Weekly THE HINDU Review: The Hindu current affairs for the last week of the year 2015. There are some important books and authors & some important awards ,please take a good look on the above said points.
Abbreviation
SLP- Special Leave Petitions
ETCA- Economical and Technological Cooperation Agreement
CSR- Corporate Social Responsibility
COAI- Cellular Operators’ Association of India
PWDVA- Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005
LAP- Loan against Property
LDCs- Least Developed Countries
AVIRIS- Airborne Visual Infrared Imaging Spectrometer
IRNSS- Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System
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Personalities
Chairman of Prasar Bharati- Shri Surya Prakash
Prime Minister of Spain- Mariano Rajoy
Director General of Confederation Industry of India- Shri Chndeajit Banerjee
Parliamentary Affairs Minister of India- Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu
Deputy Chairperson of Rajya Sabha- Prof P.J.Kurien
President of Seychelles- James Michel
Coach of the Under 17 Indian Football Team- NicolaimAdam
National Security Advisior of Pakistan- Gen. (retd.)Janjua
Chief Economist of World Bank- Shri Kaushik Basu
Brand Ambassador of Premier Badminton League- Akshay Kumar
New Appointments
New Chairman of the Paradip Port Trust- Shri Rinikesh Roy
Book, Artist & Author
“The Explorers Guild” written by- Kevin Costner
“Mera Pakistani Safarnama” written by- Balraj Sahni
“Lost Ocean” written by- Johanna Basford
“Don’t Let Him Know” written by- Sandip Royt
“Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War” written by- Raghu Karnad
“India Shastra” written by- Shashi Tharoor
Sports
Indian Super League (Football) winner 2015 (2nd Edition)- Chennaiyin FC
Women’s Double World Champions by International Tennis Federation 2015- Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis
Awards
BBC’s Sports Personality of the year 2015- Andy Murray
Miss Universe 2015 winner- Pia Alonzo (Philippines)
Runner Up- Ariadna Gutierrez (Colombia)
ICC annual Award 2015- Cricketer & Test Cricketer of the Year- Steve Smith (Australia)
– ODI Cricketer of the year- A.B.de Villiers (South Africa)
– Umpire of the year- Richard Kettleborough (England)
United States’ National Medal of Science- Dr. Rakesh Jain (Indian American Prof.)
Uttar Pradesh Ratna Award- Frank Islam (Indian American)
Col.C.K.Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for 2015- Syed Kirmani (Former Indian Stumper)
National Crossword Champion Trophy (Indian Crossword League 2015)- Ramki Krishnan
Business & Economy
Government of India earning in 2015 by disinvestment in PSUs- $5.3bn (Rs.35, 236 Cr1ore)
Place
Host of the National Games 2019- Andhra Pradesh
National Affairs
Total Number of Cultural and Natural sites of India are in World Heritage List- 32
First Shipyard of India to build LNG transporting Ship- Cochin Shipyard
Rajya Sabha passed the Juvenile Justice (Amendment) Bill 2015. Age dip from 18 to 16 for heinous crimes.
International Affairs
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini banned for 8 years by FIFA ethics committee.
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Death
Justice V.S.Malimath- Former Chief Justice of High Courts of Karnataka and Kerala
Sadhana- Veteran Actress
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