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Police Commissioner Ahmad Javed is India's new envoy in Saudi Arabia
India
> New
envoy to Saudi Arabia
Mumbai
Police Commissioner Ahmad Javed was appointed as India's next
Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, six months after last Ambassador Hamid
Ali Rao had retired. Javed is expected to take charge after his
retirement next January
Saudi
voters elect 20 women candidates for the first time
World
> Saudi
Elections
Saudi
voters elected 20 women for local government seats, according to
results released to The Associated Press. This was for the first time
in the country's history that women voted and ran in elections. The
women who won hail from vastly different parts of the country,
ranging from Saudi Arabia's largest city to a small village near
Islam's holiest site.
Vijay
Kumar wins gold at National Shooting Championship
Sports
> National
Shooting Championship
Olympic
medallist Vijay Kumar shot his way to the men's 25-metre centre fire
pistol gold medal on day 12 of the 59th National Shooting
Championship .Vijay, who has not yet secured a quota for the upcoming
Rio Olympics, is trying to get back to his best after being laid low
by injury over the past couple of years.
Dilip
Kumar presented with Padma Vibhushan by Union Home Minister Rajnath
Singh
Awards
> Padma
Vibhushan
Dilip
Kumar, known as the “tragedy king of Bollywood” was presented
with Padma Vibhushan by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at his
residence in suburban Bandra for his contribution to Hindi cinema
spanning over six decades.
Others
US
House passed Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015
World
> Visa
Waiver Program
US
House of Representatives on 8 December 2015 passed the Visa Waiver
Program Improvement Act of 2015. It amends the United States' visa
travel practices.The lawmakers voted 407 to 19 in support of the Bill
that seeks to impose restrictions on people who have visited Iraq,
Syria and countries listed as supporting terrorism to travel
visa-free to the United States.
ISRO
to launch six Singaporean satellites on December 16
India
> ISRO
India
will be launching six Singaporean satellites weighing a total of
around 625 kg on December 16 evening through its Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, a senior official said.
ICC
announces OPPO as Global Partner
Sports
> ICC
Global partner
The
International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced an exciting new
global partnership with OPPO, one of the world’s leading mobile
telephone device companies, on a four-year deal which runs from 2016
until 2020.
Source:
http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/91055/icc-announces-oppo-as-global-partner
No
new diesel vehicles will be registered in Delhi
India
> Diesel
Vehicles
The
National Green Tribunal (NGT) announced that no new diesel vehicles
will be registered in Delhi. The tribunal has also said that the
central and state government must stop buying diesel cars in Delhi.
These will be interim steps till the next date of hearing on January
6, said the green court.
NASA
plans to exit International Space Station
World
> NASA
NASA's
long space ride with the International Space Station (ISS) in
low-Earth orbit will also touch the finish line in a decade from now.
The US space agency will move up to the cislunar space -- the area of
space surrounding the moon -- for an ambitious human exploration
programme.
Wipro
wins Graham Bell award for IoT solution
Awards
> Graham
Bell award
Global
software major Wipro has announced that it has won the Aegis Graham
Bell award for developing a solution for the Internet of Things
(IoT). The Aegis Graham Bell Award is the country's innovation award
in the field of Telecom, Internet, Media and Entertainment (TIME) and
Social, Mobility Analytics and Cloud (SMAC).
Mauricio
Macri Blanco sworn in as President of Argentina
World
> President
of Argentina
Mauricio
Macri Blanco was on 10 December 2015 sworn in as the President of
Argentina. He succeeded Cristina Elisabet Fernandez de Kirchner who
was in the office for two terms between 2007 and 2015.
Mauricio
Macri is the leader of the centre-right Cambiemos (Let's Change)
coalition. He secured 51.5 percent of votes in the elections held in
November 2015.
47
cities join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network
World
> UNESCO
Creative Cities Network
UNESCO
Director-General, Irina Bokova, has announced the designation of 47
cities from 33 countries as new members of the UNESCO Creative Cities
Network. The results of this year’s Call bears witness to the
Network’s enhanced diversity and geographical representation with
22 cities from countries not previously represented.
SBI
prepares plan to transform into full-scale digital bank
Bank
Specific >
Digital Bank
The
State Bank of India is readying a plan to bring its 44.7 crore
customers on mobile banking and digital wallet platforms as part of
the 2020 digital transformation strategy at the country's largest
lender. The strategy involves digitising all processes, implementing
green banking and upgrading the legacy network to offer speedy
services to customers of the state-run bank which has an annual IT
budget of Rs 3,000 crore.
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