NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
Indo-Russian Bilateral Naval Exercise Indra
Navy-2016: The 9th edition of Indra Navy exercise between Indian Navy and Russian
Navy began on 14 December 2016 in the Bay of Bengal. This annual bilateral
maritime exercise will continue till 21 December 2016. The main aim of this
exercise is to enhance the interoperability between the two navies and develop
the common understanding of maritime security operations.
2.
Cyrus Mistry removed as Director from Tata Consultancy Services.
3.
Kerala CM PinarayiVijayan
inaugurated 3rd edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale: Kerala’s Chief Minister PinarayiVijayan has inaugurated the third
edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) at an inaugural event in Parade
Ground, Fort Kochi on 13 December 2016. Titled ‘Forming in the pupil of an
eye’, the three-month long festival will witness participation from 97 artists
from thirty-one countries across the world.
4.
SushmaSwaraj and VineetNayar in FP’s Global
Thinker 2016 list: External Affairs Minister SushmaSwaraj and philanthropist couple Anupama
and VineetNayar are among the Indians who have been named in the Global
Thinkers of 2016 List compiled by the Foreign Policy magazine. Swaraj was
named in the 'Decision-makers' category along with the Democratic nominee for
US President Hillary Clinton, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, German
Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Attorney General Loretta Lynch among others.
5.
Gujarat
to have Wagah-like border viewing point:
The ever-popular ‘border viewing point’
of the Wagah border will soon be recreated in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district. The
announcement was made by the state’s Chief Minister Vijay Rupani at the
inaugural event of the annual ‘Rann-Utsav’ at Dhordo in the Rann of Kutch on 13
December 2016.
6. Google’s
PulkitTrivedi joins Facebook India as new Industry Director.
7. India
signs Grant Agreement with IBRD for additional financing of MSME’s Project: India has signed a Grant Agreement of USD 5.19
million with International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) for
Additional Financing for Financing Energy Efficiency at MSMEs Project-
Programmatic Framework for Energy Efficiency on 13 December 2016.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1. Malaysia enthrones new King Sultan Muhammad V: Malaysia has installed its 15th king, Sultan
Muhammad V, in a ceremony marked by honour guards and Islamic prayers in the
national palace in Kuala Lumpur.
OTHER
UPDATES:
SPORTS:
1. Andy Murray and Angelique Kerber named ITF
Players of the year: Briton Andy Murray
and Germany's Angelique Kerber were named ITF World Champions on 13th December
2016. Murray won Wimbledon in July and retained his crown in Rio de Janeiro in
August. Kerber won the Australian and U.S. Open titles as well as an Olympic
silver medal in Rio.
2. PV Sindhu wins Most Improved Player Award: Rio Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu has won the Badminton World
Federation (BWF) 2016 Most Improved Player of the Year award at the Players’ in
Dubai. Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is an Indian professional badminton player. At the
2016 Rio Olympics, she became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver
medal.
AWARDS:
3. Madonna’s biopic voted as best
unproduced spirit of 2016: A biopic of Madonna titled Blond Ambition has been named the most
admired unproduced film script currently in the Hollywood system. ii. Written
by Elyse Hollander, Blond Ambition has topped the newly published Black List,
which invites film executives to vote on their favourite scripts that will not
have started shooting before the end of 2016.
OBITUARIES:
4. Walter
Swinburn: Legendary jockey and Shergar Derby winner dead at 55: Walter Swinburn, one of the most renowned jockeys of his
generation and rider of the Shergar, passed away on 12 December 2016 following
a prolonged illness.ii. He was 55. He was famously known for winning the Epsom
Derby horse race three times in his career as a jockey.
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