NEWS/CURRENTS..- 26-27-DEC. 1. 24th Dec:National Consumers Right Day. 2. Mr. S Bhattacharya: was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Ltd (CIL) . 3. Centre to help Nagaland in Expanding Road Network rom Chuchuyimlang to Yali via Salulemang, Longra Yangpi at an estimated cost of Rs.38 crore. 4. Tuo Chiang: Taiwan launched its largest ever missile warship named Tuo Chiang which is a 500-tonne corvette missile. 5. Commander of the Order of Leopold II: Belgium Highest Civilian Award, Conferred to Shashikiran Shetty(the chairman of Mumbai based Allcargo Logistics). 6. Prime Minister of Japan: Shinzo Abe re-elected as Prime Minister of Japan by the Parliament. 7. Book: ‘A Few Good Men and the Angry Sea’ a book penned by Air Commodore Nitin Sathe. Release by Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha on Tenth Anniversary of Tsunami . 8. 9 Distinguished Persons for Swacchh Bharat Campaign: Nominated by Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Petroleum &Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan. They are: Sh Kunal Kishore, Social Reformer; Smt Aparajita Mohanty, renowned Actress in Odiya cinema & Social Activist ; Ms. Saina Nehwal, Youth Icon & Badminton Champion; Sh Sidhant Mohapatra, Hon’ble MP & renowned Actor in Odiya Cinema; Sh Anand Kumar, Founder of Super 30,free IIT coaching centre for poor meritorious students; Sh Mahesh Bhupati, renowned Tennis Player; Sh Pankaj Advani,Popular Billiard Player; Sh Rohit Sharma,Popular Cricketer; Sh Virat Kohli,Popular Cricketer. 9. Implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission in urban areas totally decentralized : Urban Local Bodies(ULBs) state/UT governments have been fully empowered to propose and approve the projects.ULBs to approve toilet projects; to be implemented in all the 4,041 statutory towns and cities across the country. 10. Yash Chopra Memorial National Award: Presented to Amitabh Bachchan by Maharashtra Governor Vidyasagar Rao. 11. Business Standard Banker of the Year for 2013-14: Was awarded to Mr. Romesh Sobti(MD and CEO of IndusInd Bank). 12. SMS based Alert System for disseminating of weather : Indian Meteorological Department launched by SMS based Alert System for disseminating of weather to the General Public. Message relating to disaster related information will also be sent. 13. Kidambi Srikanth: Indian shuttler break into top five in BWF ranking as he was ranked number 4. 14. 10th chief minister of Jharkhand: Raghubar Das will be sworn in as the 10th chief minister and first non-tribal CM oof Jharkhand. 15. Welcome Card: launched by the Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma launched by the Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma.It is a bi-lingual helpline number 1800-111-363 to lodge any complaint or know about any particular tourism site. 16. Sushaasan Express: Union Ministry of Mines and Steel flagged off Sushaasan Express which will run between Gwalior and Gonda via Hazrat Nizamuddin and Lucknow. 17. Ukrainian Parliament adopted a bill that enables the country to join North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). 18. World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad: India won Gold in World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad after defeating Turkey which was held at Gyor, Hungary. 19. Extra cover: (a) Satya Nadella: CEO of the Microsoft Corporation . (b) NATO: Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium. Secretary General: Jens Stoltenberg Happy Reading... blog: moinsheikh.wordpress/2014/12/28/newscurrents-26-27-dec/
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