Weekly Current affairs for the first week of December 2015 from The Hindu English daily. IBPS CLERK 2015 mains is about to start so pull up your socks to get the job in the first week of year 2016.
Abbreviation
ASHA- Accredited Social Health Activist
INTUC- Indian National Trade Union Congress
GIAN- Global Initiative of Academic Networks
FORDA- Federation of Resident Doctors Association
NPA- Non Performing Allowance
TRCF- Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation
DCGI- Development Council for Granite Industry
IPKF- Indian Peace Keeping Force
NDRF- National Disaster Response Force
APEDA- Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
COP- Conference of the Parties
GCF- Green Climate Fund
DNA- Deoxyribonucleic Acid
NCPEDP- National Centre for Promotion of People with Disabilities
PCA- Prevention of Cruelty to Animal (act 1960)
TERM- Telecom Enforcement, Resources & Monitoring
CSE- Centre for Science and Environment
Personalities
Chief Minister of Jharkhand- Shri Raghubar Das
President of FORDA- Dr.Pankaj Solanki
Director General of WHO- Robert Azevedo
President of All India Tennis Association- Shri Anil Khanna
Secretary General of FICCI- A.Didar Singh
Chairman of the Central Water Commission- Shri Ashwin. Pandya
Director of NCPEDP- Javed Abidi
Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment- Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal- Shri Kamal Thapa
President of Myanmar- Thein Sein
Vice President of New Development Bank (BRICS Bank)- Vladimir Kazebekov
To read Last Month Current Affairs You can download the – Nov 2015 Current Affairs Digest
New Appointments
Re- Elected president of Asia Tennis Federation- Shri Anil Khnna
New President of Burkina Faso- Roch Marc Kabore (First Democratically Elected)
New Speaker of Bihar Assembly- Shri Vijay Chaudhary (Jatna Dal {United})
New Chief Justice of India- Shri T.S.Thakr (43rd CJI)
Book, Artist & Author
“History of Brainwashing” written by- Fu Zhibin (China)
“The Private Lifw of Mrs. Sharma” written by- Ratika Kapoor
“Neither a Hawk nor a Dove” written by- Khurshid Mahmud
“Prince of Ayodhya” written by- Shri Ashok K Banker
Sports
New World Heavyweight Champion (Boxing) – Tyson Fury (From Britain)
National & International Days
World Aids Day- 1st December
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery- 2nd December
World Disability Day / International Day of Persons with Disabilities- 3rd December
Navy Day- 4th December
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development- 5th December
World Soil Day- 5th December
Awards
E- India Award 2015- DDA (Delhi Development Authority)
Business & Economy
Sixth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Review- 2nd Feb 2016
Place
Venue of the U.N. Framework convention on climate change 2015- Paris
National Chambal Sanctuary- Agra
National Affairs
GoI framed Development Council for Granite Industry and Mines secretary of India will be Head.
“Project Leap” launched by- Airtel
HBTI (Harcourt Butler Technological Institute) Kanpur gets university status.
No. 1 rank in E-Governance in India- Punjab
International Affairs
Host of the First BRICS media summit- China
Host of the International Bird Festival 2015- Agra (India)
All The Best.
