24 December current affairs.
Hi friends,here i am providing you today top most current affairs news,it may help you to prepare next coming bank and other competitive exam.
1)Veteran tamil director balachandar has passed away at 85 age,his introduces now top tamil stars rajinikanth,kamalahasan and prakash raj,he died due to health problem in Chennai,he directed film called rudraveena,raja muttu,and so many super hit movies.
2) Olympic medallists Abhinav Bindra and Vijay Kumar clinched a gold medal each in 10-metre air rifle and 25-metre standard pistol events respectively at the 58th National Shooting Championship. India's only Olympic gold medallist in individual sport, the 32-year-old Bindra shot a total of 208 to walk away with the top prize and defend his title in 10-metre air rifle at the Balewadi Shooting Range.
3)Russia’s space agency has launched a heavy version of the newly developed ecologically clean rocket “Angara-A5”. The booster is to take its mock payload right to the geostationary orbit – over 35,000 kilometers from the Equator.
4)Veteran Tunisian politician Beji Caid Essebsi won the country's first free presidential election in the final step of a transition to democracy after an uprising that ousted autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011. Essebsi defeated his rival Moncef Marzouki.
5)Eminent Konkani writer, critic and linguist Dr. Madhavi Sardesai passed away. She was 52 years old and was chronically ill. She was the recipient of recently announced Sahitya Akademi award 2014 for her book ‘Manthan’ an anthology, of critical essays in Konkani language.
6)India bagged the gold medal in the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad at Gyor in Hungary in a tight contest. India beat Turkey 3.0-1.0 in the 10th and final round to clinch the title ahead of Russia and Iran at the FIDE tournament held at the University of West Hungary.
7)Jyotsna Suri, Chairperson of Bharat Hotels was elected as the President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI). She was elected as the President at the conclusion of the FICCI 87th annual general meeting. She succeeded Sidharth Birla, Chairman of Xpro India Limited and Digjam Limited
8)Doha Bank has successfully signed a corporate finance deal worth 500 million dirhams (USD 136 million) with Dubai's Sobha Group, with a syndicated facility of 800 million dirhams for the Sobha Hartland project. The facility was arranged by Doha Bank with a five-year tenor and will enable Sobha Group to fund its expansion plans in Dubai.
9)Former prime minister Manmohan Singh has been conferred another prestigious Japanese award - the Second Asia Cosmopolitan Award - for "transforming India's economy and its integration with the broader East Asian economy throughout his tenure"
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10)Petra Kvitova and Tomas Berdych were named the best Czech female and male tennis player of the year 2014. The 24-year-old Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon winner, won the award for the second time mainly due to her pivotal role in the Czech team's victory in the Fed Cup, reports Xinhua. The Czech Fed Cup team was elected the team of the year.
10. For the first time, Pakistan and Russia have signed an energy deal worth $1.7 billion to lay a gas pipeline from Karachi to Lahore, a move that may lead to further improvement in their ties. The supply of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is expected to start before March next year
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