Current affairs : 1 December 2015 Daily Gk / GA – Hinduja Brothers received lifetime achievement award at Asian Business Leadership Forum 2015.
- Hinduja Brothers on 29 November 2015 were honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Asian Business Leadership Forum (ABLF) Series in Dubai.
- The prestigious award recognizes the most powerful and influential business leaders.
President Pranab Mukherjee presented Dr Abdul Kalam IGNITE award.
- Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE awards 2015 given to a total of 40 school students of 27 districts from 18 states.
- The awards were given away for 31 grass root innovations at the prestigious Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A).
- At present, President is on a three day visit to Gujarat.
- The awards of IGNITE competition are announced every year on 15 October, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s birthday, which is celebrated as the Children’s Creativity and Innovation Day by NIF.
China’s currency Yuan approved as Elite Reserve Currency by IMF.
- Yuan’s entry into the basket takes effect from 1 October 2016.
- Yuan also known as the Chinese Renminbi (RMB) was included in the basket after it met the existing criteria for its inclusion.
- Yuan will be a freely usable currency and will be included in the SDR basket as a fifth currency, along with the US Dollar, Euro, Japanese Yen and British Pound.
UN chief Ban Ki moon launched Anticipate, Absord, Reshape Initiative to build climate resilience.
- The initiative was launched during the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) in Paris.
- The initiative was launched in the wake of economic losses that have increased by more than half over the past decade.
World leaders launched MISSION INNOVATION for accelerating clean energy revolution.
- Mission was launched by 20 participating countries, including India, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) in Paris-Le Bourget, France.
- As part of this initiative, the participating countries double their clean energy research and development funding by 2020.
- It aims to reinvigorate and accelerate global clean energy innovation with the objective to make clean energy widely affordable.
Union Govt launched IPV injection as part of Global Polio Endgame Strategy.
- Union Government on 30 November 2015 launched the injectable Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) as part of its commitment to the Global Polio Endgame Strategy.
- IPV injection was launched in New Delhi by Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda.
- It is part of next step in India’s universal immunization programme to fight against polio in the country.
Renowned Russian film maker Eldar Ryazanov died following prolonged illness.
- He was 88. Born in Samara, Russia in November 1927, Ryazanov began his studies at Moscow’s prestigious Gerasimov film school (VGIK).
- He became an overnight sensation after his first feature comedy film Carnival Night in 1956.
- He directed some of the most popular Soviet Era comedies such as Irony of Fate, The Garage and Office Romance.
