Lt Gen Bipin Rawat to be next Indian Army chief; B.S Dhanoa to be IAF chief
I. The Vice Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Bipin Rawat will be
the new Chief of Army Staff, while Air Marshal BS Dhanoa, the next Chief
of Air Staff. They will take charge in the afternoon of 31st of this
month.
II. Lt. Gen Rawat will replace General Dalbir Singh. Lt. Gen has
tremendous hands on experience of serving in combat areas, and at
various functional levels in the Indian Army over the last three
decades. He has handled various operational responsibilities in many
areas, including along the LoC with Pakistan, the LAC with China, and in
the North-East.
III. Air Marshal Dhanoa, who will replace Chief of Air Staff Air
Chief Marshal Arup Raha, was commissioned into the fighter stream of the
Air Force in June 1978. He has served in various squadrons, and also in
the Intelligence Directorate of Air Headquarters.
India, Tajikistan decide to strengthen cooperation to address issue of terrorism; Sign four agreements
I. India and Tajikistan have signed four agreements in areas
including on double taxation avoidance, money laundering and
counter-terrorism. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting President
of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon witnessed the exchange of MoUs in New Delhi
following delegation level talks.
Rajiv Jain named next Director of IB, AK Dhasmana to head RAW
I. Jharkhand cadre IPS officer Rajiv Jain was appointed as the
new chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB) while Anil Dhasmana will head
external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). Both the
officers will have a tenure of two years. Jain, who is at present
serving as the Special Director in the IB, will take over on January 1
after the incumbent Dineshwar Sharma completes his two-year tenure on
December 31, 2016.
II. In another appointment, Anil Dhasmana will take over the
reins of the Research and Analysis Wing, an organisation which looks
after the external intelligence of the country. He succeeds Rajinder
Khanna who completes his tenure this year end.
Himachal: First Cyber crime police station opens in Shimla
I. In Himachal Pradesh, the first Cyber Crime Police Station has
been opened at state police headquarter in Shimla. Chief Minister
Virbhadra Singh inaugurated this Police Station through video
conferencing from his office.
II. According to Deputy Inspector General CID and Cyber Crime
Vinod Kumar Dhawan, the main objective of this police station is to deal
with increasing crime based on misuse of information technology by the
High tech criminals.
Odisha: Govt sets target for construction of 1000 km concrete road
I. Odisha government has decided to construct more 2,000
kilometre of cement concrete roads under the Gopabandhu Gramin Yojana in
rural areas by March 2017. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik issued this
direction while chairing a review meeting on the progress of concrete
road construction works in rural areas at the State Secretariat in
Bhubaneswar.
II. The State government has allocated 1,000 crore rupees for the
Gopabandhu Gramin Yojana in the current year’s Budget. The sanctioned
funds will be utilised in 30 districts of the State for for road
construction and drinking water facilities in rural areas.
State Bank MobiCash Mobile Wallet launched
I. Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley and
Minister of State for Communications (Independent charge) and Minster of
State for Railways Manoj Sinha has jointly launched State Bank MobiCash
Mobile Wallet, a product by SBI and BSNL.
II. While introducing the service, Finance Minister appreciated
the broader vision of SBI and BSNL to bring a Wallet both for smart and
feature phones.
Himachal Pradesh becomes sixth in India to attain 100% Aadhaar saturation
I. The Himachal Pradesh has achieved 100 percent Aadhar
saturation on the basis of population of year 2015. With this, Himachal
Pradesh has become the sixth State/UT in the Country.
II. Earlier, Delhi, Telangana, Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh have achieved this milestone.
Vijender Singh retains WBO-Asia Pacific Super title
I. Indian boxing star Vijender Singh knocked out former world
Francis Cheka to retain WBO-Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title.
Vijender took less than 10 minutes to beat Tanzanian boxer to defend his
title at the packed Thyagraj Stadium in New Delhi last night.
II. Vijender landed the winning blow in the third round of what was to be a 10-round contest to leave Cheka dazed and delirious.
RBI lowers charges on debit card payments to promote digital transactions
I. In order to incentivise greater adoption of digital payment
methods, the Reserve Bank has announced special measures to be adopted
between 1st January 2017 and 31st March 2017.
II. In another notification, RBI has asked banks and prepaid
payment instrument issuing entities not to levy any charges for
transactions upto 1000 rupees that are settled using Immediate Payment
Service, USSD based *99# and Unified Payment Interface systems.
III. In a notification issued from Mumbai, RBI has advised banks
to cap the Merchant Discount Rates for debit card transactions upto 1000
rupees at 0.25 percent of the transaction value. For transactions
between 1000 and 2000 rupees, the merchant charges shall be capped at
0.5 percent of the transaction value.
Priyanka Chopra beats DiCaprio, JLaw on IMDb’s most popular celebs list
I. Here’s another achievement in Priyanka Chopra’s kitty. She has
now made it up to the list of IMDb’s most popular celebrities’ list.
Standing at number 55, Priyanka is ahead of Hollywood’s big names like
Jennifer Aniston, Emma Watson, Leonardo Di Caprio, Johnny Depp, Scarlett
Johansson and others.
II. Priyanka is also the only Indian who’s on the list. Number
one on the list is Sofia Boutella, the badass assassin from Kingsman:
The Secret Service and will now be seen in The Mummy with Tom Cruise.
Paris opens 'world's largest non-permanent indoor ice rink'
I. A 2,700-square-meter skating space, which is being considered
the world's largest non-permanent indoor ice rink, recently opened at
the Grand Palais in Paris. Over 100 workers constructed the ice rink,
which will remain open until January 2. The rink was inaugurated by a
show featuring skating stunts and acrobatics as part of the 'Grand
Palais des Glaces' festival.
0 comments:
Post a Comment