Current Affairs # December 2015

1. The Chancellor of Germany who has been named Person of the Year by the Time magazine- Angela Merkel

2. The venue of 11th UIC Global Security Congress being organized by the Security Directorate of Indian Railways in collaboration with International Union of Railways (UIC) from 09 to 10 Dec 2015- New Delhi

3. The venue of First India International Science Festival a joint event of Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences, is being organised from Dec 4- IIT, Delhi

4. The command level exercise of the Southern Command of Indian Army being conducted in the deserts of Rajasthan is named- Drad Sankalp

5. The new Chief Justice of India who has taken over from Chief Justice H.L. Dattu (retired on 02 Dec 2015)- Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur

6. The city in which Yadgar-e-Taqseem, or the Memories of Partition museum, (the brainchild of Kishwar Desai, writer and former media professional) is proposed to be opened in 2017- Amritsar

7. The telecom company which has launched an ambitious plan Project Leap, of investing Rs 60,000 crore in telecom network for establishing 70,000 base stations to cover 2,50,000 villages- Airtel

8. The theme of World AIDS Day observed on 01 December 2015- On the Fast-Track to end AIDS

9. The rank of India in the Global Innovation Index 2015 released recently by Cornell University, INSEAD, and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)- 81

10. The extra-tropical cyclone which caused heavy rainfall in northern Europe, especially United Kingdom and Ireland was named- Storm Desmond

11. The theme of Kala Utsav, initiative of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to promote arts in education by nurturing and showcasing the artistic talent of school students, being held in Delhi from 08 to 11 Dec 2015- Beti Bachao, Beti Padao

12. The bilateral maritime exercise between Indian and Russian navies being conducted in the Bay of Bengal (off Visakhapatnam) is named- Indra Navy 15

13. The denominations in which commemorative coins were released by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on the occasion of 125th birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar- Rs. 10 and Rs. 125

14. The northern white rhinoceros which died at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park near Escondido, California leaving behind only 3 of her species in the world was named- Nola