Current Affairs Update for today :-
Deaths
- Chunibhai Vaidya, the freedom fighter, died on 19th December 2014. He was written the book namely Assassination of Gandhi : Facts and Falsehood.
- Meddineni Babu Rao, the sports journalist of Tamil Nadu, died on 17th December 2014. He was 1st Telegu Sports Journalist.
Awards
- On 17th December 2014, Imtiaz Dharker awarded with Queen’s Gold Medal, the award started in the year 1933 for Poetry for the year 2014.
Appointments
- Richard Rahul Verma sworn-in as US Ambassador to India in Washington, United States of America. He became the first ever Indian-American to be the top US Diplomat.
Politics
- Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2014 passed in Lok Sabha on 18th December 2014 to legalize e-rickshaws.
- Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the main accused of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack granted bail by Pakistan on 18th December 2014. He is Chief Operation Commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba.
- On 19th December 2014, The United States Senate passed resolution recognising Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai as symbol of peace.
