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Current Affairs - December, 2014

National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Bill gets President’s assent

President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Bill, 2014 that seeks to scrap the collegium system of appointing judges to higher judiciary....

December 31, 2014

Commercial power generation begins at Kudankulam Nuclear power plant

India’s largest nuclear reactor at Kudankulam has started generating electricity on a commercial basis after it received green signal from Nuclear Power Corporation(NPC). This 1000 MW reactor made...

December 31, 2014

Second National Biodiversity Conference-2015 will be held in Kerala

The National Biodiversity Conference (NBC)-2015 will be held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala from 23rd to 27th February. It will be second edition of this biodiversity conference and its focal...

December 31, 2014

Delhi Government launches New Scheme for E-Rickshaws

Delhi government has launched new E-Rickshaw Sewa Scheme. This scheme will pave the way for the battery- operated vehicles in Delhi. Key facts of E-Rickshaw Sewa Scheme E-rickshaws...

December 31, 2014

UNSC rejects Palestinian resolution demanding end to Israeli occupation on its territories within three years

UN Security Council (UNSC) has rejected a resolution demanding an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories within three years i.e. 2017. In this regard,  Jordan...

December 31, 2014

K K Paul appointed as Uttarakhand Governor

Krishan Kant Paul is appointed as Uttarakhand governor for the remainder of his term. Earlier, he was governor of Meghalay and was appointed on July 8, 2013. Now he...

December 31, 2014

Unoin Government sets up committee on NATGRID

Union Government has set up a high-level committee in order to allay apprehension of data and intelligence sharing by various government agencies with the proposed real-time intelligence sharing...

December 31, 2014

Actress Luise Rainer first to win consecutive acting Oscars passes away

Actress Luise Rainer passed away in London, UK. She was 104. She was born on 12th January 1910 in Vienna, Austria. She was renowned German-born Austrian and American...

December 31, 2014

13th Pune International Film Festival(PIFF) will begin on Jan 8 with theme 'War against War'

The 13th Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) will be held at Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad in Maharashtra from January 8 to 15. This edition of film festival will...

December 31, 2014

Malayalam filmmaker Madhu Kaithapram passes away

Malayalam filmmaker Madhu Kaithapram passed away in Kozhikode, Kerala. He was 44. He had worked primarily in the Malayalam film industry based in Kerala. He made his directorial...

December 31, 2014

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