Current Affairs for Bank Exams,SSC,RRB for the date 21.12.14 & 22.12.14 NATIONAL EVENTS Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport will be operational by 2019. India by 2017 will have five or six top-class railway stations on the pattern of monumental Grand Central Terminal, New York, or famed Gare dAusterlitz terminus in Paris. Thirteenth Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas will be held from 7th to 9th of next month at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. It will celebrate 100 years of Mahatama Gandhis return from South Africa to India. Gujarat Government has received a fund of more than 15 crore rupees for promoting cleanliness drive in the state. Car maker Renault India plans to hike prices of its entire range of vehicles by up to 2.5 per cent from next month to partially offset the impact of rising input costs. Tata Motors has launched online bookings for its soon to be launched hatchback Bolt. Bosch and Siemens Household Appliances will double its stores to over 60 by the end of next year as it aims to be a leading player in the consumer durables segment within five years. Tata Docomo, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices, has launched a service that allows customers to create their own mobile number. India will surpass the US as the second largest market for smartphones globally by 2016, helped by device makers offering affordable handsets, research firm eMarketer said. Azure Power today announced signing of an initial agreement with Rajasthan government to develop a 1000 MW solar power project. VRL Logistics has filed draft papers with the market regulator Sebi to raise funds through an initial public offer (IPO). Payment solutions provider ITZCash is open for a tie-up with other entities for a payment bank licence. The countrys largest bank State Bank of India (SBI) has the highest number of branches running from rented facilities among public sector banks. People have only 11-days left to exchange currency notes of various denominations, including 500 and 1,000, which were printed before 2005. The amount of bad loans written off or restructured by the PSU banks has more than doubled in the last three years ending March 2014 to Rs 42,447 crore. The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has upheld a SEBI order against BMD Exports Pvt Ltd and Shreyanshnath Shares as well as their respective directors in a case related to irregularities in IPO of RDB Rasayan. Retirement fund body Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has estimated over 14 per cent increase in its incremental deposits this fiscal at Rs 79,377 crore. Goa based noted Konkani writer, critic and linguist Dr. Madhavi Sardesai passed away today. She was the recipient of Sahitya Akademi award this year for her book ‘Manthan’ an anthology ,of critical essays in Konkani language. The award was announced last week. Overseas investors have poured in over Rs 14,000 crore in the Indian capital markets this month so far, taking total inflows to a staggering Rs 2.6 lakh crore this year. The 4th kolkata International Childrens Film Festival has began. India will remain the worlds fourth largest steel maker this year even as its production growth outpaced the global average in the first 11 months, World Steel Association (WSA) data showed. The 127th birthday of great Indian Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan is celebrated as National Mathematics Day today. Srinivasa Ramanujan was born on December 22, 1887 in Erode district of Tamil Nadu. Ramanujan did wonders in number theory, infinite series, mathematical analysis, and making formulas and equations. The mathematical genius compiled more than 3900 mathematical results and equations. His Ramanujam Prime and Ramanujam theta discoveries had inspired further research on the subject. Ramanujan and British Mathematician Hardy discovered the smallest number represented as sum of two cubes 1729 which came to be known as Hardy-Ramanujan number. President Pranab Mukherjee greets Japan on eve of their National Day. Three days after it was recovered from sea, ISROs unmanned crew module was today brought to Kamarajar Port at Ennore near here on board a Coast Guard ship. INTERNATIONAL EVENTS In Tunisia, the ruling party’s presidential candidate, Beji Caid Essebsis campaign team has claimed victory after the voting. SPORTS Sachin Tendulkar named as brand ambassador for ICC Cricket World Cup next year. Navaneeth Prabhu of India defeated Nicolas Chee of Malaysia,Under-13 final of the Old Chang Kee Singapore Open Squash. Indias Shiva Keshavan won a silver medal at the 17th Asian Luge Championships in Nagano. Om Prakash Chouhan of Mhow coasted to a four-shot victory at the 13th TATA Open, a Rs 75 lakh event, after firing a one-under-70 in the final round at Beldih golf. Kochi girl Elizabeth Susan Koshy shot 449 to defend the national title for womens 50M rifle 3 position category at the ongoing 58th National Shooting Championships. Arjun Atwal wins Dubai Open. Shahid Afridi to quit ODIs after 2015 World Cup. The 39th National Junior Badminton Championships began in Patna today. Reigning junior national champion Rituparna Das of Telengana and Roshni Rani of Bihar won their opening matches.
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