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Complete Current Affairs PDF - December 2014



Friends.. Here is the complete Current Affairs PDF of December 2014. We have covered almost all the important happenings during December 2014 in this PDF. We have already published the Current Affairs Question Bank of Dec 2014 a few days ago. Hope you all downloaded that. (In case you missed, Click Here to Download Question Bank). Do comment your suggestions/feedback for further improvement. Thank you all once gain for the support.

Some Important happening during December 2014 were:

--> Anil Kumar Sinha appointed as the new CBI Director.
--> Narendra Modi named as the Asian of the Year 2014 by The Straits Times.
--> National Good Governance Day observed.
--> Ebola fighters named as the TIME’s Person of the Year 2014.
--> Indian Blind Cricket team won the fourth edition of the Blind Cricket World Cup (BCWC) 2014.
--> Richard Rahul Verma became the first Indian-American to be appointed as US Ambassador to India.
--> Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai received Nobel Peace Prize 2014 at Oslo.
--> Section 309 removed decriminalizing attempt to suicide.
--> ICICI Bank launched India’s first credit card with a unique transparent design and a distinctive look.
--> Indian Communication Satellite GSAT-16 launched successfully from Kourou space port in French Guiana.
--> David Warner completed 1000 Test runs in 2014, becoming the first opener to achieve the feat in one calendar year.
--> International Anti-Corruption Day onserved on 9 December.
--> Asha Bhosle awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 11th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).
--> Rolene Strauss crowned Miss World 2014.
--> Germany won Hockey’s Champions Trophy 2014 held in Bhubaneswar, India.
--> Pawan Chamling, Sikkim Chief Minister became longest serving Chief Minister of India.
--> National Consumers Right Day was observed on 24 December
--> Dineshwar Sharma appointed as Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB).
--> HDFC Bank launched its mobile banking facility named Bank Aap Ki Muththi Mein.
--> Tehreek-e-Taliban carried out a massacre in the Army-run school in Peshawar, Pakistan.
--> India’s heaviest rocket GSLV Mark-III-X launched.
--> Book tittled "Born Again on the Mountain" by Arunima Sinha released.
--> Shinzo Abe elected Japan Prime Minister.
--> Vinicius and Tom named mascot of Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Games respectively.
--> Tashi Malik and Nungshi Malik became the world’s first twin and sibling to climb the highest peaks of the seven continents.
--> Amitabh Bachchan honoured with the Yash Chopra Memorial Award.
--> India won the Men and Women title of Kabaddi World Cup 2014.
--> Jyotsna Suri elected as the President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI).
--> Sachin Tendulkar appointed as the ambassador of Cricket World Cup 2015.
--> RBI extended the deadline for exchanging pre-2005 of various denominations to 30 June 2015.
--> Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpee and freedom fighter Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (posthumously) were selected for Bharat Ratna.
--> S Bhattacharya appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Ltd (CIL).

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