Current affairs update for today :-
Appointments
- Arun Majumdar, Indian-American Scientist appointed as the United States Science Envoy on 04th December 2014.
- Raninder Singh, the son of former Chief Minister of Punjab became the first Indian to be elected to International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Executive Committee on 03rd December 2014.
Business and Economy
- Two private sector banks namely ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank decided to lower Fixed Deposit Rates by 25 basis points and 50 basis points respectively on 04th December 2014.
Politics
- The State Government of Manipur extended the Disturbed Area Status for one year under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) on 01st December 2014.
- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India named as the Asian of the year 2014 by The Straits Times on 05th December 2014 for being a development focused leader. The award was started in the year 2012 and first award was received by the President of Myanmar Thein Sein.
- World’s first 2D Camera developed by the researchers of Washington University on 03rd December 2014.
- India and Japan signed an agreement to cooperate in Cyber Security and Green ICT on 04th December 2014. Total five projects signed i.e.
- CIT Application for Social and Economic Challenges
- Cyber Security Cooperation
- Green ICT
- ICT for Disaster Management
- Project for detecti ng symptoms and quick response to cyber attacks
