NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.Lt
Gen BipinRawat to be next Indian Army chief; B.S Dhanoa to be IAF chief: The Vice Chief of Army Staff, Lt General
BipinRawat will be the new Chief of Army Staff, while Air Marshal BS Dhanoa,
the next Chief of Air Staff. They will take charge in the afternoon of 31st of
this month.
2.
India, Tajikistan decides to
strengthen cooperation to address issue of terrorism; Sign four agreements:India and Tajikistan have signed four agreements
in areas including on double taxation avoidance, money laundering and
counter-terrorism. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting President of
Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon witnessed the exchange of MoUs in New Delhi following
delegation level talks.
3. Rajiv Jain named next Director of IB, AK Dhasmana to head RAW: Jharkhand cadre IPS officer Rajiv Jain was
appointed as the new chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB) while Anil Dhasmana will
head external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). Both the
officers will have a tenure of two years. Jain, who is at present serving as
the Special Director in the IB, will take over on January 1 after the incumbent
Dineshwar Sharma completes his two-year tenure on December 31, 2016.
4. First Cyber-crime police station opens in Shimla: In Himachal Pradesh, the first Cyber Crime Police
Station has been opened at state police headquarter in Shimla. Chief Minister
Virbhadra Singh inaugurated this Police Station through video conferencing from
his office.
5. Odisha Govt sets target for construction of 1000 km concrete
road: Odisha
government has decided to construct more 2,000 kilometre of cement concrete
roads under the Gopabandhu Gramin Yojana in rural areas by March 2017. Chief
Minister Naveen Patnaik issued this direction while chairing a review meeting
on the progress of concrete road construction works in rural areas at the State
Secretariat in Bhubaneswar.
6.Himachal
Pradesh becomes sixth in India to attain 100% Aadhaar saturation:The Himachal Pradesh
has achieved 100 percent Aadhar saturation on the basis of population of year
2015. With this, Himachal Pradesh has become the sixth State/UT in the
Country.
7. Priyanka Chopra beats DiCaprio, JLaw on IMDb’s
most popular celebs list:Here’s another
achievement in Priyanka Chopra’s kitty. She has now made it up to the list of
IMDb’s most popular celebrities’ list. Standing at number 55, Priyanka is ahead
of Hollywood’s big names like Jennifer Aniston, Emma Watson, and Leonardo Di
Caprio, Johnny Depp, Scarlett Johansson and others.
OTHER
UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
1.State Bank MobiCash Mobile Wallet launched: Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, ArunJaitley and Minister of
State for Communications (Independent charge) and Minster of State for Railways
Manoj Sinha has jointly launched State Bank MobiCash Mobile Wallet, a product
by SBI and BSNL.
2.RBI lowers charges on debit card payments to promote digital transactions:In order to incentivise greater adoption of digital payment methods, the
Reserve Bank has announced special measures to be adopted between 1st January
2017 and 31st March 2017.
SPORTS:
3.Vijender Singh retains WBO-Asia Pacific
Super title: Indian boxing star Vijender Singh
knocked out former world Francis Cheka to retain WBO-Asia Pacific Super
Middleweight title. Vijender took less than 10 minutes to beat Tanzanian boxer
to defend his title at the packed Thyagraj Stadium in New Delhi last night.
4. Paris opens 'world's
largest non-permanent indoor ice rink: A 2,700-square-meter skating space, which is being considered
the world's largest non-permanent indoor ice rink, recently opened at the Grand
Palais in Paris. Over 100 workers constructed the ice rink, which will remain
open until January 2. The rink was inaugurated by a show featuring skating
stunts and acrobatics as part of the 'Grand Palais des
Glaces' festival.
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