ranges from formulation of a
New Postal Law to New Organisational design of India Post to Extension of Post
Office network in Rural areas.
6.
Hockey Olympian Grihanandan Singh died
i. Hockey Olympian Grihanandan Singh died on 7 December
2014 in New Delhi. He was 88.
ii. Nick named Nandy Singh was
an Indian field hockey player who won two Olympic gold medals, at the 1948
London Olympics and later in 1952 Helsinki Olympics with the Indian team.
7.
Warren buffet became second richest person of
World
i. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Warren
buffet became second richest person in the World. He replaced Carlos Slim,
business magnate of Mexico. Bill Gates is the world richest person.
ii. Buffet chairman of
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has a net worth of 73.7 billion US dollars and his
annual business profits recorded 19.5 billion US dollars which is up 13
percent. Berkshire reached 52 week high in intraday trading which is closed at
185750 US dollars.
iii. Slim has net worth of 62.9
billion US dollars. Slim profit has fallen 10.9 billion US dollars since the
start of 2014 and his business profits dropped by 14 percent.
8.
Andhra Pradesh Government signed MoU with
Singapore for development of its new capital
i. Andhra Pradesh Government on 8 December 2014 signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Singapore for the development of its new
capital that is set to come up near Vijawayada region.
ii. The MoU was signed by
International Enterprise Singapore CEO Teo Eng Cheong and the Infrastructure
Corporation of the Andhra Pradesh representative Sambasiva Rao.
iii. Under the MoU, Singapore
will prepare a master plan for building the new capital of Andhra Pradesh.
iv. The master plan will be designed for the capital
region that is likely to come up in an area of approximately 7300 square
kilometres and also for the capital city that will be spread in an area of 125
square kilometres.
9.
Adelaide Test: Warner hits
century before India fight back
i. Australia's David Warner paid a fitting tribute to his deceased
teammate Phillip Hughes by cracking a rollicking 145 before India clawed back
with three quick blows to share the honours on an emotionally charged opening
day of the first cricket Test in Adelaide on Tuesday.
ii. Opting
to bat first, Australia rode on Warner's 10th Test century and were cruising
along comfortably before India struck three vital blows at the fag end of the
day to reduce the hosts to 354 for six at the Adelaide Oval.
iii. The home team was comfortably placed at 258
for two when Warner became debutant spinner Karn Sharma's maiden victim, which
triggered a collapse of sorts with Mitchell Marsh (41), night-watchman Nathan
Lyon (3) and Brad Haddin (0) falling in quick succession to help India stage a
fightback.
iv. Steven Smith was unbeaten on 72 when stumps were drawn for the day with four balls still to be bowled.
v. Earlier, the stadium witnessed a gamut of emotions before the commencement of the match as spectators clapped for exactly 63 seconds as a mark of respect for Hughes.
vi. Both teams wore black arm bands while the Australians had Hughes' Test cap No 408 inscribed on their jerseys.
iv. Steven Smith was unbeaten on 72 when stumps were drawn for the day with four balls still to be bowled.
v. Earlier, the stadium witnessed a gamut of emotions before the commencement of the match as spectators clapped for exactly 63 seconds as a mark of respect for Hughes.
vi. Both teams wore black arm bands while the Australians had Hughes' Test cap No 408 inscribed on their jerseys.
vii. Warner was finally out after facing 163 balls and striking
19 boundaries. He holed out in the deep mid-wicket region where Ishant Sharma
took a catch off Karn's bowling.
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